Can I improve my wireless connection in the countryside for a 40ft distance?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around improving wireless connectivity in a rural setting, specifically addressing issues with a wireless connection between a house and a garage located approximately 35 to 40 feet apart. Participants explore various technical solutions and potential sources of interference affecting the connection.

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  • Exploratory
  • Technical explanation
  • Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant suggests positioning the antennas in the windows to improve connectivity over the distance.
  • Another participant describes their setup with a D-Link router and USB network adapter, detailing various troubleshooting steps taken, including changing channels, SSID, and wireless modes, but still experiencing poor speeds despite a strong signal.
  • The same participant notes occasional packet loss when pinging hosts, indicating potential connectivity issues.
  • Another participant proposes that interference from nearby wireless devices, such as neighbors' equipment and household appliances, might be affecting the wireless performance and suggests relocating the wireless setup to test for local interference.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express differing views on the causes of the connectivity issues, with some attributing it to interference while others focus on configuration settings. The discussion remains unresolved, with no consensus on the best solution.

Contextual Notes

Participants mention various troubleshooting steps and configurations, but there are limitations in the assumptions made regarding the environment and potential interference sources. The effectiveness of suggested solutions has not been confirmed.

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Living out in the country has it's advantages and disadvantages. The wireless connection is bad. Trying to get from the house to a steel garage. Using a wireless device hard-wired to pc in house but the connection won't go into the garage. Garage is about 35 to 40 ft from house and have the other pc sitting in window facing house. Any suggestions on how to achieve better results?
 
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You should position the antennas themselves in the windows. That distance should work fine.
 
This is my first post in this forum, and maybe this problem has been posted here already, but i tried many things and didn't get a solution.

Here is the problem:

I have a router D-Link DI-524 and an D-Link DWL-G132 USB network wireless adapter. The router is configured, everything working fine with cable connections. All pcs have fixed ip configured.

Both of the wireless connections get terrible speed, even though the signal is shown as "very strong".

Reading many things on the internet, i tried many things:
1. Changed the channel to many values, like 11 or 2;
2. changed the ssid to something very uncommon;
3. changed the wireless mode to all possible values: mixed or G;
4. thinking somethin was wrong with the wireless network adapter i tried with a different computer, a notebook, faced the same problem;
5. read somewhere it could be interference, then i turned off 2.4GHz phones and even wireless keyboards and mouses. Didn't work also, got problem even when the notebook in front of the access point.

I noticed i got some packages lost sometimes when i "pinged" some hosts at the internet.

Can someone help me?
 
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Interference from other wireless devices may be your problem. Neighbors devices, microwave ovens, cordless phones and other radio sources can effect your wireless data throughput.
If you move your wireless setup to another location it can tell you if your problem is local interference, or something else.
 

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