I've had this problem for a while...if anyone can remember

[FroGGer]

OK, so if anyone remembers I have 2 computers on the opposite sides of the house on different floors. The distance between them is about 75 feet. Anyways, I couldn't get my wireless internet working for a long time with my wifi card. I bought an aftermarket antenna with a 3 foot cable and it worked....for about a month. This was about 5 months ago. And I can't establish a connection on this computer for the life of me (It's the home office computer). The cable modem is upstairs in my room and I'm just getting furious already. I checked and DSL is not availbable in my area because I would rather pay the freaking 20 dollars a month and have a normal reliable connection. I also thought about buying another cable modem from the store and connecting it to the coxial cable running in the basement underneath the office and seeing if that would work. I don't know, would it? There is no possiblity of running a cable from my room to the office. A while back I remember asking the cable company if I can get another modem becasue of this situation, but they told me that requires another IP address and that means more $$$.
What the hell can I do to get a reliable connection because I no clue anymore?
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[fussnfeathers]

You probably need a wi-fi repeater. 75 feet is a looooong distance, for most wi-fi, that's the maximum you could expect, under ideal circumstances. What with a floor, several walls, electrical wiring, etc.....

http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?childpagename=US%2FLayout&packedargs=c%3DL_Product_C2%26cid%3D1115416829757&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper

Just put it somewhere in between the access point and the wireless card on the remote computer, and it'll bounce the signal around so you get a clear shot. Works the same way as a radio signal repeater.
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[Ham_fisT]

run some cat5e, or move them closer together.

a second modem will mean another subscription, and more $$$.
if you don't want to run cat5 all the way, you could maybe run it part way and end it with a wireless acces point, if the A/P and the remote PC are at least on the same floor, you should have no problems connecting
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Yeah....... ok

[2old2care]

I remember this......I just thought of something....
your router/gateway is above the client, correct? The client is in a basement?
The earth is one hell of a ground plane to RF. That is why antennas don't work as well on the ground.....getting a signal into the basement will be nearly impossible.
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[FroGGer]

I know, but it's the first floor which will still be nearly impossible with the distance I'm dealing with here. I may have to think of how to run some cat5e cable, but that's a lot and lot of work here. Maybe a repeater will do the job. We'll see. Sorry I brought it up again but it is really starting to piss me off. I've been playing around with this for almost a year to no avail.
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[2old2care]

Is there a spare telephone 4 wire cable in each room? You can arrange them to make a nearly cat3 type simplex connection...You can prolly get 10T to go down it...if so, it's enough to internet or move small business files. If all else fails.
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