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Originally Posted by b_konyn
Hi,
I need a bit of advice. I am working at a summer camp this summer and we want to get the internet to one of our buildings. The DSL comes in at the main office and I need to find a way to get it down to the multimedia center.
The problem is that it's quite far and there are lots of trees in the way. There are buildings down the road along the way though. Should I put a repeater in some of them to extend the signal (about 4 repeaters) or should I try to use a high gain directional antenna. Is there a site that give rough expected ranges of various antnenae?
The camp is in MI, not too far from Detroit. Does anyone know of any companies I can contact who would be able to quote for a professinal installation?
Thanks for any advice you can give!
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What's the distance? ("Quite far" doesn't help much.)
What is a "lot of trees" and what type? (e.g. I live in New England. My cousins from the Great Plains think I have "a lot" of trees (2) in my yard. In contrast, I don't think of "a lot" until you hit several hundred acres of forest.)
In any event, trees in the signal path are the issue. You may get through two or three deciduous trees, but pines are a killer. (Trust me on this.)
If you can't obtain a clear signal path through the trees, you need to either go cut down trees, above the trees via masts/towers, or go to a frequency that will penetrate foliage. (~900MHz)
Just curious, but how did you come up with "4" for the number of repeaters?
As MadHadder says, cabling is an option. If the distance is less than 300 ft., and you don't want to cut trees or go over them, then bury some Cat5. If it's over 300 ft., then go fiber.