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Douger
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 Punching through the mud
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I am trying to set up wireless access in two apartments from a nearby office on a small campus. I hooked up an access point in the office, but was unable to get a signal about 50 feet away in one of the apartments. There are 3 intervening walls, two of which are 1 foot thick adobe. My question is, will a higher gain directional attenna punch the signal through, or is the adobe just going to block everything? If a different attenna is the way to go, any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks for the look. D

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ASKED: June 9, 2005  3:03 PM
UPDATED: June 10, 2005  8:13 AM
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Your best bet here is to either make a wireless bridge (two APs, one at each end) or find a window to aim your antenna at. Wireless is still a bit of an art as to what substances it will travel through - you never know when someone has bolstered up a wall with a steel frame or something. You need something with some signal grunt - I had two 3com basic APs in a bridge aiming through two windows and about 20ft of space and the connection was ropey as hell.
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If the wall is truly adobe, they usually have a layer of chickenwire-type material underneath and it will cause interference.

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