Advice on extending wireless range / router recommendation

[lafinfil]

OK - here's the deal. My neighbors daughter is in town for about 4 or 5 months taking classes at the university
and I am trying to hook her up to my DSL so she can study from her moms house.

We did some testing with my current router which is a netgear 812 / wireless b using her newer HP laptop with wireless g

We were able to get a signal (1 bar) at a distance of about 100 feet. This was just to the outside of the neighbors house
but signal was lost once we were inside. Looking at best way to get signal just a bit further and stronger.

For reference at the same spot we could pull 3 of 5 bars on several secured networks that had to be coming from
homes that are across the road in - probably 200 feet minimum to closest house.

She's willing to buy a new wireless g router to post at my house to see if that will get the signal to her.
I'm thinking that this is the best method - or at least first to try.

Other option would be a repeater / access point. The furthest point I can from my router that is still in my house
would be only 30 feet - so I'm thinking a repeater would need to be at the closest point in their house
which would be 100 feet as mentioned and still only be one bar of five.

Don't want to mess with cantennas etc .... and still think a newer / better router would do it.

Sooooo - any observations or advice ? Is "g' the way to go or "n" or .... ?
Distance is the critical criteria over speed - she's just pulling down lecture notes not watching movies.

Recommendation on best brand / and or model of router ?

TIA

[lafinfil]

Quick follow up -

Looking at the specs on the wiki page shoes

wireless b range 35m indoors

wireless g range 38m indoors

wireless n range 70m indoors

So if we went wireless n for range , would her laptop with wireless g still benifit from the n range ?
Seems you would lose on speed (not an issue) but the range is the thing

[mattkime]

http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-Cisco-WRT5..._1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1220327002&sr=8-1

and install dd-wrt for a signal power boost.

OR

much better -

people are selling buffalo WHR-HP-G54 on ebay - the "HP" stands for high power. should be the most powerful router you can get signal wise.

[lafinfil]

Thanks for the suggestion Matt

I thought of the Buffalo but I want to get something local B&M for convenience.

I'm not paying for it (she is) so a few dollars more not an issue and making it convenient for me is.
: -)

If I get something at the local big box I can always return it if it doesn't work. but I want to go in with a realistic expectation.

[Mike Sellers]

[quote mattkime]much better -

people are selling buffalo WHR-HP-G54 on ebay - the "HP" stands for high power. should be the most powerful router you can get signal wise.
I didn't realize Buffalo still can't sell it's wireless products. i have two WHR-HP-G54s and I've been very happy with them.

[lafinfil]

Yeah too bad they can't

Circuit City had some killer deals on them before the pulled the plug.

[Craig]

Good explanation here: http://www.radiolabs.com/Articles/wifi-antenna.html



Craig

[BigGuynRusty]

[quote lafinfil]OK - here's the deal. My neighbors daughter is in town for about 4 or 5 months taking classes at the university
and I am trying to hook her up to my DSL so she can study from her moms house. I cut out the boring part.
Short explanation.
Hot Chick, need to keep her close.
Nuff Said!!

BGnR

[lafinfil]

[quote BigGuynRusty][quote lafinfil]OK - here's the deal. My neighbors daughter is in town for about 4 or 5 months taking classes at the university
and I am trying to hook her up to my DSL so she can study from her moms house. I cut out the boring part.
Short explanation.
Hot Chick, need to keep her close.
Nuff Said!!

BGnR
Well since her mom (my neighbor) is in her mid 80's her daughter is in her early 60's and has kids my age.
she's more in your league, old timer .

She's here finishing a Masters of Nursing degree so she's a bit busy. You would have to come up
with a home w/ acreage in upstate NY and the ability to physically work the land and a personality because
her husband has that already but he's pushing 70 so there;s still hope for you.

It's called helping out a good neighbor - I'd explain but you wouldn't get it.

BTW - my hot neighbor already has DSL. I already got her hooked up last year.

Proceed with your fantasies and general blabbering.

[Mike Sellers]

[quote lafinfil]Well since her mom (my neighbor) is in her mid 80's her daughter is in her early 60's and has kids my age. she's more in your league, old timer.