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From: tkasprow on 3 Apr 2008 12:59
Hello

At my house I receive Internet trough WiFi (not very typical). There
is antenna on top of my house and is connected to wireless card in my
desktop PC. I want to create a new wireless network that would cover
my house. Therefore I am trying to find a router that would route
between external WiFi network and my (to be created) home WiFi network
however I cannot locate appropriate hardware.

Could anyone help me with identifing approporiate solution? (the only
thing that comes to my mind so far are two routers that route between
LAN/WiFi but I look for simpler solution)

Thanks in advance

Tomek
From: Bod43 on 3 Apr 2008 13:46
On 3 Apr, 18:59, tkasp...(a)gmail.com wrote:
> Hello
>
> At my house I receive Internet trough WiFi (not very typical). There
> is antenna on top of my house and is connected to wireless card in my
> desktop PC. I want to create a new wireless network that would cover
> my house. Therefore I am trying to find a router that would route
> between external WiFi network and my (to be created) home WiFi network
> however I cannot locate appropriate hardware.
>
> Could anyone help me with identifing approporiate solution? (the only
> thing that comes to my mind so far are two routers that route between
> LAN/WiFi but I look for simpler solution)
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Tomek

Any of the modular Cisco routers with 2 wireless cards?
Not cheap though.
I am almost sure that one of the 1800 range would do but
I would guess that the wireless cards HWIC.....
would be 500US each (new). Any maybe more for
the chassis and software.
From: Bill Kearney on 3 Apr 2008 18:54

>> At my house I receive Internet trough WiFi (not very typical). There
>> is antenna on top of my house and is connected to wireless card in my
>> desktop PC.

Change the setup from the antenna on your house to connect directly to a
router, via ethernet. See if your ISP offers such an option. That's your
solution of least hassle, long-term.

Otherwise you could setup your PC to act as a router. Add an ethernet card
to it. Then connect that ethernet card to an access point. Configure the
access point and use it to connect through the PC to the internet. The
downside being that PC will have to be on all the time. That and routing
software setup on the PC is somewhat "less than trivial" if you want it to
be secure.

Check with your ISP about how to use multiple wired PCs in your house. If
they can do that then you're in business.

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