Multiple buildings trying to get internet...

[805moparkid]

If I understand you right you've a high speed DSL from the phone company and you want to use it to monitor the solar panels and for internet access to two computers. If this is your plan get a wireless router. It will have one input that you will connect to the DSL modem output. The wireless modem should have 4 ethernet outputs. You'll connect CAT 5E to that and run to the back of you're computer and plug that into the NIC card (network interface card) It looks like a large telephone jack. If you cannot get the ethernet cable to the computer buy a wireless card for the computer and set up a wireless link to that terminal. Follow the instructions from the wireless router. Ethernet cables have 4 pair of wires. A blue/ white pair, a orange/white pair, a green /white pair and finally a brown white pair. You cannot run dialtone through them if you're using it for data. You can buy them from computer stores in different lengths but make sure they know that it's for a network. I have a 100 ft piece here, it was cheap. You should be able to plug in the two computers and the solar panels to the wireless and still use the wireless with no problem..

now thats more along the lines of what i was thinking...

 

[inkjunkie]

:violent1:

That will more than likely be a problem.

A 300N Linksys router do it over 60 feet through metal siding.
If there is a window in line between the shop and the house, all the better.

I had a 300n Router and with the doors shut in the garage there was no signal......

 

[Bad Sport]

You also have the option of antennas that can be mounted outside on the side of the buildings and that would cure your problem.

 

[TrailBeast]

Yep.

 

[805moparkid]

ok so today i tried just using the wifi... i got about 20ft from the shop and lost it lol...

so the coduit is easily acessable from the shop to the house so were gonna run ethernet cable to the wireless modum in the house, and a router in the shop...

thanks guys!

 

[805moparkid]

ok so just if your wondering i got it resolved...

we ran the Ethernet cable from the house to the shop, installed the wireless modem in the house connected to the Ethernet cable... then just a router in shop!

thanks for the help guys! they are both thankful...