Suggestions on extending wifi coverage across a street

Thanks, Ferdinand, I'll look into that!

We have an office and warehouse across the street from our main building. It is currently connected to our building via an old underground connection that goes out pretty much every time the weather is bad. Running another physical line is not an option at this time.There are currently only 2 users in that building - one that only needs email access and occasional web browsing capability. The other user does not stay at that station and only uses it maybe once or twice a month. That user needs to be able to access our corporate network via our internal Citrix client.Currently the underground line is run into a router that feeds into a switch that distributes to those two systems.Across the street at our main building there is a room with a large window that offers a clear line of sight to the large window of office in question across...
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