Wireless setup between 2 buildings

I need to connect 2 buildings wirelessly to share internet connection.
Both buildings are about 100m apart and are visible from one another. A few trees are in between, not really big nor dense ones.
Connection speed needed:
No more than 1MBPs as I just want to share the internet, not exchange data between computers accross buildings.
Current setup:
Building 1 has the internet connection ADSL with the modem.
building 2 has an intranet with a linksys router 100MBPS, a linksys gigabit switch.
I have a spare airport base station (white).
Question:
If I connect the white base station to the adsl modem in building 1, and if I buy an aiport express or extreme, put it on the roof of building 2 and connect it to the intranet...
Can I share the internet across the building?
G4 2*1.8GHz Mac OS X (10.4.6) SATA 300+250GB

Hi again Micha'l
"Do you think 2 ranges of 50m will make a 100m range?"
Serious faux pas on my part, that. My only excuse is that I wasn't properly awake when I posted that. It doesn't work like that. Yes they would need something else in between and the Linksys repeater might do it. Each base station would still be operating at/beyond the limits of its range in communicating with the Linksys.
I think I'm going to bow out gracefully on this one and apologize for having fed you erroneous information in my previous post. In the absence of any more enlightened advice here, I would recommend seeking the services of a networking specialist.
Final thought, given that you don't actually need to network the computers, why not have a second internet connection in the second building?
Best of luck with it,
Adrian

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Wireless connection between 2 buildings

My office is in a small separate structure on my residential property about 100 feet away from my 2 story house (both buildings are mostly wood frame, a lot of windows).
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I tried a Netgear WNDR3300 - their latest dual-band, with 5.0 N and 2.4 G. A very nice unit, worked out of the box, but no real additional signal strength.
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Hello all! I have some questions about a possible setup I am thinking of running.
I have building that has internet coming into it. 15yds away, I have another building (which is brick) that has no internet options. I was thinking about buying two Airport Extreme's, making one the base and using the other one in the other building the access point for WDS. Then buy a couple of the Airport Expresses to push the signal throughout that building.
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Welcome to the discussions!
Ethernet is always the best choice for signal strength and reliability. If you do not want to run ethernet cable to the second building, your options are down to ethernet powerline adapters and wireless.
The ethernet powerline adapters work by transmitting the ethernet signal over the AC power line. The difficulty here may be that the other building is on a different electrical circuit, so it may or may not work depending on how the electrical wiring is configured. An electrician could run tests to see if this would work.
The least reliable option is wireless. To have the best chance of working well, the "sending" and "receiving" routers need to be able to "see" each other through a window or other opening. Be sure to test with a laptop in the second location to see if you will have a strong enough signal to work with before you go this route.

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I recently upgraded my wireless to an Apple AirPort Time Capsule. I'm able to set up the printer via USB cable. And I'm able to set up the printer on the network via the Airport WPA utility. However I cannot establish a wireless connection between the computer and the printer. When I go to the printers window in my system prefereces, there is no wireless printer available to add in the "available printers" menu. Only the USB version printer is listed and of course when I disconnect the USB cable it shows as offline.I've tried all the fixes on HP's support pages. I've tried reinstalling the printer on both the router and the computer numerous times. The only thing I haven't done is reinstall the printer using the "Install Wizard" software that is supposed to come with the printer - (mine never came with it in the first place and of course HP doesn't have it available for download). And when I reset the printer to factory settings, then connect it to the computer via the USB, there is no installation software that pops up. Cant even find the **bleep** thing in "Finder". (I'm assuming that it should show up as some sort of external device.) I've checked to make sure both computer and printer are on the same network. (sometimes my computer will grab a connection with the next nearest network.) I've checked all the settings for the printer via the HTML configuration utility. I've even updated my Macbook software and restarted it multiple times. Note: the printer actually worked for a bit when I first switched routers, but the printer's wireless function went offline several times and then quit altogether. Really frustrated that I bought another HP product thinking this time things would be different. HP is no help unless you want to pay $$ for a phone call. I'm about ready to take this thing out in the desert to use for target practice and never buy another HP product ever again.

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I have a few questions for you, so I can offer some additional assistance:Before you upgraded to the Apple AirPort Time Capsule, was the printer working wirelessly without any issues?
When you say; 'I reset the printer to factory settings', how where you trying to do this?
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"I've checked to make sure both computer and printer are on the same network." Do you know if you are able to access the printers Embedded Web Server (EWS)?To access the EWS - Make sure that the Ready light () is on and that the printer is idle and silent.Press and hold the Cancel button (), and release it when the Ready light () begins blinking.The configuration page prints.Type the IP address or host name of the product in the address field of a supported Web browser, and then press Enter on your keyboardLet me know if this page loads
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i have a Photosmart c309 g printer.
I have been on phone with the tech for almost 8 hrs but with no solution. The end result being, they suggested to replace the printer.
when i and also with assistance with the technician, ran the Wireless setup wizard, my network is detected. when i hit ok on it, it prompts for WEP. Then i enter it, it displays connecting and then displays "ERROR " "Invalid WEP".
Below are the other few steps i tried......... >
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b> we installed through USB to have it in wireless .... the same issue.
c> the tech asked me have the WEP key changed. I called my Router mfd and got the WEP key changed to only Numbers ( earlier it was alphanumeric ) , we then tried running the wireless setup wizard .. we got the same error message.
d> We also tried Manually adding the IP, subnet mask and default gateway .... but the ping does not work. It says 100% loss.
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I am returning the printer to the stores in a day or 2days. Let me know if "returning the printer " is the right thing to do or is there anyone over here who could suggest me steps to resolve it.
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Let's try an experiment. Since I'm not sure of your exact configuration, I'd like you to try some one of the following:
If your Linksys wireless-router is also your ADSL modem -- disconnect the telephone line from the Linksys wireless-router and then power cycle the Linksys (unplug power, wait 30 seconds, plug power back in). Leave the telephone line unplugged.
-- or --
If your ADSL modem is separate from your Linksys wireless-router, disconnect the LAN cable between the ADSL modem and the Linksys wireless-router and then power cycle the Linksys (unplug power, wait 30 seconds, plug power back in). Leave the LAN cable disconnected.
Power cycle the printer. Wait 60 seconds for the wireless-router to power up completely and then run the C309g Wireless Setup Wizard from the printer's front panel (Setup -> Network -> Wireless Setup Wizard).
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Type
Internal
External
External antennas
Cable modem
Internal antennas
Hazardous
Sensor networks
Antennas
Internal
Dual band or single band, SW configurable
E: Ext. dual-band
EU: Ext. single band
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Power over cable
AC, DC
AC, DC, PoE
AC, DC
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300 Mbps
300 Mbps
300 Mbps
300 Mbps
300 Mbps
300 Mbps
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Tx-Rx:SS
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2x3:2
2x3:2
2x3:2
2x3:2
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Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
VideoStream
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Yes/wired AP
Yes/wired AP
Yes/wired AP
Yes/wired AP
Yes/wired AP
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Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FlexConnect
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Yes/wired
Yes/wired AP
Yes/wired AP
Yes/wired AP
Yes/wired AP
Yes/wired AP
Wireless mesh
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Data uplink (Mbps)
10/100/1000
10/100/1000
10/100/1000
10/100/1000
10/100/1000
10/100/1000
10/100/1000
Temperature range °C
-30 to 65
-30 to 65
-40 to 55
-40 to 55
-40 to 55
-40 to 55
-40 to 55
Wi-Fi standards
802.11a/b/g/n
802.11a/b/g/n
802.11a/b/g/n
802.11a/b/g/n
802.11a/b/g/n
802.11a/b/g/n
802.11a/b/g/n
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I bought a HP Photosmart 5520 4 weeks ago. I installed it and setup a wireless connection. It worked for 1 week without flaws.
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I uninstalled the 'unknown device' and tried again, wthout luck. Tried another USB port, Windows installed it again as an unknown device and the HP software failes to pick it up. So after googling I deleted all HP software from my computer (Intel I7 - 8 GB), uninstalled the unknown USB device from windows, rebooted several times, deleted all HP folders and cleaned all temp-folders (I am an IT professional!).
So, I installed the software again but when the HPO software asks me to attach the USB cable, Windows again installed the 5520 as an unbknown device and the HP software again failes to see that the printer is attached to the PC.
Tomorrow I will buy a new printer but since this HP 5520 is only 4 weeks old, I really want to knwo how I can fix
1 The issue that the HP printer hangs when searching for routers / wireless networks
2 Windows/HP software to find the HP 5520 through USB
I guess nobody will have an answer since Google does not give any help. This post is merely to expose my frustration that HP makes fine printers but failes to deliver issue-free software... I always have issues when setting up HP printers somehow...
Of coarse I hope that somebody has a clue..... Good night!
Regards
Marc Verkade
Curacao

I have had my 5520 for a couple of years, when intermittently it has dropped off the wireless network, and I have had to reinstall the network. Now it does it every time I switch it on - it has lost the network and password. This is very irritating...

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