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Wireless extender with external antennas?

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We have a linksys wireless router inside a warehouse. It has been working great but now we want to extend the wireless out into the yard. What wireless extenders are recommended? We would like something that uses an external antenna so that we can mount it on the outside of the metal warehouse for better signal up in the front of the yard. We are looking to get about 700ft range in one direction out of a system. Anything that fits the bill?
 
Get a water-proof enclosure and toss a WRT54GL in it loaded with tomato or DD-WRT. Then hook it up to a high-gain Hyperlink Omni-directional antenna. The 8dbi Omni should do it for you in a wide open yard. Get the one with the reverse polarity TNC pigtail, and you won't have to mess around with cables.

And no, I don't work for Hyperlink, we just use their products at our company, and they work exceptionally well.
 
Any other options to act as a bridge? Really looking for something plug in play so not to interested in using a converted router. Also, that linksys system is pretty pricey. I would not need the unit itself to be water proof if I can mount it in the warehouse, then just run the external antenna outside.
 
You can always poke around here...a good site for some beefier wireless gear
http://www.fab-corp.com/

Can try some McGuyvering with the little wrt54 jobbers, with tomato or DD firmware, boosted antennas, etc....if it's for home use, may be worth the experimenting. If it's for a business though, I'd go for solid business grade. Better to spend more money up front and have something that works solid, then wasted a hundred bucks here and there in various experiments which may or may not work.
 
Can anyone confirm that is what I would have to do so I can get this ordered? How would the WPA protection work? Would it work through the router or the AP?
 
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