Very long range N router

Hey guys. My friends and I are living in a College dorm for the summer and the internet connection there has every damn port locked up (HTTP,HTTPS and imap are the only ones working) so we are getting a 60mbps cable connection on the side. The thing is, we need lots of range (I'd say ~80 meters). We currently posses an Airport Extreme but the range is so-so and you can't change the antennas in that one.

We're looking for a N+ router with a long range, 2 or 3 antennas would be nice (so we can change them and put nice uni-directional antennas).

At my home I have the Belkin N+ one and the range is good at my house but I dunno how it would perform here.

Also, if you know some good after-market antenna, I'd take them. We're all in Computer Engineering so we can make our way through customizing that easily

I was looking at the Belkin N600DB. Kinda cheap and seems good. It's too new for benchmarks though.

 

The Linksys E4200 currently is the long range N router winner. Cisco Linksys E4200 Maximum Performance Wireless-N Router Reviewed - Wireless Performance 5GHz, Competitive, Closing Thoughts - SmallNetBuilder.

 

perhaps you should also get a good antenna for the client end.

alfa seems to get decent reviews: Amazon.com: alfa wireless

 

Better would be a directional antenna, instead of just a gain boosting antenna.

 

Antenna > wattage.

Keep coaxial runs as short as possible.
Use high-quality coax, such as Times Microwave, Belden, or Andrews Heliax (heliax is overkill in most situations).
Use a directional antenna. There's a saying about omnidirectional antennas: They radiate poorly in all directions.
Interference tends to be vertical polarity. If you're looking to link between two points over a large area, use a horizontally polarized antenna such as a yagi.
If your antenna is outdoors, install a proper ground system. 8 ft copper clad rod. Run #6 copper wire from the rod to your mast, as well as to your lightning arrestor. The 8 ft copper clad rod should be separate from your houses main wiring ground, but you should run #6 copper wire between the two rods to make sure the ground potential for both is the same.

 

If 80 meters, one router, and big antennaes doesn't cut it, perhaps try two wireless routers, one at each end connected to an AC power line network module.

GK

 

It would be cheaper to set up a second router along the way than to buy 3 $34 antennas that may or may not work.

 

The WifiRanger Pro with powerboost has the ability to pick up another wifi signal up to 300 meters + or close to 1000 feet away. It does not cut the wifi signal it picks up in half like repeaters do, so you get the full signal. The booster that works only for the WifiRanger Pro comes with 30feet of outdoor rated cord and does not need any other power source than what it receives from the router. https://www.wifiranger.com/

 

Thanks guys but we forgot that idea. Walls are killing the signal, even arround ~25 meters.

We actually are testing to use one of us as a gateway and access it through the local hub (H). Doing tests with 3G from an iphone, and if it works we're getting a 60mbps connection