QUESTION POSED ON: 04 June 2007
My customer has a small business and wants to set up a small network between two small LANs. One LAN consists of around 30-40 users running off Windows Small Business Server 2003. The other LAN has around 10 users currently not on a domain.
The two locations are situated approximately 200-300 feet apart, separated by a street. There is one building on the street that slightly obscures the view between locations. I set up two Buffalo wireless access points and installed antennas on the roof of each location.
However, we only acquire intermittent signals between antennas for around 30 seconds, sometimes not at all. It is never consistent. We are using different channels on the access points and have tried variations of channels (i.e., one and four, one and six, two and seven, five and seven, etc.). I tried moving the antenna at one location so that we have line of sight between the antennas, but with no luck.
I believe all settings are as they should be on the access points. I'm wondering if the equipment is not up to scratch.
The customer doesn't want to install an independent server at the smaller LAN. Besides, Small Business Server does not allow communication between LANs with servers in each. I'm ruling out a VPN, as these seem inadequate for transferring large files. Any ideas for a best approach?
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