wireless connect to router

[K5WK Ken]

At the control end, I am asking for best reccomendation -- how to interface to my router wirelessly.  It is about 60 feet away in another building.

[K4GTU]

Buy the remoterig WiFi Mod. for the 1258. I just did mine and it works great except for "pay as you go" networks. K4GTU

[dj0qn]

In addition, you can use any wireless bridge on the market. The one I have been using
for a couple of years is the Netgear WNCE2001:
http://www.netgear.com/home/products/wireless-adapters/high-performance/WNCE2001.aspx#

I have a couple other routers that work in bridge mode as well. I recently bought a D-Link DR-505
to replace my aging portable router:
http://www.dlink.com/us/en/home-solutions/connect/routers/dir-505-shareport-mobile-companion

Of course, the embedded RemoteRig version is the luxury version, but you have many choices.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

[K5WK Ken]

I think I tried the WCNE2001 a couple of months ago.  I could not get to work beyond about 10 meters.  Did I get a bad unit?  Is your wireless between rooms and how far?

[dj0qn]

I am not sure what the range is, but I have used it well beyond that distance. The best
would be to use a bridge that has an external antenna connector for longer distances.

For example, the embedded RemoteRig board has an antenna connector.

For really long distances, I use bridges from Ubiquity with an attached 23 db patch panel, such as the bullet:
http://www.ubnt.com/bullet
I also have their Nanostation, which has an embedded antenna and gives several hundred meters
of range:
http://www.ubnt.com/nanostation

I have bridged nearly 50 km using 5 GHz Bullets 

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

[Light-Bulb_Antenna]

I have a couple WNCE2001 devices.

If you remove the rubber feet by the RJ-45 ethernet port, and 2 Phillip's head screws, you can gently pry apart the case, port to "starboard" ;-P

"Spudgers" or fingernails help, as there are two locking tabs on the side of the case, and two at the end opposite from the ports.

The circuit board can be gently pried from half of the case, from over the screw holes.

By the two "paper clip" antennas, there are two connectors, labeled "con1" and "con2", of approximately 2.05mm o.d.  They seem to be some sort of threadless push-on connection, that could possibly be used for external antennas.  Then you could connect one to a biquad, and even throw a bidirectional amp inline, like a teletronics "smartamp".