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Jan 12, 2008 | 5:52 pm

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Originally Posted by bpratt

At that distance, with no line of sight, its not really practical, especially for a laptop. Its technically possible, but would require directional antennas and a wireless router on each end, and even so the buildings in the way could be a problem, depending how many there are.

A much easier solution is to get your own DSL line and wireless router, and given the hardware required to connect to your parents, it might even be cheaper.

Bob

Thanks, I kind of figured it would be a bit messy, and there is no way that my mum is going to have a directional antenna (cantenna) in the house even if I will at mine. I really am trying to avoid getting a line put in at my place, in case work decide that I can do 'some/anything' from home. Using my folks connection would have meant legitimately that I could have said I don't have it.

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