How far can I get my wifi connection to go?

[bamhm182]

Hey, at my dad's house, I have a linksys router, than about 2 miles away is my mom's house, I have a belkin wireless card that says it can go 700 feet, I'm not sure how much of a range my router covers, but it doesn't reach, is there anything I could get to make the two connect? I bet there's probobly not, but I just want to check to make sure...

 

[tlarkin]

yeah 700 feet like out in the middle of a huge field where there is NO interference.

Typically, your basic home consumer wifi AP/Router can range anywhere from 100 to 300 feet depending on signal boosting and interference, 700 feet you would probably want an AP repeating the wifi signal somewhere in there

 

[bamhm182]

Yeah, that's what I thought it was, so it's probobly not going very far in a neighborhood with a lot of houses. What's an AP and how much are they? I'm pretty much new when it comes to wifi.

 

[tlarkin]

AP = access point, and for best results you would have to run an ethernet cable to it. So you could run like a 100ft cable from your router to your AP, and your AP would repeat the wireless signal.