added the Internet Wireless -
these kinds of WiFi questions come up all the time on the "wireless"
newsgroup -
"David Combs" <
dkc...@panix.com> wrote in message
news:kkemuu$ss1$1...@panix2.panix.com...
> computer -->acrossHouse--> hi-fi? (Boss says "SEE NO WIRES!")
>
> (Why the effort: hi-fi has vintage-1969 BOSE 901 incredible-sounding
> speakers, backed against old-house HARD plaster wall
> (ideal/required for the 901's audio backwards-reflection scheme).
>
> Method 1: Buy cheap computer for hi-fi AND HOPE wifi reaches (6 plaster
> wall-faces; see below).
>
> (Yes, wifi, transmitted from kitchen computer-site, does nicely
> reach laptop in basement, but that path is through only ONE wall
> and one wooden floor.)
>
> Method 2: Hang cable from ceilings: kitchen (where PC is), across
> front hall, living room, and into where hi-fi is. (GUARANTEED
> RESULT: end up living on the street or in the car!)
>
> Method 3: Hire electrician to run cable out kitchen window, around
> back of house, & into hi-fi's window.
>
> Method 4: MY DESIRED IDEAL: (wireless scheme) Concoct scheme to
> transmit wireless signal from computer, received at hi-fi amp.
>
> Distance: 13 yards;
>
> Impediments to wireless transmission: must go through three OLD
> 1945 HOUSE walls, each surfaced with heavy plaster, probably backed
> with wire mesh, thus 3 * 2 = 6 layers of it (ie one layer on each
> wall face).
>
> Question: how to implement such a solution -- and at a reasonable cost?
>
> THANK YOU!
>
> David
>
>