satellite internet hardware

[goat_roper_me]

hello all
heres what iam wanting to know i have a nabor thats only about 100-150 feet between our houses her's is a mobel home with metal outer shell and my home has metal on that end of the house tord her house and she is getting satillite internet and told me if theres a way to tie in to satellite internet i could split the bill and i could use it but i was wanting to know if i can get a wireless router or what wireless router i would need to connect the two pc's together i checked the linksys router site and it says thay dont work with satelite so can any one tell me if ther is one that dose and what make and model i would need as cheap as possible as money is some what tight at this time
oh and iam on dial-up and its so so slow
thank all

[ReRun]

First thing to consider is satellite connections are not that great. They download pretty fast but upload tends to drop off and messengers or any online multiplayer games will drop you often with just one PC connected.

If your just into downloading and email and you get the connection...
The metal siding on the mobile homes will kill the wireless. I have seen people run a wire from the router that distance and it worked OK until the first thunderstorm came through and it killed the NIC card in both computers and the router. Replaced the router and added PCI NIC cards and they went again, next storm got one NIC card and killed one port on the router. They put the line in conduit and buried it and they seem to be doing fine (at least have not called me in a long time).
Most electrical supply stores can make up a cat5 cable to any length you need, the longer the run the more sluggish the connection will be. But if it is a 100-200 feet it really is not all that bad.

[goat_roper_me]

thanks for the reply ReRun so your sayin i shouldin evin use a wireless setup iam better off useing the cable under ground if i have to ill do that as far as speed nothin can be as slow as dial-up i dont play games much at all but i do use messanger at least 3-4 times a week i can take the beein droped for internet speed anyday ok as far as the router witch one will work with satelite internet there are alot out there ive been lookin on ebay but dont know witch one i can use once i find out what router to use ill figure out what card to buy then or i can find a package deal maybe
thanks
ron smith/goatroper

[ReRun]

You wont have signal from that distance through metal. It would still be a good idea to get a wireless router, a cheap 4 port should be enough, hook the sat connection into the Internet port, the PC in the home with it to the first port and connect the line to the second port. Wireless is always handy when someone with a laptop shows up and the wireless routers cost about the same as other options.

[goat_roper_me]

thanks ReRun for the reply but can you tell me i sean on ebay some exteral antennas that are inter changeable with routers and i think its an outdoor antenna if i was to put one on the router and one on the card that should solve the metal wall problem but i cant seam to find out witch router it works on would you know heres the link to the antenna below

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tab%3DWatching

iam thinks of usenig the wireless g router or the n i see the n router is a better one but cost abit more ive tryed checking with linksys but i cant make heads or tails of what the specs on them mean so i dont know witch router would work with the antenna in the link above
thanks
ron