At 06:02 PM 2/18/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Has anyone seen the Robert X Cringley site? He's doing stuff w/ 802.11b. >http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20010712.html > >The synopsis: he's using satellite & can't get DSL or Cable modem. So >he finds someone (using a telescope) that can get DSL, gets *them* a >connection, then uses 802.11b (WiFi) with some directional antennas to >connect to the DSL. > >He's got some further info on using a booster antenna to go around an >obstacle & hooking into a Starbucks' wireless LAN.
I susbscribe to a few WiFi mailing lists and everybody seems to be in agreement that Cringely is BSing on his passive repeater story: http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1124 It would be nice, though, if it worked. I live in Keene and we just got Verizon DSL, but you have to be _very_ close to the CO at this point. I live a 1.25 miles out and they say it's too far, but both my parents and my sister can get it. When I first read the article I was all ready to go out and buy a second WAP11 and a couple of cans of pringles and set one of these up near the radio tower... Oh well... >***************************************************************** >To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. >***************************************************************** Peter Beardsley Appropriate Solutions, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
