Re: [gentoo-user] looking for wireless technology

2005-11-13 Thread John Jolet
On Saturday 12 November 2005 23:51, Willie Wong wrote: On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 11:02:09AM +0600, El Nino wrote: i have a 128kbps Internet connection to my home now i want give access to my college friends to it. (i already have two running squid+firewall gentoo servers) I'm looking for

Re: [gentoo-user] looking for wireless technology

2005-11-13 Thread Stroller
On Nov 13, 2005, at 5:51 am, Willie Wong wrote: If you have line-of-sight, you might be able to make do with a pair of directional antennae set up in the right way, and you might need a way of increasing the power output of the antennae. Any such modifications, however, is surely ILLEGAL in

Re: [gentoo-user] looking for wireless technology

2005-11-13 Thread Willie Wong
On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 03:18:16PM +, Stroller wrote: On Nov 13, 2005, at 5:51 am, Willie Wong wrote: If you have line-of-sight, you might be able to make do with a pair of directional antennae set up in the right way, and you might need a way of increasing the power output of the

Re: [gentoo-user] looking for wireless technology

2005-11-13 Thread Nick Rout
On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 00:51:12 -0500 Willie Wong wrote: On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 11:02:09AM +0600, El Nino wrote: i have a 128kbps Internet connection to my home now i want give access to my college friends to it. (i already have two running squid+firewall gentoo servers) I'm looking

Re: [gentoo-user] looking for wireless technology

2005-11-13 Thread Jonathan Wright
Nick Rout wrote: What bollocks. 802.11 is capable of 5 km at least with a decent card and directional aerials. Directional aerials can be built from quite cheap materials like woks and other asian food implements, or you can buy commercial directional aerials. The world record is set at ~125

[gentoo-user] looking for wireless technology

2005-11-12 Thread El Nino
dear friends, i have a 128kbps Internet connection to my home now i want give access to my college friends to it. (i already have two running squid+firewall gentoo servers) I'm looking for wireless technology to do this. all friends are within 1km. can anyone give me a solution to do this?

Re: [gentoo-user] looking for wireless technology

2005-11-12 Thread Willie Wong
On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 11:02:09AM +0600, El Nino wrote: i have a 128kbps Internet connection to my home now i want give access to my college friends to it. (i already have two running squid+firewall gentoo servers) I'm looking for wireless technology to do this. all friends are within 1km.