I live waaaaaay out in the sticks and my closest line-of-sight neighbor is about 1400 feet away. In a fit of largess several years ago, I agreed to share my satellite based internet connection with the neighbors. This is a 2nd home for them and they're here only a couple of months out of the year so getting their own satellite system was hard to justify. WiMax isn't an option (we live in a hollow...no coverage.) DSL isn't an option, nor is cable. ISDN isn't in the cards and even regular old dial-up is only 1/2 speed here because of the antiquated "capacity enhancer" equipment Qwest has down the hill. So satellite it is and I tried to figure out a way to share the internet connection with the neighbor wirelessly and on the cheap. What I came up with is shown below. It works...but only barely. I certainly wouldn't go this route again. I'd spend the extra $$$ for proper yagi antennas.
That said, if it's possible for you to run wire, run wire. Your total investment for a cat6 spool, a crimping tool and some rj45 modular plugs should be less than $200. You can easily run the wire, put on the modular plugs and test. For that matter, buy a 1000' spool of cat6 and put jacks on either end without unspooling it. Plug one end into your router and the other end into the SB. Does it work? If it works spooled, I'd think it would work unspooled. And it it does, then your bigger task will be burying the wire in proper conduit. Or improper conduit. Get the cheapest PVC you can find at Lowes or Home Depot and find an unemployed person and hand them a mattock. -- gharris999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gharris999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=115 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79140 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
