> We have recently set up a D-Star repeater. While the repeater is working > very well, we don't have ready access to the internet at the repeater site > and are considering various options to get internet service there including > wireless. My newbie questions are just how much bandwidth is needed to tie > the D-Star machine to the internet and what are others doing successfully in > a similar situation.
This depends on how much you want to run and do. W5HAT runs two band modules and dplus on a commercial grade Clearwire wireless connection which is specified to be 750 Kb up and down. W5LM runs one band module and dplus on a home grade Clearwire wireless connection which is specified to be 750 Kb down and 250 Kb up. We limit dongle users to two maximum, and we do not user ICOM's "multicast" have found it pretty unreliable and at times just obnoxious (dropping DV streams onto gateways with QSO's in progress, etc). The only time we've had issues in the past was when experimenting with multicast. 73 -- John
