Heh, that's a hardware issue. You probably want to start out with a pair of adapters so you can put a length of (rg5 or rg6, is it?) cable-tv type cable as the extension. The reception-oriented reasons you'd want to use DD-WRT is enhanced control of transmit power as well as a slew of complex timing options (these can help keep your wifi cloud small & contained, help it reach further, or even help avoid some interference maybe).
If you can work out the yagi antenna placement and an extension or at least adapter cable (depending on how far up a tree or the roof the antenna is!!), then you can test the signal strength and fine-tune the antenna position as a separate step from any DD-WRT or router setup. Once the antenna will get you your signal, then you can drop in a device in bridging mode, provided that your uplink is copascetic and doesn't cut you off or sue you. :) Ben On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 11:42 AM, BB <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to know more about this for my blind friend, their out by LCC > on a dial up. Your saying you can tie to a YAGI antenna? What's the > range? I know in their case there's a big hill in the way, but hey maybe > they could tie to LCC or something, legit, of course. > > On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 10:45 AM, dooger watts <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Relating tangentially to a thread that weaves its way in'n out here >> periodically--trying to lick the high cost of broadband in you gene--I've >> finally got my Yagi up'n flying. Any other "Blank Regs" operating in the >> area? >> >> (Though I've heard my router referred to as "a solid state linux computer" >> this is not technically a linux thread so to keep from taking up unfair >> width here on the list please respond privately). > >
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