Well I'm not an expert on antenna cable lengths, surely you need some low-gauge shielded wire, to make it any reasonable distance.
As for signals in the air belonging to you: AFAIK, just because you're allowed to use TCP/IP, doesn't mean you're allowed to abuse it :) If you "borrow" my signal, most uplink service providers consider it theft or at least unfair use. So even if you find a friendly neighbor willing to share, you could be creating unwanted liability for yourself, should the lender get shut down. And just because you can speak SMTP and say you own the transmissions containing my email, does not give you the right to read (use) that transmission. It is still eavesdropping, even on unlicensed spectrum, and AFAIK (but IANAL) the laws and precedents are very clear about this. So sure, if my waves are in your airspace, I'm not going to lay claim to them, but you're supposed to play nice with other people's privacy, in our open society. BTW, my Linksys model is a WTR-54GL, not the WAP one, but I am indeed using it as a bridge -- I was slightly confused since the interface made it look like I was creating another wlan with the same channel, SSID, and WPA2 password, but when in bridging mode this is merely used to connect. Brainless and worh the ease of a supported device, in my case :) Ben On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 12:21 PM, dooger watts <[email protected]> wrote: > Have clearly plopped into a pond of serious users here so I won't pretend > to advise--but from what I understand the cable (5606sr) from a Yagi can't > be any longer than 8 ft or the signal turns to poop. > > Perhaps it's apropos to bring up the polotix of this issue, namely that any > signal in the air is "owned" by anyone who can receive it. Transmitters > beyond a certain wavelength and distance have to be licensed--but receivers > still own the airways. > > Meantime would love to know how to fine-tune my Yagi position. Do I need > an oscilloscope or something? > > Fun, > m > > Ben Barrett wrote: > >> 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. :) >> >> _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >
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