From: Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Wooden walls would not block radio waves a whole lot. My house is all concrete block, and my Airport Base Station is reachable from everywhere in it.
In it yes, but I have a Swedish wooden house built in 1910 which has been covered with bricks, but no metal structures.
I want to use my PowerBook outside in the garden which is about 16,500 square feet (1502 m^2) with several seating places. ---
Do extra antennas on the basestation make a big difference ?
Ye s they do. Do be careful, however as you can run afoul of whatever your local equivalent of the FCC is if you cause interference with other systems.
Ah, phuck 'em... ;o) ---
People have achieved quite long ranges with modified base stations., but the tradeoff is directionality. The farther you want to go, the more directional your antenna must be. (google 'cantenna' or 'pringles can antenna' for lots of DIY solutions.)
Pretty basic stuff really, but I was merely thinking of a larger uni- directional antenna.
Larry
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