There are some links off of this article on how to put a
directional 802.11b antennae for under $10.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/02/08/1912256&mode=thread&tid=95
Jason
At 04:49 PM 2/19/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Has anyone seen a system that can be used to create a wireless network
>between two houses in a neighborhood? Say, about eight houses apart?
>
>Regards, Dustin
>
>At 11:58 AM 2/19/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>
>>Would probably have to buy a significant amount
>>to get any good price breaks...but don't know for sure.
>>Just my experience.
>>
>>I've been playing with the wireless for a while now
>>but have used access points. But what you say is
>>true, most software I've seen allows one of the
>>cards to function as the accesspoint. It just has
>>to be up in running. Not a problem in a smaller
>>network.
>>
>>I'm using the NetGear stuff. It has linux drivers
>>also but haven't had time to set it. I've found
>>the NetGear stuff to be reliable and durable
>>in a small LAN(100+ pc's). Even though it's
>>Nortel's budget line product.
>>
>>Am implementing a copper Gigabit lab
>>and will use netgear's new 24 port 10/100/1000 hub.
>>
>>Read good stuff about the Orinoco. Can't remember
>>off hand the difference between the Silver and Gold
>>other than cost. I would look at WEP standard it supports.
>>
>>my 2c's-
>>-joe
>>
>>
>>On Tuesday 19 February 2002 11:40 am, you wrote:
>> > I've been considering a purchase of 3 HP Lucent
>> > ORiNOCO Silver Wireless PCMCIA cards for my home
>> > network. I chose this card specifically because there
>> > are Linux drivers for it and an external antenna can
>> > be connected to it using a standard adapter cable
>> > (like
>> >
>> http://www.nxgenstore.com/nxgen/itemdesc.asp?CartId=3890601UINHB791&ic=WRJC
>> >MW19M) to increase the range.
>> >
>> > Just so you know, a wireless access point or base unit
>> > is not required:
>> > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2001/03/06/recipe.html,
>> > which is the reason I want to buy 3 cards: 1 for my
>> > firewall/gateway using a PCMCIA slot adapter, and 2
>> > for my 2 laptops. You can save a lot of money by not
>> > having to purchase the base WAP unit.
>> >
>> > I found a pretty good deal at:
>> > http://shop.store.yahoo.com/justdeals/luctecorsil1.html,
>> > but I was thinking that a large group could get a
>> > better deal by making a big purchase of the same WLAN
>> > cards at one time.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have experience with making volume
>> > purchases for a group like this? How well does it
>> > work?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > John Hebert
>> >
>> > ps: By the way, I am one of the group coordinators at
>> > the Baton Rouge Linux Users Group: www.brlug.net.
>> > pps: anyone know of other Louisiana Linux User Groups
>> > that I should contact?
>> >
>> >
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