'Urro.. $350 for an 802.11 card, about $800 for a high gain base antenna. You could get away without the base antenna if you only wanted 50-100m coverage though.
If the CHCH by-laws are the same as ours you'd not need a resource consent or planning permission assuming the aerial didn't obscure anyone's view, or sit more than 3 feet above the peak of the roof of your house. Cheers, Chris Hellyar. Selwyn District Council Phones: X 831 (03)324 5831 (021) 350 603 <This message has not been inspected by the Chief Censors office> -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Sawtell Mark Carey wrote: > How much does a 802.11 card and high gain antenna cost? (antenna reqd for increased range?) A lot of $$$. More to the point is that in Christchurch there is a local by-law which requires that you get planning permission to erect a transmitting antenna of any kind, including one for a 802.11 card. The law has been applied and the Council were successful in getting a budding radio network taken down. I suspect that the law was introduced so that the Cable and ADSL network folks could have a free range. I hope that my suspicions are the produce of an over active cynical mind, but I fear not. Note that for somebody on a Paradise cable connection access to a large range of Open distributions is available from http://debian.paradise.net.nz/ without traffic charge. I'd be happy to cut / burn you a CD for a small charge. ###################################################################### The contents of this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Selwyn District Council ######################################################################
