Hmm. Is this 802.11a/b stuff? I'd like to know more. Line of sight would take some work here in the hills & trees of Arkansas. But who knows.
Michael On Wednesday 29 May 2002 10:37 am, David A. Bandel wrote: > On Wed, 29 May 2002 08:53:10 -0500 > > begin Michael Hipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth: > > It's a great idea. Except I sit right in the middle of 516 acres. So it > > is more than 1km to my nearest neighbor. I couldn't reach a single one > > of them with any ordinary wireless stuff. > > Guess that's how you define "ordinary". But an amped omni on a tower they > could see with them using unamp'd high gain antennas pointing at you would > work just fine. The catch would be your terrain & vegetation. The do > have to have line-of-sight to you. I currently use this very > configuration to provide connectivity over 5 miles (8 km) with _very_ high > signal strength (in fact, I can use my laptop 3 miles away w/ a 3dbi 2in > square unamp'd extender antenna and still run 11Mbs). > > Ciao, > > David A. Bandel _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
