On Wed, 29 May 2002 11:29:55 -0500 begin Michael Hipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth:
> 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. Yep, simple ol' Orinoco cards w/ adapters, LMR-400 cable, and antennas. Works great on Linux. > > 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. -- Focus on the dream, not the competition. -- Nemesis Racing Team motto _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
