On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Chris Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 09:52:47AM -0400, theluketaylor wrote: >> > This is actually something I was thinking about. Both buildings have >> > a tower that are in line-of-sight of each other. About 250 meters >> > between the two towers. So I am thinking that I can set up an antenna >> > at each end and have the LTSP servers sync through that? >> > >> This is the route I would take. I'd even make it a private network so >> only the servers you need to talk across sites would have access. A >> cross site VLAN perhaps. >> >> For a few thousand dollars worth of wireless gear you'll save a ton of >> space on your internet connection and point to point wireless is a lot >> more reliable than broadcast (like 802.11). I'd highly recommend >> getting gear designed to bridge sites and not just use even an >> enterprise grade wireless AP, you'll get much better results. > > I'm sure you're right, although I'm not sure that I could resist at least > trying one of the cheaper solutions first, e.g. > > http://www.wifigear.co.uk/ubiquiti-nanostation-m5-airmax-wireless-ptp-kit > > Probably a terrible idea, especially after such good advice above. >
off the shelf 802.11 stuff can work, you just might have more headaches setting it up and interference could be an issue. If you do use 802.11, make sure to use something in the 5 ghz band since it's a lot less crowded. If budget concerns are an issue, by all means, use 802.11. I actually have a 802.11 bridge setup between 2 buildings right now. The distance is too great for ethernet and it's too expensive for fiber so we placed a wireless bridge in a smaller building roughly halfway between each. It isn't mission critical and only sees light use but it does the trick. > -- > Chris Roberts > http://chrisjrob.wordpress.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the > growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses > are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software > be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker > today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
