Would people within ten miles of your AirPort be able to use your base station? This brings new meaning to warchalking.
Anne On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 07:08 PM, Jerry Yeager wrote: > There are a couple of articles on the 'net that deal with the pesky > range problem for wi-fi computers (Airport and similar 802.11b > wireless). They are 'how-tos' for extending the range of the wireless > connections up to 10 miles, (which is an incredible leap over the 150 > feet that Apple lets you use. The cost is around $10, (based on using a > Pringles can --- yes, you read that right. > > Though I have not built one yet, the science is valid and the > engineering is good and these should work. > > The drawbacks to this are twofold: > > 1) You could blow up your transmitter if you get in a hurry during the > construction. > 2) The FCC really, really does not like things like this and could ask > you to take it down, as it could interfere with community based wi-fi > systems. > > http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448 > > http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/howto/story/0,24330,3406172,00.html > > > Jerry > > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26 > For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
