Here's the skinny from my buddy with the wireless dish stuff: Got some pictures below. First the dish is exactly the same as the Dish network dish except for the feed horn. I first took the feed horn apart and removed all the electronics and then drilled a good size hole down through the shaft and out the back of the horn to feed the cable from my new horn. Directions and details on how to make it are here.... http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/15/how-to-build-a-wifi-biquad-dish-antenna/
There are also lots of other directions on the net just search on Homebrew WiFi or Biquad dish WiFi The granddaddy of all instructions are here .... http://trevormarshall.com/biquad.htm If you need the parts in a kit go here.... http://cgi.ebay.com/Build-a-BiQuad-Booster-WiFi-Antenna-for-Linksys_W0QQitemZ120153511227QQihZ002QQcategoryZ44996QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem If you order one of these then you will have to know what kind of electronics you will be using as the antenna connectors are different. You need to hook something up to the pigtail on the dish as the signal degrades very quickly. I used a Linksys WET11 which is a bridge. Then this is hooked up via cat5 to a Linksys WAP11 which is a plain jane access point. If I were your friend I would get the WET11 first and if he has wireless access in his other building he may be able to make the jump with just that hardware. The WET11 is a bridge and if you know the name of the access point you just put it into the WET11's setup and it will auto-connect and you have a network. You can connect to the WET11 directly with cat5 and plug into your computer. I connected the new feed dish to the old feed dish with silicon and I will be putting a tupperware dish around it to protect it from the weather. Also notice in the pictures that the dish is mounted upside down as our shot is horizontal and not up into space. I then bought a small pigtail to convert the feedhorn connection to the connection that was on my airport card. I had to remove the battery and there is a cover plate that was removed and then I could disconnect the internal antenna and connect the dish. I then fired up Macstumbler which will list and speak the name of the access points that it finds. I then moved and aimed the dish until I found my access point that I was going to use (there were a bunch out there ) and then locked down the dish. This is the point I am at now and I will be hooking up the electronics next year with POE (power over ethernet) and weather proofing everything. Hope this helps but I would start with just the WET11 first as that may all he needs. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
