I was wondering if I should have the motor home attach to the WiFi with one MAC and then "share" the Internet connection to the rest of the gang (like a home LAN). If I do that, I have a single access point and I hear that across the country WiFi is not free for all comers, but costs for each Internet connection. When I have one MAC that shares, only one connection!
Also, a LAN that would enable common resource sharing is a good thing - a printer aboard and the ability to print from the picnic table... Using a pair of laptops to log for ARRL Field Day . . .
Maybe a Linux PC aboard that could to GPS/Mapping as well as act as the central connection point?
I know this can't be "original thought", anyone else done this kind of thing?
Richard
N6GPP
On 6/18/06, Rick Dobbs <
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You can do this with pretty much any wireless bridge and AP/Router. No extra computer needed. As long as your laptop can get a signal, just about any bridge can handle the job. Don't need to spend a lot either. A Linksys Wet 54G and a Linksys Router/AP will do it handily. Will cost less than $110.
--RickOn 6/18/06, Richard < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I have a motorhome, and often camp (well, park...) in campgrounds (ahem, parking lots...) that have WiFi. They have offered WiFi Internet access to a computer for a fee - what I would like to do is have a main antenna/access point aboard the camper and then re-distribute the signal to three laptops connected to grand children.
My first thought was a central computer that would be the "ships computer" and work from there, but is that even needed? Everyone with laptops would provide more flexability and distributed points of failure...
Thoughts?
N6GPP
Richard
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