ubnt.com is a good place to start.
First - check with someone in town (that can be 30 miles away even)
see if you can get a cablemodem or dsl or something there -
then antenna away
Great stuff !
On Mar 25, 2009, at 11:31 PM, Chuck Mariotti wrote:
I have the option of staying/working from a home on a the Lake for a
number of weeks this summer here in Ontario/Canada. Nice and
relaxed. Unfortunately, the only internet access is dialup, which is
not acceptable (of course).
After much poking around, I borrowed my wife's iPhone, went up to
the highest point in the house, stuck it up against each window, and
low and behold with one of those windows... one bar of 3G. 3G / Edge
jumped In and Out, but it was definitely there. Some tests were
pretty good... 2mbit down, 500kup... others, pretty bad... very
bad... 3G signal would go down, etc... but it's there!
The one problem is, there are no leaves on the trees yet... and it's
just one bar of signal. So I imagine it will get worse in a couple
of months time.
Second problem is, that the wireless provider here (Rogers) sells a
USB Stick that will give me 3G Internet Access (like the iPhone).
Model Ovation MC950D 7.2 USB Modem - HSDPA/HSUPA/UMTS... My concern
is that this thing is as bad or Worse than the iPhone for receiving
3G signals. I would really like to not have to worry about signals
here. Does anyone know if the antenna on this thing is significantly
better than an iPHone? Will I get 0 bars or 5 bars?
Third Problem is, I have more than one computer. I'd like to share
this connection. This is where pfSense comes in. I tried looking
this up on the hardware list, but I don't see it. I see someone
referencing it on a BSD list, but version 8.0... Does anyone know if
these work with pfSense 1.2.2 as a WAN connection? There are pre-fab
3G Routers that work with it, but they are $$$.
Fourth Problem is, this is a separate problem, that maybe I can get
an alternative in place if needed, but my cell phone is 3G as well.
No signal = no calls. I have looked at Signal Boosters for areas/
building, but they seem to be insanely expensive.
Anyone have any suggestions or solutions to this problem?
Regards,
Chuck
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