You might want to look into what Ham operators call "packet radio"
On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 04:45:34 +0200 Or Botton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
> A friend of mine and I are thinking about trying to setup a LAN
> between
> our computers. He lives afew houses away from me (about 2, 3 minute
> walk), so obviously putting a cable isnt a solution. The internet
> bandwidth at our ISP's can be very low at rush hours, and direct
> modem to modem connection have become quite a futile idea, thanks to
> our phone company who have increased the prices sky-high. (they
> "fixed" it by giving discount to ISP dial-up numbers. G, thanks.)
>
> It was then when I thought of the idea of using Radio. I heard of
> afew people who did it before.. And ofcourse, I have no idea where
> even to start.
>
> So, if you have any ideas, comments, suggestions, I will be glad to
> hear it!
>
> Basicly, the idea is to have only our two computers connected.
> If we're going to use a LAN, then we'd rather use IPX. Both
> machines will either run on DOS or Windows (we have both installed,
> and as you can guess from my being in this list, we're both beavily
> experienced with DOS.). We can also put up a Linux server if needed,
> though we dont really have any any knowledge how to mess with it.
> Still, the target 2 computers are a DOS&Windows combo, and cannot
> be changed to any other OS (sorry david! ;)
>
> So.. if you have any ideas.. please help. :)
>
>
> Or Botton
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> "Truth is stranger then fiction, since fiction has to make sense."
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