Actually there are a lot of solutions to this problem: - Lasers work great if you have line of site and a steady platform (but you said you don't...). - There is a "Campus" radio solution that is already licensed for use specifically for this type of application. It works up to 10 miles, but is really only practical for about 2 miles. Last time I priced it, the cost was around $7k (but that was over two years ago). It's a digitally encrypted setup that works pretty good. - VPN via your internet connections. Try to setup both sites using the same provider. If you get on the same segment then your bandwidth and latency will be awesome. - If you are not worried about bandwidth or latency then there is always the carrier pidgeon option. As I recall there is even an IEEE approved protocol for this.
Jon === On Friday 15 February 2002 04:42 pm, you wrote: > On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Joe Meador wrote: > > I guess it helps to read the posts of the previous day - sorry for > > posting basically a repeat of of what someone already said. I checked > > out some of the links that Mike Johnson sent and that has been > > interesting. I don't know which antenna we would need though - for > > starters the 2 initial LANs would be about 1 - 1.5 miles part without > > a clear view. Thanks for your help. > > If you don't have an unobstructed, line-of-sight view, than nothing > unlicensed will work for you. You'll have to apply to the FCC for a > license, which will be very time consuming and require a lot of expertise. > I doubt you're interested in running a radio station/cell phone tower, > which is the kinda of complexity I'm talking about. You'll probably find > it more cost effective to get Frame Relay connections from your phone > company, or other Internet access (cable modem, DSL, whatever), with a VPN > solution. > > --Jeremy > > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
