On 11 Aug 2006 at 14:09, Gary Funck wrote:

> I'd look at going with an 802.1n compatible set up, which
> as 4x the range of 802.1g.  The incompatiblity of

Have you actually read the reviews on the shipping gear? It's not anywhere 
close to 4x. Plus the vaunted N has other issues, see: 

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1977784,00.asp

> future standards isn't an issue, since you're hooking up
> a bridge anyway.  

How do you come to that conclusion, future standards are always an issue when 
running hardware on alpha or beta "standards". You have no guarantee, you'll 
be able to upgrade to the "standard" and you have no way of knowing whether 
such standard will break your current setup, especially if someone else neaby 
is running the new "standard" hardware and you aren't.  This wouldn't be the 
first time this happened in the wifi arena.

> That said, even 802.1g may have sufficient range with a good antenna
> and LOS. 

With proper antenna's and LOS, IIRC, the longest shot with G or was that A 
router was like 50 miles.  Oh yeah, it was 55 miles

http://digital-lifestyles.info/display_page.asp?section=distribution&id=2439
http://www.wifi-shootout.com/

Whoah, just reread that, 125 miles!!!!!
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