or you could stick a few pringles cans on his roof to act as passive repeaters... http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20020207.html -skip
On Wednesday, May 29, 2002, at 06:37 AM, w v.d.Bosch wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm relatively new to the wi-fi scene, so if my question sounds stupid, > I apoligise.... > > I have a cable-modem at home, but a friend of mine who lives just a > couple of houses away, can't get it due to bad-cabling and stuff... So > we set out to establish a wireless link between his and my house but > there are some obstructions in the way; > > a brick house.... > > The signal is sometimes able to penetrate this building but the > link-quality is always 0. Do you guys think if I use a Yagi antenna on > both ends I will be able to get a stable link?? How many wavelengths > should this yagi be? Or is it just impossible to penetrate a brick > house with 802.11b ?? > > Both the AP and client-card are transmitting at 100mw (used to be 30, > but that increase in power didn't seem to improve the signal) > > Thanx in advance, > Grtzz from Wilbert > (the Netherlands) > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
