Wow, thanks for all the info. So what exactly could/should I do with all
this hardware? Take it to the shooting range?

-ryan

On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 18:16, Dan Fitzpatrick wrote:
> These are not 802.11 devices, they are essentially cable modems.  I used to
> work for a company that used these (Warpdrive Networks) that hasn't existed
> for 3-4 years now.  The antenna MIGHT be usable but they are 75ohm fed
> rather than 50ohm.  The headend unit is a FreeBSD box with some very
> special hardware that spits out a 6mhz carrier the plugs into a transmitter
> (TV, MMDS etc.) It uses QAM-64 on the down stream and some other standard
> that I forget on the upstream (I think it's either QAM-16 or QPSK).  About
> the only thing that the set up is good for is watching MMDS TV which is
> transmitted out of the same mountain that your antenna is pointed at.
> 
> For 802.11 the only usable part is the pole ;)  I wouldn't be surprised if
> you see the headend units on the used market real soon.  These are passive
> backplane Intel based FreeBSD boxes that have a an ethernet card and up to 3
> carrier generators per TV channel.  The 3 separate signals go into another
> card that makes one baseband video signal with the 3 signals staggard.  On
> the receive end it's a similar setup but I believe it's just a receiver board
> that plugs into a sector antenna with several of these per box.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Dan.
> 
> On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 03:40:37PM -0500, Ryan Marsh wrote:
> > So I've got three Hybrid WBR's along with a California Amplifier planar
> > array each. They're leftover from Sprint's now dead MMDS service. Would
> > it be possible for a friend and I to set up a wireless link between two
> > points using said equipment or do I need the equipment that Sprint used
> > at their AP?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > -ryan
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