RE: [BAWUG] Boosting signal strength with 12 ft satellite dishHi Guys,

[Enrique LaRoche]

Interesting, I think the delay of the round trip to a satteite might be problematic.   Seriously. If you put an 8db omni on your roof you would be succesful. (get something with a 6 deg downtilt.   Think about spending around $40.00 for the antenna and $30.00 for som low loss cable and $10.00 for some  connectors, and $12.00 for the adapter from RTNC to NFemale   Keep the antenna lead as short as possible.   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jack Harrison Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 11:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BAWUG] Boosting signal strength with 12 ft satellite dishHi Guys, Hi Guys, I recently upgraded to a DSL service and  convinced my neighbor that he would benefit greatly with sharing this service and that it could help his 12 year old son considerably. An Alcatel Speed Touch pro, with a Linksys WAP 11 (ver. 2.2 with Firmware ver. 1.009) and a Netgear FA 311 Fast Ethernet Adapter are on my side with my neighbor using a Linksys WUSB 11 ver.2.5. Line of sight is obstructed by a solid concrete wall where my PC is located. On his side there is a 5 ft thicket hedge and a corner with two solid concrete walls. The distance between our two PCs 80 ft. I get a �poor� signal strength reading both in the room with his PC and on his facing facing veranda. Both houses are single storey. We are considering a 6 dbi external antenna on my house. But I have a disused 12 ft satellite dish and a 12 ft TV antenna on my roof. Is there a way to use the Satellite dish to solve our problem? There will still be the corner of his house as an obstruction to his pc. I am a neophyte in the PC world and  would greatly appreciate the help of the BAWAG.