<OT> How many Boxen?

[Michael Hipp]

Hmm. Is this 802.11a/b stuff? I'd like to know more.

Line of sight would take some work here in the hills & trees of Arkansas. But 
who knows.

Michael

On Wednesday 29 May 2002 10:37 am, David A. Bandel wrote:
> On Wed, 29 May 2002 08:53:10 -0500
>
> begin  Michael Hipp <mhipp at redmule.com> spewed forth:
> > It's a great idea. Except I sit right in the middle of 516 acres. So it
> > is more than 1km to my nearest neighbor. I couldn't reach a single one
> > of them with any ordinary wireless stuff.
>
> Guess that's how you define "ordinary".  But an amped omni on a tower they
> could see with them using unamp'd high gain antennas pointing at you would
> work just fine.  The catch would be your terrain & vegetation.  The do
> have to have line-of-sight to you.  I currently use this very
> configuration to provide connectivity over 5 miles (8 km) with _very_ high
> signal strength (in fact, I can use my laptop 3 miles away w/ a 3dbi 2in
> square unamp'd extender antenna and still run 11Mbs).
>
> Ciao,
>
> David A. Bandel