<OT> How many Boxen?

[David A. Bandel]

On Wed, 29 May 2002 11:29:55 -0500
begin  Michael Hipp <mhipp at redmule.com> spewed forth:

> 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.

Yep, simple ol' Orinoco cards w/ adapters, LMR-400 cable, and antennas. 
Works great on Linux.

> 
> 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
> 
> 
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