[ale] OT: Wireless Questions

[Christopher Fowler]

You are not going to get 1/2 mile with a Belkin USB 
802.11B adapter.  You may be able to send signal to it but
it may not be able to scream loud enough for you 
to hear it.

It is like when peopl used to ask me if our (Computone) serial
boards could go 1000 feet.  I would say sure but can
your Wyse terminal speak back at 1000' feet.  If you can hear
me and I can not hear you then it is worthless to opertate.
Unless you like onw-way communications.

Chris

On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 10:19:32AM -0700, Tim LaCroix wrote:
> 
> Hey all, I ran into something I can't fix, thought
> someone here may know. 
> 
> I got a D-Link 614+ and a Yagi D-Link ANT24-1801 and I
> am trying to go a half mile to a computer sitting with
> a Belkin 802.11b USB nic. I called up D-Link and they
> just said that a professional wireless installer must
> install it. I asked if there were any in Savannah, he
> couldn't say. But regardless, I am merely attempting
> to go 1/2 mile through trees, houses and people to
> reach a nic sitting in an office. The thing has a 15
> degree beam. The Yagi boasts a 3 mile range, but
> looking at some cisco texts on their equivalent it
> seems that 2 concrete walls are enough to stop the
> connection. Is it wise to get another antenna or a nic
> with an antenna like the DWL-AG520 for the recieving
> end? Or is the only option to site this thing out with
> a laser going 3 stories up and aiming it to be within
> inches. Any assistance or advice would be great. 
> 
> Thanks.
> Tim LaCroix
> CCNA (general all around "fix the computer thing" guy)
> 
> 
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