[ale] OT: Wireless Questions

[Dow Hurst]

Thanks for the advice!
Dow


Jonathan Rickman wrote:

>On Monday 01 September 2003 01:34, Dow Hurst wrote:
>  
>
>>Jonathon,
>>What would work for just crossing the street in a neighborhood?
>>Supposing you could get line of sight for ~300ft with no bags of water
>>or trees in the way?  Would just a parabolic dish on each end of a
>>normal PCI wifi cards with the external antenna option work?  My brother
>>in law is in the IT sales business and is really hurting financially.
>>He can't afford anything but a dialup, however, his neighbor wants to
>>help him by offering access to the broadband the neighbor has.  I'll get
>>him the Wifi cards as a gift if it is simple "can antenna" project. 
>>    
>>
>
>300 ft with a clear line of sight is very easy. Just about any antenna will 
>work. You'll get 1-3Mbps with the stock antennas on any cheap access 
>point/bridge. I prefer the Cisco equipment. You might be able to find a 
>couple of Aironet bridges on eBay pretty cheap. With a clear shot like 
>that, just about anything will work though. The Proxim/Orinoco gear is also 
>very good.
>
>  
>

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