[ale] Fiber optic ethernet

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

Hi William,

Caveat - I've never tried this, but it sounds cool.

I 2nd the idea of wireless.  If you google parabolic wifi antenna, you get lots of results.  Here's just one of them.  They claim 8 mile range.

http://www.simplewifi.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=29855

You might also need a wifi bridge device.  Some routers can do that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_bridge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Distribution_System

Also, if the workshop is on the same power distribution transformer as your house, you could consider power line networking.  If it has a phone line, you could consider phone line networking.  I think those technologies are getting much better.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_line_networking

NewEgg searches.  Their search system seems to generate lots of non relevant results, but you get the idea.

wifi antenna search:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=-1&isNodeId=1&Description=wifi+antenna&x=0&y=0

power line network search:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=-1&isNodeId=1&Description=power+line+network&x=23&y=14

wifi bridge search:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=-1&isNodeId=1&Description=wifi+bridge&x=0&y=0

You could also try frys.com, tigerdirect.com, and microcenter.com.

Sincerely,

Ron



Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com> wrote:

>Have you considered wireless? I have read a lot of people have had
>success with homemade "cantennas" or "WokFi" devices at distances
>longer than 400 feet. You're basically just using relatively cheap
>wi-fi devices and combining a can or parabolic cooking wok to isolate
>and/or amplify the signal you want. I've never tried it, but perhaps
>someone on the list has. It might be worth investigating before you
>spend a lot of money on fiber cable & switches, conduit, renting a
>trencher, etc. Google turns up lots of stuff. 
>
>Scott 
>
>
>NZ TV Station uses $10 woks instead of $20,000 commercial link, range
>up to 20km 
>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10425224 
>----- Original Message -----
>
>From: "William Bagwell" <rb211 at tds.net> 
>To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org> 
>Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:13:53 AM 
>Subject: Re: [ale] Fiber optic ethernet 
>
>So one end must be a more expensive card or switch? Will search out
>some 
>prices this evening... 
>
>William 
>
>On Thursday 28 February 2013, Lightner, Jeff wrote: 
>> I did want to note that 10 GigE cards are actually fibre but do
>Ethernet 
>> so the entire connection can be fibre but of course you’d either have
>to 
>> do direct connections to another fibre card on a server or have 10
>GigE 
>> switch. Probably a bit too expensive for a home setup. We use it here
>
>> in the office but I didn’t do the pricing so don’t know what it
>costs. 
>
>
>
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