RE: Wireless LAN

["Timothy Morris" <timothy.morris@xxxxxxx>]

You can do it, but in order to stop people from doing it manufacturers tend
to put different connectors on either the cards or the access points.

You need to find out the type of connector and make up some leads. I have
some of the older Compaq cards which have a rubber ducky antenna on them. I
bought some reverse thread connectors from www.rell.com and made up some 8
foot extension cables using RG223 coax.

You'd be able to do the same with directional high gain antennas, but you'd
need to source the connectors yourself.

Tim.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Willoughby [mailto:ian@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 29 September 2001 13:04
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Wireless LAN
>
>
> Hi Stuart,
> I have a Buffalo AirStaion about ?250 and an external directional
aerial
> ?75. It is also possible to plug the external aerial into the lan
> cards ?105
> to increase range, I have not done this.
>
> The key thing is direct line of site as we are talking 2.4Ghz
> microwaves. I
> am covering well of 70 meters through walls and still getting
> 5Mbs or 11Mbs
> (with a following wind) so Direct Line of Site would give well over
your
> 150M, but the aerial is very directional. I beleive it is possible to
get
> better omniDirectional ariels but I have not tried this. Setting up
> Chesham's first 802.11b ISP was not in my game plan, unless I could
charge
> for it (but you can not use 2.4Ghz for profit, it is illegal).
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards
> Ian
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Booth [mailto:stuart@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 29 September 2001 12:58
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Wireless LAN
>
>
> On 29 Sep 01, at 12:37, Ian Lowe wrote:
>
> > The price on that sort of range is usually in the 5-6K range. If
it's
> > less, let me know :)
>
> The words "Me" and "<something beginning with
F>" spring quickly
> to mind.
>
> I did say "fun project" didn't I? A few hundred quid, then
game on,
> anything else, forget it.
>
> Oh well, back to hand signals I guess...
>
> Stuart
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Stuart Booth" <stuart@xxxxxxx>
>
> > > I've got 3 ongoing projects I'm looking into at the moment:
> > >  - home automation.
> > >  - broadband internet access in a little village in
Buckinghamshire,
> > > possibly via Satellite downlinks.
> > >  - some kind of wireless LAN between myself and a friend in
the
> > > village (line of sight maybe).
> > >
> > > It's really great that all 3 topics get touched upon on this
mailing
> > > list.
> > >
> > > The other day there was a mention of a product called
BreezeCom for
> > > wireless LAN between buildings, so I tracked that down to:
> > >
> > > http://www.alvarion.com/Products_2020.asp?tNodeParam=13
> > >
> > > 30mile radius !!!
> > >
> > > This sounds fantastic, but probably a bit OTT given my
friend in the
> > > village is a mere 150m or so from me. :) But if we can get
some kind
> > > of broadband 'net access between us, and then share it
across a
> > > wireless LAN we'll have a lot of fun. To be honest, it's
just a fun
> > > project to see if something like this is possible.
> > >
> > > Do these Alvarion people have UK distributers and what sort
of prce
> > > are we looking at for this equipment.
>
>
> --
> Stuart Booth
> Somewhere in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
>
> stuart@xxxxxxx     ICQ#: 4515603
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