Re: Wireless - what range?

["Andy Laurence" <andylaurence@xxxxxxx>]

> 100 yds is certainly possible, but will probably require decent, high,
> aerials.

100 yards should be possible with good quality cards with an unobstructed
fresnel (line of sight plus a bit).  Of course, you'll have houses in the
way, so the simplest way would be with a couple of antennae made from
Pringles cans or CD spindles (yes, seriously!) on your roof.

> If you're on opposite sides of the street, so have line-of-sight, then
> relatively straightforward. If you're on the same side, so there are
> other houses in the way, then way harder.

Indeed, if you're opposite eachother, you could point aerials out th
window,
but if you're on the same side of the road, you'll need to get on the roof.
Be careful of lorries breaking your connection though if you point aerials
across the street.

> However, comparing the cost of aerials to the cost of them getting
their
> own ISP, you may be better with an ISP each and using some Instant
> Messaging solution...

In the short term, but long term, how can you beat a 5Mbps permanent
connection for almost no running cost?

Another alternative would be RONJA
http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~clock/twibright/ronja/

Andy
--
PC-Based Multimedia System
http://www.andylaurence.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pcbmms


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