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Re: Fw: Wireless LAN - external antenna and remote sites



A 1.5 million candle power "torch" should do the trick, just sit on your
roof at about three in the monring and shine away :P


Steve D

"Regular people say 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'. Engineers say: 'If it
ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.'"


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 8:33 PM
Subject: RE: Fw: [ukha_d] Wireless LAN - external antenna and remote sites


> Myself and a mate are thinking of the ultimate trial ;)
>
> We live about 12 miles apart., but reckon we have line of sight.
>
> It takes a lot more effort to *confirm* LOS than it does to 8think* you
have
> it..
>
> We are waiting on one of our mutual friends getting round to loaning us
his
> telescope (or reaching boredom point and buying one!!) to get an exact
> bearing.
>
> Then it's time to see how hard you can push a yagi.
>
> As an aside, are there "back" lobes of emission from a yagi antenna, or is
> the footprint largely in front of the device?
>
> I don't mind in the *slightest* cooking the local screaming kids, but I
> don't fancy a nasty headache myself ;)
>
> Ian.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Keay [mailto:m@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 07 June 2002 19:15
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Fw: [ukha_d] Wireless LAN - external antenna and remote
> sites
>
>
>
> consume.net consume.net consume.net! :)
>
> You could get away with 2 Linux boxes + cards with yagi antennas all
> pretty cheaply. (Maybe what you'd save using cards instead of APs?)
>
> Line of sight? point and ping? :P hehehe.
>
> On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Gareth Cook/UK/IBM wrote:
>
> >
> > Something I want to investigate. My friend lives a mile down the road
and
> > I'm thinking line of sight wireless would be a good way for me to get
adsl
> > (friends house can get it)
> >
> > Not sure where to start - would need 2 x APs and 2 x directional
antenna -
> > but would need some expertise getting the line of sight sorted (and on
the
> > roof)
> >
> > Any ideas in Surrey area ?
> >
> > G.
> >
>
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> > ----- Forwarded by Gareth Cook/UK/IBM on 07/06/2002 19:10 -----
> >
> >         Discussion       .
> >         Main Topic      
> >                          Subject:
> >       "Stuart Booth"     .
> >  <stuart@xxxxxxx>              [ukha_d] Wireless LAN - external
> antenna and remote sites
> >        Today 16:11                     .
> >                          Category:
> >                         
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> >
> >
> >
> > Guys,
> >
> > I know a lot of you have wireless LAN access points in the home
> > (many thanks to the kind efforts of Dr John and his M-in-L!). I think
> > a fair few of you have wondered about linking two sites with line
> > of sight together too.
> >
> > A friend and I (he's lurking here somewhere) have long had this
> > project in mind. Recently I came across a post on a newsgroup
> > from a chap, David Hayes, offering his services to somebody
> > asking after this kind of project.
> >
> > I sent an email to him explaining my requirements and have to say
> > he's been absolutely brilliant with information, suggestions, ideas
> > and, in the end, the supply of all the external hardware and
> > connectors that I need.
> >
> > I've now got two small, and nicely priced, 4.2dBi omnidirectional
> > antenna that I can mount on the roof. These have a run of coax
> > plugged onto them via some nice and meaty looking connectors,
> > all waterproofed at the external end. At the other end are a
> > further set of chunky connectors onto which screw some pigtails.
> >
> > We have one LinkSys WAP11 Access Point in my home, and, for
> > now at least, we'll use an Orinoco card plugged into a small
> > machine at the other end via a PCI->PCCard Adapter (thanks to
> > JohnT for getting me these). Thus the two pigtails are slightly
> > different, the Orinoco one having a really small and delicate
> > adapter on one end and a nice solid screw on lug at the other to
> > connect onto the coax cable.
> >
> > Having already achieve 100m LOS with a Fujitsu + Orinoco to my
> > unmodified WAP11 the theory goes that this little effort should
> > enable us to have a WLAN link between our houses (and
> > probably the rest of the neighbourhood - hope there are some
> > other kidults like me around that like playing games!).
> >
> > I'll be taking some pictures and writing up the whole thing for a
> > web article when we actually get it on.
> >
> > In the meantime, if anybody else has an interest in this type of
> > project, I can wholeheartedly recommend Dave's service. He's
> > fantastically communicative which is a big bonus in my opinion. He
> > currently can't accept plastic, and I believe a website is in the
> > making, but this was not a problem for me and I would happily
> > deal with him again. He told me he doesn't mind my passing on his
> > email address:
> >
> > "Dave" <Dave@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > Hope this is of interest to some of you,
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> > PS - anybody know a good aerial installer in the Bucks area?! ;-)
> >
> > --
> > Stuart Booth
> > Somewhere in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
> >
> > stuart@xxxxxxx / stuart@xxxxxxx > >
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