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Re: Long Range Wi-Fi Bulk Buy


  • To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  • Subject: Re: Long Range Wi-Fi Bulk Buy
  • From: Andy Laurence <andy@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 08:50:21 +0100 (BST)
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On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Stuart Booth wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:31:58 +0100, "Chris Bond" <chris@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >hehe wardriving!
>
> Has anybody made themselves a Pringles Can antenna? I fancy trying
> that out on the cheap.

Remember that the Pringles design is directional.  We tried a few
home-made antennas out last night.  The best one was a potato tin.  It's
the perfect diameter for 802.11b (Wi-fi), and gave good results.  On a
card with no antenna, we were able to go 2 houses down the road before a
signal was lost.  With the can antenna, we were able to go 4 houses down
the road and still get 11Mbps.

Whilst this sounds poor, you must remember that the access point was in
the centre of the house, and we were shooting through multiple walls,
hence the poor signal.

Andy
--
Building a wireless community network for Bristol
http://consume.andylaurence.co.uk/ - updated 23/09
4x4 in town - bog brush for your teeth
NB: Alternate E-Mail - andylaurence at yahoo dot co dot uk


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