Re: Long Range Wi-Fi Bulk Buy

["Matthew Norman" <mafiu@xxxxxxx>]

I'd be interested in how you did this - any chance of some measurements
of
the design? or a picture or two?

(I think I might want a couple of pigtails now as well) - or would it
be
cheaper to get that dave chap to make them?)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Laurence" <andy@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Long Range Wi-Fi Bulk Buy


> 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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