Re: Wireless IP between buildings

["Darren Honeyball [ML]" <mlist@xxxxxxxx>]

Alex Kinch wrote:
> Hi gang,
>
> I need to link two the ip networks in buildings over some sort of
wireless link. They're line of site approx 200m as the crow flies. I'd like
to get as fast a link as possible, 1Gbit/s would be nice but I've given up
on that idea as that means a laser link and a large amount of cash.
>
> Suggestions, advice gratefully appreciated.
>
> Alex

You could use 1 or more wireless APs in bridge mode (You could use a
linux box at each end to do channel aggregation).

I'm currently using the Netgear WGT624 at home which is 108Mbs which
works a treat - You may need directional antennas too.

There is also software for linux that does the AP side of things too, so
if the cards were supported you could use the linux box as an AP and
aggregation (and the majority of PCI cards have connections for an
external antenna).  For any drivers that aren't supported under linux
you could use NDIS wrapper (available on Sourceforge - free) or
Linuxant's Driverloader.

HTH,

D


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