The biggest hurdle I can see here would be other houses in the LOS. While experimenting with my AP, I found the aluminum siding on the house caused alot of loss to the signal. This wouldn't stop me from trying though.
I have found D-Link's equipment (614+ & DI-624) to work surprisingly well, and they use r-sma connectors, making an external antenna is possible. I built a decent Cookie Cantenna for under $15 ( http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/CookieCantenna ) . These things can get 15-18 dbi if made well to spec. The most expensive part were the cookies (believe it or not). Sean --- Glenn Crocker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Matthew, > > Generally, LOS means, "You can do it." > Not-quite-LOS means, "Try it; > there's probably a way." > > Some folks have gotten directional antennas like > those available from > http://www.fab-corp.com/ (I also see they have a new > window-mount antenna > that might be really nice for this kind of > application, but it's lower dB > than some directionals you might consider). > > I'd definitely recommend buying only equipment that > you can connect an > external antenna to (see fab-corp for "pigtails"). > The Linksys stuff is > pretty easy for this kind of thing. I'd say the > most typical installation > of this sort is with two Linksys WAP-11s. > > If you need to shoot 802.11b across a desert: > http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/06/2153238&mode=nested&t > id=137&tid=193 > http://www.adversarialsciencelab.net/newindex.html > > If you have your AP in your DMZ, you should be > pretty secure. We've played > around with NoCatAuth in the past, but I don't think > any nodes use it now. > > -glenn > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Matthew > > Boeckman > > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 9:21 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: possible new user looking for help > > > > > > Hello List, > > > > Some friends of mine and I are looking at > deploying an > > 802.11b Point to > > Point network in Olathe (roughly Harold and > Nelson), two houses about > > 1500 Ft. apart. Never done this before so I'm > wondering if anyone on the > > list has some generic suggestions. We are still > establishing exact LOS, > > and that is one of the first questions I would > ask: between the two > > homes are some trees, some power lines, and > possibly pieces of other > > houses. At that range (~1500ft) should any of that > make a difference? By > > LOS, is it necessary to be able to actually *see* > the other rooftop, or > > just know that it is there? > > > > I would be interested in opening our network up > to public access as > > well, but would like to hear suggestions on > segmenting private (our > > network) from our neighbors. I figure I can DMZ > the public network with > > a linux router, but I'm curious about other > implementations that have > > been tried. > > > > Kind of vague and all over the map, I know. Any > input is > > appreciated! > > > > Thanks, Matthew > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
