>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Wescott <t...@wescottdesign.com> writes:
Tim> I've got about a 50 foot run between a Cantenna on the outside of Tim> a metal building and a router in my house; it's quite reliable Tim> except during heavy rains when I sometimes have to go around Tim> resetting things to get the network up and running again. How did you seal the coax connections? All outdoor RF connections should be waterproofed with something like this: http://www.invictuswireless.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=TACTAPE http://www.fab-corp.com/product.php?productid=1734&cat=0&page=1 We typically wrap electrical tape over tackytape, because the latter will flow in high summer temperatures and the electrical tape holds it on the connector where it belongs. Water in RF connections == bad news. Good quality wifi antennas are inexpensive these days ($30-$70). Home-brew antennas are susceptible to RF leakage that you aren't likely to be able to see without a spectrum analyzer, so if you don't have one of those, it's a gigantic crapshoot. If I needed to bridge an airgap, I would not walk, but run and get two of these: http://www.invictuswireless.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=NS2 In fact, I just ordered another one of them today. -- Russell Senior, President russ...@personaltelco.net _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug