If you can see line of site I'd go with a couple 2400 MHz Loco's I've done 3 installs and have no complaints. The only thing I have done is put a polyethylene cover over the units.
The only issue I can think of is when a boat goes by. If you put them 10-15 feet up that should take care of the little pleasure craft. But would only do that if there is something else to attract lightning. -pete On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Russell Senior <russ...@personaltelco.net> wrote: >>>>>> "Noj" == Noj <nojunks...@gmail.com> writes: > > Noj> My friend lives on the river. On one side is a house that can't > Noj> get cable internet, and lost even basic wired phone service > Noj> (barely worked for years, went out completely for area during a > Noj> flood). My friend has been getting by on a cellular data widget, > Noj> but it's only good for email and service is flaky. 2000ft away > Noj> across the river is another friend's house and business, with > Noj> wicked-fast unlimited internet. > > Noj> I'd like to think a pair of linux raspberry pi's with the right > Noj> config, maybe tied to a pair of alfa usb-wifi devices with > Noj> directional antennas could make this perpetual run-around with > Noj> the lack-of-service-providers go away and bring the modern world > Noj> to the river house, but I'm only passingly familiar with the > Noj> elements involved. > > Noj> Is this a viable start? Am I even looking at the right gear? Is > Noj> there any simpler way to make a rock-solid internet bridge? > > Noj> Ideally the setup would be to just a pair of headless boxes, plug > Noj> in power and ethernet on both ends, and have it act as a long > Noj> cable, letting the desktop computer on one end get DHCP service > Noj> from existing router at other end. > > Noj> I happen to have a pair of unused pi's, anything else I would > Noj> have to buy anyway, I'm wide open to any suggestions if you have > Noj> experience doing this kind of function with different gear. > > Raspberry pi's don't have wifi. Get two ubiquiti nanostation m2hp's, > or a couple bullet m2hp's with directional antennas. Point them at > each other. That's assuming you have line-of-sight. If there are any > obstacles, you can use loco m9's, which cut through better at 900 MHz. > > If you want help, let me know. > > > -- > Russell Senior, President > russ...@personaltelco.net > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
