[36850] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Custom Wireless Solution
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wojtek Zlobicki)
Sun Apr 22 22:07:55 2001
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From: "Wojtek Zlobicki" <wojtekz@idirect.com>
To: "Lincoln Dale" <ltd@interlink.com.au>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 22:03:08 -0400
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While we're on the subject. Anyone willing to post their experiences =
with these products or competitors over distances that we see here.
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Lincoln Dale=20
To: Wojtek Zlobicki=20
Cc: nanog@merit.edu=20
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: Custom Wireless Solution
last time i looked, cisco didn't sell 802.11 wireless cards for $4K =
each . . .
2 x 802.11 cards + antenna should be able to do it. take good care in =
getting an appropriate antenna with suitable gain.
the cisco website has a spreadsheet that allows you to calculate the =
required gain.
if you don't want 2 x PC's with 802.11 cards in it, then 2 x wireless =
access-points or 2 x wireless bridges would work.
still nowhere near $8K . . .
cheers,
lincoln.
NB. line-of-sight is required.
At 09:39 PM 22/04/2001 -0400, Wojtek Zlobicki wrote:
I saw this question posed on on the forums at AnandTech.com and =
would love to see if it is plausible.
=20
"Ok, here is the deal. I have a freind that lives about 5.7 miles =
away from me and almost has a line of sight. He would probably have to =
put an antenae on his house to get a line of sight to mine. At my house, =
I have no options for high speed internet access, at all, but at his =
house, he can get cable. I got to thinking, and I came up with an idea. =
What if I could get ahold of some wireless networking equipment that I =
could use to network to his house, then he could get cable, we could =
split the monthly bill, and I would have cable access at my house.
Here is my question: What equipment could I use to do this? I found =
some stuff on cisco's site, but it costs about $8000. The speed does not =
have to be supper fast, but I would like to have something at least the =
speed of ISDN.
I want to know what other people have to say abhout this, so shoot. =
"
=20
Is this plausible. Is there any technology out there that uses =
public spectrum over a 6 mile distance ?
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Custom Wireless=20
Solution</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>last time i looked, cisco didn't sell 802.11 wireless =
cards for=20
$4K each . . .<BR><BR>2 x 802.11 cards + antenna should be able to do=20
it. take good care in getting an appropriate antenna with =
suitable=20
gain.<BR>the cisco website has a spreadsheet that allows you to =
calculate the=20
required gain.<BR><BR>if you don't want 2 x PC's with 802.11 cards in =
it, then=20
2 x wireless access-points or 2 x wireless bridges would =
work.<BR>still=20
nowhere near $8K . . .<BR><BR><BR>cheers,<BR><BR>lincoln.<BR>NB. =
line-of-sight=20
is required.<BR><BR>At 09:39 PM 22/04/2001 -0400, Wojtek Zlobicki =
wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite type=3D"cite"><FONT face=3Darial size=3D2>I saw this =
question=20
posed on on the forums at AnandTech.com and would love to see if it =
is=20
plausible.</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT face=3Darial size=3D2>"Ok, here =
is the=20
deal. I have a freind that lives about 5.7 miles away from me and =
almost has=20
a line of sight. He would probably have to put an antenae on his =
house to=20
get a line of sight to mine. At my house, I have no options for high =
speed=20
internet access, at all, but at his house, he can get cable. I got =
to=20
thinking, and I came up with an idea. What if I could get ahold of =
some=20
wireless networking equipment that I could use to network to his =
house, then=20
he could get cable, we could split the monthly bill, and I would =
have cable=20
access at my house.<BR><BR>Here is my question: What equipment could =
I use=20
to do this? I found some stuff on cisco's site, but it costs about =
$8000.=20
The speed does not have to be supper fast, but I would like to have=20
something at least the speed of ISDN.<BR><BR>I want to know what =
other=20
people have to say abhout this, so shoot. =
"</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT=20
face=3Darial size=3D2>Is this plausible. Is there any =
technology out there=20
that uses public spectrum over a 6 mile distance=20
?</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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