[40671] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: wanted: wireless magic tricks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Maxwell)
Thu Aug 16 13:05:25 2001
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 12:57:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: Greg Maxwell <gmaxwell@martin.fl.us>
To: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>
Cc: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
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On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Leo Bicknell wrote:
> 802.11a might do what you need. Not sure if it has been standardized
> yet, but if not there are a number of proprietary implementations
> in the same speed range. It promises 50Mbps with similar properties
> to 802.11b.
>
> 20 miles is going to be a long throw, but not outside the range of
> possibilities if you have line of site and good rooftop acesss. You
> will need some big antennas though. A site in the middle making it
> 2 10 meg shots would be ideal.
FCC Part 15.247 limits EIRP. You can't legally put out enough power in the
unlicenced bands.