----- Original Message -----
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.
"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. "
Is this plausible. Is there any technology out there
that uses public spectrum over a 6 mile distance
?