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| 313224 | 2005-01-12 03:24:00 | Hello to everyone I am interested on installing a wireless LAN (compatible for broadband)between my neighbour and me with an areal distance of 400 lineal meters. There are only a few landscaping trees in between that hinder the direct sight. Does someone know the ins and outs to do this and which machine would be suitable. A reply is very much appreciated Thanks Gion |
notechyet (4479) | ||
| 313225 | 2005-01-12 04:20:00 | Two wireless lan cards in two different computers,one at your place and one at your mates, and a chainsaw to chop down the tree. | Rob99 (151) | ||
| 313226 | 2005-01-12 04:28:00 | It sounds possible, I know up to 30Km has been achieved using special antenna's, obviously not at a quick connection speed. After a quick look on the net this seems to be about the average speed to distance ratio for 802.11B Max Distance of 11Mbps: 100m Max Distance of 5.5Mbps: 200m Max Distance of 2Mbps: 300m Max Distance of 1Mbps: 400m Obviously some will be better than others and there may even be some routers specifically designed for longer distances. Hope this helps... |
karter16 (6838) | ||
| 313227 | 2005-01-12 04:40:00 | With home made Cantenna's or dish areials, which cost around $10 to make each, the range is in Kms for line of sight. If you do not have line of sight you could be wasting you money and time. |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 313228 | 2005-01-12 04:48:00 | If you've got money to burn, take a look at Belkin's Pre-N wireless networking equipment (catalog.belkin.com). It's designed to give greater distance and speeds, but at the moment they only have a router and a laptop card available. I'm not sure if you can use normal 802.11a/b/g equipment with the Pre-N technology, but I think you can. However, you should note two things that have been said - trees play hell with wireless networking, and you can make your own aerials to cover extended distances very cheaply. |
agent (30) | ||
| 313229 | 2005-01-12 05:04:00 | Thanks so far guys. Let's see what more is to come. Is it really that a few leafs can make such a difference? I can understand if it is a wall or any solid barrier over a certain distance..? So I'll wait and .. Regards gion :D |
notechyet (4479) | ||
| 313230 | 2005-01-12 05:13:00 | Go for one of those nicer Linksys routers..... And get a booster arial for it :-) You could easily get a KM or two with a few db difference | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 313231 | 2005-01-12 06:36:00 | Hi Chilling_Silence Can you explain it a bit more for an half way experinced person! What machine and whatever als is needed? Any idea of costs? Thanks Gion :confused: |
notechyet (4479) | ||
| 313232 | 2005-01-12 06:37:00 | Trees are said to make a huge difference, but in practise I have found them to be nothing more than an annoyance - that being said, the power output of my antenna isn't quite legal. If you can get a decent output card and a good booster aerial you should be fine... | Growly (6) | ||
| 313233 | 2005-01-12 06:59:00 | You'll need one AP (Access Point) and a compatible protocol adapter for your neighbour at the other end. Costs? About $200 - $250ish.... Something like: www.ascent.co.nz Great quality AP! Then you'll be after something like: www.ascent.co.nz Or maybe something even more powerful :) This may be of interest as to what db rating give roughly what range: http://usbwifi.orcon.net.nz/ Chill. |
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