From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 5 14:27: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topaz.3com.com (topaz.3com.com [192.156.136.158]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D63937B401 for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2001 14:26:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from benski@pacbell.net) Received: from opal.3com.com (opal.3com.com [139.87.50.117]) by topaz.3com.com (Switch-2.1.1/Switch-2.1.0) with ESMTP id f55LOQR18956; Tue, 5 Jun 2001 14:24:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from atsun04.ops.3com.com (atsun04.OPS.3Com.COM [139.87.90.55]) by opal.3com.com (Switch-2.1.1/Switch-2.1.0) with ESMTP id f55LQLm01673; Tue, 5 Jun 2001 14:26:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from udp003750uds.OPS.3Com.COM (udp003750uds.OPS.3Com.COM [139.87.40.134]) by atsun04.ops.3com.com (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA20785; Tue, 5 Jun 2001 14:24:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: OT: wireless antenae hardware... From: Benjamin Hyatt To: Nathan Vidican Cc: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <000501c0edf0$dc274930$4653cad1@78lb019> References: <000501c0edf0$dc274930$4653cad1@78lb019> Content-Type: text/plain X-Mailer: Evolution/0.10 (Preview Release) Date: 05 Jun 2001 14:26:05 -0700 Message-Id: <991776365.999.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 05 Jun 2001 14:53:49 -0400, Nathan Vidican wrote: > I need to connect two locations together, approximately 1000meters or so > apart with a clear line of sight from rooftop to rooftop. On one location it > would be prefered to use an omni-directional device, with a point-to-point > device on the other end aimed directly at it. What I am trying to do is > connect our office to our local ISP's, (which happens to be directly accross > the highway from our building). I have made arrangements with the ISP, and > assuming the cost of hardware isn't too great, we're looking at using > wireless as an alternative to DSL. (Currently we cannot get DSL where we are > at). Most consumer 802.11 ap's I have dealt with don't have that kind of range. Outdoor, unobstructed you could possibly achieve 1500ft or so, but the weaker the single the slower the speed. < If anyone has any ideas, suggestions, comments, concerns, or places where I > can purchase this stuff as inexpensively as possible... please let me know. > > > Nathan Vidican > Nathan@Vidican.com > http://Nathan.Vidican.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message