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Date:      05 Jun 2001 14:26:05 -0700
From:      Benjamin Hyatt <benski@pacbell.net>
To:        Nathan Vidican <nathan@vidican.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: OT: wireless antenae hardware...
Message-ID:  <991776365.999.1.camel@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <000501c0edf0$dc274930$4653cad1@78lb019>
References:  <000501c0edf0$dc274930$4653cad1@78lb019>

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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.

<<Ben 
 
> 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/



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