From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 7 21:07:25 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6A61106566B for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2010 21:07:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Ggatten@waddell.com) Received: from mailhost0.waddell.com (mailhost0.waddell.com [12.154.38.61]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FD928FC14 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2010 21:07:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from emlpfilt2.waddell.com (mailhost2.waddell.com [10.1.10.30]) by mailhost0.waddell.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEE09263976; Wed, 7 Apr 2010 16:07:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: from emlpfilt2.waddell.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id B042A2F8002; Wed, 7 Apr 2010 16:07:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: from WADPHTCAS0.waddell.com (wadphtcas0.waddell.com [192.168.203.229]) by emlpfilt2.waddell.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D40C2F8001; Wed, 7 Apr 2010 16:07:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: from WADPMBXV0.waddell.com ([169.254.1.205]) by WADPHTCAS0.waddell.com ([192.168.203.229]) with mapi; Wed, 7 Apr 2010 16:07:14 -0500 From: Gary Gatten To: 'Modulok' , FreeBSD Questions Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 16:07:13 -0500 Thread-Topic: Outdoor wireless - has anyone used Ubiquiti power stations? Thread-Index: AcrWjXsmMBII696yQ2GiEtxHniKR+wABthPQ Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-PMX-Version: 5.5.8.383112, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2010.4.7.205426 X-PerlMx-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIIII, Probability=8%, Report=' SUPERLONG_LINE 0.05, BODY_SIZE_2000_2999 0, BODY_SIZE_5000_LESS 0, BODY_SIZE_7000_LESS 0, RDNS_NXDOMAIN 0, RDNS_SUSP 0, RDNS_SUSP_GENERIC 0, __BOUNCE_CHALLENGE_SUBJ 0, __BOUNCE_NDR_SUBJ_EXEMPT 0, __CANPHARM_UNSUB_LINK 0, __CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __IMS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __TO_MALFORMED_2 0, __URI_NO_WWW 0, __URI_NS ' Cc: Subject: RE: Outdoor wireless - has anyone used Ubiquiti power stations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:07:25 -0000 Is it not possible to get xDSL/Cable/BRI/WiMAX/3G/4G/whatever at the "offic= e". Depending on your wireless gear, antenna, topology, fresnel zone, spec= trum pollution, blah blah blah - this COULD work, but not likely very well.= Too many variables to know for sure. Many WISP's offer "reasonable" pack= ages as well. If they have a money back deal, or demo gear - it might be worth a shot. I= f they comply with the 802.11 standards for xmit power, frequencies, etc. -= IMHO you'll be lucky to get this working across 15 miles, even with really= sweet antenna's. G PS: Why do you have DSL with no office? Is it just hanging off the utility= pole? :) -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@f= reebsd.org] On Behalf Of Modulok Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 3:03 PM To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Outdoor wireless - has anyone used Ubiquiti power stations? List, This might be a little off topic, but it still involves FreeBSD. I figured this list has many a smart folk, so I'd ask here. If I buy two of these Ubiquiti power station 2's, I can set them up to provide a long distance ethernet link to my BSD box right? Has anyone used these? Basically, I have an remote office with a FreeBSD box acting as a router, but no Internet connection. At the other side of the valley (15 miles) I have a DSL based Internet connection, but no office. In theory, I should be able to link them via a wireless bridge, right? That way I'd have local connection at the office on one interface, and a long distance link which hooks up to an ISP through their DSL router on the other. If I treat the link between the office and the DSL router as if it were the public Internet, I shouldn't need any encryption between me and it, right? Does this all sound like a reasonable approach? I just thought I'd get a vote of confidence in my methods before I finally tackle this project and buy the equipment. -Modulok- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= "