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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>While we're on the subject. Anyone willing to
post their experiences with these products or competitors over distances that we
see here.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:ltd@interlink.com.au" title=ltd@interlink.com.au>Lincoln
Dale</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:wojtekz@idirect.com"
title=wojtekz@idirect.com>Wojtek Zlobicki</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A href="mailto:nanog@merit.edu"
title=nanog@merit.edu>nanog@merit.edu</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 22, 2001 9:55
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Custom Wireless
Solution</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>last time i looked, cisco didn't sell 802.11 wireless cards for
$4K each . . .<BR><BR>2 x 802.11 cards + antenna should be able to do
it. take good care in getting an appropriate antenna with suitable
gain.<BR>the cisco website has a spreadsheet that allows you to calculate the
required gain.<BR><BR>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.<BR>still
nowhere near $8K . . .<BR><BR><BR>cheers,<BR><BR>lincoln.<BR>NB. line-of-sight
is required.<BR><BR>At 09:39 PM 22/04/2001 -0400, Wojtek Zlobicki wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite"><FONT face=arial size=2>I saw this question
posed on on the forums at AnandTech.com and would love to see if it is
plausible.</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT face=arial size=2>"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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>I want to know what other
people have to say abhout this, so shoot. "</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT
face=arial size=2>Is this plausible. Is there any technology out there
that uses public spectrum over a 6 mile distance
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