Re: Using a DirectTV antenna for a WiFi link?
Todd Boyle <[email protected]>
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These USB adapters with parabolic dish seem easier to me, http://www.usbwifi.orcon.net.nz/ TOdd At 09:44 AM 12/29/2004, crispin wrote: > Using a setup like this about what kind of shape coverage you > might get, anyone have an idea? Would it be more or less directional > than a waveguide "cantenna" alone? > > >On Dec 23, 2004, at 12:41 PM, Matt Westervelt wrote: > >><http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/Airport/Primestar/Primestar.html>http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/Airport/Primestar/Primestar.html >> >> >>Cheers. >>-matt >> >>On Dec 23, 2004, at 12:27 PM, Dennis wrote: >> >>>All, >>> >>>I'm trying to establish an 802.11b WiFi link from my house to a friends >>>house about 1300 feet away. There are a number of trees between >>>us. Last winter, I made two cantennas and with them we were able to >>>get 3 bars out of 5 but later, when the trees filled in in the spring, >>>the signal dropped too low to be viable. >>> >>>I've read that someone used a TV dish antenna - it was a DirectTV >>>antenna or something similar _______________________________________________ Talk mailing list [email protected] http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk