Re: Off topic - personal problem in VT

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Jim Mayor wrote:

> I hope that you won't think too unkindly of me for interrupting this 
> mailing list
>
> We live in the boonies of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom and are trying 
> to stay in touch with the world without going under financially. 
>
> Recently we invested in satellite internet access, mainly because of 
> our  lousy rural phone lines, but also we believed that we could save 
> money.  The latter included eliminating out second phone line AND 
> networking with our neighbor.  These friends live in our cabin which 
> is about 500' as the crow flies from our house.  Unfortunately, the 
> crows would have to fly over many trees.
>
> Our initial concept was just to provide them with a wireless PCI card 
> and that would be it.  We have since discovered that trees hinder the 
> signal while wood floors apparently do not.  We have talked to several 
> vendors who claim great distances for their wireless communications, 
> but /none/ will encourage us when we mention trees, even with "high" 
> gain external antennas.
>
> We next considered simple hard-wiring until we were told that 300' is 
> the practical limitation for hardwiring without repeaters.  We have 
> not totally discounted fiber-optics, but no one seems to be able to 
> help us and we suspect the cost will be high.  We have seem the many 
> clever antennas that are floating around the internet, but when 
> mentioned, the words "line of sight" always pop up.  One guy put it, 
> "Leaves really attenuate the signal."  Actually we don't have so many 
> "leaves" as needles, but I trust the attenuation difference is negligible.
>
> So, my question is this: Is there any hope for us to set up a 
> *inexpensive* (wireless or any kind of) network between our two 
> houses?  If any have a positive answer to that, could you please 
> advise us what approach to take..., short of cutting down the 
> intervening trees, that is
>
> Incidentally, if there is a potential for wireless to work with some 
> high-gain directional antenna, is there any (free?) software available 
> that will help us to fine tune the alignment of the antennae once we 
> have constructed them?
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Peace.
>
> Jim Mayor and family and friends
> <[email protected]>
> 952 Hartwell Pond Road
> Barton, VT 05822-9553
> (802) 755-6307
>
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