X-IMail-SPAM-Connection RE: Off topic - personal problem in VT

If you take the outdoor ethernet cable route, be sure to get a 
lightening arrestor on each end of the cable. Otherwise, nature will easily
fry your ruralnet solution and whatever is plugged in on each end.

-paris

Casey Halverson wrote:

>People do not encourage you because trees produce mixed results.  What
>you are asking is nearly impossible..and nobody wants to give you their
>word that it will work.
>
>There has been limited success in shooting through forested areas.  500
>feet shouldn't be that much of a problem.  You will probably have to use
>high gain antennas (24dBi parabolics) and perhaps up to 200mW of input
>power from a Senao/Engenius/SMC Long Range....
>
>Also, if you can get a tower at both ends above the tree line, or at
>least above most of it, your chances of success will increase.
>
>If you can get a hold of some 900MHz gear, you may have better luck.
>
>You could also run outdoor cat5 (about 250') from each location, and
>plug them into a hub inside a waterproof container, and power the hub
>off of a couple pairs of the cat 5.  You could use conduit (smarter way)
>or just drape it along the ground...burry it..depends on how long you
>want it to last and how much legal liability you want :)
>
>
>________________________________
>
>	From: [email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Mayor
>	Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 5:44 AM
>	To: [email protected]
>	Subject: Off topic - personal problem in VT
>	
>	
>	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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