Re: Off topic - personal problem in VT

My setup is not that impressive, albeit it , the WiFi Plus antennas made 
a rock solid connection out of a flakey one. I installed last fall as 
leaves were coming off (but most were still one), I'm going to test more 
in the spring.
For some really impresive stories go to their forum @ 
http://www.wifi-plus.shoppingcartsplus.com/page/page/567784.htm


paris lundis wrote:

> I've looked at the Wifi-Plus stuff a few times.
>
> Are you using those Bryan? what sort of obstructions and distance with 
> which antenna on which band are you using these for?
>
> -paris
>
>
> Bryan (mobile) wrote:
>
>> Check out the antennas from www.wifi-plus.com they work great
>>
>> 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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