Re: Dish -> Omni Antenna?

If he's only 200 feet away you probably don't even need an external
antenna.  Just get him a bridge like a Linksys WET11 or something
similar.

On 7/6/06, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, they are a few tree's in the way. Right now I get half way to his
> house with a laptop. Might need an amplifier?
>
> Matt
>
> > Yes. If you can see him he can see you. But with the introduction of such
> > an antenna into the system you need to be careful that you don't
> > inadvertently introduce a near-far sort of problem - the dish will, of
> > course, have much higher EIRP than the omnis.
> >
> > dgl
> >
> > On Thursday, July 06, 2006, at 10:16AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>Currently I have two 15db omni antenna's on top of my house and want to
> >>put my neighbor on my LAN (he is across the street probably 200 feet
> >>away). Is it possible to point a parabolic dish towards an omni
> >>directional signal and pick it up? Or do I have to have two dish's?
> >>
> >>Thank you,
> >>
> >>Matt
> >>
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