and the deciding factor is .... geek cred.<br><br>Which is cooler: a fiber network to your shop or a cantenna system?<br><br>That it a seriously tough call. More bandwidth vs. "built it myself".<br><br>Do both! :-D<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com" target="_blank">atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi William,<br>
<br>
Caveat - I've never tried this, but it sounds cool.<br>
<br>
I 2nd the idea of wireless. If you google parabolic wifi antenna, you get lots of results. Here's just one of them. They claim 8 mile range.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.simplewifi.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=29855" target="_blank">http://www.simplewifi.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=29855</a><br>
<br>
You might also need a wifi bridge device. Some routers can do that.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_bridge" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_bridge</a><br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Distribution_System" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Distribution_System</a><br>
<br>
Also, if the workshop is on the same power distribution transformer as your house, you could consider power line networking. If it has a phone line, you could consider phone line networking. I think those technologies are getting much better.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_line_networking" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_line_networking</a><br>
<br>
NewEgg searches. Their search system seems to generate lots of non relevant results, but you get the idea.<br>
<br>
wifi antenna search:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=-1&isNodeId=1&Description=wifi+antenna&x=0&y=0" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=-1&isNodeId=1&Description=wifi+antenna&x=0&y=0</a><br>
<br>
power line network search:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=-1&isNodeId=1&Description=power+line+network&x=23&y=14" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=-1&isNodeId=1&Description=power+line+network&x=23&y=14</a><br>
<br>
wifi bridge search:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=-1&isNodeId=1&Description=wifi+bridge&x=0&y=0" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=-1&isNodeId=1&Description=wifi+bridge&x=0&y=0</a><br>
<br>
You could also try <a href="http://frys.com" target="_blank">frys.com</a>, <a href="http://tigerdirect.com" target="_blank">tigerdirect.com</a>, and <a href="http://microcenter.com" target="_blank">microcenter.com</a>.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Ron<br>
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Scott Plante <<a href="mailto:splante@insightsys.com">splante@insightsys.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
>Have you considered wireless? I have read a lot of people have had<br>
>success with homemade "cantennas" or "WokFi" devices at distances<br>
>longer than 400 feet. You're basically just using relatively cheap<br>
>wi-fi devices and combining a can or parabolic cooking wok to isolate<br>
>and/or amplify the signal you want. I've never tried it, but perhaps<br>
>someone on the list has. It might be worth investigating before you<br>
>spend a lot of money on fiber cable & switches, conduit, renting a<br>
>trencher, etc. Google turns up lots of stuff.<br>
><br>
>Scott<br>
><br>
><br>
>NZ TV Station uses $10 woks instead of $20,000 commercial link, range<br>
>up to 20km<br>
><a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10425224" target="_blank">http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10425224</a><br>
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>From: "William Bagwell" <<a href="mailto:rb211@tds.net">rb211@tds.net</a>><br>
>To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>><br>
>Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:13:53 AM<br>
>Subject: Re: [ale] Fiber optic ethernet<br>
><br>
>So one end must be a more expensive card or switch? Will search out<br>
>some<br>
>prices this evening...<br>
><br>
>William<br>
><br>
>On Thursday 28 February 2013, Lightner, Jeff wrote:<br>
>> I did want to note that 10 GigE cards are actually fibre but do<br>
>Ethernet<br>
>> so the entire connection can be fibre but of course you’d either have<br>
>to<br>
>> do direct connections to another fibre card on a server or have 10<br>
>GigE<br>
>> switch. Probably a bit too expensive for a home setup. We use it here<br>
><br>
>> in the office but I didn’t do the pricing so don’t know what it<br>
>costs.<br>
><br>
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