[ale] OT: Wireless Questions

[Christopher Fowler]

Do you have a direclt link to that ant.   Their flash intro is
not allowing me to view their site. I'm guessig it is flash.  All
I see is a big white square with a black background.  Of course I run Linux too.

On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 01:30:58PM -0400, Hogg, Russell E wrote:
> 
>    FWIW  trees are really nasty dealing with anything 2.4G because that's
>    the  resonating  frequency  of  water.   Your  microwave works on this
>    principle.
> 
>    If  linksys  says  3  miles  then  expect  2/3  of that in the Georgia
>    humidity  and line of sight.  I will point out that I've gotten half a
>    mile  out of a plain old omni directional antenna that was placed high
>    enough up though.
> 
>    Linksys  makes  a  consumer level amp that you might try to although I
>    think I heard that it sucked.
> 
>    Maybe  consider  building  a  4  dollar  "can-tenna"  yourself  before
>    investing  in  high  dollar  hardware.  If you're really serious, some
>    folks  out  at  either  black  hat or defcon built a horn out of a 100
>    worth  of  stuff  at home depot and got 35 miles out of the thing a .8
>    watts.
> 
>    Their site here: [1]http://www.adversarialsciencelab.net
> 
>    I  betcha  that's  less  than  you paid for that YAGI.  And yes a good
>    antenna at both ends is definitely an aid.
> 
>    Seems there are quite a few sharp wireless people on the list.
>    Those are just
>    My 2 cents
> 
>    Russ
> 
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>    -----Original Message-----
>    From: Tim LaCroix [[2]mailto:cheese4all at yahoo.com]
>    Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 1:20 PM
>    To: ale at ale.org
>    Subject: [ale] OT: Wireless Questions
> 
>    Hey all, I ran into something I can't fix, thought
>    someone here may know.
> 
>    I got a D-Link 614+ and a Yagi D-Link ANT24-1801 and I
>    am trying to go a half mile to a computer sitting with
>    a Belkin 802.11b USB nic. I called up D-Link and they
>    just said that a professional wireless installer must
>    install it. I asked if there were any in Savannah, he
>    couldn't say. But regardless, I am merely attempting
>    to go 1/2 mile through trees, houses and people to
>    reach a nic sitting in an office. The thing has a 15
>    degree beam. The Yagi boasts a 3 mile range, but
>    looking at some cisco texts on their equivalent it
>    seems that 2 concrete walls are enough to stop the
>    connection. Is it wise to get another antenna or a nic
>    with an antenna like the DWL-AG520 for the recieving
>    end? Or is the only option to site this thing out with
>    a laser going 3 stories up and aiming it to be within
>    inches. Any assistance or advice would be great.
> 
>    Thanks.
>    Tim LaCroix
>    CCNA (general all around "fix the computer thing" guy)
> 
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