[Sussex] Wifi wisdom required

[Gareth Ablett]

Hey,

On 21/01/06, Steve Dobson <steve at dobson.org> wrote:
>
> Gareth
>
> On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 07:52:00PM +0000, Gareth Ablett wrote:
> > I know a lot of you know a bit about wifi and such, I have task that I
> would
> > like to do, I have ADSL here and my sister lives round the corner approx
> > 200m (660ft) (this is an estimate using google maps and take the longest
> > possible distance it could be i may well be less.) as the crow flys from
> > where I live, how hard and what hardware would I need to acomplish
> sharing
> > of the internet access.
>
> Do you have a line of sight path between her house and your?  If so then
> two
> directional antennas will probably provide the link.  With line of sight
> some
> impressive distances have been obtained - but as I understand it line of
> sight is
> important.  WiFi doesn't pass well thought walls and stuff.
>
> Steve
>
>

Considering that where I live has an upstairs and my sisters place is a
bungalow as is all ther other houses between I sould be able to get a line
of sight without to much problem. any idea what these antannas cost?

Regards
Gareth
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