[Sussex] Wifi wisdom required

[Steve Dobson]

Gareth

On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 11:11:00AM +0000, Gareth Ablett wrote:
> On 21/01/06, Steve Dobson <steve at dobson.org> wrote:
> > 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?

Never played with them.  Try Googling.

Richie may have a better idea - he is part of the Lewis WiFi group.

Steve
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