[ale] OT: Wireless Questions

[hbbs at comcast.net]

A half-mile through trees, houses, and people may be too much.  

If you can't change anything else, you might try rotating the antennas
independently through 180 degrees on their roll axis in case polarization makes
a difference.  Trees are going to polarize and diffract.  

People are "bags of dirty water" (what is that from??).  Tell them to scram.

- Jeff
> 
> 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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