[TriLUG] RR and pre-meeting subjects :

[burnett at pobox.com]

On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Liyun Yu wrote:

> > > internet connection. DSL stops about 2,000 ft from being available at
> > > my house (last I checked)
> 
> Is it possible to put an Orinoco Wireless access point right at the end 
> of that
> DSL, then put an Antenna gun at that end, then put another gun antenna at
> the top of your house to get it hookup? I was told that Orinoco has the 
> antenna gun option which could go across several miles. Am I crazy on 
> this idea?
> 
> Liyun

Sure, should work assuming you've got a line-of-sight between the two gun 
antennas. Two things come to mind, one technical and one non-technical:

1) You'd need a second Orinoco attached to the gun antenna at your house 
end, correct?

2) Unless you have a really big yard, the end of the DSL 2000 feet from 
your house is probably on someone else's property. So you'd at least need 
to ask them before setting up the antenna on their property. Especially if 
you wanted, to, oh, tap into their power for the Orinoco WAP in the middle 
of this empty space. I suppose you could set up a solar cell and battery 
recharger system in the middle of a field the way some areas power 
emergency roadside telephones, of course. 

best,
Steve
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