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  1. Baluns or wireless by ubergeek65536 · · Score: 1 · on Suggestions For a Coax-To-Ethernet Solution?

    You can transmit a wireless AP signal through the coax. 75ohm coax will result in some signal loss but it will work for your needs.

    http://flakey.info/antenna/waveguide/

    or use a balun to match the impedance or use one of these.

    http://www.etslan.com/Ethernet.htm

  2. The old spider omni by adelayde · · Score: 2, Informative · on Wide Area Wireless on a Shoestring Budget?

    Try this simple and trusted design of the good ol' spider omni http://flakey.info/antenna/omni/quarter/. Been using it a lot and will extend an AP's range to between 300 and 500 metres (that's around 900 to 1,200 feet).At the Bristol Wireless project we've used them on roof-tops to hop from point to point in a mesh network, I'd imagine it'd work just as well for greenhouses.

  3. Nice but ... by mike_lynn · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Constructing A Low-Power 2U Wireless Rack-Box

    Personally, I found their antenna designs much more interesting.

  4. Nice but ... by mike_lynn · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Constructing A Low-Power 2U Wireless Rack-Box

    Personally, I found their antenna designs much more interesting.

  5. Already published on /. by adelayde · · Score: 4, Insightful · on How To Add An External Antenna To AirPort Base Station

    I already had an article I wrote regarding pigtailing the Airport on Slashdot back in April, so why the same story? I notice that there's a bit of repition here, there was another story published on /. recently that was also covered in the same article I wrote.

    I'm not trying to say I did it first here and I appreciate that others may have different or better information, but to be honest, I can't see that this article improves over what I wrote before. My article covers pigtailing the airport and the use of a number of different types of home made antennae with the base station, including range tests as well as disecting both the Aiport and Airport Extreme.

    Perhaps the editors should check a little harder about previous postings when weighing up whether to publish new ones?

  6. Already published on /. by adelayde · · Score: 4, Insightful · on How To Add An External Antenna To AirPort Base Station

    I already had an article I wrote regarding pigtailing the Airport on Slashdot back in April, so why the same story? I notice that there's a bit of repition here, there was another story published on /. recently that was also covered in the same article I wrote.

    I'm not trying to say I did it first here and I appreciate that others may have different or better information, but to be honest, I can't see that this article improves over what I wrote before. My article covers pigtailing the airport and the use of a number of different types of home made antennae with the base station, including range tests as well as disecting both the Aiport and Airport Extreme.

    Perhaps the editors should check a little harder about previous postings when weighing up whether to publish new ones?