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Cringely's Bank Shot

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bob-climbs-a-tree dept.

Michael A. Lowry writes: "You may remember how Robert Cringely used a couple of directional antennas to get an 802.11b link up across a 10.5 km wide valley. The original Slashdot discussion is here. Well Cringely has done it again. This time, he has set up a passive repeater in an oak tree on a nearby mountaintop to bounce a 2 Mb/s signal around a hill that lies between his house and the acces point in Santa Rosa. Read about it here. Details about the homemade hardware he used can be found here. There's going to be a lot more of this in the near future."

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  1. Good Cringely by SiriusBlack · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    You've just admitted in print that your using a WAP11 Linksys transmitter illegally modified to 100 milliwatts, which also causes it to walk all over the spectrum around it. Don't be suprised if you see a white van parked next to your house -- that's the FCC monitoring your transmissions, and in a short while they'll slap you with a $10,000 fine. Yah, you're REAL SMART Cringely!

    1. Re:Good Cringely by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Cringley does not have to worry about getting caught because he is lying about the whole thing.

  2. Re:Off the tree around the hill... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Hahaha, that's funny! I get it, it's like in basketball, but it's not a baseketball net, it's the "Internet." Oh man, that's fucking funny. You're a laugh riot! Hardy har har.

  3. Re:Off the tree around the hill... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    And you're a freaking looser!

    Did someone shove an onion up your arse? That would explain a lot!

  4. Re:Off the tree around the hill... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Thanks "esw", that's pretty clever. Not very anonymous when you're still hanging onto cookies, are you?

  5. Re:Off the tree around the hill... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    [Confirmed looser alert]

    Afraid it twasn't esw that authored the post. Your "detective" abilities suck...sheesh!

  6. Re:Off the tree around the hill... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You're a fucking faggot, dude.

  7. Finish you're sentence, please by SiriusBlack · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    He's not a God, but he's damn close to a blithering idiot! Granted, he looks good by comparison Pournelle, Dvorak, or Katz, but he still a shameless self-promoter tring to make a quick buck by pretending to understand technology he's actually clueless about. AND I'll beleive this "bank shot" actually works when I see it in operation myself. 2.4GHz is the resonant frequency of water (that's why it's the frequency used by microwave ovens) in other words, ANY moisture in the area effectively absorbs any power radiated. 2.4GHz simply DOES NOT WORK RELIABLY for outdoor communication; that's why the band is still available.