Inspiring Adventures in SF Wireless Networking

JimDog writes "Here's a description I wrote of how I set up a point-to-point 802.11b link over 3.5 miles for Internet access at my house. The link runs at 3.5 Mbps, which I barely make a dent in, and I'd like to offer the rest of the bandwidth to anyone who's got line-of-sight to my location in San Francisco." The great thing about this story is both his terrific exposure to different parts of city and his willingness to share. It also makes it clear just how easy it is to set up a long distance link.

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I would be most interested.

[tcd004]

Free bandwidth just might save my company! Most interested indeed!

- Walt Walterson

Slashdot effect makes 4m SF citizens impotent.

[wackybrit]

The link runs at 3.5 Mbps, which I barely make a dent in

Now the whole of SF can experience the Slashdot effect, as 100,000 geeks point their 2.4Ghz transmitters at your aerial, creating enough radioactivity and EMG to render most of the male popular impotent.

Re:Slashdot effect makes 4m SF citizens impotent.

[ObviousGuy]

This is SF. The effect of sterility is negligble.

Re:Slashdot effect makes 4m SF citizens impotent.

[Any Web Loco]

This is /. The effect of sterility is also negligible

Haha!

[Peridriga]

I barely make a dent in

With that kinda line of sight over San Fran and the entire population of Slashdot reading this... There will be a big dent soon

Hope your connection is firewalled from your home PC('s) or there will be a dent in those soon too

Be thankful

[inflex]

I think this is great... out here in 'outback' Australia we're still trying to convince the budgies to comply with the Avarian packet methods.

Re:Grrr

[happyclam]

I thought it was Single Female. Funny how "Science Fiction" never even crossed my mind when I saw SF. I thought "adventures in single female wireless networking" sounded pretty interesting...