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Inspiring Adventures in SF Wireless Networking

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-you-too-can-be-wirelessly-groovy dept.

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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  1. Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Can you please move to Washington, DC (preferably Northwest), so I can use your bandwidth?

    Thanks in advance.

  2. lot of wireless by quantaman · · Score: 1, Troll

    Is it just me or have we been getting a lot of 802.11b stories lately? Maybe it's just to replace the lack of MS stories today:)

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  3. terrorism by evi1b0b · · Score: -1, Troll

    i think this type of sharing should be illegal cause terrorists can use this as a way to communicate without being sufficiently tracable -- only the doer of the "good deed" gets hanged.

  4. Re:Thanks! by ObviousGuy · · Score: 1, Troll

    Damn. That puts a dent in my plans. I only use my Pocket PC for work downtown. I'm simply too busy getting my ass crammed on my daytrips into Castro.

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  5. Please Jimbo by BigScoob · · Score: -1, Troll

    I can't believe that some one posted this dribble... This guy must be a damn alien or some such shit

  6. LINE OF SIGHT?? For RF?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Somebody want to tell this hippie that you don't need line of sight for RF based transports?