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1KM 802.11b @ 2MB

Posted by Hemos on from the if-you-build-it,-your-costs-will-fall dept.

OffTheRack writes "Check out this web site to see how a guy in Egypt built his own line-of-site (H:Get? It's Punny.) 1KM broadband connection. Plenty of nice pictures." Pretty cool set-up.

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  1. Re:1km? No biggie. by Lord_Slepnir · · Score: 5, Informative
    If you were to go to the FCC regulation maximum of 100mw (1 watt), you would do better.

    not to nitpick, but is it 100mw or 1 watt....100 mw = 0.1 w

  2. Wow! I got Slash-Dotted! by HassanAdly · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hello everyone,

    Stop! I can't take all this attention!

    Anyway I wanted to shamelessly use this opportunity to post some comments:

    Since I wrote that article my network has improved significantly. I now use proper N-connectors and RG213 cable, and I've got some links at about 5km now. I now have ten nodes installed, including one AP with a 9dbi omni.

    All my AP's survived the summer and winter with no problems, the oldest units have been up for more than a year now.

    If anyone is wondering how well the WAP11 deals with heat, they would be interested to know that last summer we had 47degC temps, and besides the operational nodes staying up, I left a WAP11 in my car. When I got to it it was warped and melted - but it worked anyway!

    I never expected this kind of attention, else I would have updated my article.

    Thanks everyone for the comments and emails!

    Regards, Hassan