Wide Area Wireless on a Shoestring Budget?

Posted by Cliff on Thursday February 3, 2005 @11:05AM from the cheap-area-networking dept.

wkytechhead asks: "My father owns a greenhouse operation that covers a few dozen acres. He has a number of greenhouses some up to 1000' plus apart that he would like to network. Currently he is using a HomePNA based network via regular RJ12. He has decided that he would like to go at least partially wireless. Some consideration has been given to using the backbone with fiber convertors, but he would really like to do full wireless. I have checked into homemade and commercial 'Cantennas' but I am not sure if they are worth the money. How would my fellow geeks go about wirelessly networking a large outdoor area for as cheap as possible?"

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Re:Outdoors? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-03 11:09 · Score: -1, Troll

you missed a GOLDEN opportunity

You could have talked all about TEH FROSTY PIST

WTH IS THE MATTER WITH YOU?
Ultra-cheap Completely Wireless Solution by Smiley8410 · 2005-02-03 11:12 · Score: -1, Troll

Stand on the roof and yell very loudly.

(Provided, of course, that you're not heavy enough to break the glass.)