125-Mile WiFi Connection

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Posted by timothy on Monday August 1, 2005 @12:48AM from the beats-out-chinese-cookware dept.

Jason Striegel writes "Team iFibre Redwire smashed the WiFi distance record, successfully linking a distance of over 125 miles at this year's DefCon WiFi Shootout. They maintained a full 11Mbit unamplified connection for 3 hours using Z-com 300mw PCMCIA cards, surplus satellite dishes, Linux, and a great deal of hacker ingenuity. The best part: yesterday afternoon they said that they expect this rig would work at distances of over 300 miles. Here's additional team info, a couple pictures of one of their rigs, and some more technical details." I still wish I could find truly out-of-the-box Linux-friendly USB adapters, so I could get some tiny fraction of this distance, cheap.

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The distance is... by hayalci · 2005-08-01 00:52 · Score: 4, Funny

201.16800 km for us metric guys :)

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1. Re:The distance is... by Freexe · 2005-08-01 00:58 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Or 0.005 the circumference of the earth for those who like distances to mean something
  
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The real question is... by Laivincolmo · 2005-08-01 00:52 · Score: 5, Funny

.. were they allowed to use those illegal cantennas? :)
1. Re:The real question is... by dougmc · 2005-08-01 02:30 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Note that other reports claim that Lozito claims he was misquoted there.
  Well, any time I say something stupid or incriminating, well, I was misquoted there too.
  This includes cases where I'm quoting myself, like this one. If this is stupid, I was misquoted.
Re:Sweet! by Virak · 2005-08-01 00:54 · Score: 1, Funny

And now I can buy that small country I've always been meaning to get!
And by a.different.perspect · 2005-08-01 00:55 · Score: 5, Funny

2.12639285 x 10^-11 light years for us space-faring people. But we already have Wi-Fi anyway. Surrender your planet!
1. Re:And by Mudcathi · 2005-08-01 01:28 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Thank you, Google calculator:
  36.2073434 leagues
  440,000 cubits
  1,980,000 hand
  1,000 furlongs
  40,000 rods
  1,000 stadia
  
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I can just see the spam now by Anonymous Coward · 2005-08-01 00:57 · Score: 5, Funny

inCREASe your WIFI distance NOW!

Over-the-counter WIFI enhancers!

Make it go FARTHER!
Re:Sweet! by TheViciousOverWind · 2005-08-01 00:59 · Score: 1, Funny

And now I can.... uhm... How far is it to the moon again?

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Slashdotted by Rhoon · 2005-08-01 01:19 · Score: 2, Funny

They maintained a full 11Mbit unamplified connection for 3 hours

That is until the were slashdot'd

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