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125-Mile WiFi Connection

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. The distance is... by hayalci · · Score: 4, Funny

    201.16800 km for us metric guys :)

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  2. The real question is... by Laivincolmo · · Score: 5, Funny

    .. were they allowed to use those illegal cantennas? :)

    1. Re:The real question is... by dougmc · · 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.

  3. And by a.different.perspect · · 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 · · 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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  4. I can just see the spam now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    inCREASe your WIFI distance NOW!

    Over-the-counter WIFI enhancers!

    Make it go FARTHER!

  5. Slashdotted by Rhoon · · Score: 2, Funny

    They maintained a full 11Mbit unamplified connection for 3 hours

    That is until the were slashdot'd

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