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A DIYer's Quick Guide To Cheap Wireless Extension
An anonymous reader writes "This piece is described in one of the comments on it as 'a little piece of genius'... and I have to agree! Although Peter Cochrane seems a bit of a crack pot, the ways that he comes up with to get connected when he's out of range in the sticks are pure genius and he makes them appear really simple! Think old satellite dishes, USB dongles and plastic bags and you'd be on the right tracks to upping wi-fi signal by 4 bars." A perfect excuse to link to one of my favorite sites, if you want more details and photos on similar jury-rigged long-distance connections. However, your meterage may vary — I've found USB Wi-Fi devices to be pretty fickle under Linux, with some distros working way better than others.
How is this a troll? This *isn't* news. 2003 called, they want their slashdot stories back:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/0053233
How is this a troll? This *isn't* news. 2003 called, they want their slashdot stories back:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/09/19/0053233
Read the first post on the article you lined to:
It was modded +5 insightful! If it's not news in 2003, it definitely isn't news in 2008.
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