I work for a small wireless ISP. The cost of setting up wireless access to customers may be high as far as equipment is concerned, but it is transparent, easy to set up, and usually no software is required. Take a look at Cisco Aironet or Breezecom wireless bridges.
I'd love to find some of this off the shelf hardware. If anyone comes up with a piece of hardware that would get displays of the ssid's on the radios I work with, I'd love to try it out.
". Wireless networks tend to be short range. Several college campuses and business have them, but wireless can only do so much and only transmit so far."
Try up to 20 miles for a two-way wireless, and 40 for a download. Those are the best ranges we get at work, with our antennae so far. If you amped a transmitting antenna, I'm sure we could squeeze an extra 5-10 miles out of it.
The range is getting longer and longer due to the telco's lack of service in certain areas. Give it another year, and I think we'll start to see repeaters up everywhere.
Also remember the frequency, 2.4 Ghz. This has the potential for 2.4Gbs, but now is usually about 11Mbs, but rarely even close due to small pipes on the ISP side.
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I work for a small wireless ISP. The cost of setting up wireless access to customers may be high as far as equipment is concerned, but it is transparent, easy to set up, and usually no software is required. Take a look at Cisco Aironet or Breezecom wireless bridges.
I'd love to find some of this off the shelf hardware. If anyone comes up with a piece of hardware that would get displays of the ssid's on the radios I work with, I'd love to try it out.
". Wireless networks tend to be short range. Several college campuses and business have them, but wireless can only do so much and only transmit so far." Try up to 20 miles for a two-way wireless, and 40 for a download. Those are the best ranges we get at work, with our antennae so far. If you amped a transmitting antenna, I'm sure we could squeeze an extra 5-10 miles out of it. The range is getting longer and longer due to the telco's lack of service in certain areas. Give it another year, and I think we'll start to see repeaters up everywhere. Also remember the frequency, 2.4 Ghz. This has the potential for 2.4Gbs, but now is usually about 11Mbs, but rarely even close due to small pipes on the ISP side. i could'nt lurk anymore
People still dial up to the internet?