I am also doing this with Linksys hardware. They sell a WET54G wireless
bridge. My farthest site is over 1/4 mile away (My house). I use high gain
antennas and low loss coax cable to the antennas. Clear line of site is
important so the antennas are at the top of 14+ meters towers constructed on
the flat roofs of 1 or 2 story building there is lots of info at
http://www.fab-corp.com/
http://www.hyperlinktech.com/
They also sell the antennas & cable
This project is in Africa so some of the FCC rules don't apply hear.
I would be glad to share the drawings and documents with anyone who wants
then just email me directly.
Mathiew Greenway
Technology Coordinator
American International School of Bamako
Mattg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 8/6/05 7:38 pm, "Steve Hargadon" <steve.hargadon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I should think that you would be better off using a wireless access
point and hooking your linux machine into the wired network.
I've done exactly this--I used Linksys wireles access points, which
basically just "bridged" the network when there couldn't be a physical
link. We have four or five classrooms working this way in an old
Catholic High School where the walls were too thick! We were able to
get 8 workstations working fine off an access point, with only the
"boot" up showing signs of slowness.
Steve