On Sat, 20 Mar 2010, Dan Parsons wrote: > Is anyone on the list familiar with building wireless point-to-point > links? Specifically, I'd like to build one to cover a distance of a > bit less than 4 miles. The faster the link the better, but I do have > to keep the costs somewhat down. 50mbit would be nice, 100mbit even > better. What sort of equipment (radio, antennas) do I need on each > end, and about how much does this sort of stuff cost?
WiFi with a 20dB gain dish antenna on each end will easily reach that distance. 54Mbit data rate shouldn't be a problem, but of course your throughput will be less than half of that. The Effective Radiated Power (ERP) will be higher than the FCC allows, but there seems to be no enforcement. You should be able to easily build this for less than $200. Go with a couple of USB WiFi units and a couple of noodle strainers, and you should be able to do it for under $50. You could probably bond 2 or 3 of these to get the throughput you want. This might not be answer you're looking for, but it's cheap and may provide adequate performance. -- Matt It's not what I know that counts. It's what I can remember in time to use. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
