What about 802.11n at 2.4GHz over the same 20dB dish antenna? Do you think that could cover the distance too?
What's a noodle strainer? :) And what equipment, specifically, do you recommend for the radio gear on each end? Just some linksys boxes doing WDS? Dan On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Matt Lawrence <m...@technoronin.com> wrote: > 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/ > _______________________________________________ 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/
