On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 10:11:14AM +0100, Pau Amaro-Seoane wrote: > I was thinking, as somebody in the thinkpad forum suggested, of "an > USB WLAN "dongle", but one of those with an external antenna that is > connected through a standard (typically: Reverse) SMA-connector. Next, > get a sufficiently long, low-loss cable and a parabolic antenna (some > 24 dBi gain, e.g.), mount the antenna at a point having preferably > line-of-sight to the WLAN source (the public router/access point)
How long does your run have to be? Perhaps you can mount the dongle in a parabolic dish and run USB back to your system. Standard USB cable is good for about 5 meters; If you're going farther than that, you can get powered repeater cables that are good for up to 30 meters or so, or place a small box like a soekris close to the dish, and run ethernet. Either way signal losses on a digital run will be much, much less than even the most expensive low-loss cable :-) -Ryan
