I had an idea to set up a bridge and an antenna on my roof to connect to some of the free and open networks in my neighborhood. Perhaps I'd mount it on a pole on one of those tv rotators so that I could turn the antenna a bit. Sort of like a "warhousesitting" version of wardriving.
The available networks are anywhere's from .3 - .8 miles (1500 - 4000 ft).
I've read about the different antenna types, but I'm not really sure which is the best compromise.
It seems that if I use a parabolic I could pull in almost anything, but then it would have such a narrow beam I'd have to rotate the antenna quite a bit to connect to different AP's.
But if I use panel or something with a wider beam, I might get more interference.
Any ideas? Parabolic, patch, panel, yagi? something else?
Thanks, Kent
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