[MLB-WIRELESS] 'Passive' repeater

[Rob Werner]

OK, can I please get some thoughts on this?

An Airport base-station is out of my budget but I can get D-Link DWL520
802.11b PCI cards for $180, probably less.  If I then build a low spec PC
(free from my junk box) with one of these cards and an omni antenna, could
this be used to achieve the same thing?

Also, does anyone have any info about omnidirectional antennas in regard to
wireless networking?  I can really only find info about directional ones.

Thanks,

-Rob

PS.  I hope you guys don't mind me bugging you with all these questions.  I
would really like to put something back into the group so let me know if I
can help with anything.  I'm a multimedia developer by trade, but just ask.
:)



> From: "Simon Hall" <simonh at auschar.com.au>
> Reply-To: melbwireless at melbwireless.dyndns.org
> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 17:28:00 +1100
> To: <melbwireless at melbwireless.dyndns.org>
> Subject: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] 'Passive' repeater
> 
> I too have been looking at that there was a thread last week about that sort
> of stuff.  Since then I have been talking to Karl Baha at Pacific Satellite
> and his recommendations were to use another AP as a repeater.
> 
> I do believe that hooking two antenna may possibly work, but don't quote me
> on it.
> 
> Simon
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robbie Werner [mailto:rwerner at bigpond.net.au]
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 2:49 PM
> To: melbwireless at melbwireless.dyndns.org
> Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] 'Passive' repeater
> 
> 
> There is another location which I would also like to setup a wireless link
> with, but I do not have LOS.  I do however have access to a very tall cement
> silo which can be seen from both the locations in question.  Would it be
> possible to setup some kind of repeater on top of the silo to allow both
> locations to communicate?  Do you think this could be done cheaply and
> reliably?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Rob
> 
> 
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