[clug] Wide area wireless deployment

[steve jenkin]

David Tulloh wrote on 1/7/09 11:07 AM:
> Greetings Ladies, Gentlemen and Trolls,
> 
> I've recently moved house and am considering putting in a nice big
> wireless router to share some (limited) internet love with my neighbours.
> 
> What I'm hoping for is some guidance on large area wireless deployments
> to short-cut doing all the serious research myself.  I have a single
> site but would like to cover as much land area as I can.  Some questions
> bouncing around my head...
> 
> Has anyone done this?  Have any tips?
> Any hardware recommendations?
> Does the N standard multiple antenna setup boost range?
> Is it worth going with an external antenna?
> Will the signals bounce, or do I need line of sight?
> 
> 
> David


Melbourne Wireless Group:
<http://melbourne.wireless.org.au/>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Wireless>

National Wireless groups page
<http://www.wireless.org.au/>

The original CBR wireless group (list is still active, though no traffic)
<http://lists.samba.org/archive/wireless/> [List]
<http://www.air.net.au/> [timed out for me]
<http://www.adelaide.air.net.au/> [adelaide off-shoot]


Yawarra are into this stuff & will give a 10% discount to groups:
<http://www.yawarra.com.au/>
<http://www.yawarra.com.au/casestudies.php>

Paul McGowan of Yawarra is usually happy to talk on the phone.
That may be a very good place to start.

HTH
s

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