Wireless across building

John Morrison jmorrison at ahc.net.au
Fri Apr 19 17:01:46 EST 2002


That is what I thought originally but everything I've found says I need an
AP.

My Original idea was 2 DWL-120 (or similar they are USB and no Linux
support) 1 in each computer on the link.

Can you point me anywhere that can help me with this??

THANKS
John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wu, Ben [mailto:WuB at AUSTRALIA.Stortek.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2002 9:42 PM
> To: jmorrison at ahc.net.au
> Subject: RE: Wireless across building
>
>
> John,
>
> You could get away with ad-hoc (no Access Point). Just use two cards
>
> Ben
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Morrison [mailto:jmorrison at ahc.net.au]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 6:58 PM
> > To: wireless at lists.samba.org
> > Subject: Wireless across building
> >
> >
> > G'day all
> >
> > 	I need to set up a wireless link across my building
> > (point to point only) so I can get access to the internet as
> > cheaply as I can (With reliability) and as I know hardly
> > anything about wireless "yet" I thought I'd come to the experts.
> >
> > 	What I've worked out so far is I think I need a D-link
> > DWL-1000AP and a D-link DWL-120.
> > 	The DWL-1000AP will be plugged into a hub in another
> > office which is the Internet end.
> > 	The DWL-120 gets plugged into my computer (about 20-25
> > meters away though walls etc).
> >
> > Have I got it right?
> > Is this the way to do it or is there a cheaper way?
> >
> > A BIG THANKS for any help you can give!!!
> >
> > John M.
> >
> > BTW I'm in Australia if that matters???
> >
> >
> >
>





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