Where do I look for 802.11 back-to-back links?

[Stephen Jenkin]

Brian,

Thanks for your reply.  It's nice and clear & simple.  I had looked at
air-stream, thanks for the pointer.

It leaves me a little mystified - how do the access points talk to one
another??  What choice of Access Points do I have?

I'm presuming that 802.11 is like many other comms devices (eg modems
DCE/DTE) - in that ends are not symetric.  For two DTE's to talk, you need
a crossover cable - ditto for 802's 100 base-T.  This 'base station/other'
problem is what I don't know how to solve.

TIA
steve

On Sat, 4 Feb 2006 bsewart at iprimus.com.au wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Whats the distance between the 2 locations you want to link with wireless?
> 
> You could do this with the following at each end:
> 
> 1x Access point in waterproof enclosure
> 1x power over ethernet cable(custom made for the correct length)
> 1x pigtail (cable between antenna and access point
> 1x antenna (type depending on location particulars, but almost certainly
> directional)
> 
> There are plenty of options relying on your personal budget, location particulars,
> preference etc.
> 
> you could browse our community wireless network groups page at www.air-stream.org.
> 
> I can supply you the materials, postage is usually under $25.
> 
> If there is anything particular you would like to know, just ask... I'll
> never knock back a good wireless conversation  ;)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Brian
> 
> ---------------------------------
> http://www.smartwave-wireless.com
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> 
> 
> 
> >-- Original Message --
> >Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 20:13:56 +1100 (EST)
> >From: Stephen Jenkin <sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au>
> >To: wireless at lists.samba.org
> >Subject: Where do I look for 802.11 back-to-back links?
> >
> >
> >Folks,
> >
> >I've a couple of friends that are neighbours outside Canberra
> >(Bungendore/Wamboin) who want to get Broadband on.  One is on top of a
> >hill & can see the Telstra CDMA towers, the other is in the valley and
> >can't get signal - they are line of sight to each other.
> >
> >Can anyone recommend any pages of How-To's or equipment suppliers that
> >supply a point-to-point wireless connection.  I'd prefer 802.11 using
> >normal commercial applicances - because they're low-power (and one house
> >runs off Solar), all the software development has been done and if it
> >breaks, there's repair under warranty :-)
> >
> >cheers
> >steve
> >
> >
> >Steve Jenkin, Unix Sys Admin
> >0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915)
> >PO Box 48, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA
> >
> >sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au http://www.tip.net.au/~sjenkin
> >
> 
> 


Steve Jenkin, Unix Sys Admin
0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915)
PO Box 48, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA

sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au http://www.tip.net.au/~sjenkin