On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 06:07:26PM -0500, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > > dunno if you'd want to do much past 20 miles, your latency would start > > getting up there... > what's the max latency-limited range for 802.11b gear? 20mi is > already well past the 1.5Km of 10base-T ethernet. I've been involved (ie, climbing up the tower, and aiming antennas) in links that went 20 miles, connected with a crossover cable to another radio, then went another 20 miles, at one point (I no longer work for the company, so I don't know the current status) we had a 'lan' (ie, no routers) from Mankato to Willmar via multiple hops (at least 5, I could look up the total number later), with proper frequency coordination, proper radio setup, and the right amount of height it isn't a problem. > > > 802.11b supports "roaming", maybe stick an AP with multiple directional > > antennas at a midpoint, acting as a repeater... just an idea. > > yeah, if we ever get someone in Waconia, it might be an option. :) You should try war driving in the Waconia/Hutchinson/Glencoe area, theres plenty of 802.11 and 802.11b equipment hanging off the water towers and grain elevators. > > Carl Soderstrom. > -- > Network Engineer > Real-Time Enterprises > www.real-time.com -- Matthew S. Hallacy FUBAR, LART, BOFH Certified http://techmonkeys.org/~poptix GPG public key 0x01938203