[AT] OT - Laptop reccomendations - question on wireless routers...

[Cecil Bearden]

Thanks Henry.  That helps a lot...   I can put the antenna under the eave 
for lightning protection.I waited all day for the broadband tech to show up, 
but no show...  I am working with a 4Mbps connection speed right now..... 
It rained yesterday....

Thanks SBC for never repairing the cables.....!!!!!!!!!!

Cecil in OKla
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henry Miller" <hank at millerfarm.com>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT - Laptop reccomendations - question on wireless 
routers...


>
> On Monday 03 July 2006 18:31, Cecil Bearden wrote:
>> If someone has some advice on this I could sure use it..   I am getting
>> broadband installed, but I want to do a little more with it.  I need to 
>> put
>> those internet cameras in  my lambing barns so I can watch the ewes 
>> without
>> having to always go out at all hours oaf the night.   My house is wrapped
>> in aluminum foil to keep the alien heat out, and I have a steel roof. 
>> The
>> barns are all steel also and my shop is a steel building.  The new 
>> Linksys
>> router is a 8.11N style that is supposed to have 4 times the range...
>>
>> I want to put the Broadband antenna on a pole and have a router next to 
>> it.
>> Then link my laptop in the house, the old one in the barn, and the 
>> cameras
>> in the sheep barns and also another computer we use in the truck.
>>
>> How do I do it??
>
> Pretty much just like you said.   Put an antenna on a pole, on your roof, 
> and
> another in the barn.   Just make sure lightening won't get you.
>
> Before you do this, you can buy (at walmart) wireless repeaters.   Some 
> have a
> connection for an external antenna, which would simplify setup - if you 
> can
> get a signal through all that metal.   People have mixed luck with these
> things, but when it works it is easy.
>
> WATCH the lightenting problem.  It may be worthwhile to get professional 
> grade
> gear just so you can get this protection (unless you want to make your own
> antenna you pretty much need professional grade antennas to do this, also 
> a
> lot of home gear isn't designed for this setup)   Google wireless ISP
> (supplies) for some sources.
>
> You want to put the equipment in a little waterproof copula on the roof, 
> near
> the antenna if you can.    Wireless signals do not travel well in wires at
> the frequencies involved.
>
> You may need to cut down trees.    You don't need line of sight, you need 
> cone
> of sight (look up Fresnel zone), meaning a tree that doesn't look like it 
> is
> in the way (and sometimes even the ground) can still block the signal.
> However mostly this is a worry if you are trying to get more than a mile
> range, so just be aware that this could be an issue if you have problems.
>
> Did I mention watch the lightning problem?
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