On Sun, 29 Apr 2001, Mike Hicks wrote: > On the cheap end, a number of people have played around with wireless > ethernet hubs, hooking them up to big directional antennas and getting a > few miles of range out of them. Of course, those devices aren't designed > for that mode of operation, and the FCC probably doesn't really like the > idea. However, if they could be set up properly (ie, be highly > directional and not interfere with all of the other 802.11 nets out > there), it would be a very inexpensive solution. But reliability is pretty rough. For reliability, you probably want some sort of diversity tx/rx arrangement. I'm not saying it's insurmountable, just that it's like Bob points out about co-lo: you can do it good or you can do it cheap, but it's not easy to get both. -- "To misattribute a quote is unforgivable." --Anonymous