Re: [TCLUG:22283] wireless networking in the Twin Cities

[Callum Lerwick <lerwick@tcfreenet.org>]

Callum Lerwick wrote:
> 
> "Austad, Jay" wrote:
> >
> > I was reading this article on Slashdot:
> > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/10/04/140229&mode=nested
> >
> > and I thought it might be interesting to try something like this here in the
> > twin cities area.  I've seen people make directional antennas and squeeze
> > about 7 miles out of a WaveLan card.  One of the sites that the slashdot
> > article refers to has plans for building different antennas.
> >
> > I'm thinking something along the lines of a large private network with
> > wireless nodes running MRTd (http://www.mrtd.net), and points of access to
> > the internet at large.  Anyone else think this might be interesting?
> >
> > FYI, I live 23 stories up in downtown saint paul, so I have a pretty good
> > view to alot of outlying areas.
> 
> Could you get a signal to a DEC Multia in an 86 Buick Century? ;)
> 
> Failing that there's www.novatelwireless.com ...

Hmmm. And could digital TV minidishes be useful? I keep hearing of ways
to get them free... (The hook being they're useless unless you pay for
service. Well, until now... ;)