WiFi range

[Paul]

Does the range vary?

Would it reach the parking lot?

Would any kind of dish antenna work (ie, on the roof of a van)?

Is there an online map or directory of areas covered by city?

Thank you.

[Rod Speed]

Paul <mail...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Does the range vary?

Yep.

> Would it reach the parking lot?

It can do.

> Would any kind of dish antenna work (ie, on the roof of a van)?

Yep, and there is a lot more than just dishes that work fine too.

> Is there an online map or directory of areas covered by city?

Yep.

[Gary Heston]

In article <srhi-1EC53B.2...@newsgroups.comcast.net>,
Shawn Hirn <sr...@comcast.net> wrote:
>In article <dmuk04t60df7aq6ul...@4ax.com>,
> Paul <mail...@gmail.com> wrote:
[ ... ]

>> Would any kind of dish antenna work (ie, on the roof of a van)?

>No.

Oh?

http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/15/how-to-build-a-wifi-biquad-dish-antenna/

http://people.wallawalla.edu/~Rob.Frohne/Airport/Primestar/Primestar.html

http://www.binarywolf.com/249/parabolic.htm

http://www.skifactz.com/wifi/wifi_dish.htm

http://www.hackaday.com/2004/12/23/use-a-primestar-dish-as-an-ieee-802-11-wireless-networking/

And these were on the first page of search results.

Gary

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