From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EbWvn-0000qQ-54 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 05:31:03 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jAE5U7dH014207; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 05:30:07 GMT Received: from Princeton.EDU (postoffice01.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.75]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jAE5QGjL024383 for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 05:26:16 GMT Received: from smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.148]) by Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id jAE5QFhW027668 for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 00:26:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from sep.dynalias.net (fez.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.190]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpserver2.Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id jAE5QFpM018823 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 00:26:15 -0500 (EST) Received: by sep.dynalias.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 93C3046551E; Mon, 14 Nov 2005 00:26:39 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 00:26:39 -0500 From: Willie Wong To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] looking for wireless technology Message-ID: <20051114052639.GD12256@princeton.edu> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20051113055112.GB10451@princeton.edu> <20051114111005.D579.NICK@rout.co.nz> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051114111005.D579.NICK@rout.co.nz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Archives-Salt: 66916f40-c5ec-49c7-9f22-295a79718569 X-Archives-Hash: f3e0aef9883937edac74b816feef1830 On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 11:15:06AM +1300, Nick Rout wrote: > On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 00:51:12 -0500 > Willie Wong wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 11:02:09AM +0600, El Nino wrote: > > > i have a 128kbps Internet connection to my home & now i want give > > > access to my college friends to it. (i already have two running > > > squid+firewall gentoo servers) > > > > > > I'm looking for wireless technology to do this. all friends are within 1km. > What bollocks. 802.11 is capable of 5 km at least with a decent card and > directional aerials. Directional aerials can be built from quite cheap > materials like woks and other asian food implements, or you can buy > commercial directional aerials. > In my defense: 1) I did mention directional signals LATER ON in my post. 2) Notice that he said "FRIENDS". Plural. So of course I start by commenting on the usual capability of an 802.11 signal for an omnidirectional antenna. Nick: I notice you use that word (bollocks) a lot. I don't know if to you it is as offensive as it is to me, but I'd appreciate if you don't call it on me before reading my entire post or considering why I wrote what I did. If you had said, for example, "What Bollocks, 802.11 is unregulated band" in response to the misinformation I gave in that post (which someone else corrected), then I'd say "ha, my bad" and move on... W -- BOOK ...Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much... the wheel, New York, wars, and so on, whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely the dolphins believed themselves to be more intelligent than man for precisely the same reasons. Sortir en Pantoufles: up 1 day, 21:39 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list