From: Jonathan Wright <mail@djnauk.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] looking for wireless technology
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 00:26:47 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4377D9C7.8040605@djnauk.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051114111005.D579.NICK@rout.co.nz>
Nick Rout wrote:
> 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.
The world record is set at ~125 miles (~200km) using an un-amplified signal:
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000970052590/
http://wireless.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000407052562/
http://www.wifiworldrecord.com/
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-14 0:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-13 5:02 [gentoo-user] looking for wireless technology El Nino
2005-11-13 5:51 ` Willie Wong
2005-11-13 13:50 ` John Jolet
2005-11-13 15:18 ` Stroller
2005-11-13 18:55 ` Willie Wong
2005-11-13 22:15 ` Nick Rout
2005-11-14 0:26 ` Jonathan Wright [this message]
2005-11-14 5:26 ` Willie Wong
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