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... ;) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org