[SunRescue] Suburban Wireless?

[James Lockwood]

On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Tugrul Galatali wrote:

> 	Just a comment... if you found people whacky enough to do this, why
> not just run some cheap spools of CAT5 from house to house. It almost sounds

This is in general a Bad Idea.  100baseT isolation specs do not
accommodate lightning strikes well, and the cable will degrade rapidly if
left in the elements.

The real solution outdoors is to lay (properly grounded) conduit and run
the cable through.  Simply burying the cable will work in some situations
if the cable shell is sufficiently rugged.  Another possibility (if
available in your area, which it frequently isn't) is to get your local
telco to provide you directly connected unloaded pairs.

>From what you've said it sounds like your biggest problem will be with the
trees.  Long distances are manageable and antennas aren't too expensive,
but a lack of LOS will kill you fast.

-James