[SunRescue] Suburban Wireless?

[Brian Dunbar]

I'd agree that fiber is the best way to go .. but why would he (or me, if I
decide to wire up my barn <grin> fry the adapters with thinnet?

brian

-----Original Message-----
From: nick at snowman.net [mailto:nick at snowman.net]
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 12:41 PM
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: RE: [SunRescue] Suburban Wireless?


You'll fry both adapters once every couple weeks with thinnet.  Run fiber
if at all possible.
	Nick

On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Brian Dunbar wrote:

> I *think* the max run on ethernet is 150 meters for the thin 'like
telephone
> wire stuff' and 600 meters for the coax type 'thin net' (can't think, must
> drink more coffee).  I wouldn't want to leave the stuff just draped on the
> ground - if you're far enough out in the country that no one objects,
there
> are the electrical problems, the critter problems etc.  Get some older
> thinnet NICs, a ditch witch, the durable thinnet cable and plow away!
Don't
> forget to get a map from the electric coop showing where the underground
> utilities are.		brian
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tugrul Galatali [mailto:tugrul at galatali.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 10:40 PM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Suburban Wireless?
> 
> 
> On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, mike dombrowski wrote:
> 
> > Hello all, I've toyed with the idea for a while and now I've found 
> > people foolish/stupid/crazy enough to try it with me, a wireless 
> > 802.11b network between our houses. Most of the points would be within 
> [...]
> 
> 	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
> like you are the only houses in the area, or close to (I just skimmed the
> email
> so don't shoot me if I missed something). I don't think anyone would
notice
> or
> seriously care if you have some cable dangling from tree to tree. It
doesn't
> 
> have the cool factor, and you can't walk around outside with a laptop (at
> least
> not that far from the house), but its faster and can't be more
expensive...
> 	The maximum run on ether is 1500 meters no? That should allow a
> minimum
> of repeaters (are their pure repeaters or do you just get a hub?) on a
area
> of
> 1-2 km with scattered houses.
> 	Just my 2 cents...
> 
> 	Tugrul Galatali
> 
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