[RndTbl] Point to point wireless

[Kevin McGregor]

We're a number of houses apart, though on the same block. Do standard wireless routers have the range, or should I make/buy an external directional antenna? I've heard that if you crank up the power of a typical (say, Linksys) router's wireless output beyond the default, it can burn out pretty quick. Can anyone confirm or dispel that rumour?

----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Reid <billreid at shaw.ca>
Date: Tuesday, July 3, 2007 15:55
Subject: Re: [RndTbl] Point to point wireless
To: Kevin McGregor <kmcgregor at shaw.ca>
Cc: roundtable at muug.mb.ca

> Kevin McGregor wrote:
> > Does anyone have some pointers (personal experiences, URLs, 
> etc) on how 
> > to set up a point to point (house to house) wireless network? 
> I and two 
> > geeky neighbours are thinking about setting up a private 
> internal 
> > network to connect our houses, and we're not sure where to start.
> > 
> 
> The http://openwrt.org/  site is worth a look.
> 
> 
> -- Bill
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