wireless

Hanasaki JiJi hanasaki at hanaden.com
Tue Oct 29 09:38:17 CST 2002


Did you loose any bandwidth?  Does it work with the faster 802.11a?

Duane Attaway wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Aldis A. Tuck wrote:
> 
> 
>>Has anyone in the group made a can antenna yet?
>>http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/cantennahowto.html
> 
> 
> Yes, and they work very well.  I was able to get 1-1/2 mile range with a
> soup can (extra chunky) on the other side of a hill.  Canned food may not
> look great as the fine offerings from commercial vendors, but they can do
> the job just as good or better.  Combined with waveguide cones or dishes,
> these cans may give serious gain.  See if you can beat this guy's record
> of 26 miles with a commercial 24dbi dish (my brother has a pair of these
> and they work great :)
> 
> http://wireless.mhpcc.edu/
> 
> 
>>They look cool, is there a Linux app available that could be use to
>>record signals with?
> 
> 
> If you want to record signal strength:
> 
> watch --interval 0 cat /proc/net/wireless
> 
> If you want to record data:
> 
> airsnort and ethereal can run together...
> 
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