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[LUG] Wireless Netowrking



I've been spending some time on www.linuxnewbieboarg.org, and came across a 
post about a company that has set up broad band wireless access into villages 
in rural USA. Great idea really. Also found out about some geeks from 
California doing something similar with Oreily.

http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2001/05/03/longshot.html
http://www.wavelan.com/template.html?section=m85&page=2818&envelope=227

I was wondering if it would be possible to set up a city wide sort of thing in
 a similar way, bypassing ADSL, and creating a "community area network". Cant
find much on what licences you need though.

What I thought about, as a pipedream, nothing real as I'm sure it's much 
more complex, was this:

Next year I move out of uni and leave my 10mbit connection behind :( A lot 
of students are in a similar fix, and there is bound to be a small demand 
for cheap net access. I was wondering if it would be possible to set up a 
transmitter at Exeter Uni (top of harrison building say), and a receiver 
base at some point in Mt. Plesant - and have that controlling a wireless 
ethernet over a large distance (say half a mile).

This is all theorectically mind you.

I was wondering

1) What are the capabilities of Ethernet 802.11 in built up areas?
2) What kind of licence is needed to operate the equipment in a scenario
like that ^^^?
3) How much does the equipment cost?

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