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Re: [LUG] router or something else

 

On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 08:48:11PM +0100, Tom Potts wrote:
> Colin James wrote:
> > So basically you need something like this?
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/15-dBi-Long-Range-Extender-WiFi-Omni-Antenna-external_W0QQitemZ280013709918QQihZ018QQcategoryZ61816QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
> >
> >   
> looks like a lot of money for a stick-up in the air bit of wire!
> There used to be an organisation www.consume.net - seems to be off line 
> at the mo which had a lot of useful stuff about extending ranges of wifi 
> - getting 20Km out of standard transievers and pringles packets. They 
> worked and it didnt cost the earth.

And that was back in the day when wifi was expensive.

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