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Re: [LUG] Connecting two points 500m apart

 

On 16 Jun 2010, at 16:02, Dan Dart <dandart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Does anyone have experience of connecting two points which are about
>> 500m apart? One device will probably be a sheevaplug, another my
>> laptop.
>
> String? USB? Ethernet? Wifi? There are a lot of options and ambiguity.

A trail of ants! Each carrying either a seed or not-seed (1 and 0) -
takes a lot of time to set up, and the bandwidth isn't great..
Actual suggestion, wireless repeater, don't know how much they are
though, you're better off buying/making an uber-range ariel :)

Sam

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