Long range WiFi ?

[meldrew's_mate]

I am looking for a device which will extend my wireless broadband to a house about 3/4 mile away, so we can play games over "our" network and share a broadband connection without having to pay for two lots of broadband.
Clearly it must have good security and, knowing the exaggerated range claims of some manufacturers, should "claim" a range of about 2 miles.

Any ideas?

 

[gcol]

http://www.dabs.com/productview.asp...lectedId=11177&NavigationKey=11177,4294959903
It'd be cheaper to just get 2 broadband subscriptions though.

 

[empip]

My set-up....

 

[rogerh]

You don't need anything special - just line of sight and a pair of directional antennae. On a good day you could manage ten miles or more.

This one uses $5 Chinese cooking implements:

http://www.usbwifi.orcon.net.nz

While this one uses Pringle cans:

http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448

The wifi equipment is standard and the security is no different to whatever you might use at home.

 

[gcol]

WEIRDO NERD ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[not so warm]

we have a linksys wrt54gs V4, we installed a well known 3rd party Firmware Version: v4.71.1, Hyperwrt 2.1b1 + Thibor15c, and boosted the Transmit Power from default 50% to 100%.
then did a site survey and found 3 others on channel 2 so moved ours to channel 13.
Planning to buy the linksys longer antennas.

Without the arials its made a massive difference.

So look at the possibilities of 3rd party firmware its free, and only takes a few minutes to flash.

and make sure you use the security settings, i have had to do 3x this week for neighbours.

 

[not so warm]

you can play console games using a modfied console running on XLINK KAI.
via internet and its free, apart from modding your console.