I'm trying to set up a long range wifi connection between 2 sites, with
decent line of sight(a few trees but I can see each antenna). Covering
about 1100 feet. I have 2 EtherDesigns Cantennas, a 10" on the
recieving end(a Linksys PCI card WMP54G) and a 5" on the access point,
a Linksys WRT54G. According to the linksys software on the recieving
end, I have a 51% signal, 3 out of 5 bars, and -77 dB with -79 dB of
noise. It says the computer is transmitting at 18mb but recieving at
only 1 megabit. Linksys reports that data in bytes are sent and
recieved but does not recieve packets.

Windows sees the access point and connects to it, but shows packets
recieved as 0 and won't get an IP address.

Is the problem simply not a good enough connection? If so, why does the
linksys show 3/5 signal and transmit fine? Or do I have another problem
going on where I can't get an IP address?

thanks
Jamie