Re: concerning homemade wireless antennas

On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 11:31:57 -0400, spacermase
<spacermase.2rv9iq@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> wrote:

>
>Hi all,
>
>Alright, I'm fairly new to wireless networking. My query stems from my
>current situation, which is thus:
>
>Since I live out in the boonies, the only internet service that you can
>get higher than dial-up is satellite- in this case, HughesNet (formerly
>DirecWay). When we were forced to switch over to HughesNet, a rather
>restrictive bandwidth cap was instituted, something we'd never had a
>problem with when we had DirecWay, and the only way to get rid of it is
>to upgrade to the higher (and more expensive service).
>
>As a work around, I plan to see if I can instead tap into my neighbor's
>wireless network, since he somehow managed to get a T1 installed in his
>home (God only knows how); plus, he's already given us permission to do
>so, so we don't have to worry about trespassing on his network.
>
>To do this, I'm planning on constructing a homemade coffee-can-type
>antenna.
>
>My question is, while all the information I've seen on the net have
>shown hooking up these kind of antennas directly to a laptop with an
>external wireless card, is there any way to somehow broadcast the
>signal from the cantenna itself, throughout the house? For example,
>would it be possible to hook it up to a wireless router?
>
>Any assistance is appreciated, and much thanks!

I'd try mounting a wireless bridge on a tv antenna pole outside
your house, and connect your pc to the bridge.