Re: Making Hotspot or Point to Point?

> Hi, Could someone tell me what I would need to make a point to point
> hotspot? I have a wireless Linksys WRT54G router that I use to send a
> wireless internet connection to a second computer in my house. I would
> like to share my Internet connection with a person .6 miles away which I
> have a good "Line of Sight". I assume I would need a uni-directional
> antenna. If this is true, how does one connect an antenna to a WRT54G
> or am I way off base? If I could send the signal, the person .6 miles
> away should be able to pick up the signal with their laptop which is
> wireless capable. I would think that a "pickup" antenna wouldn't be
> necessary. Any suggestions or help with this matter would be greatly
> appreciated. Thanks.

The trouble with trying to put an antenna on your WRT54G will be losing
local wireless coverage.

You'd be better off setting up another access point with it's own
directional antenna pointed at the remote end. Then you'd need another one
on the remote end. Trying to go that far will require some pretty precise
aiming, not to mention the ongoing maintance to make sure they stay aimed.
The antenna on the remote end might detect the signal but it's very unlikely
it'd be able to SEND signals back. You'll need antennae on both ends.

It really won't work reliably to try to 'split' the signal from your one
local router. Your own local coverage will suffer in the process.

-Bill Kearney

On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:59:15 -0500, "Bill Kearney"
<wkearney99@hotmail.com> wrote in
<4oqdnbFvLZ-RsBXanZ2dnUVZ_qelnZ2d@speakeasy.net>:

>> Hi, Could someone tell me what I would need to make a point to point
>> hotspot? I have a wireless Linksys WRT54G router that I use to send a
>> wireless internet connection to a second computer in my house. I would
>> like to share my Internet connection with a person .6 miles away which I
>> have a good "Line of Sight". I assume I would need a uni-directional
>> antenna. If this is true, how does one connect an antenna to a WRT54G
>> or am I way off base? If I could send the signal, the person .6 miles
>> away should be able to pick up the signal with their laptop which is
>> wireless capable. I would think that a "pickup" antenna wouldn't be
>> necessary. Any suggestions or help with this matter would be greatly
>> appreciated. Thanks.
>
>The trouble with trying to put an antenna on your WRT54G will be losing
>local wireless coverage.
>
>You'd be better off setting up another access point with it's own
>directional antenna pointed at the remote end. Then you'd need another one
>on the remote end. Trying to go that far will require some pretty precise
>aiming, not to mention the ongoing maintance to make sure they stay aimed.
>The antenna on the remote end might detect the signal but it's very unlikely
>it'd be able to SEND signals back. You'll need antennae on both ends.

A high-gain antenna on either end actually helps both sending and
receiving. Another high-gain antenna at the other end boosts both
sending and receiving even more.

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