Re: Wireless suggestions @ my apt. complex...

> Now @ a cost of about $600.00
> this set up has made me my money back in using my neighbors as customers
> paying me instead of some monopoly supplier.

You'd do well to check your terms of service. No doubt it excludes
reselling your connection. You're going to be up shit's creek when they
find out and cut you off.

> My coverage is very good
> and I am happy but I'm wondering if anybody has any hints on how to
> expand my network w/o stepping up to a T-1 line? I still have the other
> two antennas to use.

You can expect to cram multiple users through a slow pipe.

Nor can you use multiple antennas that way. They're designed to allow that
ONE radio to maintain effective coverage. Not cover multiple areas. That's
the short answer. For greater coverage you'd need multiple access points,
each with their own antenna(e).

Thanks for the info. I work for/with the carrier I am using for my internet so I'm not too worried about getting in trouble plus I have the sales rights to the complex for the same company. But you are correct according to the Internet Acceptable Use Policy reads as follows:

# resell the Service or otherwise make available to anyone outside the Premises the ability to use the Service (i.e. wi-fi, or other methods of networking), in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, or on a bundled or unbundled basis. The Service is for personal and non-commercial use only and you agree not to use the Service for operation as an Internet service provider or for any business enterprise or purpose, or as an end-point on a non-customer local area network or wide area network;

Thanks for everything.

One last thing. If I hook up a 18db antenna w another amp. or just split the signal, I can shoot that signal straight to a building right?

On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 23:57:32 -0500, greenpea52
<greenpea52.34a96y@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> wrote in
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>One last thing. If I hook up a 18db antenna w another amp. or just
>split the signal, I can shoot that signal straight to a building right?

Use a separate wireless access point and a good high gain antenna and
you can indeed shoot a signal to a remote location given clear line of
sight (including fresnel zone). Note that 18 dBi will have a narrow
beam that will be hard to aim and keep aimed. You should first figure
out how much coverage you need.

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> Thanks for the info. I work for/with the carrier I am using for my
> internet so I'm not too worried about getting in trouble

So when you get caught, you get fired too? Not all that wise.

> plus I have the
> sales rights to the complex for the same company.

Then sell it legitimately. The rate you're going, implementing it half-ass,
is going to backfire when the users start complaining to the upstream
provider thinking their paid-for service isn't working. The whole mess
starts unraveling from there.

> One last thing. If I hook up a 18db antenna w another amp. or just
> split the signal, I can shoot that signal straight to a building right?

No. It's got ONE RADIO. The antennas just diversify how that one radio
picks up signals. You can't expect to extend the coverage area that way.
As has been suggested, use multiple access points. And stop trying to use
small office/residential equipment for commercial services. They're just
not up to the task once the loads get higher. Nor are they capable of being
effectively monitored.