125-Mile WiFi Connection

Noodles · #1 (**permalink**) 08-02-2005, 05:01 PM

Team iFibre Redwire smashed the WiFi distance record, successfully linking a distance of over 125 miles at this year's DefCon WiFi Shootout. They maintained a full 11Mbit unamplified connection for 3 hours using Z-com 300mw PCMCIA cards, surplus satellite dishes, Linux, and a great deal of hacker ingenuity. The best part: yesterday afternoon they said that they expect this rig would work at distances of over 300 miles. Here's additional team info, a couple pictures of one of their rigs, and some more technical details.

backtothefuture · #2 (**permalink**) 08-17-2012, 10:03 AM

Lots of companies are now producing this type of equipment, Ubiquiti being one of them

Wifixz0r · #3 (**permalink**) 03-17-2013, 11:08 PM

They developed this equipment pritty much by now

Electric Rider · #4 (**permalink**) 03-23-2013, 05:01 AM

So.. How come they don't have any free Wifi hot spots in large cities like New Orleans?

xcore89 · #5 (**permalink**) 04-15-2013, 12:43 AM

Thats amazing..