02-12-2002, 08:32 AM
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the admiral formerly known as overclocked
  
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Home-made WiFi antennae
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http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448 http://www.netscum.com/~clapp/wireless.html and related: http://www.80211-planet.com/columns/...896641,00.html http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20020207.html I heard about this on NPR during my morning commute. Kinda cool. -OC
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02-12-2002, 10:28 AM
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Wow, that's very cool - I'll have to try it out!
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02-12-2002, 02:03 PM
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hmm. . . I have a crackhead friend that has rigged a dss dish into a wifi. . . he claims that the thing is hot enough to pop corn.
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02-12-2002, 06:34 PM
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Quote:
how well does it work?
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02-12-2002, 10:16 PM
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Works really well for him. Not sure speeds or what not, but range is not a problem for him.
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02-15-2002, 03:04 PM
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It is big in SF and other metro areas where they are trying to make WiFi access free to everyone...
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