[NCSA-discuss] wireless campus lan?

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Sounds like a great project for the engineering department! You could try
the line of site WiFi antenna thing, or perhaps design a larger one (ala the
pringles can) or use a commercial directional antennae.
http://www.penmachine.com/techie/kitswifi_2003-08.html

Not a howto, but shows what kind of distance you can do with wifi.

Good luck.

Jeffrey Johnson

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 3:32 PM, A. Michael Salim <msalim at localweb.com>wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
>
> I have 4 single storey buildings on a campus that need to be networked.
> The buildings are about 200 - 300 feet apart.  There is no direct cabling
> or fiber available between the buildings unfortunately.  So our options
> are to lay our own fiber which is too expensive for now, or something
> else.
>
>
> Any thoughts on a secure wireless network between the buldings?  Like a
> line of sight configuration that we can install on the rooftop of each
> building?  Or WiFi ?
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> Mike Salim
>
>
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