Re: Long Range Wi-Fi Bulk Buy

[Jon Fautley <jon@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Stuart Booth wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:31:58 +0100, "Chris Bond"
<chris@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >hehe wardriving!
>
> Has anybody made themselves a Pringles Can antenna? I fancy trying
> that out on the cheap.

I have! Well, Brougham Baker, Tom Ellis and Myself all technically made
it. http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448
is the design we
used, although we simplified it a little, with no noticable impact on
performance.

We managed to hit a WiFi node at a range of about 1.5/2 miles from the
top
of some hill in worthing, at about 1/2 signal strength (Not sure what
was
on the other end, but I reckon it was just an AP). They certainly rock!
We
couldn't do a proper test as the pigtail I was using had a little coax
extender, which will have reduced the overall gain a bit - but the
performance you get from them is unbelievable (literally!)

If you want any more info, feel free to ask! :)

Jon

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