wifi 450-500 feet, almost line of sight, anyone done this?

[Scott Allen]

On Fri Aug 14,2009 10:40:26 PM ted leslie wrote:
> i can have directional at the house, pointed right at where i would 
> be (on the beach), save for some vegetation in the way, (how much 
> would 20 feet thick of bushes affect wifi? i hope little), but at 
> the beach , it will just be a PC, oriented in any random way.

Even a single directional antenna only at the house end may be good 
enough. It will increase the strength of the signal that gets to the 
beach and improve the reception of signals coming from the beach.

Trying a home built or inexpensive commercial directional antenna, at 
the house end only, may be worth a shot. If the one you try 
noticeably increases the distance but doesn't quite get you there, at 
least it indicates that a better one might do the trick.


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