can this be done at reasonable cost? if so, what
equipment is required?
at home my internet (roadrunner) comes thru a linux
box (redhat 8.0) which i use for firewall,
router, some servers (http, ftp, mysql) for stuff
(linux and windows boxes, printers, scanners) around
the house. all this was wired with ethernet
cable.
recently i began 'getting smart' about wireless, got
a d-link di-514 wireless router, and set it up
to run some of the machines at home through a
255.255.255.240 subnet of my 192.168.2.xxx lan here;
static ip throughout. (mostly done to eliminate some
inconvenient wiring and prepare for the following
project.)
what i know about networking is what i have been
obliged to learn to get all the above going,
and am at the limit of my knowledge.
we have a studio building located about 1300 feet
distant from the house where i have a dual boot
machine (win98 and linux) and print server. i
would like to connect the studio to the home lan
and add more equipment there. line-of-sight is not
a problem.
i figure a couple of good outdoor directional
antennas (maybe $100 to $150 each) would make the
link, but am near clueless about what should feed
the antennas. i have another d-link di-514 on
hand. this would serve at the studio end to
sub-net out the hosts there. i guess what is
lacking is a pair of devices to throw and catch
a single ip address between the antennas.
what sort of device am i looking for?
about how much cost each?
recommendation of known suitable antenna?
shu246
Newbie
Posts: 2 Registered: 9/11/05 Status: Offline
posted on 9/11/05 at 12:22
believe i've found the answer to this. Two each
of d-link DWL-2200AP bridges and ANT24-0801
directional outdoor antenna should do it. May be
useful to other folks with similar project.
Street price of +/- 100 bucks each item.
Probably other manufacturer's stuff available as well,
i just started with d-link because their DFE-253TX
pci nic works with Linux. Wish they would make
a wireless nic would do the same!
