Long distance networking

[Andrew Pam]

On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 23:09 +1030, Andrew Pam wrote:
> > On Wednesday 01 November 2006 22:11, n0dalus wrote:
> > > There are two separate networks on the property, with one a few
> > > hundred metres away from the other one at the bottom of a hill. We
> > > would like to get the two networks connected, but cat5 only goes about
> > > 90m according to Wikipedia. We looked into wireless but it was pretty

Just following up to myself:  I suspect wireless may still be the
cheapest option.  You can get a couple of WiFi cards that support Ad-Hoc
mode, put them into a couple of old PCs running Linux and if necessary
replace the standard antennae with directional ones.  You don't need to
buy expensive WiFi routers.

There are also SDSL modems you can use over regular phone-grade wire,
and if you can live with the slow speed, there's always PPP over a
serial cable.

Hope that helps,
		Andrew
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