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Originally Posted by geolemon
Not knowing what a fresnel zone is, having read simply that "larger gain is better", not knowing what RF LOS stands for, I wouldn't know the proper questions to ask.
Not to mention, everyone I talk to seems to give a different answer. Shall I abritrarily pick one person, and listen to them? I doubt you would either.
I'm not terribly worried about the equipment investment - I've tried to mitigate that by
1) purchasing used antennas
2) purchasing equipment that has resale value should it not work out
I don't have a wifi card. For the reason I described:
That's the point - the antenna is located on the roof.
The research that I did indicated that long antenna wires are a no-no, 15 foot was longer than some seemed to believe in - but at least that leads into my attic, through a vent. My attic has real limited access - I wish I could post a picture... a hole in the top of a closet.
But I have a WRT54GL that's installed up there, that the cable can reach to. And I have my computer connected to it as well, with a LAN card fed through my ceiling at this point.
If you have suggestions on this configuration, let me know. I'm here to learn
If you want to play elitist, and just keep your precious knowledge inside rather than sharing it and trying to help - I'd ask you why bother participating on forums anyway?
I'm just trying to solve my problem - that being no internet connectivity, and very compromised dialup performance.
Without rehashing my past 6 mo. frustrations (we just moved into this house summer 2005), this is the only glimmer of hope I have - I'd like to make it work.
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If you don't have a Wifi card there's your first problem, since NS requires a compatible card, this information is easily accessible via the help file that's included with the installation as well as on the website where you downloaded the program.
I'm not being elitest, but this site does not spoonfeed, we expect people to do the research and then ask intelligent questions, which you have done neither.
I have you terms that you could have just have easily searched upon, you said you don't know what they mean, but instead of posting that you don't know what they mean, you could have googled for them and found out their definitions.
Anyone that told you 'larger gain is better' is a fucking idiot and doesn't know the first thing about how the technology works.