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before you jump in and spend big buck$ on it try building a homebrew directional like a cantenna (cost is just about $4 for an N jack and some beans), use your PCMCIA card, and see if you get a clean signal. a local grocery chain here use cisco 340's and the range is a few blocks even when i'm using a 5dBi omni. if he's only a block away, that might be good enough.
do you get any signal at all from your house w/ just your PCMCIA card?
on his side, if your signal is not strong enough, get an omni. again, you can build one for $10. there's ample info on homebrews on this board.
i don't have experience w/ cisco stuff, but usually bridging requires 2 AP's or at least 2 radios.
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~lincomatic
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