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Drake12 · 05-29-2004

The objective here is to get DSL from the office in town to my house which is ~ 9 miles LOS.

I will be using two 24 dBi grid antennas and going 9 miles LOS at ~ 90' above ground level. Should I stay at 2.4Ghz or move up to the 5.xGhz band? Thinking 2.4Ghz because of cost and the fact that there is no traffic in this hightly rural area. Also I was thinking of using WRT54G Linksys radio's. The WRT54G's will be mounted within 10' of the antenna via coax in a weatherproof type box. I will have ~ 200' of cat5e going into the office and house so I will have to find a decent POE to inject a steady stream of DC voltage. The elevations have been calculated and once the antennas are mounted, LOS will be ~ 20' above the highest obsticle.

This is my thinking so far from the office to home: DSL > DSL router > PoE > cat5e up tower plugged into WRT54G > coax out of WRT54G to antenna > over to antenna at my home > coax out of antenna to WRT54G > cat5e down tower to PoE > switch/hub > computers.

I have no hardware as of yet and am just getting ideas together. I have not done much wireless so I need some help!!
Any idea's appreciated!

Thanks,
Bill

05-29-2004	#1 (permalink)
Drake12 Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Lake Placid, FL Posts: 2	Setting up wireless link from office to home The objective here is to get DSL from the office in town to my house which is ~ 9 miles LOS. I will be using two 24 dBi grid antennas and going 9 miles LOS at ~ 90' above ground level. Should I stay at 2.4Ghz or move up to the 5.xGhz band? Thinking 2.4Ghz because of cost and the fact that there is no traffic in this hightly rural area. Also I was thinking of using WRT54G Linksys radio's. The WRT54G's will be mounted within 10' of the antenna via coax in a weatherproof type box. I will have ~ 200' of cat5e going into the office and house so I will have to find a decent POE to inject a steady stream of DC voltage. The elevations have been calculated and once the antennas are mounted, LOS will be ~ 20' above the highest obsticle. This is my thinking so far from the office to home: DSL > DSL router > PoE > cat5e up tower plugged into WRT54G > coax out of WRT54G to antenna > over to antenna at my home > coax out of antenna to WRT54G > cat5e down tower to PoE > switch/hub > computers. I have no hardware as of yet and am just getting ideas together. I have not done much wireless so I need some help!! Any idea's appreciated! Thanks, Bill