Antenna to catch school's wireless

kbhalla · 01-18-2003

Hey I live in an apartment around 400 meters from my schools building. Even though one can catch it's wirless from a bar across the street, I wanted to be able to catch it from home. The line of sight from home to school isn't clear....as in there is a building in between.

Will it be possible to catch the wireless?
I have a Dell TrueMobile on a XP machine.

Cheers,
Bhalla.

Mr.White · 01-18-2003

If you can get the antenna high enough to clear the building, any would work. 400 meters is easy with a cheap antenna. Cable is another thing. You want to keep the length as short as possible.

And you would need permission to access the network as well.

01-18-2003	#1 (permalink)
kbhalla Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1	Antenna to catch school's wireless Hey I live in an apartment around 400 meters from my schools building. Even though one can catch it's wirless from a bar across the street, I wanted to be able to catch it from home. The line of sight from home to school isn't clear....as in there is a building in between. Will it be possible to catch the wireless? I have a Dell TrueMobile on a XP machine. Cheers, Bhalla.

01-18-2003	#2 (permalink)
Mr.White OH such tacos will I give Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,049	If you can get the antenna high enough to clear the building, any would work. 400 meters is easy with a cheap antenna. Cable is another thing. You want to keep the length as short as possible. And you would need permission to access the network as well. __________________ A good way to threaten somebody is to light a stick of dynamite. Then you call the guy and hold the burning fuse up to the phone. "Hear that?" you say. "That's dynamite, baby." -Jack Handey

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