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Hey Mark...
First of all, your plan won't work...you will need an external antena in you
Point of Access (which will be connected to a wireless device there...) then
you will need another wireless device at your end to recieve the signals
from the external antena (the external antena can send signals up to ~15-20
miles...). Then it can be connected to your network or pc....

Sorry dude but your original plan won't work....

"Mark" <nanoburst@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:d907a27f.0211100955.26c53ede@posting.google.com...
> I'm a U.C. Berkeley student who lives a quarter
> of a mile from two campus buildings that contain
> 802.11b access points (Warren Hall and Koshland
> Hall). I have line of sight.
>
> (You can see a description of the service at...
>   http://airbears.berkeley.edu
> Access points are listed at the bottom of that page.)
>
> Even though Airbears was not intended to be
> accessed from off campus, I'd like to try to
> arrange access for my home desktop.
>
> I think that I'd need a directional antenna such as this...
>   http://www.dlink.com/products/DigitalHome/Wireless/11b/ant24_1801
> ...and a home wireless access point like this one...
>   http://www.dlink.com/products/wireless/dwl900ap
> ...along with an SMA cable (to connect my antenna
> to my access point), an Ethernet card, and an
> Ethernet cable.
>
> I have some questions:
>
> 1) Does my plan seem likely to work? Am I too
> far away? Are the campus transmitters (intended
> for use within a building or even within a
> single room) likely to be transmitting with
> enough power to reach my apartment?
>
> 2) Would the hardware items above make sense?
> Is there a better or cheaper way to do this?
> (But I'm not inclined to build my own antenna,
> as much as I admire those who do.)
> Perhaps a better brand?
>
> 3) How long can the SMA cable be? I'd like to
> run a 50-foot cable so that I could mount the
> antenna on the roof, but I'm concerned about
> signal loss.
>
> 4) Which store in the Bay Area is likely to
> carry the antenna and WAP? BestBuy and CompUSA
> carry basic D-Link stuff, but the antenna
> is not a mass-market item. My best guess would
> be Fry's. Can you suggest any other stores?
> (I know that I could easily buy them online.)
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Mark
> Berkeley, California
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