Re: rooftop antenna range

Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:


Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

http://www.tomsnetworking.com/2006/02/27/wireless_networking_ntk_2006/index.html

The three rules of Wireless Networking.
1) It never goes as fast as they say it does.
2) It never goes as far as they say it does.
3) It never sets up as easily as they say it does.

4) it is never as secure as they say it is.

I don't know. I think (1) is a no-brainer, because you can't actually
transmit bits at the signalling rate, but I get much greater distance
than "they" say I should (~1000' between a WRT54G and a Dell laptop), basic
setup was as easy as "they" said (making it secure wasn't) and it _is_
secure - but then I'm relying on vpn.
--
derek
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