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Im about 7 nmiles from a mountain top with wifi!

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Hello all, My question is simple i think. What do i need to receive and send wifi from my house to a mountain top thats about 7 miles away . Im on a desktop, I plan to build a parabolic bi quad for the outside of house that the only place i get a signal on a wifi finder is about 75ft from the house i get full signal with 4 leds all lit up there. i need a list of all things i really need to make this work all we can get here is dialup were going nuts. Any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance!! :cry:

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you want to connect to your wireless router thats 7 miles away?

I'm sure you cant do that - but I'm interested if anyone can prove me wrong.

Reply to vibe

No, I want to connect to a tower that sends wireless internet and wifi hotspots signal thats 7 miles away, not my own router.

Reply to bigal45

Maybe you can contact your ISP for some points about your question. They must have experts there to give you hints about your queries.

Good luck on your quest man.

Reply to rodyhoffer

Best case is line of sight, decent outdoor antenna and maybe a little more mWatts power.

 

Such as:
High power wifi client
High power access point
Simple WIFI range extender
Staying connected over large distances

 

Hope this helps.

 


bigal45 wrote :

Hello all, My question is simple i think. What do i need to receive and send wifi from my house to a mountain top thats about 7 miles away . Im on a desktop, I plan to build a parabolic bi quad for the outside of house that the only place i get a signal on a wifi finder is about 75ft from the house i get full signal with 4 leds all lit up there. i need a list of all things i really need to make this work all we can get here is dialup were going nuts. Any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance!! :cry:



Message edited by laptopnomad on 10-15-2009 at 05:21:27 PM
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Reply to laptopnomad

You could try something like this
http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/15 [...] sh-antenna
and hook it to a wireless bridge.
Google DD-WRT for a cheap bridge.

Reply to lyleb

Check out AIR802 They sell high powered outdoor units and high gain antennas that may close the link to mountain top wifi point. You could buy a long cable and put an antenna on a mast on your roof or visit this site ://www.air802.com/powerful-500mw-outdoor-access-point-router-bridge-2.4-ghz.html

Reply to Anonymous

thanks for the info so far. my biggest worry is that i will spend alot of money to find out that its not a wifi hotspot but a wireless provider in which i know uses that mountain top but they want even come to my place and see if i can get setup with them . but im still gonna try. i will let you guys know how its going as i continue this qwest. but keep the ideas coming they are appreciated.

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