If you want to do some wireless experiments google antenna :-)
On Jun 12, 2012 10:47 PM, "Derek Trotter" <expat.arizonan@gmail.com> wrote:

>  I read about a test once where a group in Las Vegas wanted to see how
> far they could make off the shelf wifi gear reach.   One team set up on one
> of the mountains around Las Vegas.  The other on a mountain in Utah over
> 100 miles away.  They used 12 foot satellite dishes as the reflectors.
>
> Here's one
> http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2007/06/w_wifi_record_2/
>
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9730708-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5
> about a guy in Venezuela getting a connection between two computers 237
> miles apart.
>
> Then of course there's always RFC 1149.
> http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-257064.html
>
> On 6/12/2012 21:48, Stephen wrote:
>
> Those are indeed ad hoc hp machines and a number of people don't even know
> they are even broadcasting. I have noticed it most with hp. And it can be
> suprusing how far they will reach...
>
>
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