We shot a 802.11b 215m across houses and a park to save getting a second internet using WDS around 2003 to 2005.
That was a full 20 years ago - yikes!
We used Linksys WRT54G's started with for some reason I think it was .a, then .b then .g's. We started with Sveasoft's firmware, when that ended and started charging shifted onto DD-WRT.
We used a 24db gain directional dish grid antenna on one end a a slightly less powerful but plenty capable custom built wave-guide (we got from a guy that had access to expensive telco. calibration kit), think it was 10to15, maybe even 20?
We'd shoot our weekly DB backups across the park! I created batches using robocopy for network re-startable copies as it took a lot longer than onsite w/cable. It was better than what we had as but we couldn't lay our own cables down the street over the park and viaduct! An additional link at the other site w/ongoing of 100 p.m. would have drained us beyond our weekly burn.
So much easier to mount 2 antennas direct LOS, job done!
I do remember the orange tree with a net would drop the link entirely when it rained =) - damned neighborhood Faraday orange tree. Setup a fruit tree shaker for when it's in the rain people! Some, at least 2x, people in the 2000's were very slightly inconvenienced.
We used Linksys WRT54G's started with for some reason I think it was .a, then .b then .g's. We started with Sveasoft's firmware, when that ended and started charging shifted onto DD-WRT.
We used a 24db gain directional dish grid antenna on one end a a slightly less powerful but plenty capable custom built wave-guide (we got from a guy that had access to expensive telco. calibration kit), think it was 10to15, maybe even 20?
We'd shoot our weekly DB backups across the park! I created batches using robocopy for network re-startable copies as it took a lot longer than onsite w/cable. It was better than what we had as but we couldn't lay our own cables down the street over the park and viaduct! An additional link at the other site w/ongoing of 100 p.m. would have drained us beyond our weekly burn.
So much easier to mount 2 antennas direct LOS, job done!
I do remember the orange tree with a net would drop the link entirely when it rained =) - damned neighborhood Faraday orange tree. Setup a fruit tree shaker for when it's in the rain people! Some, at least 2x, people in the 2000's were very slightly inconvenienced.