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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.