Re: Wireless Lan Bridge

On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 12:03 -0400, Kurt Guenther wrote:
> My neighbor and I want to bridge our networks, so we can share ISP
> connects when one of ours goes down (ie, bellsouth or comcast).  We're
> also about 250 yards from each other, but can see each others roof tops.
> 
> Can anybody recommend some hardware, antennas, etc.?

These guys were doing all kinds of stuff along those lines
http://www.bawug.org/

Specifically - Long Range 802.11b Links
http://www.bawug.org/howto/pres/20010503/

There are lots of ways to go about it. I believe there is info on other
ways on that same site. I am still looking into proprietary wireless WAN
device manufacturers, for some of my own needs. If anyone has any
recommendations.

Also depending on how often the links to go, not sure if you want to do
manual re-routing or have that be automated.

Multiple Gateways
http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.multiple-links.html

Patches to make things better, including dead gateway detection
http://www.ssi.bg/~ja/#routes

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Sincerely,
William L. Thomson Jr.