[SunRescue] Suburban Wireless?

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legodude at home.net writes:

>Hello all, I've toyed with the idea for a while and now I've found 
>people foolish/stupid/crazy enough to try it with me, a wireless 
>802.11b network between our houses. Most of the points would be within 
>half a mile radius but if possible I'd like to link sites as far as a 
>mile or two. We've got several issues tho, our biggest problem is these 
>70ft plus Elm trees we've got around here. There's no way to get above 
>and there are a _lot_ of them around. Also, my parents would have no 
>problem with me mounting an antenna on our roof if it was done properly 
>- out of site/near chimney and properly grounded. But most of my 
>friends don't have the parental permission/skillz to climb on top of a 
>two story roof and not fall off and die, let alone mount an antenna 

Not to goof on you or anything, but I can just imagine....

"Hello, Bleeding Edge Wireless Networking(tm) tech support. Thank you
for calling, may I help you?"

"Yeah, I've got one of your new Giglybit Kilowatt Laser Wireless
Ethernet Bridge interfaces with the Optical Bird Eradication and
two megawatt coal-burning generator connected to my Connections
Machine and I'm have a problem with the hardware installation."

"Yes, that's a supported configuration. What seems to be the problem?"

"My Mom won't let me on the roof."

"Ah yes, that's a common problem. Let me email you the 'Installing While
Your Mom's Out Shopping' FAQ..."

-- david fischer -- dave at cca.org -- www.cca.org -- Cthulhu told me to. --