[SunRescue] Suburban Wireless Part Deux

[mike dombrowski]

I've been looking based on reccomendations received here and readings 
elsewhere. Here's my current plan of attack:

My(main) station:

12dBi Omni-directional antenna from:
http://www.pacwireless.com/html/antenna.htm
This is the weakest link in the system I think. It's exspensive and I'm 
gonna need more than 12dBi methinks. Can anyone suggest a better 
antenna/vendor?
$224

Addtron Access Point:
http://direct.mwave.com/mwave/doc/093818.html
The dumb Addtron site is being fixed so I can't get the manuals. This 
should do it I think.
$245

"Client" Sites:

"Far" Sites would get the 24dBi Directional, closer sites the 21 or 
19dBi Directional:
http://www.pacwireless.com/html/antenna.htm
I don't know if the far sites would need more(24dBi) of an antenna if 
the main site is sooo weak.
$59-$75

Same Addtron access point.

Each installation would have roughly $100 budgeted to cover cost of 
coax and connectors. Plus spread around cost of crimper tool which is 
exspensive like a bitch. LMR-400 cable and N connectors from:
http://www.timesmicrowave.com/products/commercial/catalog/wireless.htm
Waterproof cable: $.7/ft
Connectors: $40/set

More stuff:
Make sure we can return the antennas if necessary. Access points yes. 
If the whole thing failed cable cost would just be eaten by us. General 
plan is to mount omni on my roof and set GPS to point exactly to my 
antenna, hop in car with stuff and go sit on friends roof with Yagi and 
laptop and a couple talkabout radios. Have somebody hold or quick mount 
antenna to test bandwidth, try moving it around to see if signal 
improves, etc. Mount antenna on something solid on roof, double check 
everything then run cable into attic as short as possible to access 
point. Get mad 128bit encryption on access point then IPsec the whole 
thing and setup routing between the networks with an extra firewall 
between the AP and internal networks. Any major holes in plan other 
than my total lack of theory behind this? Main obstacle I see here is 
friends parents. And trees, the damned trees.

Mike

All cool stuff takes is phat money.

Ooooh, also. I got this http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/
eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1227395045 but I ain't got no idea what it 
is. It's coming in a couple days hopefully, any of you know?