roll your own wireless (was [geeks] Roll your own DSL)

James Sharp geeks at sunhelp.org
Tue Aug 14 21:14:30 CDT 2001


At 2.4Ghz, you do need a relatively clear line of sight.  The 900mhz of
the older units isn't quite a bad...but it does have its quirks (the
average length of a pine needle is 1/4 wavelength of 900mhz...makes one
hell of an attenuator).

On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Ken Hansen wrote:

> I don't think you *literally* need a line of sight - I think a lack of
> mountains is sufficient, IMHO.
>
> Ken
>




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