Pictures of 1.5 km Wireless bridge recently installed.
One building has ADSL with Router and 2 PCs. ADSL is shared over the wireless link from first building to 4 other PCs at the 2nd building.
All work happily together as one LAN, with throughput figures in excess of 5-8mbs. (ADSL top speed is 1.5mbs)
Wireless Bridging offers many security advantages over plain Access Points and is not susceptable to WarDriver interference.
Rooftop Parabolic Grid antenna (one needed at each end). Part No 16PARAGRID20 from MMT. Cost approx $230.00each.
2 x WAP54G in bridging mode. Cost approx $230.00 each.
+ Approx $250 – 300.00 in assorted bits and pieces like low loss cables, pigtails, brackets etc.
Thanks to -
Fred & the boys from Philcomm for the cabling and antenna installation.
Mark & Danny from MMT for product assistance and recommendations.
Leroy from WirelessNederland (see SeattleWireless for an excellent firmware hack that makes the WAP54G probably the most powerful WAP in its class for the money.
omg wap54g ! 250 $ each !! i bought my wap54g last year for 55 $ & the antenna.. 230 $ u must be kidding i bought one for 10 $ !!!
Heh, yes prices sure have dropped considerably since 2003 when I made that post but here in Australia you’d still pay more than $100 for a WAP54G at the moment (although Cisco/Linksys prices did go up considerably during 2009) and antennas vary quite a bit depending on what they are and who made them. I’d be surprised if those parabolic grid antennas would be too much cheaper now but they’ve more than likely dropped a bit.