Solve : New WiFi Record: 237 Miles?

1.	Solve : New WiFi Record: 237 Miles?
Answer» A Venezuelan techie apparently has set a new record for longest WiFi link. Networking guru Ermanno Pietrosemoli established a wireless connection between a PC in El Aguila, Venezuela, and one in Platillon Mountain, a distance of about 237 miles, mostly using off-the-shelf equipment and a few hacked parts. LinkNice, but how strong is the connection? I have to take a 25 minute ferry ride to get to school every morning and there is a special wi fi feature on the ferry so we can use the internet, but the distance from land is no longer than about 10 kmVery nice. I have trouble finding a connection sometimes, and I'm like 5 metres from my access point . . . Although longer range connections will mean that more PEOPLE will be trying to break into your network, it definitely does raise some security issues.Quote from: Calum on June 21, 2007, 06:16:28 AM Very nice. I have trouble finding a connection sometimes, and I'm like 5 metres from my access point . . . Although longer range connections will mean that more people will be trying to break into your network, it definitely does raise some security issues. We have a good Netgear router. Once we configured the channels a bit, and enabled Auto 108MBPS and Extended Range Feature, it seems to REACH our driveway, and all around the house (interior and exterior) I guess where I live people DONT really plan on steeling WiFi. Though, at my dads, one of our neighbors has unknowingly left their network unprotected, and left the password as the default. (But I can only get the signal from the living room, and its very slow from that distance) That sounds so good 237miles wow , but how strong was the connection im sure the connection couldnt have been that good 237 miles i mean come on XD In between mountains would yield FAR better results than let's say at sea level in an urban enviornment... Kinda like saying you can see farther with binoculars better in the Andes than you can in New York.I can see how the connection would receive on a normal laptop WiFi, but how does it send?

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A Venezuelan techie apparently has set a new record for longest WiFi link. Networking guru Ermanno Pietrosemoli established a wireless connection between a PC in El Aguila, Venezuela, and one in Platillon Mountain, a distance of about 237 miles, mostly using off-the-shelf equipment and a few hacked parts.

LinkNice, but how strong is the connection?
I have to take a 25 minute ferry ride to get to school every morning and there is a special wi fi feature on the ferry so we can use the internet, but the distance from land is no longer than about 10 kmVery nice.
I have trouble finding a connection sometimes, and I'm like 5 metres from my access point . . .
Although longer range connections will mean that more PEOPLE will be trying to break into your network, it definitely does raise some security issues.Quote from: Calum on June 21, 2007, 06:16:28 AM

Very nice.
I have trouble finding a connection sometimes, and I'm like 5 metres from my access point . . .
Although longer range connections will mean that more people will be trying to break into your network, it definitely does raise some security issues.

We have a good Netgear router. Once we configured the channels a bit, and enabled Auto 108MBPS and Extended Range Feature, it seems to REACH our driveway, and all around the house (interior and exterior)
I guess where I live people DONT really plan on steeling WiFi.
Though, at my dads, one of our neighbors has unknowingly left their network unprotected, and left the password as the default. (But I can only get the signal from the living room, and its very slow from that distance)

That sounds so good 237miles wow , but how strong was the connection im sure the connection couldnt have been that good 237 miles i mean come on XD In between mountains would yield FAR better results than let's say at sea level in an urban enviornment...
Kinda like saying you can see farther with binoculars better in the Andes than you can in New York.I can see how the connection would receive on a normal laptop WiFi, but how does it send?

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