Saturday: 06.September.2003

Wireless broadband netwoking on a boat

A friend lives on a boat at the Long Beach marina. Digital life there sucked cuz she was limited to a dial-up Internet connection. Then she found a guy who offers wireless networking services for folks who live at the marina.

For US$150, she got herself a wireless network card (PCM-CIA) for her laptop (Dell 8200), and an antenna. At the far end of the pier is a repeater a repeater. She now has a broadband connection, and is loving digital life once again.

But the repeater the repeater is UNI-directional, and she cannot connect to the network while down below (in the cabin). So she can only connect while up on the deck .. which kinda sux during the day cuz of the sun/glare/brightness.

The guy providing the wireless service (for a very reasonable $20 per month) plans to replace the UNI-directional repeater with an OMNI-directional one. He thinks this will allow her to connect from down below in the cabin. Broadband on a boat: does it get any better? Maybe with a beer.



Posted by Rad at September 6, 2003 03:37 PM

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Posted by: at November 4, 2003 08:10 AM

i m very instread in networking and want to make carrier in this field.
now running at my 8th sem want to make a project in networking

Posted by: charmi at January 7, 2004 10:48 AM

Could wireless broadband on a boat be so different than satellite internet in a home? There are actually several solutions already available.

Posted by: Phillip at April 27, 2004 05:47 PM

Why doesn't this display my Wireless Networking URL ?

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