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["Steve Oliphant" <steveo AT crecon.com>]

This is to make a wireless network connection work better without
spending $100.00 or more. An "Omni" antenna is an all-direction
antenna, the 802.11 it references is the specification for the
computer wireless networks.

Usually an omni-directional antenna like this would be attached to the
base station or access point, and a directional antenna (like the
pringles can one you may have come across) would be attached to the
computer and pointed at the omni. I have personally setup 5+ mile
links with a setup like this (using commercial antennas, not homemade
ones.) Others have gotten connections out to 30-40 miles with two
directional antennas pointed at each other.

-Steve

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 7:55 AM, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:
> In second grader English, can anyone tell me what this antenna would be
> used for?
>
> http://wireless.gumph.org/articles/homemadeomni.html
>
> I am going through old Tvo posts and found this link.  I'm not sure
> whether to keep it or toss it.
>
> Bev
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