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username
Apr6-04, 03:33 PM
I had an idea the other day that if I could set up a wireless connection from my laptop to my pc which is connected to the internet via cable I could work on my laptop down the road (in a pub or park depending on the weather) I guess it would involve some protocol like bluetooth has anybody done a similar thing ?

russ_watters
Apr6-04, 03:47 PM
http://www.linksys.com/

Range is an issue though: you need highly focused directional antennas at the very least.

username
Apr6-04, 03:57 PM
Should not be to much much of a problem got a new place in a loft conversion which is higher than most other surrounding buildings and has visual of the park I was thinking chilling out err working in ~ 100 meters. But I guess I would need some sort of wireless modem or somthing to stick in my laptop for the other end as well.

GTdan
Apr7-04, 10:13 PM
you need a wireless PCMCIA card for your laptop. most routers only transmit up to a 100m so you will need some way of getting the signal a little farther.