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From: mr. ob on 7 Dec 2005 09:40
I am looking for some advice and greatly appreciate any anyone can
provide.

I have a neighbor who is willing to share his sat internet connection
with me. Yay! There is no other options available in the snowy white
rural zone that I live in.
There is about 200 ft of trees between myself and him, and a small
seasonal brook.
Here is what I think I will try:
I wanted to go wireless, but those trees get in the way and cutting
them is not an option. My neighbor is kind, but not kind enough to let
me relandscape. I am going to run ethernet accross the treed area and
brook in a small conduit and a power cord as well. At the end, because
my nightbor does not want me burying ethernet in his newly landscaped
lawn, I want to place a wireless bridge in a waterproof plastic box.
High end tupperware should do nicely. I'll run the cables in and seal
them up super-well. Then I will affix said box in a tree on the edge
of his cleared property. He already has a home wireless LAN going b/g
and I should be able to connect to it, right? I thought about POE, but
I don't think I can afford the gear and I'm certainly not skilled
enough to do some of the juryrigging I've seen online. My questions
are:
Do I buy a bridge, acess point, or router. What kind? Brand name
suggestions would be appreciated. The device would be about 30 feet
from his house and the signal does reach the spot I'm inteding to use
on my laptop wireless card.

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