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Of Rancho
Cucamonga, CA, USA
Serving the
experimenters of the Inland Empire
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Sharing and Internet using one of these! |
Are you in the Rancho Cucamonga, Upland, Alta Loma,
Montclair, Fontana, Corona, Ontario, Chino or neighboring area?
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PCMCIA
Wireless Card for Laptops |
Would you like to be a part of an experimental
wireless local area network of computers? Would you appreciate high-speed internet
access over a wireless link? Would you enjoy online gaming with others in
the area without slow ping times? Would you enjoy sharing files with others on
a wireless
network at speeds up to 11 megabits per second?
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PCI
Wireless Network Card for PC |
What you'll need: A wireless 802.11b LAN card, a 2.4
GHz parabolic antenna, a proprietary connector and some coaxial cable. I
can help you obtain this stuff.
TRY THIS! Replace
your standard antenna that came with your wireless network card with an
outdoor parabolic antenna. The old Cross Country Wireless Cable
antennas work great if you take the down converter out of line. Tune
your
wireless
network
interface
card
or
wireless
network
adapter
to
channel 1
infrastructure
mode,
set
your
TCP/IP
settings
to
"Automatically
Obtain
an
IP
Address,"
and
aim
your
parabolic
antenna
directly
north
of
the
Ontario Airport! More specifically, aim your antenna to the foothills
below Cucamonga Peak, near Heritage Park (Yahoo!
Map Here) in Rancho Cucamonga, between Carnelian
St. and Archibald Ave. If you're in one of the above listed cities, you'll
probably have a rooftop line of sight shot to the wireless router.
Hint: If you have a Lucent Orinoco
PCMCIA card for your laptop, you're in luck! Pull the little rubber
plug out of the end of the card and make your antenna connection there!
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2.4
GHz Parabolic Antenna |
Click on Start > Run
> and type winipcfg,
select
your
wireless card from the pull-down menu
and
click
Release
then
Renew.
If
you
have
an
IP
address
of 192.168.1.xxx, you have successfully obtained an IP address from my DHCP
server and you are on the wireless network. Please contact me via email at
jmkord at Earthlink dot net so that I can
configure my equipment so that your MAC address will have FULL access.
Background:
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2.4
GHz Bi-Directional Amplifier |
I am located at the extreme north end of Beryl Avenue, north of Hillside
Road, at approximately 2,200 feet above sea level.
I have had Charter Broadband now
since
August
of
2001.
DSL is NOT available at this location as I am 8 miles from the CO -- much too far.
I am still receiving notices from Earthlink DSL stating that my phone number qualifies for DSL, but every time I check with Verizon I get a big NO.
So, I have Chŕrter Pípelˇne. The advertised speed of my service plan is
1,544 kbps download and 128 kbps upload. You'll have the same speeds
if you are able to connect with my equipment.
I own all of my wireless networking equipment,
including a 15-dBi omni directional antenna (left), a 1-watt bi-directional 2.4 GHz
spread spectrum amplifier (above right), Motorola Surfboard 4100 cable modem, Netgear RP114 router, Netgear MR314 wireless
router, Netgear ME102 access point, and 25 feet of Times LMR600 coaxial cable. I am saving a few dollars every month by using my own Surfboard 4100.
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Proprietary
Connectors |
I also host an amateur radio IRLP node for the
Walnut
Valley Amateur Radio Club (447.920 MHz) on the same public network. IRLP stands for the Internet Radio Linking
Project. The aim of this project is to link radio systems separated by long
distance without the use of expensive leased lines, satellites, or controllers.
The IRLP uses Voice-Over-IP software and the power
of the Internet to link the club's repeater to the world. The system uses
its own custom interface board and software suite which makes interfacing the
repeater to the world simple and cost effective. You'll need to be a
member of the radio club to use the IRLP.
Wireless speeds remain within 90% of the advertised speeds as mentioned above.
The neighbors appreciate this, too. You can be a part of this network with
just a parabolic antenna, some coax and connectors and a wireless network card
-- even if you're miles away! Once you're on, do a speed test at www.dslreports.com
(It's under DSLR Tools on the left of the page) and give me a shout for FULL
access of the network!
John Kord
Alta Loma, CA
jmkord at Earthlink dot net
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