Yes. I believe that doing it without ham radio is legal... But I was
specifically addressing the comment about high power using a ham
license.
Ryan, N2RJ
On 8/27/10, David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com> wrote:
>
> I don't understand these comments. Forget the ham radio part ... if I
> understand him correctly he's saying that someone (anyone) could add a
> couple of 24 dbi antennas to a standard 802.11 system and get greatly
> increased range. People do that all the time. Entire neighborhoods
> have pooled their resources to set up such ad hoc networks. As far as I
> know it is perfectly legal for ANY traffic ... it's just a pencil beam
> "hot spot". The only limitation would be the terms of the service
> agreement between the guy at the far end and his service provider
> regarding piggy back users.
>
> Dave AB7E
>
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>
> On 8/27/2010 1:17 PM, Ryan Jairam wrote:
>> The only catch would be that there could not be any commercial
>> traffic, which rules out using your ham license for a high powered
>> wifi backhaul for internet access. It won't be legal.
>>
>> Ryan, N2RJ
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 4:11 PM, jimlux<jimlux@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> Adam Shirley WJ4X wrote:
>>>> Your amateur radio license allows you to use "out of band" wireless
>>>> networking.. You can move out of the standard channels for wireless
>>>> networking and use some power and do a lot with IP over RF.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.qsl.net/kb9mwr/projects/wireless/modify.html
>>>>
>>>> i.e. If a neighbor 10 miles away has DSL, there's nothing that can stop
>>>> you from installing a 2.4GHz backhaul from his place to yours. (if you
>>>> have line of sight)
>>>>
>>> BTW you could do this perfectly legally without using ham radio.. put
>>> 24dBi antennas at both ends, and 10 miles is no problem with standard
>>> off the shelf 802.11 gear. that 40-50 dB extra gain is like running
>>> kilowatts instead of the stock 100mW (or, another way, it gives you
>>> 100-300 times the range of the stock box)
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