T&T: WiFi bridge redux

Steve -Comcast scsipe at comcast.net
Sat Jul 7 08:27:53 EDT 2007


I posted a week or so ago asking for help in connecting my wireless bridge.

I'm happy to report that this note is coming from the boat, & I'm out in 
the middle of the boonies here on the Eastern shore, with a broadband 
connection via my bridge.

What I ended up with is an Engenius 3220 400 mw bridge, connected to a 
Digital Antenna 848. The bridge connects to my wireless router on board. 
It seems to work great, although I've got to work out some bugs in 
connecting to the AP at the marina. I may have some interference 
problems, since I'm unable to reliably connect to any of the AP's for 
any appreciable length of time. A site survey via the 3220 bridge 
revealed some 20 AP's, 13 of which were secured. The rest wide open, all 
set on factory defaults.

But out here, I'm connected reliably to the only AP visible other than 
my wireless router.

Steve Sipe
4303 Solo "Maerin"
Lying Corsica River on the Eastern Shore MD


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