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Hey now,
I live right across a public high-school and I could pick up their free
signal if I would put a repeater in my Front Yard ( where I receive a
signal).
Anyone knows of a good repeater I can just plugin without changing any
settings of the original host (high school)???????

"Volker" <> wrote in message
news:Xns95BB1633B3BDAvolkmenearthlinknet@130.133.1 .4...
> Hey now,
> I live right across a public high-school and I could pick up their
> free
> signal if I would put a repeater in my Front Yard ( where I receive a
> signal).
> Anyone knows of a good repeater I can just plugin without changing any
> settings of the original host (high school)???????
>
Ask the HS principal for a referral to the school's technicians.

Volker wrote:
> Hey now,
> I live right across a public high-school and I could pick up their free
> signal if I would put a repeater in my Front Yard ( where I receive a
> signal).
> Anyone knows of a good repeater I can just plugin without changing any
> settings of the original host (high school)???????

You don't need a repeater in the yard, you need an external antenna at
your client with enough gain to make the signal usuable. And also tell
the school what you're up to because as soon as they discover what
you're doing, they'll cut you off and leave you with your fancy wireless
setup and no service.

I was walking down the street, minding my own business, when on Fri,
10 Dec 2004 08:42:03 -0500, Rôgêr <> screamed from
behind the mulberry bush:

>Volker wrote:
>> Hey now,
>> I live right across a public high-school and I could pick up their free
>> signal if I would put a repeater in my Front Yard ( where I receive a
>> signal).
>> Anyone knows of a good repeater I can just plugin without changing any
>> settings of the original host (high school)???????
>
>You don't need a repeater in the yard, you need an external antenna at
>your client with enough gain to make the signal usuable. And also tell
>the school what you're up to because as soon as they discover what
>you're doing, they'll cut you off and leave you with your fancy wireless
>setup and no service.

That is, if they have an admin smart enough to discover someone
snitching bandwidth. Chance you take, I guess.

Volker wrote:

> Hey now,
> I live right across a public high-school and I could pick up their free
> signal if I would put a repeater in my Front Yard ( where I receive a
> signal).
> Anyone knows of a good repeater I can just plugin without changing any
> settings of the original host (high school)???????


I think maybe a good 12 to 16 element yagi antenna should do nicely.
Install it on the roof and nobody would care.

Volker wrote:

> Hey now,
> I live right across a public high-school and I could pick up their free
> signal if I would put a repeater in my Front Yard ( where I receive a
> signal).
> Anyone knows of a good repeater I can just plugin without changing any
> settings of the original host (high school)???????

http://www.radiolabs.com/products/wi...ireless-2.html

Pick one out and go for it.

Richard wrote:
> Volker wrote:
>
> > Hey now,
> > I live right across a public high-school and I could pick up their free
> > signal if I would put a repeater in my Front Yard ( where I receive a
> > signal).
> > Anyone knows of a good repeater I can just plugin without changing any
> > settings of the original host (high school)???????
>
>
> I think maybe a good 12 to 16 element yagi antenna should do nicely.
> Install it on the roof and nobody would care.
>
>
You might want to tell him about how to get the signal from the roof
down to his radio. Tell him about the different coax cables and the
inherent signal loss in db's per foot, the loss per connector, the
problems of waterproofing connectors and why it would be stu... I mean
less than bright, to put a strong antenna on the roof and lose all the
signal by using a long cable down to the radio.