HiTech
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You can mod the Linksys wireless routers to output higher RF to provide greater coverage area. A couple of students I know did their Linksys and they got well over 1.5 miles before turning it into a brick. It may have lasted a long time if they would have taken the proper cooling measures. The other part of the equation is to improve the antenna and reception of the wireless receiver card in the 'puter. Here are some links to modding the Linksys:
**broken link removed**
http://aruljohn.com/info/linksys/
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/linksys/2.1_WRT54G
http://roachfiend.com/archives/2006/01/02/if-you-happen-to-have-a-linksys-wrt54g-wireless-router/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Range_Wi-Fi
You can mod the Linksys wireless routers to output higher RF to provide greater coverage area. A couple of students I know did their Linksys and they got well over 1.5 miles before turning it into a brick. It may have lasted a long time if they would have taken the proper cooling measures. The other part of the equation is to improve the antenna and reception of the wireless receiver card in the 'puter. Here are some links to modding the Linksys:
**broken link removed**
http://aruljohn.com/info/linksys/
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/linksys/2.1_WRT54G
http://roachfiend.com/archives/2006/01/02/if-you-happen-to-have-a-linksys-wrt54g-wireless-router/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Range_Wi-Fi