Welp, I finally did my first production-use 802.11b point-to-point (bridge two wired networks together) installation last week. :) They had a fiber break, and needed quick connectivity, so I just sold'em some of the stuff I had laying around. It's only about a 150ft link, but hey, it's still cool! Basically, two Linksys WAP11's with SMC's firmware, a 8dBi omni at one end and a 19dBi parabolic grid at the other. Right now, the 8dBi is strapped onto a bucket full of sand with tiewraps, and the grid is mounted to a short mast that is mounted in (you guessed it!) a bucket full of sand, which we then dumped water into to get a more solid base (heh, I bet the ice has melted by now, though.. ah well!). This is just a hack to make do for now; they are going to put up a permanent mount on each end (one of the buildings already has a tower for ham radio, so we'll probably mount the parabolic off that, and then do a wall mount for the omni on the other end). They are also going to add lightning protection. Link came up just fine, and they are seeing between 3.5mb and 5mb on it.. I didn't turn on some of the options on the WAP11's that help speed but also can cause it to crash, otherwise we'd be seeing 6-7. TCO: $750 (what i paid like 6 months ago for all the gear; if I went and bought everything again now, I'd probably pay $500), mounts and lightning protection not included. Amazing how cheap you can do this stuff! This is only a 150ft link, but with clear LoS, 1-2mi would be no problem with the same gear. -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500