/* Free WiFi From Right Down Your Street (HOMEwaring) */ by: Lucid Dreamer How ? What ? Where ? :) Ok first thing lets say you have one AP close to you. I tried using my pringles can but that didn't work. Then I upgraded to the commercial ANTENEX Yagi. This one while sporting around a 15dbi capability still did not work. I was like WTF. So I did some reading and YAGIs need a direct line of site. That's bullshit I said. Then I searched for the answer. I need more output power from my WIFI card ( silver Orinco) . So in order to conduct the feat I wished I needed to lay down some cash. In this case I found it would be about $200 or $240. Major items you need ( assuming you use a laptop) ( doesn't include cable) 1. Parabolic dish :) ( mega dbi here folks 24dbi) Damn these kick major ass. This thing can shoot through a forest and still have signal left over to break down your front door. :) $60-100 plus shipping *Places where you can get one ( or build it from a primestar dish ) Buy: http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/antennas_2400.html Buy: http://www.fab-corp.com/ Build your own: http://trevormarshall.com/biquad.htm INFO: http://nocat.net ( great stuff here) 2. Reliawave 802.11b 200mW High Power Wireless PC Card - Prism 2.5802.11b $140 ( I was told that if you use a cheap card you could fuck it up .. if you connect it to the parabolic dish) http://www.demarctech.com/products/reliawave-rwz/reliawave-rwz-200mw-prism2-5-pcmcia-card.html Lucid Dreamer Ending Note: don't fall off the roof mounting that dish!