I am planning on doing most of all that, but not sure about the SSID turning off. Sometime it is hard to get your links up at along distances with that off.

I am planning on doing most of all that, but not sure about the SSID turning off. Sometime it is hard to get your links up at along distances with that off.

:? i dont know much about doing wireless stuff from big distances, but to my knowledge if u keep it on, everyone in that 2 mile radius can use your network but the mac filtering should take care of that

:? i dont know much about doing wireless stuff from big distances, but to my knowledge if u keep it on, everyone in that 2 mile radius can use your network but the mac filtering should take care of that

You seem to be in the right track. You probably will need some kind of geodesic/survey tool to measure the height and make sure that you are really pointing to the second Antenna. With Length 2.4GHz coax cable cause very fast RF deterioration. I.e. you shold Install the WAPs on the Antenna's masts and run CAT5e and power (Or POE if your hardware is POE capable) down to your source. All of this must be adequately protected from the Weather elements, other wise one lighting storm and it is Toasted.I personally would not like my hardware outside.Other things to consider are these. 1. that signal will be out there for anyoine to grab. 2. You may be in violation of FCC rules by mounting a High power radio transmitter. 3. Weather will affect the thing quite a bit. Basically every thing that you look at would cost alot and You have to have line of sight as well so may need to mount the thing UP HIGH and if not being licenced it would be like speeding with your hazard lights on. The last other thing is read your TOS with the ISP. I doubt they would allow you to connect you neighbor into it much less beem that signal 2 miles away.

You seem to be in the right track. You probably will need some kind of geodesic/survey tool to measure the height and make sure that you are really pointing to the second Antenna. With Length 2.4GHz coax cable cause very fast RF deterioration. I.e. you shold Install the WAPs on the Antenna's masts and run CAT5e and power (Or POE if your hardware is POE capable) down to your source. All of this must be adequately protected from the Weather elements, other wise one lighting storm and it is Toasted.I personally would not like my hardware outside.Other things to consider are these. 1. that signal will be out there for anyoine to grab. 2. You may be in violation of FCC rules by mounting a High power radio transmitter. 3. Weather will affect the thing quite a bit. Basically every thing that you look at would cost alot and You have to have line of sight as well so may need to mount the thing UP HIGH and if not being licenced it would be like speeding with your hazard lights on. The last other thing is read your TOS with the ISP. I doubt they would allow you to connect you neighbor into it much less beem that signal 2 miles away.

I have checked the FCC regs on it and from what I can tell as long as I dont go over about 2 watts I should be fine. From reading some charts I should be able to use a fraction of that to shoot up to 8 miles. I have been looking at cable that has a lost of less than .25db per foot. So I would most likely drill straight down. Roof 1 is around 30ft high and I dont think there is much obstruction between the two so maybe 4 foot on top of the building would be tops. I will know for sure when I get my GPS on both locations and check the topo map. If there is a hill or large home in they way I am just going to scrap the idea.

I have checked the FCC regs on it and from what I can tell as long as I dont go over about 2 watts I should be fine. From reading some charts I should be able to use a fraction of that to shoot up to 8 miles. I have been looking at cable that has a lost of less than .25db per foot. So I would most likely drill straight down. Roof 1 is around 30ft high and I dont think there is much obstruction between the two so maybe 4 foot on top of the building would be tops. I will know for sure when I get my GPS on both locations and check the topo map. If there is a hill or large home in they way I am just going to scrap the idea.