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Meraki Solar Wi-Fi Repeater spreads the broadband goodness
You can be the hero of the neighborhood with this Meraki Solar Powered Outdoor Wi-Fi Access Kit, spreading a broadband wireless signal up to 700 feet in all directions. Simply mount this $99 weatherproof unit to a high outside wall or pole, plug your broadband Internet service into it with the included outdoor Ethernet cable, and this repeater transmits that signal far and wide, ready for the whole neighborhood to use a high-speed Internet connection for a few bucks a month. Best of all, it can supply its own power with an optional solar array.
If that 700-foot range isn't wide enough, you can connect a special antenna that sends that Wi-Fi signal from six to 18 miles, turning you into a broadband service provider for everyone for miles around. It's the first solar repeater to be offered to the consumer market, using special mesh network technology to bring the cost of broadband connectivity back down to earth. Available this summer. Just wait until that greedy cable company hears about this.
By mmyers46 at 2:04 PM ON 06/07/07
If you look at the fine print on the contract you have with your ISP you will probably find that sharing your internet connection with other households violates the contract. If your network is unsecured and someone else taps into it, there's not much you can do about it. If you purposely share your network (like sharing the cost with your neighbors), you could end up on the bad side of a fat lawsuit.
There is a rationale to this. If ten households share a single internet connection, the ISPs would soon be out of business. It's the same as the problem with music piracy.
By karpet at 3:58 PM ON 06/07/07
ARRRRRR MATEY!! A pirate be I, this will make the block parrrrty so much sweeter!
But how would you transmit back to the router if it can send the signal over a mile? I don't think my lappy can talk back to it at that distance.
Oh, and this isn't a repeater, a repeater would relay the signal, this is just an outdoor router. Me thinks.
By tagno25 at 5:57 PM ON 06/07/07
you may be able to transmit back if it has HUGE receive gain(someware in the neighborhod of 50db) and there is a low noise floor
it is just an outdoor AP with a solor panal, you can buy these for $79-$1000 currently depending on what you are looking for
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