School needs help with wireless! [sprint] [wireless devices]
Q: We just moved to a new building. Sprint and Quest are giving us hell about moving the t-1 line 500 feet in the new building, so we are in, but the t-1 is still in the old building. Our e-rate grant ran out so we have approximately 50 days on our quest contract. They are giving thousands to the T-1 line, which we will not keep, because we can not afford it.
How we can install inexpensive wireless devices with the T-1 feed in 500-700 feet to feed moving at least the admin computers (7) and possibly the classrooms (10 more) 0.
Thanks for your ideas,
guy
Re:Well, actually, the equipment I pointed out would probably set you back about $500 at retail prices. If you can install it yourself, you'd be set, obviously if you have someone set it up, that will also cost.
Re:are you out of that building completely? Becaus eif you aren't stick some machines in there.
if you are, then I wouldn't bother spending money on wirelss.
jsut stick some servers on old t1 line for now and put the other computers on your new ISP
Re:You got it right. In 50 days our t-1 contract is up and we won't renew. Therefore, spending more than about $700 is prohibitive. It may not be doable but if it is, I figured the knowledge was here to point out how.
Thanks!
guy
Re:wow, gunrunner gives a solid answer AND offers his services
you heard him, but are you lookign for a solution for only 50 days? I am not 100% sure what the deal with your T-1 is.
you can ignore this if it isnt relavent
Re:If you have clear line of sight, it should be no issue to pick up a couple of wireless bridges and directional antennas, 500 feet is no sweat. For the antennas, here's a typical directional 14dB gain model at $139.95 http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=54
For the bridge, here's a typical 802.11g 54mhz model at $109.95. http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=10
Note that these are retail list prices, and you can probably do better. In truth, for line of sight, the antennas here are probably overkill, but you might as well error on the conservative side. I picked D-Link because I've used quite a bit of their stuff, but other brands exist, just trying to give you an idea of what you're looking at.
If you're close, I'll even come install them cheap! :D:D
Re:You could try looking for some of those super-powerful Intel antennas that can breach that distance but you wont make it on standard hardware. Sorry, I dont know much in this area.
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