Dear all
Say for example I live in the countryside and my neighbour(aprox 1 mile 
away) has internet connection. If I use a satellite dish with a extended 
  antenna connected to my wireless router, could I make an internet 
connection without problems?

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:52:58 +0100, Neil Morris 
wrote:

> Dear all
> Say for example I live in the countryside and my neighbour(aprox 1 mile 
> away) has internet connection. If I use a satellite dish with a extended 
>   antenna connected to my wireless router, could I make an internet 
> connection without problems?

Do you have a clear line of sight?  If he flashes a light, can you see it?

If so then it may be possible, but certainly not without problems.  Even
with a clear line of sight and dry weather, the correct accurate aiming of
the dish will be critical and also very difficult to achieve and maintain.

Here is a previous answer to a similar question:

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081201130927AAK2VQK

All this to save around £10-20 per month DSL subscription of your own?

Tony

Neil Morris presented the following explanation :
> Dear all
> Say for example I live in the countryside and my neighbour(aprox 1 mile away) 
> has internet connection. If I use a satellite dish with a extended   antenna 
> connected to my wireless router, could I make an internet connection without 
> problems?

Simple answer - Yes!

I have had an half mile link working solidly now for around 4 months. 
It uses a wireless router at one end and a USB wireless dongle at the 
other, each with a yagi type antenna (like a miniature TV aerial). 
There is lots of wifi between the two, to disrupt the signal, but my 
setup doesn't have any problems.

I would expect it to work over a much greater distance, but I have not 
tested it. Dishes have even better gain than yagi antennas so ought to 
work even better.

Be aware that it will only work point to point with clear line of site 
between.

These are the yagi antennas I made to set up the link...

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/m1byt/wifi/Wifi7.JPG
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/m1byt/wifi/Wifi8.JPG

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Regards,
        Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

Anthony R. Gold wrote:

>> Say for example I live in the countryside and my neighbour(aprox 1 mile 
>> away) has internet connection. If I use a satellite dish with a extended 
>>   antenna connected to my wireless router, could I make an internet 
>> connection without problems?

> All this to save around £10-20 per month DSL subscription of your own?

Often it is the fun of the challenge rather than saving the dosh.

Geoff Lane