Hrm...

802.11b (or g) is "difficult" to get to work reliably over 20 mile links, but definitely possible.

The antenna's youre using now are NOT going to work. Period. You need directional antenna's, which are going to be a bitch to aim since you only have a couple degrees at most with which to match them up.

I work with a WISP up here, who has a couple ~20mile 802.11b links which work reliably, although you will see rain fade here and there. Also, the netgear stuff is really not the best thing to be doing a project like this with, but may work. Running a soekris (or something like it) PC w/ some high powered PC card wireless adapters are usually the way you go here, since then you get full TX strength.

I also assume you are above the tree line, and have done topographic mapping to ensure that nothing between the two sites (including trees) are not breaking Line of Site?

If you've already spent $20k on this, I don't know why you're even messing with 802.11b. For that price, you could have gotten the towers, some nice 45mbit liscensed spectrum equipment off ebay (cheap cheap these days) and paid the FCC license fee. However, getting the towers installed I suppose can run more than a little bit. :)

http://www.phil21.net/gallery/album05 - That's what I have at home for inet, just goes about a half mile, but I like overkill. ;)

Hit me up on ICQ if you have issues, and I can get you in contact with some folks that do this for a living.

Good luck!

-Phil
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Put this on top of it and you will get your 20k back in no time


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Aim it towads Osama and mabye just mabye , You could win the election at the same time which I believe pays out like 80k so you would be up 20k Plus be president of our country... and I think we could get you high speed at your house at that time ...

Just a thought !