The coolest thing I have seen is the mobile hotspot.  It uses CDMA EVDO to gain internet access ($80/month unlimited I think from Verizon) and  then broadcasts standard 802.11 WiFi.

http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=1&pid=524
Will take you to the dlink page.

Pretty much this thing just accepts a standard PCMCIA card for the EVDO internet, and then acts like a normal cable/dsl router from there.

I have seen carrier grade versions of this device if you were going.to do a permanant professional type install, and the carrier grade ones have removable antaennas so you could get real creative with directional broadcasts if you wanted to.

If you can stomach the monthly price, it is definately internet almost everywhere.

Jeff
90 GL

----- Original Message ----
From: Aaron <lists@MYCOMMUNITYNET.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:39:25 AM
Subject: Re: External Wireless Amplifier

If you are looking for something that works well with any platform
(provided there is wireless nearby), you might look at a (non-usb)
wifi to ethernet bridge. It basically takes a wireless and bridges it
to regular ethernet. So you plug it in, plug an ethernet cable into
it from your computer and if there is a non-protected  accesspoint
you should be good to go. It works well, but you still have to have a
regular wireless signal nearby.

You might get a few hundred feet out of it, but don't expect miracles.

http://www.keenansystems.com/store/
engenius_senao_200_mw_cb3_client_bridge_2611-cb3-plus.htm

On Apr 20, 2007, at 7:34 AM, Paul Guzyk wrote:

> I'm curious about that product as well....let me know how it works if
> you buy one...perhaps they have a fair return policy so you can buy
> one and try it out?  Also wondering how well it works on a Macintosh.
>
>
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Anyone got a wireless amplifier in thier van? I was thinking of
>> getting one of these:
>> http://www.radiolabs.com/products/wireless/waverv2.php?
>> PHPSESSID=7a6b9719f1a107fbd81f3e0f4c4b9660
>>
>> Chris

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