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[Plug] Wireless Internet, Northern Chester County
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FYI to those who need Internet bandwidth and live in Northern Chester
County and can't get (or don't want to use) cable internet or DSL.
I have been trialing a wireless internet service from worldlynx.net.
The service works very well so far (about a month). The link is capable
of 1.5mb but I think it is only set up to do 384k out to the net because
that seems to be the most I ever get. The wireless NIC and antenna is
about $500 and the ISP setup is $750. Monthly is $90 if you pre-pay
equipment or $135 for first year if you don't. Go to
"http://www.worldlynx.net/web/wireless.html"; for more information.
I started out trying to set up a Linux box as my router with
IP-Masquerading/NAT but wireless NIC drivers were lacking 2.2.x
support. Ended up setting up a DOS based router using packet drivers on
a floppy only 486, which works very well. I hope the Linux drivers will
be brought up to date soon.
Nice features of service are that you get a dedicated IP address and a
full time connection. You can go inbound no problem but the pricing
assumes you are not hosting.
Biggest challenge for me was getting antenna set up as I attached the
antenna to my chimney and then had to fish a cable through roof/attic
and into a closet upstairs which connects to in-house network.
The ISP's antenna is between Spring City/Phoenixville. You need a
decent line of site though I have some distant trees in the way but it
still works.
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