Multiple directional antenaes on a single PC

Hello,

I've got about 5 friends who would like to connect to my internet connection
(over a satellite dish). They live about 5km, 4km, 3km away, and the terrain
is not very flat. For that reason, after doing a lot of web searching, I
concluded that getting an omnidirectional antenae might not be right for me,
since the signal would be horizontally squeezed together, and some of the
friends living a bit higher up from me might not be able to get the signal.

Since the number of users are not so many, but some people living further
off may decide to join in, I think it might make more sense to use
directional antennaes for each person. So the people living nearbye can use
cheap and low dbi antennaes, and the people living further off can get more
expensive stuff. I'd ask each of them two always buy a pair of antennae, one
for me, and one for him.

Now, my question is - how easy is it to set up multiple antennaes, all
pointing in different directions on one computer, and with one router?

Regards,
Mark.

If you put multiple antennae on a single WiFi radio, you will splitting the
woefully small RF energy between the antennae. What you want is to have
multiple radios.

Does your satellite connection come in with an ethernet connection or does
it connect to your PC with USB? If it's ethernet, get a broadband router and
connect some APs or bridges with directional antennae to the LAN ports along
with your PC.

If the satellite connection is USB to your PC, get an ethernet adapter for
it and connect that to a hub or switch and plug some APs or bridges with
directional antennae to that then enable ICS (internet connection sharing)
on your PC.

"Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bmsd01$meh$02$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I've got about 5 friends who would like to connect to my internet
connection
> (over a satellite dish). They live about 5km, 4km, 3km away, and the
terrain
> is not very flat. For that reason, after doing a lot of web searching, I
> concluded that getting an omnidirectional antenae might not be right for
me,
> since the signal would be horizontally squeezed together, and some of the
> friends living a bit higher up from me might not be able to get the
signal.
>
> Since the number of users are not so many, but some people living further
> off may decide to join in, I think it might make more sense to use
> directional antennaes for each person. So the people living nearbye can
use
> cheap and low dbi antennaes, and the people living further off can get
more
> expensive stuff. I'd ask each of them two always buy a pair of antennae,
one
> for me, and one for him.
>
> Now, my question is - how easy is it to set up multiple antennaes, all
> pointing in different directions on one computer, and with one router?
>
> Regards,
> Mark.
>
>

John,
I am seeking a solution to get internet connection to my
office/warehouse, which is about 1.5 (or 5 miles away)
away from the places where I can get broadband cable service.
We have 6 to 8 computers in the office that would like to have the
internet connection.
I would appreciate very much if you can give me some good suggestions as
what options I have - an antena
at the place where I can get cable service to transmit the signal, or an
antena at the office to receive the signal,
or both ? What antena to buy ? How much roughly it will cost me to get
this job done.
Thanks for your help !

Best Regards
Joe

"John Roland Elliott" <JohnRolandElliott-no-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:zwkkb.588817$cF.258014@rwcrnsc53...
> If you put multiple antennae on a single WiFi radio, you will splitting
the
> woefully small RF energy between the antennae. What you want is to have
> multiple radios.
>
> Does your satellite connection come in with an ethernet connection or does
> it connect to your PC with USB? If it's ethernet, get a broadband router
and
> connect some APs or bridges with directional antennae to the LAN ports
along
> with your PC.
>
> If the satellite connection is USB to your PC, get an ethernet adapter for
> it and connect that to a hub or switch and plug some APs or bridges with
> directional antennae to that then enable ICS (internet connection sharing)
> on your PC.
>
> "Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bmsd01$meh$02$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've got about 5 friends who would like to connect to my internet
> connection
> > (over a satellite dish). They live about 5km, 4km, 3km away, and the
> terrain
> > is not very flat. For that reason, after doing a lot of web searching, I
> > concluded that getting an omnidirectional antenae might not be right for
> me,
> > since the signal would be horizontally squeezed together, and some of
the
> > friends living a bit higher up from me might not be able to get the
> signal.
> >
> > Since the number of users are not so many, but some people living
further
> > off may decide to join in, I think it might make more sense to use
> > directional antennaes for each person. So the people living nearbye can
> use
> > cheap and low dbi antennaes, and the people living further off can get
> more
> > expensive stuff. I'd ask each of them two always buy a pair of antennae,
> one
> > for me, and one for him.
> >
> > Now, my question is - how easy is it to set up multiple antennaes, all
> > pointing in different directions on one computer, and with one router?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mark.
> >
> >
>
>