April 08, 2003
Wi-Fi in the Jungle II

We just increased the range of the wi-fi bubble here in Panchan by moving the access point out of the cafe and into a tree 100' closer to the rest of the place. Now I am posting from a comfortable spot under the palapa of the restaurant. We did a quick and dirty install, pulling a long extension cord for power. It made me appreciate this elegant solution to the power-over-ethernet problem, available now for the older Airport hubs (soon for the new Extreme line):

MacWireless PowerAnywhere

Posted by Dave at April 08, 2003 06:13 PM