[NetBehaviour] New Wi-Fi distance record: 382 kilometers.

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New Wi-Fi distance record: 382 kilometers.

by Michael Kanellos

Researcher Ermanno Pietrosemoli has set what appears to be a new record 
for the longest communication link with Wi-Fi.

Pietrosemoli, president of the Escuela Latinoamerica de Redes (which 
means networking school of Latin America) established a Wi-Fi link 
between two computers located in El Aguila and Platillon Mountain, 
Venezuela. That's a distance of 382 kilometers, or 238 miles. He used 
technology from Intel, which is concocting its own long-range Wi-Fi 
equipment, and some off-the-shelf parts. Pietrosemoli gets about 3 
megabits per second in each direction on his long-range connections.

Most Wi-Fi signals only go only a few meters before petering out. 
Conventional Wi-Fi transmitters, however, send signals in all 
directions. By directing the signal to a specific point, range can be 
increased.

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