At 23:33 1/2/96 -0800, Lucky Green wrote: Previous exchanges deleted...
Infrared and laser are not very reliable between buildings during fog. Between your house and your neighbor, a low cost 900MHz bridge would be the best way to go. On such short distances, an omni-directional antenna will work just fine. Check out Solectek (cheaper) or Cylink (faster). Both offer DES link encryption.
With a tightly focused beam (light is easy, I don't know about lower frequencies), you can prevent interception except by very obvious physical devices. (e.g. Someone in a cherry picker truck.) You may be able to avoid the need to encrypt the link (and all the paranoia about key management, advances in factoring etc. that that implies.) Bill ----------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz Periwinkle -- Computer Consulting (408)356-8506 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz@netcom.com Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA