On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 6:06 AM, Alvin Jason Ochieng <ajochola@gmail.com> wrote:

..best of luck Mark !!!!!!!!!!

On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
> Finally got it to work by buying 3 1.5 m usb high speed cables and
> joining them end to end . . . What I am tryin to do is put a usb wifi
> dongle on my roof + a fabricated 'satellite dish' so that I pick the
> loopnet or butterfly wifi network . . . The nanostation option is
> beyond my financial reach for now. So far so good now I jus need a
> pole to raise my "dish" and secure it and al have a stronger signal
> all the net I need.. . . Wish me luck !!
>
> On 11/19/09, albert kamau <kamau.albert@gmail.com> wrote:
>> @MarkIf it works your quite lucky. You might have to keep "repeating" the
>> signal at intervals of 2.5m (which might not work ) or look(build) a USB
>> bridge that acts as a USB device. The < 5m limit length was designed to
>> allow for reflections to settle at the transmitter before the next bit was
>> sent. Cant you find a way of using an ethernet connection?
>> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> @albert know where I can get one? Fabricated by adding a wire btwn the
>>> two ends and it works. . . Sort of . . . but now it seems it is
>>> recognising not hi-speed hence my wifi dongle aint even blinkin. . .
>>> Maybe the wire quality is poor?
>>>
>>> On 11/19/09, albert kamau <kamau.albert@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Max length of USB is 5m
>>> > Kind regards
>>> > Albert Kamau
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Jared Koyier <jaredkoyier@gmail.com
>>> >wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Fabricate
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> 2009/11/19 Alvin Jason Ochieng <ajochola@gmail.com>
>>> >>
>>> >> Nope !!!!!!!!!
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:25 PM, aki <aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> No. Usb extention like the one that comes with bambanet modem with
>>> >>> >> both 'male' n 'female' ends . . .
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > @Mark, at some point I needed such a cable and did not find it
>>> lcoally.
>>> >>> Due
>>> >>> > to the cable length, you would need an active usb cable extender.
>>> >>> > Pls
>>> >>> > google....
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