12 KILOMETER Wi-Fi - SUCCESS!!!

[@ItsWarnerBro]

Best part of the video was being able to see the shimmer from the gold reflector!

[@TheBuddy303]

Warner Says it really was

[@pronounjow]

That was TWELVE KILOMETERS! Holy crap!

[@ploopploop]

I am really glad they edited that in, that was honestly epic

[@aoeu256]

Where was the shimmer I couldn't see it.

[@moving.quotes]

Yeah they could just use it for wifi with some on/off shield and photo sensor at other end. The speed would very much suck though.

[@Spectre7M7]

Shoutout to camera man for his teleportation skills

[@shrysm]

Underrated

[@mysteryfluffy8853]

@@jtterror2714 r/whooosh

[@brightgarinson3099]

It's impossible to teleport, they used editing.

[@mysteryfluffy8853]

@@brightgarinson3099 I feel like if I were to r/whoosh you, id fall into a trap.

[@n3gative363]

Bright Garinson r/wooosh

[@flankana]

When WiFi over 12km is faster than your wired connection

[@ShoryYTP]

@Kaspar Kallau sadly it's very possible

[@ShoryYTP]

@Kaspar Kallau bruh he got 150mbps via wifi at 12km while i get 29mbps wired while also paying for a 50mbps connection

[@Xfacehack]

@@ShoryYTP What if i told you i got 1000mbit wired and 600mbit wireless?

[@ShoryYTP]

@@Xfacehack i'd be jealous

[@Xfacehack]

@@ShoryYTP I bet you are!

[@VioletGiraffe]

I can't even imagine how expensive that piece of property is with the rooftop overlooking the whole city.

[@theredscourge]

They probably paid a fraction as much as its worth today many years ago.

[@jimf2482]

Yeah that’s a pricey looking house... unless it’s like an apartment or something but it doesn’t look like it

[@jimf2482]

Take that back, I think it’s like a office or some sorta commercial building. Large metal and concrete structures

[@prololipop]

@@jimf2482 it's called a penthouse

[@terriwebb5093]

@Clorox Bleach omg Clorox Bleach i see you everywhere on KZbin!!! Is there anything you don't watch?

[@victorvill3812]

"Officer I was 12km from the crime scene. Check my IP address."

[@tamasmasable]

Big brain time

[@stevenventura230]

Thanks for the idea

[@behnamjz4579]

@@stevenventura230 there are other ways to do that!

[@aadharsh1094]

Oh...

[@Codelnelson]

It doesn't work that way lol

[@justinwilliams7148]

I cannot believe that reflector worked so well. I can see why a little survival mirror can be used to signal aircraft in emergencies.

[@sie4431]

Justin Williams That was the best part and they cut to the next shot too soon and the guy said wow before the flash. There's a big red and white pole almost directly between them which I feel would be useful somehow

[@PSYk1ll4h]

it's funny because I thought of a reflector before they mentioned it. when they got the idea i was like YEEEEEES

[@FeNite8]

CDs work really well because you can use the hole in the middle to help aim

[@LTDanno360mods]

i was thinking of a laser light

[@BoofPack69]

If you slow down to 0.25 you can see that the glimmer is edited in.

[@end33r29]

Me: *goes 20 meters away from router* Internet: *dies* Linus: *goes to the neighbouring town* Internet: "yep, im still here"

[@somethingsfishy2695]

Sadly not true because the antenna is directional in order to save power (True if it is pointed right)

[@cdoublejj]

get a Ubiquiti Access Point

[@Abcd123Alex]

EnderSoul Gaming Lamont

[@Flash_345]

Get a better router genius.

[@hiimapop7755]

@@Flash_345 Easier said than done, dumbass.

[@jaredbitz]

Reminder that the decibel scale is logarithmic, so going from -80 to -60 decibel signal strength means a 100x improvement, just from those tiny adjustments.

[@melody_florum]

Person: so we’re going camping 10 km away from here and there will be no Wi-Fi Linus: hold my beer

[@visionbolt4141]

Its so true

[@tou8205]

its funny cuz he would drop the beer

[@zaksullivan4093]

so true

[@tomaspietravallo3832]

Soo true

[@himankan]

Hold my ssd

[@andypieters4395]

Now imagine the voyager space probes, out of the solar system going 17 km/s and still sending data back

[@isafctat]

yeah, but at just 160bits/sec

[@ianhuntington9056]

with nothing to drag it down till it reaches the atmposphere...............i vote we get rid of that then your home router will have a million mile range

[@accurian148]

Yeah cool, but it's using deep space network which is... At least more than 5 satellite dish

[@lorcis1]

@@accurian148 those dishes may be able to read the signal but the signal has to reach em first

[@potatoguy413]

ever heard of radio?

[@LyricWulf]

They got WiFi working at 12 kilometers, meanwhile my school's WiFi only works within 12 feet.

[@alec4672]

for a reason

[@ventisca89]

3.7 banana?

[@adenjyu9483]

Cause teachers do not want you guys to use it lmao.

[@magadzhabraftw6157]

12 feet? The foot of what? A Tyrannosaurus foot?

[@alec4672]

Maga DzhabraFTW 12 human size us 13 shoes. We use imperial get over it.

[@RealMaiWaifu]

"the thingy in the thingy, Search for a SMALL thingy" Such science much wow.

[@bisbe3399]

xXRedWolfXx Is that a robo recall reference?

[@zoomer8367]

No, that's a doge reference

[@bob69927]

@@zoomer8367 Lmao

[@palmberry5576]

Very smarts

[@tyrgoossens]

Should've just used the mirror to send bits to eachother. Fiberless optic network.

[@lmaoroflcopter]

You mean like infra-red networking. Used to be common to find for point to point connections between buildings.

[@tyrgoossens]

@@lmaoroflcopter That's cool. I've only ever used IR to connect a laptop to a cell-phone for dial-up internet back in the day. Didn't know it could work over longer distances.

[@iKingRPG]

So infared

[@LT89NL]

@@iKingRPG Infrared is just a small portion of the light spectrum, but you could use any wavelength of light. The reason they use infrared is so humans don't see it.

[@chrisvdw2223]

@@LT89NL very also because infrared travels further through the atmosphere, high energy violet light scatters too much

[@Lucas.I.think.]

Bro I live in Canada, what’s your password?

[@Sharkiuli]

@Darren Nathanael Official Password1 or Password12

[@SunnyFLBoy]

SJW_CA

[@prla5400]

Linus 16K Titan X

[@AI-37]

ilikebutts

[@guruprasaathm]

linuslikesmalebutts

[@dulanjala]

16:04, nice where you have put the binoculars...

[@MrCh0o]

Your comment: *Anxiety +100*

[@hexerei02021]

@@MrCh0o i get anxiety even from that laptop placement

[@quintenvana]

@@hexerei02021 just linus being on a rooftop

[@trygveevensen171]

It amazes me how he didn't drop them

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

It's tied to the railing.

[@recessiontwentytwenty3858]

Using the gold reflector was an awesome call on the fly, it more than made up for having a smartphone📱 in hand while wishing for a compass,noice!🙌

[@LilHoss]

Lol, I'm wondering how many car accidents on the bridge were caused by that giant reflector? 🚗🚔🚗🚨

[@jai5176]

Crazy Canadian covers half the province with WiFi

[@gavinjohnson4628]

*province

[@nineball039]

With net neutrality too!

[@Kioooi]

Haha BC is like half the size of Mexico. Now that would be some serious wifi coverage..

[@danielg8811]

"Province"

[@epicmetalness]

province*

[@Racer4308]

The part with the golden reflection was awesome

[@KyleLi]

Great, now I can camp deeper into the forest and watch anime to disappoint my family more.

[@mhd7249]

Hahahahahah You made my day bro

[@glenwaldrop8166]

You'll need lower frequencies, but yes, you can disappoint people in all new ways with modern technology... lol

[@DoctorDCCraft]

ThankGodالله UmmerFarooq did you get the joke?

[@undead12345678]

But if you are alone then you have to set up both sides by yourself.

[@NoorquackerInd]

I'm literally about to copy tens of gigabytes of anime to my laptop for an upcoming trip.

[@dsilvermane0]

Working with long distance wireless connections every day for a few years now, this video had me grinning from ear to ear watching Linus struggle. Something like this usually takes my guys about 3 hours to set up on both ends. This kind of equipment is the only option in rural areas if you need a broadband connection and can't get fibre, so it's really popular in South Africa. On a side note, using something like mirrors is pretty much par for the course if you need to align two directional antennas like this, so well done on picking up on that one Linus!

[@rezidentseagull5651]

Man, that mirror light thing he did was kinda awesome! Can't believe that thing worked so well

[@BoofPack69]

If you slow down to 0.25 you can see that the glimmer is edited in.

[@richmeisterradio]

Blarf are you just plain stupid?

[@francispaquette104]

maybe he see it but didint catch it so well on camera

[@invalidsudo]

I can't help but think how hard engineers in the military and space industry have to think in order to get things like this working.

[@fellenXD]

No way it's edited in. If that was the case though, the editor better be applying for some jobs in Hollywood.

[@xGaLoSx]

This is the kind of geek shit i subbed for.

[@patrikalmblad]

We did something similar, sharing a 100MBit internet connection around 40km away, with 4 satellite dish and the help from an experience Ericsson employee. Was hell when the computer with the internet crashed, had to convince one of our parents to drive us to reset it :) We later made a remote controller with a mobile and a couple of electric motors that pushed the reset button when the phone received a call. We had somewhat more time to spare on weird things back in the day :)

[@Minkafighter]

sounds awesome

[@Keltheran]

Are you from Lund? (Sweden)

[@nopparuj]

Lol you had the same idea as mine, but i recommend using relay connect directly to the button instead because there are many cases motor (mostly servo motor) caught on fire.

[@GuillermoRodriguez-wq1ny]

This sounds fake as hell

[@patrikalmblad]

Well I guess it could. This must have been around 18-19 years ago, hard to remember the details around it and we don't have any photos taken as proof :)

[@LaskyLabs]

This is why the signal mirror is one of the most important things in a survival kit.

[@kuromiLayfe]

The bouncing light with a mirror was probably the smartest thing of this whole test

[@Bravelycold]

Insomnia Zombie not really if you consider that he could have used a compass in the first place and this would have been a lot easier

[@deansqwilliams8821]

unlokia Oh sure, blindly shining a laser into a large city. Super smart.

[@side-fish]

I agree. Without the binoculars, this was a very creative solution.

[@19thHour]

This is how every 80's action movie starts. A bunch of vaguely European guys start setting up satellites or networking equipment before John McClane shows up to the party.

[@Rejukem]

WELCOME TO THE PARTY PAL

[@anthonykaiser974]

Insert Morgan Freeman meme here.

[@PaulMiles1]

Every good 80's action movie has a vaguely European guy that wears white socks with Tevas...

[@MrGollum1996]

r/suspiciouslyspecific

[@iawindowss4061]

@Your moms HITACHI hell no I love 80s movies

[@koby1984ee]

They shoot a WiFi signal across 12 kilometers and it's still better than my WiFi

[@MindVortex23]

Koby Miller To be fair they are using a higher bitrate, so I don't really get your point

[@noahmuehl]

This was LAN-Speed it hasn't to do anything with the speed that your ISP is offering you.

[@JoshuaWilkesR]

They also have more $$$ to do it with

[@cataria3903]

and it gives u way more cancer, way faster! :D

[@harleyme3163]

its all in the antenna... look at the db rating.. those stick antenna are only like 9 db gain. this thing is probably 20+ and all of the gain is focused one way... omni directional (the lil pole) covers a 360 degree area.. you can up you gain simply by using a satellite dish and replacing the unit in the feed horn with your current antenna, point it at your wifi source and voila,, this dish bounces all the wasted gain back to the antenna.. just search homemade parabolic wifi antenna, lots of plans out there

[@BunnLilah]

Alex: "Also if this doesn't work, we have permission to go back up on to the parking lot." Linus: "Oh really?" *cut* Alex: "So, we're back outside." Lmao that was great.

[@DanielRichards644]

so office internet at home?

[@m0n0dnb]

yes

[@patriciastaps2211]

DanielRichards644 i think lol

[@Scitch87]

or home internet at the office for browsing LTT all day undetected!!!

[@lordpotato7444]

Hello from Scotland

[@kinnai8334]

vpn

[@katerwhall1865]

How to get nerds outside. this is great.

[@Elsuri313]

It does kinda work! Unlimited 4G mobile data here in Finland. Camping in the middle of a forest with my laptop.

[@grumpycomputers7488]

@@Elsuri313 but 4g i finland isnt a problem Just get a plan

[@Tomijones]

@@Elsuri313 sama tääl xd

[@GavinSeim]

Why not have an alignment app that connects to this and uses compass and gps for perfect setup?

[@thegooddoctor2009]

Hardly need that, just plug in GPS coordinates and draw a line between the location's for bearing. Considering most if not all GPSs have some form of compass (either an actual compass or a simulated one using changes in location over time) you can easily get the bearing down in under 5 minutes (being very generous about how long it takes to move everything). Then you just adjust for altitude. If all of the software is set up this isn't a hard evolution.

[@Courtesyflush52]

The software for the dish has that. You can hear them talking about it

[@phasechange5053]

Not needed. this distance can be done LOS kinda . but this is also something they should be doing on like the roof or highest point on each area. you can literally move it around and see signal come up in DB.

[@traviszick]

It’s los so it’s all feel as long as you got the distance

[@amNesia_]

yeah it's LOS, any other devices attached to it will give interference tho. so you won't be sure untill you power it off and the ubnt back on. Best is to have a person each side and check what your signals are. use gps to draw the line via googlemaps etc. but then just adjust untill you have best signal

[@JD-ym2hg]

When you have to zoom out on google maps to see your WiFi coverage you're probably LTT

[@JD-ym2hg]

@Mudkip909 No I'm just a troll I thought it would be funny if I edited my comment before I replied. lol

[@lory482]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@seanaustin2404]

used to do this for a living - installed fixed wireless internet access - and there are some tools missing from this: - A level. You can adjust the poles to make sure straight up and down simply by slapping a level alongside the mounting pole. this will allow for the best result when aligning signals. - Beleive it or not, an Augmented Reality compass app. you can actually share GPS coordinates, and simply use the app to establish rudimentary LOS. you literally hold up your phone and pan until you see the compass needle is point straight out. - Horizontal first, then Vertical. always always always.

[@mariusmagnussen6743]

Still do this for living :) Have done about 400-500 of these the last one and a half year (Y)

[@5destroyer35]

Which compass app do you use?

[@SirValiantIII]

Can you elaborate about why it's better to align horizontal first then vertical?

[@TheWebstaff]

Nice one for the heads up on that app! Got an install to do next week so I'll give it a whirl.

[@d1oftwins]

+Sir Valiant III I think you meant why you should align horizontal (azimuth) versus vertical orientation (elevation). It is for the simple fact that GPS is horizontally (position on the globe) more precise than vertically (height). For the azimuth you have a wider search angle for your target which is easier to direct with a compass, for the elevation you can assume for far distances 20-30 degrees max. The elevation for both endpoints can be assumed or estimated and while the lower end point will set up its elevation for positive angles (aiming up) the higher endpoint will assume a negative angle (aiming down). Said all that, when you set up you azimuth correctly (because GPS is more precise at that) you can eyeball your elevation on both sides by watching the signal strength indicators, because you have less of a range in degrees to adjust for the elevation and both endpoints know if they have to aim up or down.

[@codguy565]

When I saw them reflect light to signal them, that was so sick

[@iraklisantifa]

fuckin awesome

[@Neoracu]

15:03

[@Zeinzu2]

That was way brighter than I thought.

[@MyTopAnime]

Nice ballz

[@whatsforsupa]

Alex is lowkey the MVP of LTT now that Luke is gone

[@nmotschidontwannagivemyrea8932]

Luke isn't gone, though

[@ExcaliburTheOnlyOne]

he isnt, he just moved in into the "Floatplane office"

[@jamespcnut]

Not really, he doesn't contribute much and talks about shit he has no idea about.

[@potatoderp5814]

Well, he's at floatplane.

[@danman367]

Cyka Blyat an office in the LTT warehouse

[@alfredm.s.6396]

Ltt: fast af wifi Connection over a 12 km span. Me: *2m from router with 5mbit wifi Connection*

[@But_WhatIf]

700kb brother

[@thegroupofreptiles6823]

376 b/s at 30cm

[@AnjuDevi-in4bx]

*move to wired, ez 7mbit*

[@AudreyRobinel]

We did something similar in Guadeloupe for caribwave : 27km wifi bridge between 2 islands. The next year, we hit aproximately 50km, but we went down from 300mbits to 5mbits (we were overspec). We had ubiquity gear too, but smaller antenas. However, we had a HAM with us, a 4m high mast on top of a house, and the other teams were on high points on the other islands. We also used software to calculate line of sight using topographic data, and calculated the optimal positions. One of the teams had a car battery with POE injectors to power up the hardware, as they were in the middle of nowhere. The goal was to show that we can establish communications with no cellular network (each team had a position to reach, and an orientation to set once on site), and potentially no access to grid power after a tsunami. We had multiple services hosted on laptops and raspberry pi"s, with a protocol to replicate data at each end when the connection was available. Back then we even got good words from Obama's office (we were surprised, as we're on a French island, although the event went on in the whole caribbean arc). It was a pretty nice experience, we still have the antenas :) The event was mostly organized by an association i'm part of : Gwadalug (french readers can find more at gwadalug.org, or search gwadalug caribewave 2016). The ubiquity hardware was quite nice and reliable, and we even managed to exceed the manufacturer specifications :)

[@arcooke]

That's actually really cool, thanks for sharing. Your comment was more technical than LTT's entire video.. haha.

[@losttownstreet3409]

How did you use the ubiquity gear? Can you change the frequency of the ubiquity gear out of the wifi only bands (as it is problematic to use high power as short range devices)? Did you disable the radar detection? Is it possible to use 5Mhz channels with the ubiquity gear mode? The real challange is to set up a legal wifi connection! Use of high gain recive only antennas, band filter, preampilfier and very small standard antenna to transmit. (or get a permit for high power wifi with all the safty protocol attached)

[@Stormwatch153]

And you knew what you were doing - That is the point of the whole story. On the other side, most of the time Linus and his Team have no single clue what are they doing if presets from their Sponsor companies are not functioning 100% the very moment they press a button.

[@scripter13]

Wow! Just wow... I've worked in the US to configure short range (under 20 miles) RF network coms, but to work on a project of that scale!? Super cool... Appreciate the story sir. Hopefully I can assist in the some large scale projects in the future

[@Stormwatch153]

What do you think what is the maximum line of sight on 118m above the sea level on a flat land?

[@bridgendesar]

Anybody that's ever tried setting up their own satellite dish knows your pain, just tightening the thing can put it off!

[@someoneelse7629]

Yeah, I always cross tighthen the clamps so it doesn't skew off too much. I was going to put in supports with turnbuckles for fine adjusting, but it worked fine for years anyway, and I cancelled the sattelite TV recently.

[@MyLastSong719]

You totally missed a great opportunity there. "Through the fog of war I couldn't see, the mall security!"

[@thiccieredd9606]

Imagine being in a mall and seeing some random guys with a satellite dish

[@bageldrone]

It will be so much easier to do this sort of stuff when they invent the compass and map...

[@AuthenticGadzooks]

While watching the recap I assumed they'd surely figure out a better solution next time around, but I guess not. I'm sure there's a simple program or app for this kind of stuff too, but even with a map and compass this could have been solved way quicker.

[@1337Space]

meanwhile at my house: *WiFi WORK PLEASE YOU ONLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH 2 WALLS*

[@TheBrickson98]

1337Space yeah, the problem comes from this setup being a focused signal, and your WiFi router being a omnidirectional signal. There’s ways to use materials to create a rigged up dish to direct signals only in a certain direction using your standard router. The other problem is your home router is probably transmitting at a maximum of 100mW, and this setup is probably transmitting at 30W.

[@Excigma]

@Mustache Merlin With force

[@zjenthusiast3037]

Dude When my microwave turns on it tanks my wifi😑

[@ziroAU]

@@zjenthusiast3037 i don't think that's very healthy on your end

[@andrewovermyer4345]

@Garblehead unless it blows up then it's harmful lol

[@TheStigma]

This probably seems almost absurd to those who haven't tinkered with wifi or other signals before, but essentially there is very little stopping you from doing almost any arbitrary distance as long as you have focused antennas and a clear line of sight. I've done hundreds of meters before (sharing a connection to another home) with a combination of homemade parts and cheap ebay crap. As long as you have a clear line of sight and a drectional antenna you can make incredible things happen - even if your antenna is literally made of a pringles tube or a discarded can of tomato soup (a socalled cantenna). After all, these are the same basic principles that have been used for delivering satelite-TV for decades, and that shit goes into low earth orbit...

[@ryansshane]

The problem is you still need enough power to transmit it.

[@HuflaOG]

TheStigma most underrated comment.

[@Numerlor]

Rain will mess up the signal a lot if it's a weaker one

[@TheStigma]

Yea, you do need SOME signal amping if you want to do really long distances. A standard home router outputs a super weak signal. Although you can still make that reach a long way - I didn't use any amps in my homemade projects. There's obviously more required to do tens of kilometers than it is to do a couple of hundred meters though :) Signal power is often misunderstood and misapplied in wifi by amateurs (which includes me btw). Intuitively you'd think more power = better stronger signal, but it only helps under very spesific circumstances, and most importantly it's near useless unless both sides are amped. Trying to put a signal amp on your home router to increase it's range is mostly pointless, if not downright detrimental to your actual signal quality. (not to mention there are strickt laws that regulate transmission power for antennas for very good reasons that you should not ignore)

[@TheStigma]

Yea, heavy rain has some effect for sure, but in the grad scheme of things it's a small factor (compared to things like having great alignment and a 100% clear line of sight). If your setup can barely hang on in clear weather though it will fail in a rainstorm, so you need some margin there.

[@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275]

19:24 "This is like fractions of a degree" So minutes and seconds

[@RickyLi]

Finally on youtube, been waiting to share this vid with my former team mates since I saw this on FP. It's amazing how far wifi bridges have evolved since we were testing them back in the mid 2ks to connect our client locations using Cisco Aironet 350 Workgroup Bridges. Great video, and nice use of the bounce reflector.

[@glenwaldrop8166]

Yep. Big difference than back then.

[@hulawife]

mid 2ks? 2500?

[@mayurvalvi13]

Linus always surprises me with his videos

[@CKTDanny]

That bounce was awesome, loved this project keep doing more!

[@sampedersen6197]

I like how they are saying they need a compass, when they literally are talking to each other with phones that have a compass on them.

[@alexmills1329]

phone compasses aren't accurate enough... they can be off by about +/- 3° and that makes point to point communications almost impossible

[@markomclane475]

Yes very innacurate compass as the other person said

[@dragon2knight]

Despite the fact they have GPS devices right in their hands....I love that the first file sent was called "fu linus" 😂😂

[@seshpenguin]

Yea.. would of worked for the general direction but definitely not nearly as accurate as they need.

[@daviddow5591]

Using gps to help with direction and then using sea level elevation probably would have made things much easier to align initially

[@lloyd26]

"fu linus" was actually a folder.

[@milagrosjereza9354]

Lloyd Dominic Refuerzo Nice touch from Alex there. 🙃

[@jag4004]

Next stop, the earth -> moon.

[@Pika915]

Elon Musk wants to: Know your location

[@mrcobalt124]

Smash Nerd and Nerdy Mario Android nerd

[@MmeHyraelle]

We do, everynight, there's retroreflector on the surface that we putted on one appollo mission. We use it to calculate the earth-moon distance.

[@AudreyRobinel]

Some HAM use the moon as a radio reflector, they send a radio signal to bounce on the moon to reach places over the globe. The signals are weak, but when both have large antennas, it is possible :) (so it's even harder than what you mentioned : it's the full trip to moon AND BACK for the signal each time!)

[@skyspark1]

www.cnet.com/news/the-moon-has-better-broadband-than-most-americans/ They did that in 2014. Not that fast any more. But still very cool.

[@Haanicz]

I'm dissappointed that you didn't try to play LAN multiplayer

[@draken5379]

Would be fine, i use to use long range wifi for internet before, you get like 50ms or so.

[@jhoobiden9645]

I use to use... *slow clap*

[@supercoolmunkee]

What about long range 10km wifi multiplayer? At high speed! Now that would be an episode to watch!

[@MladenMijatov]

WiFi at long distances is surprisingly reliable and, believe it or not, has quite a low latency. I use to work for ISP where we covered huge area only with WiFi network and far weaker antennas than displayed here. We used these 32dBi antennas for 30km+ ranges between base stations. As for latency, you are usually looking at 1-3ms addition to your regular latency. So it's far less than one would expect.

[@supercoolmunkee]

Ohhh, gotcha. Probably better to just play at home lol, where connection is better.

[@channelname10yearsago68]

Linus: *Made a 12km transmission* People who made 384,400km transmission from Earth to moon: Am I joke to you?

[@gabrielcaddy9850]

Next video "We bounced a wifi signal 768,800‬km"

[@heath6969]

difference: one is maximum 2watts and other is probably a few thousand times multiplied of it

[@Aerochalklate]

12km wifi is three giant leaps for mankind

[@chupasaurus]

@@heath6969 Moon is used as a reflector by radio enthusiasts to send the signal to distant parts of Earth and you don't need much power for that.

[@eloskowy4954]

Linus: Challenge accepted

[@Nj1498]

Shouldn't it be easy with GPS and a compass?

[@cidshroom]

It should be, but then you've got Linus involved

[@ehhthing]

Niranjan Bhat Badekila GPS can be off by a couple meters and compasses have a similar problem.

[@nickrr3626]

Ya you can just calculate the heading using maps and then use an accurate compass to get it perfectly on point

[@markp8295]

Compasses can be really inaccurate indoors or near any buildings actually. Too much steel and other ferrous objects. My phone compass is between 5-15 degrees out in my room when I avoid going near electronics. Outside in a field it's spot on.

[@lucimon97]

Niranjan Bhat Badekila GPS is only accurate to about 10m

[@doctorgaming8791]

11:44 "I can smell success." *sat dish falls off building*

[@1nuenndo]

Then he drops it

[@Sma.Das.]

A compass? Did you forget about a compass!

[@HentaiNat]

Sma Das We're far too technologically advance for such device.

[@Martinboehme2]

Sma Das Exactly my thought

[@thevistahack1]

Their phones have one 😂

[@knauz21]

The dude was like "Do you have like a heading for me to point it in?" and Linus just dismissed it and started talking about trees and boxes on buildings lmao.

[@curtisjordan9210]

My thoughts exactly lol

[@IvanBeatzBorn808]

14:45 the way Linus drops things I’m worried every time he goes near the ledge with the binocs and the computer 😬

[@DerekHubbard]

I worked with some folks to set up a 125 mile link a lotta years ago. Set a record, at the time.

[@danfromzr3289]

Derek H very cool

[@CeleronS1]

let me guess WRT-GL? :)

[@DerekHubbard]

@@CeleronS1 This was before they even offered a separate branch of the WRT54G hardware just for the Linux variant. This was actually using a 300mW Orinoco Gold card that was turned down to 30mW output strength.

[@CeleronS1]

@@DerekHubbard Impressive! Thanks for info! :)

[@mist9385]

Nice

[@import3d]

As a former SACOM tech Im kinda laughing because I know the exact problem you are experiencing. if you had a spectrum analyzer it woud have gone alot easier as you can detect frequencies and see what a good frequencies you can shoot and to make yours stronger over a noise floor. of course you still need the EXACT direction you both are pointing to and the correct angle. this is where a High power amplipher would come into play and allow you to shoot a really strong signal that you would detect easier and as you both adjust to each other you can adjust power as needed so you dont fry shit in the way or on the distant end. from there you can get a strong link and moniter other freqs so you can adjust yours over the noise floor and move slightly if your interfering with another .

[@TheBrickson98]

Augustus Theis ah just pump 1300 watts through the puppy and cook that potato sitting on your neighbor’s counter

[@josireis-west1904]

Augustus Theis they honestly should have hooked this kit up with an SDR. Its a lot more portable solution for monitoring the incoming signal than a spectrum analyzer. And the problem with using an HPA is that they prolly would have started feeling sick long before they got pointed right. You *don’t* want to be standing in the way of a high power RF beam. That’s like sticking your head in a microwave. i really loved watching them try to peak up though. That is the bane of every SATCOMers existence. You know, unless you’re working with an antenna that has autotrack built in, but i doubt these guys sell kits with Az and El motors. i’d love to see Linus jenk something like that together in the future! XD

[@JamesHalfHorse]

The radios actually have everything you need built in. Shows your signal, noise floor, interference across the band you name it.

[@hellohi5602]

Just add an ssd and it will be much faster.

[@user-vx2he2tf7w]

The antenna has a section to do the spectrum search that launches a downloadable program that the manufacturer provides for just that. It all is usually mentioned in the signal and alignment section of the installing instructions.

[@ThePinokhio]

I'm more excited for the Golden Bounce!

[@jeremielavoie8778]

???

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

@@jeremielavoie8778 he means the reflection... that was fucking sick and made me sooo happy, i don't know why

[@wolfhd7509]

@@chrisakaschulbus4903 the modern rogue made a really good video on it going extreme distances

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

@@wolfhd7509 thanks, i'll check it out :D

[@wolfhd7509]

@@chrisakaschulbus4903 :D

[@Tpavra]

"A bunch of tree's.... not gonna do a lot for me!" So funny

[@spacet1me]

Can't believe Linus gets me to actually watch all the way through this shit....wow. 22min video felt like nothing. Even with his horrible jokes.

[@JailerGamer]

spacetime 21:48 actually

[@keatonwastaken]

spacetime THIS WAS 22 MINUTES ? i legit did not notice it.

[@asitonph]

yeah

[@SunnyZ]

Only 22 minutes? It felt like... *looks at watch on wrist* 6 months!

[@keatonwastaken]

SunnyZ Good one !

[@Adamstech]

And I am having problems at 4 feet away from my router....

[@sly1024]

Ubiquiti, man! ;)

[@Apex8r]

Eh

[@Ali-jo1bd]

Me 2

[@CursedSouthwest]

get a new router

[@mr.boombastic8612]

Lol

[@alexnsiw]

you could play minecraft with lan connection while being 12km away

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

now that's probably needed :D

[@nasalbeans9271]

alex 1234nsiw Minecraft is an offline game though u only need wifi for online

[@whitetomato]

@@nasalbeans9271 he literally said on lan

[@thegreatpugtato]

@@nasalbeans9271 no duh

[@b03tz]

Though it wouldn't really be a "local area" network anymore would it? :P

[@bencybulski5534]

"It only took 6 months to setup" still faster than asking Rogers to set anything up

[@thinkdogeys9993]

Bruh XD 100% facts

[@19thHour]

"I should have really brought a compass"...bro your smartphone has a default compass app...

[@d.romero3014]

Mine doesn't have one.

[@invalidsudo]

Not everyone has an iPhone bro.

[@Dr1ftop1a]

@@invalidsudo *cough* my Huawei has it by default, and can also use my camera with it to point in a direction *cough*

[@invalidsudo]

@@Dr1ftop1a not everyone has a Huawei phone bro.

[@Dr1ftop1a]

@@invalidsudo Well,... That's true. And I don't know how to respond to that sooo, that's the exit right? I see myself out. 😐

[@Baleur]

Has a smartphone. Says "i should really have brought a compass" Dude...

[@howlingwolven]

Smartphone compasses aren't all that accurate.

[@brightgarinson3099]

Just look where the sun is.

[@vkraju452]

@@howlingwolven they are actually accurate than original compass😂😂

[@howlingwolven]

pranay They are not. Not in my experience

[@vkraju452]

@@howlingwolven it Will be pretty accurate on high end phones because some budget phones does not have proper sensors but high end phones do....

[@AnduNinicu]

that ideea with the miror was golden !

[@Ray-qd1dk]

At 15:57 , Linus would accidently trip down his binoculars and all his excitement would be: Linus: OH..SHIT:I:I:I

[@DJNICODEMUS]

after dealing with gps, phone calls, pin points, google maps, satellites and shit, everything was solved by pointing a huge mirror... 15:10 - Yeap! Keep it simple, baby!

[@christopheryee4850]

DJNICODEMUS fookin Lazer sights

[@houselight2931]

Megabytes are 8 times bigger than megabit, 15 MB are 120 Mb.

[@chrishartley1210]

True, but when you add the protocol overheads then 150Mb/s isn't a bad approximation.

[@MarkoVukovic0]

If one is using the International System of Units (SI), then it is decimal.

[@paolopetrozzi2213]

@@MarkoVukovic0 1 byte = 8 bit

[@RyanGrissett]

@@MarkoVukovic0 That doesn't apply here.

[@marcello4258]

theoretically

[@drauggen486]

What kind of batteries discharge over a weekend?

[@h0es28]

Michael Riley My iPhone’s battery... no I’m not joking, I’m serious.

[@austinellis6461]

Cheap ones.

[@PureRushXevus]

Worn batteries I'm guessing, since they probably need some big car-battery system to power it for a decent while

[@zebulundocallas]

Old lead acid batteries and dry cells

[@nydabeats]

the batteries you forgot to charge lol

[@tfr]

Thx I’m now stealing nasa wifi through their phat satellite dishes

[@Someone-cr8cj]

Please don't drop it

[@RamBoZamBo123]

Was worried a bit about the binoculars at 16:16

[@Stabington]

Kinda fun to watch for someone that works with this at a regular basis. That's basically how we do it to get Internet access across fjords and islands here in Norway ^^ ... except with a bit more fancy equipment and licensed frequencies and stuff. Ubiquiti is kinda cool, though. We did an experiment where we hooked up their WiFi mesh AP's to a ridiculous high dBi sector antenna, and we could find get WiFi on our phones and laptops at 500m away! (about 10Mbit/s speed at that range).

[@xaytana]

Was the 12KM distance horizontal, or did you actually figure in the hypotenuse from the height displacement?

[@jjpark98]

We all know that Linus maximum effort towards prep is non at all

[@ryanmickelwait1521]

You don't need to. There will probably be 20m difference.

[@simon.sorensen]

Angle looks like it would actually change a lot more than 20m

[@ryanmickelwait1521]

Even if it was 1km it wouldn't make much of a difference

[@xaytana]

I'm more interested in the truth behind the clickbaity title, I know the range difference won't impact the transmission much, though it depends on the radio's maximum power specs.

[@joshuacoburn8140]

Very cool! Infrared laser rangefinders along with ccd cameras with the infrared filters removed might help with alignment. Four range-finders could be fitted and aligned to the outer portions of each dish, allowing for quick and easy alignment, deployment, and repositioning, and redeployment. Great work getting the link up!

[@DavidWalker-ms6vf]

those 4 bars killed that bee instantly

[@DrFatihD]

Thousands of years ago a Chinese man discovered if you hang a magnet through the air or make it float, it always points at the same direction. So he thought about it and found that the sailors can use this to keep wherever they are facing. So that brought a new age of naval traveling. Yes I'm talking about the compass. It's already in our phones. Why they didn't use one to face exactly where they want to?

[@mohitagarwal8115]

The thumbnail. The damn thumbnail.

[@d1j0n69]

Mohit Agarwal xD

[@shadowblade2149]

Mohit Agarwal lol

[@everydayjoe1489]

Glad you edited out the interim time. Longest install ever, but quite entertaining! ;-)

[@tobytsaibot]

Whats interesting is that back in 1999 when i worked with a local isp, we had 14 mile hops with 802.11b. Constant 1-5mbps speeds for our clients. This was back in 99' mind you. My father an engineer for the company designed the antenna they used.

[@Cleax21]

15 MB/S from over 12 KM thue wifi signal it only took us 6 months.... seems legit

[@oceanhouse8080]

Typically Only takes me 6 hours by myself to setup a permanent link....including driving back and forth to do the tuning...but I do this several times a week so I'm likely better at it by experience....

[@danieltanuwijaya7675]

69 likes :D

[@lastawake2822]

In my job we do links for such distances pretty often and it works just fine. ;)

[@enzopulido529]

You watching polecat?

[@XtremeConditions]

Bruh... My 5ghz transfer speeds at home, 5 feet away from my router, never go higher than like 25-30MB/s. So 15MB/s over 12KM... That's actually pretty freakin' insane.

[@MrSeon123]

Now use it to have a LAN party

[@daniel9721]

Seon-Ho You mean use wifi for lan?

[@AliYassinToma]

WLAN party.... *****

[@juaneduardovitoria]

in a park xD

[@ahblooloo8639]

Add some clients and make Mesh LAN network with 15 km radius.

[@SuperFlaminninja]

So I messed around with a similar setup to this in the army except ours was at the top of a 15 meter mast. Was a cool experience to get hands on and understand the underlying functionality. Edit:Also a compass and map really comes in handy for getting the azimuth and reverse azimuth too shoot in.

[@sandy-lo]

Yess, im a mobile parabolic radio operator in the army, and the compass is paramount, especially when you have to make a connection covertly and cant use regular radio/mobile phones, as to not send a bunch of radio noise from the location youre trying to conceal. Its amazing how you can set up connections tens of miles away in the dead of night just by using maps and compasses and without ever talking to each other.

[@BruceCrossan]

Linus' parents seem crazy rich based on that rooftop.

[@SoundSpeeding]

That was my first thought too! They must be doing well? Or have a generous son :-)

[@illuminoeye_gaming]

And why the hell do they have so much junk on their roof.

[@851995STARGATE]

It's an apartment he mentioned it's"their building" it doesn't mean they're crazy rich at all

[@zwz.zdenek]

Like father, like son. You don't get rich from scratch. If they didn't give him estate, they gave him know-how.

[@prwninja]

It's probaly a common area for the buildings residents ( usually you reserve these places to hold some kind of gathering or party ). Where I live, newer apartment buildings have these at the top.

[@IEnjoyDbdAMA]

17:42 You know you work for Linus when you can confidently flip your boss of without consequences

[@phenomanII]

I was hoping you'd ping the other PC just to check the latency.

[@aidangillett5396]

Depends on the chipset and type of encoding. Most fixed wireless does not use 802.11 standards and have their own proprietary transmission protocols. I go through 2 fixed wireless jumps a total of about 20km and my latency is about 3ms +/- 1ms. We have some other long range links where latency is 1ms

[@Gatrehs]

Yeah what Aidan Gillett said. The main reason latency can be an issue if if you go way further than this, for example the distance between america and europe is about 200ms (give or take depending on where you are in each) and that's about 7000 km..

[@manfromponyupdaddyinfomerc9550]

me: watching linus tech tips my brain: i like your funny words magic man

[@bryandonahue2820]

Very frustrating as a person who's installed similar equipment. First it's azimuth and elevation when aligning antennas. You can use Google to get your azimuth and back azimuth and calculate hieghts for elevation or takeoff angle. A little prior planning and they wouldn't be questioning where to point the antennas

[@kerblingtime]

but then that means we wouldnt get this kind of content XD

[@georgeschamoun3789]

I work in this field and calculations aren't a viable solution the most important thing is you must have a clear line of sight

[@MasterChief-sl9ro]

@@georgeschamoun3789 No you don't... You need the right dish for the job... You can use the phone to stitch you locations to each other. That way you knwo exactly where each other are. In relation to the lining up the dishes...The rest is hard. Making sure it stays put and never moves or wobbles.

[@harleyme3163]

never heard of gps huh?

[@MasterChief-sl9ro]

@@harleyme3163 GPS does not help you. You still have no clue where the dish is pointing. Left\Right-Up\Down...And not having access to the proper tools to align them. You just have to keep at it. As some of these beams are very narrow.. Just a few degrees off. You don't get a signal... Good Luck....

[@TechDunk]

12 kilometer distance between PC and monitor + peripherals. Only thing you can do is watch my videos lol

[@PlinkyVR]

Dr. Dunk that's easy just buy WiFi capable devices

[@leglaaah]

How about 6 different rigs scattered across 12 km of land all for one pc

[@chipmo]

When you play on REALLY low sensitivity

[@ledfootfam99]

all that Tech and it still took a strategy that dates back before Archimedes to narrow down that location. LOL

[@FalbertForester]

Just because it's old, doesn't mean it's not good! And anyway, what is fiber but flashes of light carrying a message?

[@rethla]

Tech is nothing if you cant understand it.

[@rethla]

Thanks

[@lloydtshare]

yep its nothing new

[@Shadow77999]

Lol yes!

[@princestevenii.772]

I clicked the video and an ad popped up with Linus being the main actor.

[@imnotahippie22]

About 14 years ago I had gotten DSL 640k down 256k up and my friend had only crappy dialup. At first I setup a 56k modem and he would dial into it. So we could play counter strike v1.4 or day of defeat and amazingly the ping was around 90-110 at his house. Which was only about 10ms higher with my DSL connection (BTW we lived in a tiny town with a population of around 2k people. A while later while taking a network+ class my instructor showed us these little D-link 802.11 B dual band 22MB bridges. They actually cost around 120 bucks but you could buy the access point one which had the identical hardware and with out nodding you could just download the firmware off their site and change it to a bridge. I had a huge 34DBI directional antenna on my roof and a 22dbi on his roof which was 3 miles away. Was around the time they started to offer DSL 1.5MB but we got a 60ish %signal between our houses and awesome thing was the entire setup for the antennas. Bridges and towers cost me only 70 bucks for everything. I ended up shooting wifi to 6 houses selling my dsl 1.5mb for 40 bucks plus 50 for parts. Was way awesome until they upgraded the area and soon every one could get wifi. But I had setup a small cashe server with a huge 40GB hard drive (at the time 120 was biggest one you could buy) but we could transfer data between our houses a 1.1MB which was insane back then. But when ever it got windy or snowed or anything we had alot of signal loss. Was a lot of fun though.

[@mikecrapse5285]

Sounds like you were so close to becoming a successful business owner. Many WISPs like us have starting stories like yours. We still do this now, but on a larger scale(and faster speeds), don't have access to fiber without a $3k+ install fee? No problem, we can get you 1gbps up to 5km away. Oh, you need dedicated 10gbps and don't want to pay the $120k+ for a 2 mile run of fiber through the city? No problem, $10k install fee and you're up and running at 10gbps full duplex.

[@mrmotofy]

@@mikecrapse5285 Then there's guys in Sweden that lives 40mi from anything and buys his own fiber and strings it on the poles and gets his own connection for like $5k or something. I have Wireless ISP's where I live too, but most only serve business. I wish they would open it up to more customers

[@eastercompany]

My whole village uses this exact technology for Download: 50mb/s Upload: 5mb/s Since there is a 1 to 10 miles between each house and such few people over all this method was much cheaper than replacing the old 200kb/s line for a fiber optic cable. So, 1st world Internet while living in the middle of no where in Scotland made possible. Works great, 60ms - 100ms ping which is the same as i had before except now when someone opens facebook and starts scrolling it doesn't ping up to > 2,000ms

[@th9667]

Owen Easter Wait. You have to pay for a new internet connection possibility? In Germany the internet company's HAVE to rebuild them over the years.. How much does it cost??

[@eastercompany]

Not cheaper for me, cheaper for the local council. Wouldn't have been able to afford it if it was more.

[@olteanualex1989]

1st world Internet is 1Gbps lol

[@daars8925]

Wow, seriously? Are we Australians not included in that? We get 150 kb/s!

[@NotGamersHD]

I live in San Diego, and my WiFi test gave me 40 mb download and 33 upload with 9ms latency. I could go to the faster network (since cox gives you 2.5 and 5 ghz networks) but all my family uses the 5ghz one so it’s laggy af for me

[@TheDro]

Can someone technically use this to fly a DJI Drone that far away?

[@BierBart12]

You could probably set it up on a turret so the dish follows the drone around, probably go even further

[@satibel]

probably, but you'd be near the weight limit of the biggest ones from DJI because you'd need a dish on a gimbal on the drone, and they can transport up to 5kg. though you could get another brand, there are some agricultural drones that can fly with up to 25kg. (but you'd probably be looking at 10 grand)

[@andrewl2737]

Just as long as you... 1. Fly under 400 feet 2. Never fly near other aircraft 3. Keep your UAS within visual line of sight 4. Keep away from emergency responders 5. Never fly over stadiums, sports events or groups of people 6. Never fly under the influence of drugs and alcohol 7. Never fly within 5 miles of an airport without first contacting air traffic and airport authorities ...and follow any other stupid rule that the FAA has set.(or don't get caught, lol)

[@satibel]

well, you'd have to have a damn good eyesight to fly a drone 12km away. (it is without visual aid aside from glasses.)

[@peter_smyth]

You could probably use them to fly a drone if you had them set up like in the video, then with an extra WAP at one end, Linus could fly a drone that Brandon and Alex turn on near them, but not fly it back to his parents' house.

[@unredeemed-deatharena]

"only took us six months to set up!!" Still fucking faster than a BT Lease line. lol

[@Frondlock]

This video would have needed some drone shots man ! That being said, amazing. I did not even know that was a possibilty in life to have Wifi sharing that far ^^

[@glenwaldrop8166]

The current record is like 152 miles. Previous record. newatlas.com/go/7878/ The current record I believe... www.cambiumnetworks.com/blog/a-new-wireless-broadband-link-record-of-245-km/

[@korishan]

There's a guy in the UK that gets his internet from like 10miles or so across the valley. Then he re-broadcasts it out and sells it to the neighbors around him. They all can do ridiculous speeds without bottle necks. His channel shows up from time to time on my recommended list. I don't remember which user is it.

[@JeffSpeers]

I believe Canada has some very strict drone laws.

[@3poli]

in most 3rd world countries ubiquiti is selling big.. I have home internet from a WISP thats WirelessISP my speed is 20mb which is fair if i use other wired connections max is 8mb available ..

[@hundredlives3910]

you realize 4g is similar to this right

[@golollone]

that's my job....i reach a 30 mbps internet connection from a APS on a mountain 22.5 km away from me...i love this!!!

[@johanplay]

lol i'm running 100mbps with 2 rockets over 28km

[@foty8679]

@@johanplay Watch Elon Musk do Starlink from outer space

[@MusicLyricsConverter]

I get a 0.94 Mbps and a 7MBp/s

[@dmmmcr]

I used to set up ubiquity equipment on communication towers for a local WISP. We would hit ranges of 50-60 miles with 5-6 foot dishes.

[@JordanV]

I came back to this video just to say that this is my favorite thumbnail so far from LTT. Makes me laugh every time.