124.9 miles. That’s ridiculous-it’s something like the distance between Baltimore, MD and Philadelphia, PA. That’s the current record for a direct unamplified wifi connection, held by team iFiber-Redwire, achieved this past week at the Defcon hacker convention in Las Vegas. From a mountain in Nevada to a mound in Utah, the team managed to get signal apparently good enough to do remote desktop and run shell commands, completely shattering a whole assortment of previous records. Definitely an accomplishment, and apparently their equipment said that it could have supported up to 300 miles. Crazy.
Regardless, the team is confident their record will stand a while, and plans to let other teams give it a whirl next year, and I’m sure we’ll have someone go for it. In the meantime, read all about this amazing accomplishment:
[ http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,68395,00.html ]