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From: Sue and Don (no email)
Date: Sun Jul 04 2004 - 21:22:46 EDT
I just installed two Linksys wireless access points (WAP54G's) for a
friend who wanted a bridge between two buildings on his property. The
Linksys units have screw-in antennae and I also installed a couple of
cheap 6db directional antennae. You could use one of these as a
straight access point and run an antennae up to the mast head. D-Link
units can also be configured this way and D-Link have a range of
suitable, but expensive, outdoor antennae - this one looks suitable:
http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=289
Anyway, the buildings must be 400-500 feet apart and window to window
these access points came up no problem. Unfortunately, there is no
signal strength display utility (that I know about). However, the
performance seems pretty good.
The WAP54G can be configured to fallback to B mode so I don't see any
point in buying old 802.11b gear just to get better range.
Don.
----- Original Message -----
From: Brad Kingsley <>
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 08:21:14 -0400
Subject: lv-ab: Repeater? -- was: RE: Wireless internet?
To:
Does
anyone on the list use a repeater?
http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/1571601
http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=18
I did
some Googling for bridges as mentioned below, but it seems the bridge will read
a wireless signal and connect to Ethernet. A repeater, if I'm reading
correctly,
reads a wireless signal and rebroadcasts it stronger.
The
question that isn't clear though is how strong the various repeaters
reception capabilities are. If their range is about the same as normal WiFi
cards, they would be pointless.
Anyone
used these or have more info on them?
Thanks,
~Brad
-----Original Message-----
From:
[mailto:]On Behalf Of
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 9:43
AM
To:
Subject: Re:
lv-ab: Wireless internet?
Linksys has an 802.11 b/g?
bridge (wet11) that plugs into your ethernet port. Has must better
reception than my built in card, and since it is ethernet, you can
position up to 300' away from your computer (top of mast ?) connnected
by cable..... as far as I can tell, 802.11b has the best range,
maybe 300 - 500'....... you should use a stumbler program to catch and log
glimpses of networks, then you can move closer to them....
In a
message dated 6/25/04 4:09:43 AM, writes:
Anyone have any luck picking up free wireless internet
along the ICW from
NY-FL? If so, what kind of card? There
seems to be styles A, B, G. Do any
accept external antennas?
Lee
Haefele
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