I can't think of an obvious way to make this work. I haven't tried it
but some possible issues come to mind:
1) What central point? Wireless chipsets generally support only 2
antennas in one location - there are technologies like phased array
now being used in access points, that switch between >2 directional
antennas to choose the best one, but I don't think you could just
take one of those access points and wire up, say, five external
antennas. Besides, putting all those antennas far apart would
probably totally confuse the radios on both ends of the link because
you'd have vastly different delays to each antenna.
2) Cable loss - I believe for 802.11 you actually lose more going
down the cable that you do once it's in the air. Unless the cable is
letting you overcome some major line-of-sight obstacle, you may
actually be losing performance by extending it long distances.
3) cost - why bother? Antennas can be made cheaply if you have the
time, but low-loss microwave cable with good connectors is not cheap
at all. A whole access point can be had for less than you might pay
just for the pigtail connector that goes from the card to the cable -
something you'd probably have to replace anyway when you upgrade the
access point.
On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:50 PM, Kevin O. Lepard wrote:
This is a bit off topic, but I was wondering if anyone has placed
multiple antennas around their house and routed them back to a
central point as a way of providing WiFi coverage instead of
putting multiple access points around the house. It seems like
this would save you having to upgrade a bunch of access points
whenever b goes to g to n (or i or whatever is next).
Any thoughts on this? Anyone tried it?
Kevin
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