John Kim wrote: > Can anyone recommend wireless bridge that consumes very little power? > Socalfreenet's favorite, the D-Link DWL-810 consumes about 10 watts, > judging by the rating of the external power supply. I was hoping for > something far less than 10 watts.
Note that in general the power supply will only give you a worst case idea of the power consumption. I doubt that the power approaches anything like 10 watts, but the only way to know for sure is to measure it (both under load and idle). Not that I'm suggesting the old kit is a good solution... cheers, michael > Also, we'll put a directional antennas on the bridge and on the > wireless router at the other end. Can you recommend suitable antennas? > The antennas will be outdoor, about 200 yards apart with clear > line-of-sight. Lots of antennas etc at www.wlanparts.com and www.netgate.com, amongst others. Its rarely a bad idea to have a directional antenna, but for that sort of distance you likely won't need a directional at all, depending on what interference/other AP traffic you're likely to have. cheers, michael -- Michael Mee 858-531-0735 www.socalfreenet.org _______________________________________________ SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List To unsubscribe, please visit: http://socalfreenet.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_socalfreenet.org
