On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 14:10 -0500, Steve Barnes wrote: > Josh, What kind of distance can you get with a good line of site on 5.8 and > a 19dbi panel?
Line of sight is certainly a requirement for 5.8GHz, sort of. By that, I mean, it depends on exactly what the obstacle is. For a small cell site, you can usually get away with some obstacles if it is in town, because you'll get some reflections, which can be useful to 802.11a to some extent. Trees/foliage create a different scenario. They are BAD, but not much worse (a little worse) than 2.4GHz. Either way, LOS is much better. -- ******************************************************************** * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* * http://www.butchevans.com/ * Network Engineering * * http://www.wispa.org/ * WISPA Board Member * * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * ******************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
