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[EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] hallway
installations
Mathew,
Have you tried using "leaky coaxial" antennas?
Mark
Mark RobersonAssistant Director, UCC
I suggest that you invest in a number of antennas of different designs & do some
testing. We found
that the best omni-directional antenna (by a good bit) in several of our similar
installations
turned out to be a high gain directional antenna. The gain out the sides far surpassed
the omnis
that
Just a little fuel for the fire:
Leaky coax sucks at 2.4GHz. Regardless of the signal
radiated thru the braided shield, the attenuation of
the coax cable is the same as what an equivalent piece
of fully shielded coax would be over the same distance.
It's a big long leaky attenuator, not a big lon
Hi Tracy, I would love to hear more about the leaky coax solution. We
use leaky coax for our FM radio transmissions within buildings and it
works very well. Considering the carrier (2.4ghz) I would have thought
leaky coax for wireless would have been tricky... can you send me an
email with some d
I ran into this at a college in Newport RI that I worked at this summer.
We discovered that we could get decent coverage by placing the APs on
the office-side of the hallway wall, because the walls separating the
offices were of much thinner construction that the hallway walls.
Matt Ashfield (UNB)
Hi Tracey,
Could you please give a little more detail on leaky coax? We want to add
wireless to our residential areas, which are basically concrete jungles,
and are looking for solutions that can penetrate both the hallways and
the rooms.
Also, what are people doing about secure enclosures in stude
We use the omni approach. Covers it quite well. One thing to remember,
though, is that an omni coverage pattern creates a coverage "bubble".
So, in multi-floor installations, you have to plan accordingly and
stagger the antenna placements so that you're not over-covering one
location on each floo
Matt,
We have had good success with leaky coax.
Tracy Wheatley
Cascade Networks Inc.
Authorized Canopy Solution Provider
Certified Redline Communications Expert
1324 Vandercook Way
Longview WA, 98632
Office 360-414-5990
Cell 360-636-4565
Fax 360-414-5991
www.lastmilegear.com
www.cascadenetworks.ne
Matt Ashfield (UNB) wrote:
Hi,
I'm wondering what people are doing for installing wireless in buildings
where it is mainly offices off of a long hallway. This is something that
needs to be done where I am, but I want to get the best coverage possible to
all offices. An omni directional antenna wo
