Keep in mind that the 100mW rated output of the AirPoint (indoor) includes the little 2.2db antenna. Output of all of the SB radios is only 65mW. I don't know what the output of the AP-1000 is, but if it's more than 65mW then that would explain the difference.
Kevin Summers KISTech Internet Services Inc. www.kistech.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Banes > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 12:35 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Distance and Links > > > At one of our troublesome hotspots, most of the clients are using Orinoco > cards. A while back while playing with a Airbridge I found that the > airbridge could associate with access points the Orinoco card did not even > see. The AirBridge certainly has a good receiver. > > At that time we were using an AP-1000 for our Access point. We > moved on to a > Mikrotik with internal 200mw prism2 card and now have a Mikrotik with > SmartBridges AirPoint. My gut feeling at this location is that the Orinoco > card, talking to the AP-1000 offered the best performance under marginal > conditions. Marginal conditions meaning low signal level, > multipath, trees, > and other obstructions at the hotspot. Unfortunately, because these are > mobile clients, an airbridge is not really a viable solution. > > I am not quite sure why the airPoint doesn't seem to perform quite as well > as the AP-1000 (and I have to admit there isn't much difference). > > John > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Summers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 10:00 AM > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Distance and Links > > > > > > As for receiving signal. I've been able to pick up 43% RSSI with > > my laptop INSIDE our workshop which is 3/4 of a mile from our tower. > > We of course can't associate with the AP because the laptop card > > doesn't have enough power to get signal back to the tower, but it's > > still fairly impressive. > > > > Our tower has an AirPoint Indoor, 85 feet of LMR400, 500mW AMP, a > > band pass filter, and a Maxrad 14db 90* sector antenna. > > > > Kevin Summers > > KISTech Internet Services Inc. > > www.kistech.com > > > > > > ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- > Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV > http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > smartBridges <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type > unsubscribe smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
