Does anyone know about a signal indicating device (field strength meter) that could hook to the coaxial output of the parabolic antenna and allow for alignment based on "maximum smoke" from the meter? That would make it easier to do these alignments in the future for the person buying the meter, as well as experimentation with antenna gain in the real-world (read: tweaking a can-tenna).
$200 plus the AP's, but you can get the AP's cheap too...waterproof enclosures for them, sine they are on the antenna as well would be part of the investment. Richard N6GPP On 7/31/07, Don Tran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Did I read his (Jeffrey's post wrong), > > he said, he needs to go 1/4 mile, right? there is 5280 feet in a mile, so > /4 = 1320' > > then why are people mentioning 200 & 300'. > > any way, from the site ccrane that another member sent in here is a > parabolic antenna > that will suit your needs for $89 x 2, right > > > http://www.ccrane.com/antennas/wifi-antennas/point-to-point-wifi-antenna.aspx > > you might need to laser sight to bet an accurante reading, and obviously > try it at night, > > Doh, didn't some one try this a year or two ago from this group or was it > another group, brain fart here > > Don > > > On 7/30/07, Frank Keeney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I've found that 802.3af POE seems to work fine up to 300' > > > > Years ago I did an install of a Cisco Access Point with POE to almost > > 320' > > 9beyond the Ethernet spec.), it worked very well. > > > > Frank Keeney > > Blog: http://www.unwiredadventures.com > > Work: http://www.wlanparts.com > > Photos: http://snurl.com/unwirephotos > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Close > > > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 7:44 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [SOCALWUG] Re: establishing a WiFi link > > > > > > > > > Mike Burgess wrote: > > > > > > >Attach your AP directly to the DISH with a coupler, and power over > > > >ethernet. > > > > Not sure how to get ethernet 200feet. > > > > > > As others have noted, Ethernet can easily handle 200 feet. > > > But PoE might > > > be a different story. If your antenna-end equipment doesn't > > > provide for > > > PoE but only needs low voltage, you can get a pair of PoE > > > adapters fairly > > > cheap. Put one on one end to put output of the power brick > > > onto the wire > > > and one on the other end to take it back off. But there will > > > be current > > > loss over that distance so you may have to start with a > > > higher voltage. > > > Measure to be sure. > > > > > > I don't see why Jeffrey needs a computer at the antenna end. > > > An AP should > > > be quite enough (though some APs are essentially small computers). > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
