[EMAIL PROTECTED] [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > So this is a little off topic, but here it goes anyway. Has anyone done and > work attempting to push a 802.11b signal over a long distance. I'm thinking > of somewhere in the range of 200-300 meters (outdoors). Some antennas claim > they do this now but I would like 90% signal at 200-300 meters, not the > reduced 1 meg signal.
Two to three hundred meters is trivial for line-of-sight directionals, as many have pointed out. > My second questions refers to line of sight vs. a "blanket" signal. > Optimally I would like to have a blanket type signal projected for 200-300 > meters, not a line of sight (because I'd like to move around). That range is a bit more difficult to do with omnis. Just how much do you plan to move? If it's within a certain area, sector antennas are really the way to go. You get a pretty serious signal over a wide area. True omnis can get up there, but not quite what a sector can do. You'll definately need one on the outside of your location, though. Check out: http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/antennas_2400.html For good links for antennas: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/WirelessLinks > Has anyone played around with this? I am running 802.11b at the house but I > don't have any external antennas on my Orinoco access point. I haven't yet, but I just got my Linksys card installed with an external antenna. Planning on getting an antenna for the roof before too long. Mike -- "Yeah it is! Cause he's bakin' in the...kitchen of darkness! A pie of lost souls...until it's golden brown!" -- Moltar on Space Ghost GNUPG Key fingerprint = ACD2 2F2F C151 FB35 B3AF C821 89C4 DF9A 5DDD 95D1 GNUPG Key = http://www.enoch.org/mike/mike.pubkey.asc
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