[BAWUG] Greetings all

[Mike Walt]

Title: Greetings all

Greetings All!!

I am new to the wireless game so I was hoping someone could give me a little guidance on what direction I should take with my company. We currently have a Linksys WAP11 servicing our wireless needs,  currently some parts of our floor do not receive a signal (our floor is shaped like a doughnut and we have a nice concrete and steel elevator shaft that runs through the middle, it kills all signal to the other side where I have users at)  I have enquired at www.hyperlinktech.com because I thought I could mount an external antenna on that side of the building with roughly  30ft of cable to my LinksysWAP11 and it would solve all my issues but I may have been mistaken.  I was told by them “We have found that external antennas do not reliably extend the range of this device.” if this is true then will 2 WAP’s on either end of the building help? Is it possible to use 2 different types of antennas? (the standard rubber duck for those users close to the device and an external for those far away since that device has 2 antenna’s) The options are making my head spin!!!!


Thanks for any and all help.


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Michael K. Walt
Network Engineer
Houston Network Team
All Bases Covered
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