Hello everyone! I apologize for making my first post a request for help...seems kinda lame to me. But I'll stick around for a while and try to help others if I can.
Is it possible to wire 2 yagis together? Some friends and I have built a wireless network in our neighborhood. The general idea can be found at http://www.jeffvannest.com/pictures/pictures_db_cache/Neighborhood%20WAN .jpg Currently, the antennas we're using are different than the graphic describes. The multipoint bridge uses a 5.2dBi Cisco (Cushcraft) Omni, but the other 2 antennas are a ~13.5dBi homemade yagi (http://www.cawnet.org/antenna/) and a 19dBi Hyperlink reflector grid (http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/hg2419g.php). Houses are max 800ft apart, where the multipoint bridge is in the center, and the other 2 homes are about 60 degrees apart. According to specs, we should be running *well* within specs for this hardware, but I think we're having an interference problem, since even my 2.4Ghz office phone can cause the bridged locations to loose significant packets. So we're wondering is if it's possible to build 2 more 13.5dBi yagis and wire them together (each pointing at a client bridge antenna) as a replacement for the 5.2 omni. We're using a WAP11, so we could put a yagi on each antenna post, but I understand that's not quite proper for our implementation. Our biggest problem is that I can't find instructions on how to build a simple antenna with a 60 degree beam width, and I can't afford a commercial one! Thanks for your thoughts!! Jeff Vannest -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
