But if I remember my KCL/KVL and Ohm's Laws, what if you use the 4 unused lines in a standard PoE as the positive voltage rail and the shielding (assuming this is a shielded cat5) as the ground) to help reduce equivalent line resistance?
Aka "four heads...err...lines are better than one" idea.
G.
Joel Jaeggli wrote:
we do 100 meters on the cisco 48volt poe gear...
joelja
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Jon from Nova Wireless wrote:
PoE and wet11's are good friends... anyone got what they feel would be a distance record on their PoE rig? about 40' is my pathetic record w/ a wap11 2.2. I've gone 55' w/ no problem on a wet11 and the wap11 1.1's draw less power than the 2.2's as well. anyone else got experience on homebrew PoE stuff we haven't (or have) seen before?
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WHAT!? BUYING a pre-made PoE!? That's....that's....so un-DIY. :p Besides, if you were to make your own (say with a 12-15V or a 6-12V source, you can always implement your own gel-cell (lead-acid) battery UPS backup.
G.
Michael Skowvron wrote:
Jon from Nova Wireless wrote:
dwl900AP+'s work well as AP's, but I've had real trouble with them as clients.
That's interesting and not surprising. I've tried various APs (SMC, DLink, Netgear, Linksys) in "client" mode and couldn't get any of them to work reliably.
I was assuming that when bamg7777 said that he wanted to connect 2 houses, that he was going to use point-to-point bridging mode, not AP/Client mode. Point-to-point bridging mode, in my experience, is vastly more stable and reliable than AP/Client mode.
If AP/Client mode is required and you have to minimize your expense or channel usage, I would consider the Linksys WET11 as the client instead of the WAP11.
On the topic of power of ethernet for these devices, the D-Link PoE product works well for the Linksys gear, too.
Michael
the best "po' mans wifi" I've seen across any distance consisted of DWL900AP+ as AP and wap11 2.2 or 2.6 as clientAP's connecting clients
or
redistributing through additional front side AP's. Low latency even on slightly marginal links. good reassociation after fade/head-end reboot functionality (really important to start off wisp). in all honesty the wap11 1.1's with 1_4j_1 firmware connected to DWL900AP+ headend works amazing. I have required really low "customer intervention" since I standardized my environment to the above components only. I know it sounds strange, but my orinoco silver card caused more trouble to my linksys environment than you would believe. I would monitor my network all day from work and no trouble. it was only when I would get home at night that things would flake out and get weird. I doubt this is a
flaw
with orinoco or linksys really, more of an interoperation thing that noone really bothers to repair. either way: once I got rid of that card all things converged and things are working great. at least until the
leaves
come back on the trees. :)
anbody know a source for cheap wap11 ver1.1's?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Skowvron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "bamg7777" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 10:37 AM Subject: Re: [BAWUG] connecting 2 linksys WAP11 - which antenna
A lot of people seem to recommend grids and yagis, but I really like
the
performance that I've been getting with panel antennas.
http://www.winningimages.com/cat-net/wireless.html#panel
If the path is line-of-sight with no obstructions, you should be able
to
have a solid link even with the small 5" panel. The 13 would give you
a
lot more fade margin, but it's probably not necessary.
Do you already have the WAP's? I have to agree with everyone else because I've got experience with them. Try to avoid them. Currently,
the
D-Link 900AP+ seems to have very stable firmware and I would recommend them if you want to build something that doesn't flake out on you.
Michael
bamg7777 wrote:
I am attempting to connect 2 houses that are about 2000 feet apart. Maybe 2500. I am going to put a WAP11 at each site. It is the
802.11b
version. Which antenna would you suggest?
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