Brian, I too wrestle with WAP11's for multi-mile links, the longest being five miles. When you say the link is "painfully slow" I assume you are meaning speeds in the tens of kilobits/sec. I think the problem is likely to be one of signal strength or interference. Have you monitored the percentage of dropped packets for send and receive from the WAP11's status tab? 90 percent or more of your packets may be dropped, cutting your speed to a crawl. If the problem is a power issue, using the hyperlinktech product may not help as it transmits about the same power as a WAP11. The receiver sensitivity specification was not mentioned so it may be better than an WAP11 in that regard.
Here are a few issues to consider: How much power loss are you getting from your antenna cable? Have you tried changing the polarization of your antennas, (e.g. horz to vert, vert to horz) If I understand the FCC rules correctly, the 35 milliwatt output of a WAP11 used point-to-point with 24dbi antennas can be amplified by 8 db to 250 milliwatts and still be legal. More applification can be added to compensate for antenna cable losses. I think an amplifier would solve your speed problem. Regards, Loren Zemenick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brian Taylor Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 9:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BAWUG] Need recommendation for wireless bridge unit About 3 weeks ago I posed a question on this forum about a wireless bridge. I have set up a wireless bridge using two Linksys WAP11's over a 10 mile link using a couple 24dBi antennas that I am certain have the proper height needed. The connection functions, but is painfully slow. Several people responded stating they believed it was a timing issue that is probably not correctable using simple devices like the WAP11's. So I have decided to purchase new bridge units, but I am hoping someone can recommend some good units for me. Cost is a strong factor since this link is for a small school district to get decent internet speed to a school in a very small community that has only dial-up available. I was hoping someone may have some experience with this device http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/h-soho.php as it is within our budget and from the product description, it appears will do the job we need. If anyone has any other reasonably priced bridges they have had good luck with, I would like to hear about those too. Thank You, Brian Taylor Technology Coordinator, Waconda USD #272 -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
