Hi, I'm trying to come up with a solution that enables med send signals over the top of a small hill, and down the other side.
http://gargamel.insomnica.net/div/wlanWithMarkers_large.Jpg It's about 550 meters (0.34 miles) from the accesspoint to the hill, and another 70 meter (230 feet) or so down to the client on the other side. We can't mount any repeating accesspoints on anything on the top of the hill, since we don't know anyone of the people who live there. But one nice man said that we could mount a repeater in the trees. (Near the longest north facing green line). I have heard that it's possible to use passive repeaters, built from two antennas of some kind, connected by a piece of coax. It's supposed to work, but cut the signal strength in half. Has anyone tried this, and will it actually work? We have anyone tried a passive repeater before? Oh, and one other ting.. Is it safe to put an antenna with accesspoint up in a tree, higher than the highest point of the house. And then connect that accesspoint to your home network. What happens when a lightning strikes? Should I try to make some sort of ground connection, by driving a metal pole into the ground and connect that to a wire that goes up the tree, higher than the antenna? Or am I just being paranoid? :) Comments appreciated.. Oh, and also feel free to comment on this antenna design :) http://gargamel.insomnica.net/div/outdoorDoublequad/ Best regards, Christian Moen, Norway -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
