On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Frank wrote:
> > One of the most critical components of any wireless setup is cabling and > connectors. Use cheap connectors and coax and you'll seriously limit the > range and quality of your network. yes, I've seen people trying to use rg58 and rg59 (CB and cable TV coax) for 802.11, oh the horrors.... > Cabling and connector cost often exceeds the cost of antennas and other > equipment. Sometimes. > Use N connectors and double shielded cable everywhere. Normally LMR > cable. I like to use LMR 240 for cable runs 3 feet or less. LMR 400 or > larger for anything longer. The problem that I find most annoying is the fact that you can't get MMCX connectors for larger diameter cable, so you have to make a short pigtail, and then connect to a larger diameter cable with connectors that are common to both. This leads to loss, i've heard a rule of thumb of 1 dB. > Better yet, mount the equipment with the antenna and use the short cables > and that will minimize the cable loss. This will be more important in 802.11a installations: cable losses are higher at higher frequencies. In addition, amplifiers are more expensive, and Line-Of-Sight is more important on these bands. -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
