I set my cpe at 15dbm power, and use 18 db antennas. I have found this adequate for up to 18 miles.
What do you need 400 mw for? North East Oregon Fastnet, LLC 509-593-4061 personal correspondence to: mark at neofast dot net sales inquiries to: purchasing at neofast dot net Fast Internet, NO WIRES! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Nash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] $100 CPE? > No kidding...ease of installation at the expense of # of potential clients > per sector. Sometimes there is a reason things cost. Everything, and I > mean EVERYTHING has a price. If you're not paying for it here, you're > paying for it somewhere else. > > Mark Nash > Network Engineer > UnwiredOnline.Net > 350 Holly Street > Junction City, OR 97448 > http://www.uwol.net > 541-998-5555 > 541-998-5599 fax > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Koskenmaki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 10:22 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] $100 CPE? > > > > > > Just what we need: A 400 mw device, that spews noise across most of the > > spectrum, coupled to a 12 db 60 degree wide beam antenna. Talk about > > blasting noise big time. > > > > {{ sigh }} > > > > > > > > North East Oregon Fastnet, LLC 509-593-4061 > > personal correspondence to: mark at neofast dot net > > sales inquiries to: purchasing at neofast dot net > > Fast Internet, NO WIRES! > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > - > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 9:07 AM > > Subject: RE: [WISPA] $100 CPE? > > > > > > > I am sure Charles and some are you are thinking the same thing I am on > the > > > 400mW unit, something just does not add up when manufactures are doing > the > > > same power and the cost of the card is the more then the cost of the > full > > > unit! I have not see this exact board but I have see a RTl8186 design > that > > > looks just like this one that's 80mW-100mW where the software was > changed > > to > > > output 400mW. When you use a basic power meter the "AVERAGE" power was > > 400mW > > > but this is a false positive. With this setup the true power output of > the > > > DSSS channel did not go up very much. What did go up was the side lobes > > (2nd > > > to 5th!) where on channel 6 it took up a full 70Mhz where is can only > use > > > 20Mhz! An basic average power meter looks at the full band when taking a > > > power reading which is confusing if you do not have a SA to back up the > > > info. > > > > > > > -- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
