Re: AP hardware recommendation

You drop off faster since the radiation from the antenna is 30% above 
horizon most likely.  Try tilting your antenna down toward where you 
need more signal.

Cheers,
Cliff

On Jun 22, 2004, at 6:05 PM, Florin Andrei wrote:

> On Tue, 2004-06-22 at 16:54, Jason Chang wrote:
>
>> I think it is better to worry about computing your "total path loss"
>> rather than getting fired up on the biggest loudest talker.  Also 
>> consider
>> an external antenna, either omni or directional.  (ergo what are you
>> trying to accomplish?)
>
> Think - large house, spread out horizontally, with a pool nearby and a
> party area. The WiFi field should cover the outdoors areas, but also 
> get
> to the inside.
> The total area is not perfectly circular, but almost.
>
> I put the AP on top of the building (it's a one-story thing), not in 
> the
> center of the total area, but about 1/3 to one edge. It's reaching fine
> to the rooms underneath and to the areas nearby, but the strength
> decreases rapidly. In any case, decreases much faster than i've been
> made to believe from the specs.
> I figured i probably need an AP three times more powerful.
>
>> To answer your question: On APs, I like the Orinocos.  Maybe you can 
>> eval
>> your needs via this link?
>> http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/HardwareComparison
>
> Well, what i need is something much more powerful, and kinda
> omnidirectional.
>
> Behind the AP there's a dual-homed Linux box acting as a traffic
> controller (provides authentication and whatnot).
>
> -- 
> Florin Andrei
>
> http://florin.myip.org/
>
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