Re: 11dBi and 75 feet

On 19-Nov-2002 Peter Pham wrote:
> I have a d-link 614+ and I just recently mounted a 11dBi 90 degree vertical
> sector panel antenna
> http://www.superpass.com/SPDG13F.html  I am merely trying to get the signal
> across the street to my
> neighbor which is no more than 75 feet across.  The antenna is mounted to my
> roof pointing to his
> house, he is on the second floor.  I can't seem to get a reliable consistent
> signal, It peaks at
> 75-100 but drops to zero intermittently.  He has winxp so he has to
> constantly click on the icon
> tray to re-enable the network.  Am I doing something wrong?  The d-link
> doesn't allow me to turn off
> the other antenna, which has the stock rubber duck small antenna, could this
> be the cause?  Please
> help.  I would think 11dBi and that short distance would work..
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Peter

Does the other end have a similar antenna? If not you may have an inbalance
in the link budget. Whilst you have lots of TX and RX gain, if the
signal from your neighbour has dropped into the noise then it doesn't
matter.

D

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