Re: Using a DirectTV antenna for a WiFi link?
crispin <[email protected]>
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Using a setup like this about what kind of shape coverage you might get, anyone have an idea? Would it be more or less directional than a waveguide "cantenna" alone? On Dec 23, 2004, at 12:41 PM, Matt Westervelt wrote: > http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/Airport/Primestar/Primestar.html > > Cheers. > -matt > > On Dec 23, 2004, at 12:27 PM, Dennis wrote: > >> All, >> >> I'm trying to establish an 802.11b WiFi link from my house to a >> friends house about 1300 feet away. There are a number of trees >> between us. Last winter, I made two cantennas and with them we were >> able to get 3 bars out of 5 but later, when the trees filled in in >> the spring, the signal dropped too low to be viable. >> >> I've read that someone used a TV dish antenna - it was a DirectTV >> antenna or something similar - to send WiFi signal through trees and >> brush and had a lot of luck with his setup. So, I bought a garage >> sale DirectTV antenna and I'm ready to set it up. But first, I've >> got some questions I'm hoping someone would be willing to help me >> with. >> >> 1. Any reason why a DirectTV dish antenna would not work for this >> application? >> >> 2. Has anyone seen a how to setup a WiFi link with a DirectTV antenna >> document on the web? If it exists, I'd rather learn from it than >> invent the wheel again. >> >> * Assuming the idea is viable and there is no 'how-to' document out >> there, then I propose to set things up as follows: >> >> (in this description, I'm referring to the web page at >> http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/cantennahowto.html so I can use >> cantenna terminology that folks will recognize) >> >> - I've got an N-type female chassis-mount connector that I made for a >> cantenna but never used. I want to use it for my Probe. As >> recommended in the article, the wire on my probe sticks out >> approximately 1.21". >> >> - I'm going to use a short pig-tail (12" or so) from the Probe to my >> AP (an RG-1000 or an Airport Base station). >> >> - The AP will be weather sealed in a Tupperware container or >> something similar. I've got AC power and CATS to the antenna's >> mounting site. >> >> * Now for some questions: >> >> 3. I assume that the outer metal part of the N-Chassis connector >> should be electrically connected to the metal of the DirectTV >> antenna. Is that right? >> >> 4. The antenna itself will be mounted on a PVC pipe so it will not be >> connected to true ground. Is that OK? >> >> 5. I'm also assuming that I should place my probe at the same focal >> point the DirectTV antenna's original probe used. Is that right? >> >> 6. Should I position the probe's wire vertically or horizontally? >> >> 7. I have a second DirectTV antenna I could set up at his end but I >> thought I'd see if just one at my end would suffice first. >> Thoughts? >> >> Dennis Gallagher >> >> Woods Creek Wholesale Nursery >> Monroe, WA >> >> www.woodscreeknursery.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ > Talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ Talk mailing list [email protected] http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk