[TriLUG] [OT] long range WAPs

[Greg Brown]

Excellent point, Magnus.  The maximum combination of gain and amp for a
point-to-multipoint solution is 6 dbi of antenna gain with a 1 watt
amplifier.

Problem is outdoor 6dbi antennas are uncommon, at least they aren't as
common as 7 dbi antennas.  I use 7dbi antennas and 1 watt amps with enough
signal bleed on my long antenna cables to bring the signal within spec.

Greg

On 4/23/07, Magnus <magnus at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> Greg Brown wrote:
> > 1000' shouldn't be a problem though I would suggest going with an
> amplifier
> > out of the gate rather then a high(er) gain antenna and no amp.
>
>
> Before messing around with amplifying 802.11, you might want to ping
> your local ham radio club and ask for some guidance.  It would be very
> easy to exceed legal limits with a combination of amplifier and antenna,
> and your signal will end up unnecessarily stepping all over other people
> who are working within legal limits.
>
> There is a subset of the amateur radio community, also, that takes great
> pleasure in "fox hunting" ... in other words, they notice someone is
> operating a WAP waaaay too hot, hunt it down, and file a very detailed
> complaint with the FCC against you.
>
> Better to run into hams the friendly way. :)
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