[Sussex] Wifi wisdom required

[Richie Jarvis]

Steve Dobson wrote:

>>Considering that where I live has an upstairs and my sisters place is a
>>bungalow as is all ther other houses between I sould be able to get a line
>>of sight without to much problem. any idea what these antannas cost?
>>    
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>Never played with them.  Try Googling.
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>Richie may have a better idea - he is part of the Lewis WiFi group.
>
>Steve
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>
You shouldn't need directional antennas for that sort of distance, but 
it will certainly improve the signal strength at each end if you do.  
Steve and the others are right - line of sight is very important for the 
connection you are intending to setup.  Here is the sort of directional 
antenna we are talking about: 
http://www.solwise.co.uk/wireless-outdoorantenna-24-yagi-14yn.htm

My recommendation would be to purchase 2 access points with bridge 
facilities (such as the Pheenet WAP 454g - 
http://www.solwise.co.uk/wireless-wap-454g.htm), one of these goes at 
each end of the connection - these should go in the loft as close to the 
antenna location as possible.  Then put up a couple of antennas on each 
house - and this is the really really important bit - place the AP's as 
close to the antennas as possible - ideally within 2 metres.  The reason 
is that the cable and connectors used to connect the AP's to the 
antennas lose significant signal, and you end up with virtually nothing 
coming out of the antenna.

You will therefore need:

2 x AP
2 x Antenna
2 x Pigtails (convert the Pheenet plug to Antenna plug
4 metres of LMR400 cable (ish)
N-Type connectors, crimpers, etc

You can get this from Solwise, or, alternatively, contact us at 
snsfeeed.net - we have a shop, and can help you out with setting it all 
up (and crimping the connectors, etc!)

Hope that helps,

Richie.





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