[Wylug-help] OT: 200m Wifi Link

[James Holden]

On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 09:42:38PM +0000, Roger wrote:
> James Holden wrote:
[snip]
> 
> Hi James,
> 
> I'm a "WiFi God" (to quote the site you cite) - I've just done some for 
> the very first time, so assume this is coming from the rear entrance... 
>  <vbg>
> 
> I just bought an Edimax/Wireless-G wireless switch/access point from CCL 
> for ?30.55.  That claims an unobstructed range of 100m with the supplied 
> aerial (an omni-directional dipole), so I'd guess that with directional 
> ones, 200m would be fine (in theory, 12 dB should multiply the distance 
> by about 4).  The other advantage of the directional ones is that the 
> signal should be harder to sniff by hackers.  The same supplier and 
> manufacturer do the same thing, but without the 4-port switch, for 
> ?28.55 inc. VAT.  They both have web-based configuration, WEP and WPA2 
> and MAC address security, so stand a chance of being reasonably secure.
> 
> That would absorb about 50% of your budget...
> 
> Details at 
> http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=5376&category_id=155&manufacturer_id=0
> 
> Hope that helps...
> 
> Roger

Hi Roger,

Thanks for that.... it's a permanent installation and that AP does have
a detachable antenna, so it looks ideal for use with a root-mounted
aerial.

Cheers,

James


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