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Old 10-28-2002, 04:44 PM
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Post wireless Range

Anyone know the usabel range for the wireless technologies. I have a run between buildings. I am not able to run a connection between the buildings. I think I will need an air bridge, but am looking for ideas.
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Old 10-28-2002, 06:23 PM
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The range with the standard equipment is exaggerated by all suppliers. Divide their claims by 3 for more realism. Also outside inteference is a factor. rain, trees, wet trees much worse.

But anything is possible if you choose suitable equipment.

D-Link for example make high gain anntenna for their equipment to extend range. See here (bottom of linked page):
http://www.dlink.com/products/Digita...1bWireless.htm

Or Linksys do similar.

There is a forum here that has some range discussions:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/rema...wlan~mode=flat
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Old 10-29-2002, 08:43 AM
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how about using enterprise level equipment like orinoco so you can actually use external amps and its rated for business enviornments, unlink crap like dlink and linksys.
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