Long Range WiFi Hardware?

[philthy]

Me too, loved the pics.
Thanks for the solwise link, will be useful I'm sure.

let us know the outcome.

Phil

[TheExcession]

Here's a pic of the network, at the moment I have everthing do upto Eileens. I went up to my Dad's place tonight and was able to just detect her Access Point, though the signal strength was not quite strong enough to post a thread here

Looks like we'll need the AP at Ryans before I can get around the hill.




Edited to say, Damn Fotango really suck for that pic, mail me if you wanna see it in greater detail.

best
Ex

[TeamD]

Does your e-mail work Ex? Or didn't you expect me to be me?

[TheExcession]

TeamD said:

Does your e-mail work Ex? Or didn't you expect me to be me?

My e-mail should be working but I didn't see anything come back from you, unless the spm eater swallowed it.

Perhaps you could send it again.

cheers

[TeamD]

Done, from a different account just in case. Unless I'm on your kill list

>> Edited by TeamD on Monday 9th May 15:49

[catretriever]

Very interesting reading this. I hope no-one minds me hijacking the thread for a related topic...

I have recently installed a couple of wirelss security camera's which run on the 2.4GHz band and work reasonably well. However, one of the camera's is just out of range. The question is, am I right in thinking that I could potentially boost the reception (can't change the transmitter) with one of these YAGI antenna thingies....


any help greatly appreciated

[roop]

Yes, it'll increase the range dramatically. You still need line of sight though. Make sure the cable connecting antenna to receiver is a short as possible (ie: 30cm long as opposed to 3m long). Run longer a/v cables from the receiver to tv/monitor/multiplexer if you have to.

HTH,

Roop

catretriever said:

The question is, am I right in thinking that I could potentially boost the reception (can't change the transmitter) with one of these YAGI antenna thingies....

[catretriever]

Cheers roop,

I'll ship one in and see how it goes.
Does 'line of sight' include trees/hedges, or do those elctro-magnetic devils whizz right through the flora?

Matt

[roop]

You're welcome Matt,

Any trees, shrubs or other plants are a particular problem as they have a high water content and water is highly opaque to 2.4GHz. If there is such stuff in the way, it's just a case of testing and seeing how it goes.

Roop

catretriever said:

Cheers roop, I'll ship one in and see how it goes. Does 'line of sight' include trees/hedges, or do those elctro-magnetic devils whizz right through the flora? Matt