Pre-n or not Pre-n

[Casey Halverson]

FYI,

Removing, adding, or modifying antennas with pre-n/n hardware is a bad
idea.

Beam forming is only possible by properly spaced antennas.  Putting two
random antennas at different phases with different lengths of coax is
asking for trouble.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev-bounces at seattlewireless.net 
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> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 7:09 AM
> To: dev at seattlewireless.net
> Subject: Pre-n or not Pre-n
> 
> I need to wifi a 110 acre hilly farm to provide access to two 
> other sites several hundred yards apart which cannot see each 
> other. (A can see B and C, but B and C cannot see each other) 
>  Some foilage is obstructing the view from A to B and C, but 
> using a patch antenna and gain omni a low speed connection 
> was made during a test.  They currently have one WRT54G and a 
> 10db FAB omni.
> 
> Do you get any benefit from pre-n equipment when only the AP 
> is pre- n and the clients are 801.11g/b?  Assuming you do, 
> which of the following systems would work better (or make one 
> up yourself)?
> 
> 1. Put a WRT54GX pre-n AP at point A (are the antennas removable? 
> It doesn't seem so), put a WRT54G with highest gain patch 
> antenna I can find at points B and C.
> 
> 2. Put a WRT54G(S) at all three locations.  Put high gain 
> omni at point A and high gain patches at points B and C.
> 
> Cost is a factor.  The network needs to be reliable and able 
> to run voip and hopefully a webcam.  I would like to mesh or 
> run WDS to provide general coverage over the area as much as 
> possible, but that is more of a side effect.  Providing 
> access to the two remote locations is the primary purpose.  I 
> picked the linksys boxes was because they are hackable, 
> inexpensive and I already have a few.
> 
> Suggestions?
> 
> 
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