Dish -> Omni Antenna?

[Stephen Ronan]

I'm curious about the two 15 dbi omnis on your roof now. 15 dbi is 
extraordinarily high gain for a 2.4 GHz omni, isn't it? Do you know what 
model they are? Are they connected to two separate devices operating on 
different channels?
You mentioned that with a laptop you could get the signal about half way 
between the two houses. If that's a hundred feet away from a relatively 
high gain antenna on the roof, while you're on the gound, you may be 
well underneath the strongest signal. Up on the neighbor's roof at about 
the same level as the first antenna, it's quite possible that the signal 
would be better than on the ground half way between the houses and maybe 
you wouldn't need a highly directional antenna. You might be able to use 
say an 8 dbi omni <http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/hg2408u.php> 
connected to an AP configured as a repeater, which might cover the 
neighbor's yard pretty well, and at least some of the house underneath 
the antenna.
Though if you want to extend coverage with addional device(s) inside his 
house, it'd make sense to think in terms of bridges, as Fred mentioned.
If you decide to use devices in bridged mode, and a directional antenna 
on the neighbor's house, I've been satisfied with this model of a 15 dbi 
grid reflector antenna:
http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/hg2415g.php
And I see they have this model with higher gain, which I haven't used.
http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/hg2419g.php
I've used this one at 24 dbi and been happy with the results
http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/hg2408u.php
but wouldn't recommend it for your purpose, it's not easily to mount 
effectively (it catches a lot of wind and is hard to secure) and would 
be overkill.
If you find an omni doesn't do the trick, a Yagi like the MAXRAD WISP 
Series 15 dBi might be worth considering if the neighbor's AP is 
configured as a repeater and you want one antenna there that will both 
get through the intervening trees and also provide pretty good coverage 
in the vicinity of the neighbor's house. Those Yagis provide 
surprisingly decent signal all around themselves in addition to their 
main beam. I've found them for about $50-$65
BTW, if you haven't had a chance to watch it this videotaped workshop is 
terrific:
http://www.bc3.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=2
    - Steve

my.lists at gomelby.com wrote:

>Oh, one more thing. Once I pulled the signal in with the Linksys AP
>(WAP54G) and the dish, how would I repeat it back out through an omni
>antenna? The Linksys AP does have two antenna ports. I guess one port
>could be the dish and the other the omni? Currently the AP is setup as a
>repeater, would that work? Sorry for all of the questions.
>
>Thank you in advance,
>
>Matt
>
>Well, they are a few tree's in the way. Right now I get half way to his
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>>house with a laptop. Might need an amplifier?
>>
>>Matt
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>>>Yes. If you can see him he can see you. But with the introduction of
>>>such
>>>an antenna into the system you need to be careful that you don't
>>>inadvertently introduce a near-far sort of problem - the dish will, of
>>>course, have much higher EIRP than the omnis.
>>>
>>>dgl
>>>
>>>On Thursday, July 06, 2006, at 10:16AM, <my.lists at gomelby.com> wrote:
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>>>>Hello,
>>>>
>>>>Currently I have two 15db omni antenna's on top of my house and want to
>>>>put my neighbor on my LAN (he is across the street probably 200 feet
>>>>away). Is it possible to point a parabolic dish towards an omni
>>>>directional signal and pick it up? Or do I have to have two dish's?
>>>>
>>>>Thank you,
>>>>
>>>>Matt
>>>>
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