 Smith6612
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united state
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| Not bad.... There's always a Cantenna or a Satellite dish antenna for distance though :P. But if they are able to make a router this strong, they have to make sure that it can break through lots of buildings AND it can provide some pretty quick speeds. That'd make it a nice money making opportunity, but given that all of those Wi-Fi projects out there seem to fail, wouldn't count on it anyways. | |
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knightmb
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN | range can be done already using stock 1 to 2 Mbps at 1.2 miles? Am I reading this right? I had setup some DD-WRT Linksys WRT54G routers that did 1.2 miles at nearly 11 mbps using the stock antenna? And they wonder why sales are lacking? | |
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knightmb
join:2003-12-01
Franklin, TN
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May 28th, @09:50AM
| Re: range can be done already using stock
Ropers Knob Range Test |
1.2 miles isn't really that far away, this was done in the middle of the city where I know plenty of other wi-fi devices would cause interference along the way.
2 dBi antenna to boot, could have been even better had I bought some cheap 7 dBi antenna on e-bay. The 1.2 mile range has to be a typo of some kind right?
[Edit: Added image to illustrate, this is probably closer to 6,000 feet, so it's only 1.1 miles, but I think everyone gets my point. In all fairness, the weather was excellent and it was clear line of sight all the way.] | |
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tater_gunz
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Toledo, OH | Re: range can be done already using stock I'm curious -- what was the actual, usable throughput of your setup?
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Normal, IL | Re: If it walks like a duck.... "Wifi never is/was/will be meant for long distances"
Not true! Our company has three locations spread out in our town 4.5 miles is the furthest. We got some Motorola PTP600 radios and are doing 300Mbps | |
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wifi4milez
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| Re: If it walks like a duck.... said by verboten  :"Wifi never is/was/will be meant for long distances" Not true! Our company has three locations spread out in our town 4.5 miles is the furthest. We got some Motorola PTP600 radios and are doing 300Mbps Again, I said it was never meant for long distances. In small applications, with limited users, wifi can be used however thats not what it was intended for. The technology just doesnt scale well enough to be used for a substantial roll out, and thats why all the municipal wifi operations have failed miserably.
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join:2006-01-10
Buffalo, NY | Can Anyone Do Coverage..... Using an omni to blanket an area at this distance?
It seems as if everyone is talking about PtP links...am I correct?
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