truemobile
join:2002-02-06
Danbury, CT
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Re: [wireless] How to?: Long range 802.11g
I have achieved a distance in excess of 500' line of sight... but not with linksys. Using a Zywall 10W with the aforementioned Engenius EL 2511 CD PLUS (the extended range 200mW PCMCIA card plugged into the Zywall). At 500' signal strength is 42-46% (this with a regular Dell TrueMobile card). If I wanted to gain an extra couple of hundred feet I'd try to put another extended range card into my laptop.
There are cards such as the Engenius which are designed to add range to wireless for laptop users. Linksys unfortunately doesn't make such a card (heck any card providing more than 100mW isn't Wi-Fi certifiable, the limit is 100mW for Wi-Fi cert, but 1000mW per the FCC on the spectrum). Engenius solves this in a way by making 2 versions of the card, one Wi-Fi certified but limited to 100mW (the non-PLUS) and the 200mW version which is identical in all respects but power output.
Before going to additional access points and what not, consider just slapping in an extended range card (there are other 200mW cards for laptops, you can avoid Engenius/Senao if you wish). These ARE the laptop solution for extending range  |
