Wireless Service Providers → Re: IWE1150 question

szern,

They were ~60 in 10packs. I've played with a few atmel chipsets and the problem has been that they were selective in what they were clients to. Is this one universal and do you know the receive sensitivity?

-Hal

Hi dongato17,

Sorry was away for a while, hence the late reply.
These ATMEL-based AP-Clients (there's an AP version and a Client version) run at USD 70.00 in packs of 10.
The ones I got were an OEM version. You can find some info here (»www.axis.com/products/80 ··· ndex.htm) for a version made for AXIS.
You can get some specs at this page (»store.redtreeunwired.com ··· ts_id=36)

I also took apart a unit (which had the built-in external dipole) You can see some pics here (»www.mamak.edu/~szern/wir ··· ess3.htm)
I've just gotten some new units (the ones with an external RP-SMA connector) and will try it over the next few days.
One of the problems I forsee is that it doesn't have RTS/CTS and ACK settings. *sigh*
Which is vital in a WISP environment. On the plus-side its pretty strong with 100mW maximum output power.

Hope this helps...

szern,

I have demo'd this unit before. It is actually carried by other vendors as well. The biggest problem with this unit is the receive sensitivity. As I recall, it was in the -72 range @ 11mbps. That would be the equivalent of a WET11 at around 8dbm output power.

They are stable and would work at very close range though.

-Hal

Hi Hal,

This was the specs I found:
It shows Receive Sensitivity -82dBm @ 11Mbps, which should be pretty okay, right?

- Szern

Well, it depends...

If it is the same as this:

»www.smc.com/index.cfm?se ··· 6&site=c

or this:

»www.netgear.com/products ··· 75&view=

Then unfortunately those specs are incorrect and it is actually in the low 70s.

I'll compare internal pics.

-Hal