<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Paul, yes this is possible... you could use 2 high gain directionals with a power divider/phasing harness on one ap... or even a normal card running in ibss mode aswell....(hmm... maybe roger can confirm this) Only drawback is that traffic is mirrored on both sides of the link... eg acts more like a ethernet hub. This may be fine if max performance is not required. If distance is also not an issue, then a single omni may also be sufficient.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">So, put simply... there are many ways around this problem without using a 2 card AP.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Kambrook have a new kettle due for release this christmas that will do all this aswell!</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Darren Dreis<br>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>Paul van den Bergen <paul@serc.rmit.edu.au></b></font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: owner-melbwireless@wireless.org.au</font>
<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">09/09/2002 10:05 AM</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Hi all,<br>
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If you take an AP, rip out the omni and add one wire connected to two <br>
directionals (obviuosly pointing in different directions), will it still <br>
work as an AP? I.e. will it then act as a relay? OK. if the answer is <br>
yes, then if you have enough strength then leave the omni in place and <br>
point directionals at it... let the AP do the work as it were... why <br>
would you need dual antennaes??? I don't understand...<br>
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Steven Haigh wrote:<br>
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> The main reason that this should not be some with a dual antenna <br>
> access point, is that they default to using both antennas... I won't <br>
> go into the whole spiel about how dual antennas combat multi-path <br>
> reflections by receiving at differnt phase points, but only one <br>
> antenna is ever used at the one time...<br>
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> <br>
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> It may *seem* to work correctly, but don't expect any performance <br>
> about it....<br>
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> <br>
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> I can supply more details on dual antennas and multipaths if people <br>
> want it....<br>
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> Signed,<br>
> Steven Haigh<br>
> President - Melbourne Wireless Inc<br>
> http://melbourne.wireless.org.au<br>
> (Visit http://melbourne.wireless.org.au/security to install our Root<br>
> Certificate.)<br>
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> <br>
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> ----- Original Message -----<br>
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> From: Jason Beveridge <mailto:jbeveridge@ozemail.com.au><br>
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> To: melbourne wireless <mailto:melbwireless@wireless.org.au><br>
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> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 7:06 PM<br>
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> Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] AP that you can connect two directionals to??<br>
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> Hi,<br>
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> Can anyone tell me the make etc. of an AP that you can hook two<br>
> directionals to?<br>
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> I have talked to some suppliers of AP's with dual antenna sockets<br>
> and they tell it can't be done with theirs. They indicate that you<br>
> would need two AP's back to back with a directional on each. I<br>
> want a least power use, least hardware option to set up a<br>
> "repeater". On omni on one AP may work but this link needs to be<br>
> super reliable - highest speed. (distance from each end to common<br>
> point ~ 1km)<br>
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> <br>
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> Cheers<br>
><br>
> Jason<br>
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Dr Paul van den Bergen<br>
SERC, RMIT University<br>
paul@serc.rmit.edu.au<br>
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