Thanks for the reply Tyson. I've replied below.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/24/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tyson Clugg</b> <<a href="mailto:tclugg@umd.com.au">tclugg@umd.com.au</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 18:16 +1000, Mike Dickens wrote:<br>> Hey guys,<br>> I'm kind've new to this, now pretty close to establishing a short (250
<br>> metre) link to a friend. I only have one AP (UltraWAP / Edimax) at the<br>> moment, and we get a relatively stable connection (5.5 mbps, ~90% of<br>> pings going through typically at < 10 ms) using a USB dongle held up
<br>> in the air with a saucepan behind it (seems to produce a slight boost,<br>> and at the very least it filters out noise).<br><br>Mounting your antenna to a solid mast on your roof should help things a<br>good deal. Did you do your testing from ground level? If so, moving
<br>onto the roof should clear the fresnel zone of obstructions giving you a<br>better link. The MW wiki has some info on what a fresnel zone is under<br>LineOfSight:<br><a href="http://www.melbournewireless.org.au/wiki/?LineOfSight">
http://www.melbournewireless.org.au/wiki/?LineOfSight</a></blockquote><div>I mounted it on top of my TV antenna, on the roof. The AP is also up there, in a lunchbox for waterproofing. It's only temporary at the moment until I setup PoE.
<br>The antenna I'm currently using looks identical to this:<br><a href="http://host219.ipowerweb.com/~freenet-/oscommerce-2.2ms2/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=217&osCsid=85cbf546f3ff81539a7afc12a830c6f1">http://host219.ipowerweb.com/~freenet-/oscommerce-2.2ms2/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=217&osCsid=85cbf546f3ff81539a7afc12a830c6f1
</a><br><br>However, I didn't get it from Freenet and I'm not sure if the lead is 1.5 metres (pretty sure it's less).<br> </div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> Anyway, before we commit to our second AP purchase, we'd love to test<br>> with a second AP (preferably something running dd-wrt or another<br>> UltraWAP / Edimax). If anyones willing to lend us one for a few days,
<br>> I'd be EXTREMELY grateful.<br>><br>> We're down on the Mornington Peninsula, and I can pick up gear from<br>> anywhere nearby (bonus if you live near a trainstation)<br>><br>> Also, if anyone is willing to lend me a high gain antenna to see if
<br>> it'll help us at all (and also to scout around for other links, the<br>> area is pretty dry node-wise but there's a couple across town I could<br>> have some luck with).<br><br>You're best sticking with a lower-gain directional for such a small link
<br>becase:<br> - it's cheaper<br> - it's smaller<br> - the neighbors are less likely to complain<br> - it's easier to aim<br> - you won't need beefy/large/expensive/ugly mounting hardware<br><br>A cantenna is something you can make yourself and should do an excellent
<br>job for such a short link. Once again, see the MW wiki:<br><a href="http://www.melbournewireless.org.au/wiki/?Cantenna">http://www.melbournewireless.org.au/wiki/?Cantenna</a></blockquote><div>I was planning to, hopefully the antenna I've got and another standard rubber duckie will do once I've got the power boosted to 200 mW on both APs. I was originally considering cantennas, only thing is I don't know where to get the bits from (if you could let me know or possibly give me a hand, that'd be great!)
<br> </div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> Oh, and finally - if anyone has any "free to good home" antennas
<br>> they're happy to part with, I'd really appreciate it (I'm not sure if<br>> this ever actually happens, but at the moment I only have pretty<br>> standard omnis.. like I said, new to this ;)).<br>
<br>I'd nearly let you have a cantenna I have with mounting hardware, except<br>I'm expecting to use it in the not too distant future. Yes, this sort<br>of thing happens - no, it's not too much to ask. ;)</blockquote>
<div><br>What sort of can did you use to make your cantenna and do they actually perform well?<br>Cheers, thanks for the heads up and reply.<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> Anyway, thanks in advance. I'm not sure on the ettiquette of all this,<br>> so replies are appreciated! And also, thank you for all the great info<br>> on your website/ in the mailing list, and from your members, you've
<br>> really helped me<br>> -Mike<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Melbwireless mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Melbwireless@wireless.org.au">Melbwireless@wireless.org.au</a><br>>
<a href="http://wireless.org.au/mailman/listinfo/melbwireless">http://wireless.org.au/mailman/listinfo/melbwireless</a><br><br>Cheers,<br>Tyson.<br><br></blockquote></div><br>