i have been using omni antennas… now im looking into sectoral antennas
how do i get a full 360 with sectoral antenna with 1 AP? do i need a spliter to hook up 3 sectoral antennas and if i do have to use a spliter is the power lost in the spliter make it not worth it?
thanks for the help :shock:
You need 1 AP per antenna, otherwise I imagine 3x 120s on a single AP would be worse than an omni due to loss from splitting…
ok here is my idea 3way spliter with 900mhz amp to make up for lost power
http://www.hyperlinktech.com/item.aspx?id=866
then 3 120 degree sectoral 13db antennas
http://www.hyperlinktech.com/item.aspx?id=2118&cmp=ALSO
would work beter with 2 180 degree secters but i cant find any for 900mhz
You can get plenty of Tx gain with an amp, but the problem is that you won’t get back the Rx gain.
It’s alot of expense and work and you net a loss in performance.
salad is right
you won’t have any advantage splitting into 3 sectorial with one AP.
Using a single sectorial instead of omni will improve RF gain and reduce noise floor and interferences.
Moreover using 3 different AP will balance the overall load allowing a greater number of clients to work properly.
I tried a splitter on 2.4 and 3 sectors…worked like crap…took splitter out and got 2 more ap…now we are good to go…
ok good to know before i wast all the company money…
so that kills the sector idea but i am still looking for somthing that’s beter then the antel http://lastmilegear.com/product.php?id= … 2=Antennas
that antenna is awsome but not that stable after 3 miles mybe i need to be looking for something beter on SM side? anything beter then a M2? im looking into a 15db grid antenna that i found in the forum will be testing it
as soon as i can get purchasing to order it lol
i am also thinking about trying this 12db omni
http://www.winncom.com/moreinfo/item/WR … index.html
also on super stinger waiting list
why are you so dead set on using only one one AP? Just curious…
Frankly you aren’t going to do better than the LMG.
Pretty sure the Winncomm is V-POL. I don’t recall seeing any H-POL Omnis over 11dB.
You can try improving at the customer end. The 15dB grid should give you some punch. Also, 20’ elevation at the customer end can make a world of difference.
I’d go MTI Wireless Edge on your AP antennas. They are a very well-built, solidly performing antenna.
As for splitting it off on one AP - you won’t gain anything from that setup. You will most likely hurt your performance overall. Go with 3 APs and a sync solution.
wifiguy wrote: Go with 3 APs and a sync solution.
Does anybody have 3 APs without CMM or syncpipe?
I mean: Could I just connect directly the sync cable for only 3 AP'
I made for 2 AP and worked fine.
I have had better performance from an Antel than the MTI.
BigTrumpet wrote: [quote="wifiguy":2x10qix7]Go with 3 APs and a sync solution.
Does anybody have 3 APs without CMM or syncpipe?
I mean: Could I just connect directly the sync cable for only 3 AP'
I made for 2 AP and worked fine.[/quote:2x10qix7]
Yeah, you could just use a syncsplitter (from packetflux) and have one AP generating sync.