[MLB-WIRELESS] 'Passive' repeater

[Jon Teh]

Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 13:17:51 GMT
X-Mailer: Endymion MailMan Standard Edition v3.0.24

Funnily enough, all the solutions described so far, are classified as 'active'
not 'passive'. They all require power of some form, and $$$.

It is possible to use 2 tuned antennae to create a passive repeater. You have
one decent directional antenna pointing at node X, then a short run of good coax
to another decent directional pointing at node Y.

This is reported to have good results in a whole load of HAM stuff (at lower
frequencies.

I am unsure of the effectivness of the solution on 802.11b at 2.4Ghz, but it's
definately worth a shot before you go running out to buy an AP.

--Jon Teh - Sydney Wireless
Network


--
To unsubscribe, send mail to minordomo at melbwireless.dyndns.org with a subject of 'unsubscribe melbwireless'  
Archive at: http://melbwireless.dyndns.org/cgi-bin/minorweb.pl?A=LIST&L=melbwireless
IRC at: au.austnet.org #melb-wireless