Outdoor WAP & omni directional antenna
I just wanted to know if you could help me out with this one.At present we support a client that has an external Wi-Fi point.There are 3 external CAT5E cables running form the main office (BT router)...
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Personally I would stick with the Ubiquiti equipment myself, if you don't want to use the Unifi AP's look at something like a bullet or a picostation ubnt.com, but since you have issues with your new...
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Out of curiosity, are you sure the power going to the AP is "clean"? I believe those require POE injectors and I've had them go bad, and also have had the wire go bad from kids/adults acting like kids...
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...agreed on caravan... i.e. metal buildings are hellish on wifi signaling. -shawn
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interference, do a survey and change channel to an unused one or with the least signal strength showing. also, never 'coil' up extra RF antenna wire. that will kill power
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I believe that your error in logic occurred when you assumed it was the access point, in this case the Ubiquiti, that was causing your problem. Outdoor wireless is a challenge, especially with high...
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@shawn - the metal buildings are only a problem for devices inside receiving signals. The reflections actually can improve performance in an 802.11n setting.
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Our of curiousity... these lamp posts... you mentioned no power but is that fair to assume there's not light function there? Light bulbs of various types can certainly offer interference. -shawn
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True on metal buildings but I'm curious if there are multiple similar signals that the devices are getting confused with. -shawn
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Cheers guys, Many thanks for the input Will carry out a wireless scan in the area with ssider soon as possible as I do know that there are a few wi-Fi spots around. With regards to the lamp post, no...
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Ok guys, I went back to this job last week and ran SSider like you recomened. There are around 11 W-Fi spots in this area, i set it to channel 5 (but I did end up trying all channels) as this look...
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I don't know what splitting the antenna's one inside one outside on a dual antenna unit will do to the performance but it probably won't be good for it. I would be more inclined to use 2 units. on to...
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If you really want to a service level improvement, the clients in the caravans need to somehow have an external connection to an antenna. Before you go down that road, however, I think you need to...
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Well guys I have swapped the WAP out for another one from a different manufacturer that cost the same amount. And it now works great. The aerial works fine but the WAP was just very poor.
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