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Re: Wireless bridge


From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja () bogus com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:10:22 -0700

Jason Gurtz wrote:

Are you sure there's not a moisture problem in the antennae cabling?  Get
an SWR meter that can handle the 2.4 GHz range and make sure that SWR is
very low (approaching 1:1 but certainly less than 2:1).  Hook up the
meter
in-line at the AP.  Test this after everything is wet and again when
there's been a dry spell.  Minimize the number of exposed connections and
use dielectric grease.  

Alternatively using an antenna with integrated ap like the one's I
referred to previously (they have a nice cast enclosure for radio and a
screw down bulkhead with gasket for the cable) eliminates the need for
runs of rf coax at all and also deals handily with the necessity for an
outdoor enclosure for the linksys ap. I would use outdoor rated cat-5
for the run up  to the ap.


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