That is not entirely true. 8dB omni will give same range as a 8dB sector if your right in front of the sector. You would however have to use a 11dB sector to get 8dB at the outer perimiters of that sector. So say a 90* sector when your at the 90* mark your client will only see 8dB. However with a sector you can easier get away from interference. if your not serving customers in a 360* from your AP then doing a sector probably is better that make sure you don't pick up to much interference from the direction your not service any customers.
Also the sector can be downtilted so if you have interference coming from the horizont you can downtilt your sector and shoot under or maybe over. Which you can not do with a omni. / Eje Friday, July 18, 2003, 9:08:26 PM, you wrote: KS> No, because when your OMNI sends out a signal it's going in KS> all directions. A sector takes that signal and focuses it's KS> strength in the direction you've got it pointing. A sector KS> antenna will also "hear" better because it's focused on one KS> area rather than everything coming in from every direction. KS> The noise floor for a setup with an OMNI is much higher than KS> that of a sector setup. KS> Kevin Summers KS> KISTech Internet Services Inc. KS> www.kistech.com KS> -----Original Message----- KS> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] KS> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dennis Burgess KS> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 5:33 PM KS> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] KS> Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Sector antenna range vs omni KS> Still the question is, does a Omni give you the same range as a sector? KS> Dennis KS> ----- Original Message ----- KS> From: John KS> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] KS> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 5:04 PM KS> Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Sector antenna range vs omni KS> sectors do a few things for me. One they allow me to split out my customer KS> and not over load an AP. secondly they allow me to track people that are war KS> roaming. Third they allow me to change my tilt to the typography of the KS> area. and last they mount nicely to the railing of water tanks and sides of KS> buildings giving me inexpensive towers. KS> John Mooring KS> -----Original Message----- KS> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] KS> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jason Keller KS> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 2:24 AM KS> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] KS> Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Sector antenna range vs omni KS> The sectorized maxrad omni is a joke. Save yourself about 500$ and buy three KS> of there wisp series sectors and be done with it. You pay an extra $500 for KS> a fancy mounting apparatus to put them all together. Trust me there is no KS> difference in the performance, or appearance of the antenna�s. Jason KS> -----Original Message----- KS> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] KS> On Behalf Of John Hokenson KS> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 1:02 AM KS> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] KS> Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Sector antenna range vs omni KS> The nice thing about the Maxrad sectorized omni is you can adjust the KS> patterns to exactly match your coverage area. Most everyone that I know KS> that's used them say they out perform the equivalent gain omni by some KS> degree. KS> JH KS> ----- Original Message ----- KS> From: phantam KS> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' KS> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 10:10 PM KS> Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Sector antenna range vs omni KS> Supposedly work decently but in my view there overpriced DRASTICALLY KS> From: Dennis Burgess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] KS> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 12:38 AM KS> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] KS> Assuming a 13 db omni and a 13 dbi sector, and the same power, what is going KS> to be the better of the two as far as distance. If there is a diffference, KS> how much? KS> Also, I have looked at another omni that is sectorized. I'm assuming its KS> one physical unit, with three seperate antennas, and then you add a KS> splitter, reducing your power. Do these work decently? KS> Dennis KS> The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List KS> To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> KS> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) KS> Archives: http://archives.part-15.org Best regards, Eje Gustafsson mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The Family Entertainment Network http://www.fament.com Phone : 620-231-7777 Fax : 620-231-4066 eBay UserID : macahan - Your Full Time Professionals - -- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
