Aaron,
Those are neat sites.
Regarding power consumption - I doubt that there will
be much difference between APs. For example,
to put out 1 watt of power on 2.4 GHz probably requires
a transmitter power amplifier that requires 3 watts of
DC input power. This amplifier will be a large source
of power consumption within the AP. The other significant
power need is to run the CPU. A more-efficient CPU
will obviously require less power. Unless you can find an
AP with a lower-power CPU than normal, it is likely that
the overall power consumption will be much the same from
AP to AP.
jack K6XS
P.S. - Just curious what kind of overall power consumption (in Watts)
you seeing for APs? Overall AP power needs should
NOT really be so high that a small solar panel couldn't handle it.
Aaron Markham wrote:
> Still noodling with the solar powered AP/repeater
> idea... I found this site here:
> http://www.seslogic.com/
> This Micro M+ might work out pretty well:
> http://www.seslogic.com/microm+.html
>
> I just can't see spending too much on a big panel...
> one of these folding ones would be pretty cool:
> http://www.seslogic.com/folding.html
>
> Hooking up a couple of Linksys AP's (like one that I
> have is 5.0V and 2A) would require WAY too much juice,
> so now I'm looking for an AP that requires the least
> amount of electricity possible. Is there one that's a
> good trade-off between power of the signal versus the
> power it consumes?
>
> Cheers,
> Aaron
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