WiFi is supposed to need a 13 or 15 db carrier to interference rate. Yet I've seen them push good traffic at 5db c/i. Go figure. marlon
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Richardson" <jrichard...@aircloud.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 7:01 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] power >I tend to use 20dB fade margin. If the floor is -80, then -60 is going > to be great. This works until you are dealing with a -60dB floor cause > -40dB is going to be too hot and overload the Rx of the radios. > > Sent Mobile > Jerry Richardson > airCloud Communications > > On Feb 1, 2010, at 5:56 PM, "RickG" <rgunder...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Ya, thats what I do. I'm just concerned about what the best power >> level is? >> I hate to create a monster based on the wrong settings. >> >> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com >> >wrote: >> >>> I have a few like that. Cheap and quick for low density >>> population. Use a >>> pac grid for the backhaul and a bullet with an omni for the AP. >>> Check your >>> polarity, make sure you're on the right orientation and right >>> radio. My >>> grids are horz. Pol and the omnis, well..... Vertical of course! >>> >>> Bob- >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless- >>> boun...@wispa.org] On >>> Behalf Of RickG >>> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 8:08 PM >>> To: WISPA General List >>> Subject: [WISPA] power >>> >>> OK, I need a little input. I've got several "poor mans repeaters" >>> around by >>> using a pair of bullets, one for backhaul and the other for the AP. >>> Today, >>> I >>> installed a Bullet on a new customer that was a stones throw away >>> from the >>> AP. At full power, he got just under 1Mbps. Turning down the power, >>> he got >>> 3Mbps+. Is turning down the power on the CPE side on a test and >>> trial basis >>> or is there some kind of method to it? >>> -RickG >>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> --- >>> --- >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>> >>> --- >>> --- >>> --- >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- >>> >>> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >>> >>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> --- >>> --- >>> --- >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>> >>> --- >>> --- >>> --- >>> --- >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >>> >>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >>> >> >> >> --- >> --- >> --- >> --- >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> --- >> --- >> --- >> --- >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
