[Hidden-tech] longer range wifi

[Dan Nachbar]

On Oct 24, 2011, at 10:02 PM, ussailis at shaysnet.com wrote:

> ...
> When thinking about an antenna change, careful about that cable loss. six
> feet of cable can eat up most of the antenna gain. Also be careful about
> the published antenna gain. A typical, low cost, patch will provide 6 dBi,
> a good yagi might get 11 dBi gain.

One very nice aspect of the Ubiquiti PicoStation 2HP is that the
antenna/transmitter unit is weatherproofed with power being supplied via
the ethernet cable (requires a power-over-etherent box which comes
with the unit.)  So the unit can go pretty much anywhere outside
with no cable losses.  Very slick design.

Dan Nachbar