[afnog] Losing wireless link between two APs
Hervey Allen
hervey at nsrc.org
Tue Feb 7 05:45:46 EAT 2006
Sunday A Folayan wrote:
> Mangaliso,
>
> <LONG WIRELESS LECTURE>
>
> <Disclaimer> This is a simplistic approach to wireless
> Networking :-) </Disclaimer>
>
> From your mail, it should work, but there are other (unknown) factors
> also in your mail, that would ensure it does not work. Sustaining a good
> link, is a function of the following amongst many other parameters:
>
> 1. Power of Transmit Card
> 2. Loss of cable and connectors at the transmit end
> 3. Gain of Transmit Antenna
> 4. Free Space Loss due to distance between the two points
> 5. Gain or Receive Antenna
> 6. Loss of cable and connectors at the Receive end
> 7. Receive Sensitivity of Receiver
> ...
> </LONG WIRELESS LECTURE>
>
> Cheers.
>
> Sunday.
>
No one said this on the list Sunday, but wow! Great explanation.
Thanks,
- Hervey
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