[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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