WiFi Distance Test two - 3.22 miles on semi portable WiFi system

Affordable semi portable wifi system

The access point and client radio's are housed in weather proof boxes (ip56) a 12 volt battery can be placed into another box or the power can be plugged into a vehicle's 12 Volt (neg. earth) system to power them up through the CAT5 cable (p.o.e.) minimizing high RF coax cable losses from and to the antenna on conventional RF coax systems, boosters and pre amps are not needed on this simple system.

Setup is fairly easy on the unit, which can be setup as a client and/or an access point.

there are more sensitive radio's on the market, however, these are a cheap alternative if you want to keep costs down.

This system is NOT just for surfing the internet, this system can be used for the monitoring of CCTV IP based networking and VoIP comms using an Internet or PRIVATE server system, a personal chat channel with CCTV on a private LAN is possible on 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz systems without the need of conventional Digital encoded wireless CCTV cameras to keep the transmissions private

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• wifi
• 802.11
• yagi
• omni
• hotspot
• voip
• wireless
• bespoke
• linksys
• netgear
• cisco
• access
• point
• wi-fi
• dbi
• wlan
• lan
• cctv
• portable
• WiFi
• Distance
• Test

[kc8ntp]

Just shy of 2Mbps, not too shabby. I am setting up a similar setup for a 5-mile link that is pure LOS. I have modeled it with some software that I have and it should be more than possible. Also, your setup should have been around -70dBm at this distance, which is just about perfect! I am a HAM, too, BTW. 73, de NV6R

[HubSwitch]

@kc8ntp

Thank you for your comment.

I am more than confident that the link you are setting up will be quite stable, with good signals. I was very surprised that my link worked, as there were many variables, being so close to ground level, and the amount of high sides Lorries! The link does stall at one point but gets going again on the download of an image you saw. Considering that the AP antenna was an 8dBi Omni its even more impressive!

Good luck and let me know how you get on

7 3!

[fezuk2006]

Nice video but.

Surely a ham license only permits use of your licensed power on specific ham bands?

Please feel free to correct me.

[HubSwitch]

You are absolutely correct!

The ham band for 2.4Ghz falls in the wi-fi channel range.. How nice :o)

Band plan snippet 2,400.000 - 2,450.000

Google "RSGB Band plans" to see what we can use here in the UK.

Thanks for your comment

[pitbike2006]

can i use a sky tv mini dich and use the LNB on it becouse it looks like a colose to the same connection cable but what would it do and i have a UK VHF licence can u go any higher watt's hope u can help me

[HubSwitch]

yep you can use a sky dish, nope you cant use the LNB, you need a intermediate or full amateur ticket for transmitting on 2.4Ghz spectrum.

As for power.. you can buy power boosters, though I belive that these are not legal - they break the FCC rule: 100Mw Max ERP.

Cables, you need P-R-O-P-E-R Cable:

A few to point you in the right direction

LDF450-ecoflex15-HD200-LMR400

And what the heck is a UK VHF Licence? never heard of it!

[crazedgamer032]

Where can i buy one of these long range antennas? I live in aparments where the wifi is free but its at the office and its about 100yards from my place.

[cyberjackcyberjack]

what the antenna ? yagi ??

[fezuk2006]

How very nice.

Thanks for the swift reply, I think I need to buy some amps.

[HubSwitch]

Nope, its a yagi.