passive repeater with 2.4ghz wireless

Hi All...
I do some consulting in our area for soho customers. Most of my customers
have either dsl or cable broadband but now I am looking at several larger
farms that would like to have broadband access

There is a telco which is offering wireless (2.4GHZ) from a communications
tower that is about 3.5 miles from a prospective farm but must be 'line of
sight' for reception.. I did some testing with the telco this last week and
found we could get a 100% signal if we put the receiver about 30 feet up (we
used their bucket truck).

At any rate, logistically it would be alot easier if we were to put a
passive repeater on top of a barn (basically a metal billboard) and mounting
the receiver lower than mounting a receiver ontop of a barn roof.

Any ideas or reservations?

Thanks
Dennis
dvm<at>mtangel(dot)net

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"dennis meissner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:ioL9g.40$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi All...
> I do some consulting in our area for soho customers. Most of my customers
> have either dsl or cable broadband but now I am looking at several larger
> farms that would like to have broadband access
>
> There is a telco which is offering wireless (2.4GHZ) from a communications
> tower that is about 3.5 miles from a prospective farm but must be 'line of
> sight' for reception.. I did some testing with the telco this last week
> and found we could get a 100% signal if we put the receiver about 30 feet
> up (we used their bucket truck).
>
> At any rate, logistically it would be alot easier if we were to put a
> passive repeater on top of a barn (basically a metal billboard) and
> mounting the receiver lower than mounting a receiver ontop of a barn roof.
>
> Any ideas or reservations?
>
> Thanks
> Dennis
> dvm<at>mtangel(dot)net
>

Hi

Yeah it can be done this way. However you lose half of the “Speed” pass the
repeater ( http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Modes.html ).

You have to provide power to the unit so use an Acccess Point that is POE
capable. By doing so you need to install only one CAT5e cable that would
take down the signal, and up the power.

Jack (MVP-Networking).



"dennis meissner" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:ioL9g.40$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi All...
> I do some consulting in our area for soho customers. Most of my customers
> have either dsl or cable broadband but now I am looking at several larger
> farms that would like to have broadband access
>
> There is a telco which is offering wireless (2.4GHZ) from a communications
> tower that is about 3.5 miles from a prospective farm but must be 'line of
> sight' for reception.. I did some testing with the telco this last week
> and found we could get a 100% signal if we put the receiver about 30 feet
> up (we used their bucket truck).
>
> At any rate, logistically it would be alot easier if we were to put a
> passive repeater on top of a barn (basically a metal billboard) and
> mounting the receiver lower than mounting a receiver ontop of a barn roof.
>
> Any ideas or reservations?
>
> Thanks
> Dennis
> dvm<at>mtangel(dot)net
>