Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> "Spacey Spade" <spaceygum@hotpop.com> hath wroth:
> >- effective isotropic radiated power that is close to the legal 100mW
>
> Please watch the terms. Isotropic means equal radiation in all
> directions. I don't think that's what you want. Methinks you might
> mean EIRP (effective incident radiated power) which is the xmit power
> times the antenna gain.

Correct them over here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EIRP

Actually, I would want the isotropic version, so that I can compare
access points regardless of their antenna. I plan to use my own
antenna.

> Are you in the US or somewhere else where the xmitter limits are
> lower? RDNS shows you're in Alabama USofA.

I'm just here until my daughter lets me go off wherever I want. This
is not my location of choice. I think I may have misread the limit
somewhere.

[snip]
> - Increasing the TX power does nothing for the range unless the
> other end of the link also increases the power by the same amount.
> - Antenna gain increases range in both directions.
> - TX power increases range only in one direction.

So if I put a very high gain antenna on a weakling, I should be matched
up with most any consumer access point out there in terms of the
effective incident radiative power. ;-)