I'm running a D-Link 900+ hardware access point, this is mounted in a waterproof box from Dick Smith (thanks to help from shadowX), i've stripped off the outer shell of the AP, and mounted the aerial connector (RP-SMA) on the outside of the box, for ease of connecting/disconnecting.
I'll be using a DC cable to provide power to this unit, as PoE would drop ~40% of my power over the distance i need to run as the AP runs at 2A/5V. The cat5/DC cable will be housed inside a flexible conduit to sheild the cables from the elements (as the cat5 cable i'm using was not treated for UV).
The aerial i'll be using is a 9dbi pacific wireless omni, which was purchased from fab-corp. As previous tests have shown, this aerial can reach 5km+ if not obstructed, so it'll be perfect for my uses.
I am yet to mount this on the roof, I need a smaller power connector for my AP, as the one that came with the unit doesn't fit into the box that i have. I'll be picking up an angled power connector this week, and mounting the box this weekend hopefully.
ok, here's some pics of how my dlink 900+ is mounted in the waterproof box
It's basicly just de-shelled, mounted the rp-sma connector on the outside of the box, and glued the circuit board down onto some plastic stands to keep it off the box base. Thanks to shadow for helping me mount it.
Ok, no integrated into other nodes yet, but running a Netgear ME102 AP and couple of ME401 cards and a Nortel WLAN 2201 ab card. Also on order is a Nortelnetworks WLAN 2200 AP (11a & . When this arrives the Netgear will get repackaged and used for point to point links, with the Nortel used in the house (much better radios).
You should consider running power over ethernet.
We use the brown and blue pairs
Just a suggestion...one cable rather than two
Yea, i had thought about it, but the run that i have to do of cat5 means i would have lost half of my voltage (i think), thus i'd need to bump up my power supply to get the desired 5V/2A at the other end, it was alot easier doing it this way
Ill post some pics of our old 2.4Ghz infrastructure soon.
All solar powered.
Nice one, how'd you manage to get that much power from solar power? Was it cheap enough to setup? If you could post something in another thread about use of solar power to run AP's that would be great
I have a home LAN running a Siemens Speedstream model 2624 wireless router with print server. 2 SCSI computers attached by CAT5 to the router and the router attached to an ext home made BIQUAD antenna with a 5 metre RG58AU coax, has RP SMA to an 'N' type chassis connector housed in a weatherproof plastic container aimed at the side of my tin garage and a laptop with a modified Belkin PCMCIA card attached to a home made antenna connected to the laptop by a SMA PCB plug - SMA male connector and "N' type connector. The antenna is an empty modified 50 disk CDR plastic container with a CDR as the reflector, connected to an 'N' type connector with a copper wire having a small helical twist soldered in poking thru the lid. Both antenna together cost about $10.00 all up to make and less than 30 minutes labour. Needless to say I'm having a bit of fun running around my neighbourhood, laptop in one hand, antenna in the other whilst running netstumbler and seeing how well my various home built antennae are performing.
My node in the city is running a D-Link 900ap+ inside a weatherproof case.
1 meter Reverse SMA - N connector attached to a Borg 8Slot Waveguide.
For power, I use Power over ethernet through about 50 metres of cat5.
This is fed 12 volts by an ATX power supply.
At the weatherproof case end, I get the power (now 11.5Volts) and regulate it down to 5volts (actually 5.1) before feeding it into the AP.
The regulator circuit is capable of regulating up to 1.5Amps. I also use an old cpu heat sink to disspate the heat from the regulator. This is mounted in such a way that the heatsink is outside, but sealed and the regulator is bolted directly to it, but inside.
Seg,
The dishes are offset fed (the lnb is not held in the center of the dish) - in this case, the dish is offset by about 20 degrees - in order to have the dish pointing horizontal, it either needs to face down 20 degrees or be turned upside down and point up 20 degrees.
I think sky dishes are the same, either way, they have a guide on the back of them which is pretty reliable if the mount pipe is level.
I have a sky dish up for grabs if you want it....Its missing the 2 u bolts, but apart from that complete - you could try either a biquad or can feed on it.
Cheers
-John
Edit: I belive the waveguide gets the signal as far around as the harbour bridge so you should be well within the 17 or 18db zone where you are.
As for the sky dish, its yours if you pick it up!
I am out west in glendene - about 1k from Waikumete Cemetary.
Cellphone 021 255 3131 or email file-it at ihug co nz
cheers
-John
Edit: I think I left out the most important photos last time as I was looking at the wrong red roof in the first set, these images are now updated.
I suggest starting here
You should consider running power over ethernet.
We use the brown and blue pairs
Just a suggestion...one cable rather than two
Yea, i had thought about it, but the run that i have to do of cat5 means i would have lost half of my voltage (i think), thus i'd need to bump up my power supply to get the desired 5V/2A at the other end, it was alot easier doing it this way
Use cat7 then.. I'd assume the loss would be less over the same distance, using a higher grade of cable..
OK I am still faily new to all this, but I have a couple of questions it seems the DWL-900AP is a common radio used. My question is about about how do you control how much bandwidth each end point gets and how do you control you uses your data.. The specs don't seem to indicate any built in radius or bandwidth control.
Can you please share the full setup with me not just the radio side
i just got an asus 300g ap and an asus pci g card to go with it.
i like the ap it has bucket loads of features and is easy to use. it comes with a few accessories, like a cable! and two bracket mounts for racks etc and event a little sticker template for screws so its easy to wall mount.
it also has a connection for an external antenna (although im not sure what type of connector it is - its not one of the usual ones) and supports poe
i have yet to open it up and have a look inside
pretty happy with the range in my house but could do with a higher gain antenna (or i could boost the gain using the admin tools) as there are the usual dead spots.
My community project runs a Mikrotik RouterBOARD 532 running RouterOS 2.9.18. The radio card is a Ubiquiti SR2 400mW B/G mPCI card running at 200mW. This drives a homebuilt 360 degree waveguide based on the Trevor Marshall design.
Had the chance to install a DLink DWL3200AP AP the other day. They are the DLink enterprise version with titanium case and I was very impressed. It has 100mW output power with antenna diversity and comes standard with 5dBi antenna. Coverage was excellent even around concrete and steel.
At home I've got a Linksys WAG54G V2 ADSL Router\AP combo. Had a few issues with it dropping the net and wireless connections when I first got it but the latest firmware update seems to have sorted that and now it's as solid as a rock. Desktop PC has a WMP54GS PCI Wireless card and using the built-in Broadcom 802.11g card in my laptop. Also have a Linksys WGA54g wireless bridge plugged into my Xbox which is running XBMC. Stream all my movies and MP3's from the desktop PC upstairs. Works a treat
The only downside to my setup in the Xbox wireless bridge doesn't support WPA and all the other stuff does. I emailed Linksys about it and they said they're looking at bringing out a firmware update to remedy that...I'll believe it when I see it..
Also just purchased a Ubiquiti SuperRange PC Card for my laptop at work. Expensive but worth every cent in my opinion!!
Im running an old D-Link DSL500 ADSL modem/router with a DSE AP (scratched the paper label off and found underneath that its a SparkLAN WX-6800), will hopefully soon upgrade to a Linksys WAG54G wireless Modem/router and use the old AP for my XboX.
Also running a Asus A-2500D laptop with onboard Wifi and a Asus A-2xxx laptop with wifi PCMCIA card.
I'm running a Zoom X6 (All in one modem router and firewall). It has pretty good wireless range and such, I previously had problems with frequent disconnects.
After a letter to our ISP and a firmware upgrade I have yet to have ONE problem. It is an excellent router except for its high-heat. I would reccomend it as a wireless space saver.
As the only wireless user on the network, I use a Linksys WRT54G PCI card, and it works very well also.
What hardware are you running? 
. When this arrives the Netgear will get repackaged and used for point to point links, with the Nortel used in the house (much better radios).
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