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Article #432Re: limited 802.11b range, SMC WAP/USR client, multiple WAPS, 802.11a as an alternative?
From: spp
Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 23:55
Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 23:55
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Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote: > The assumption with wireless is that the transmit and receive range of > each radio is similar. If you increase the transmit power of the > access point, it would NOT impove the range unless the power of the > laptop PCMCIA card were increased the same amount. The range is > limited by the access points ability to hear the laptop transmitter, > who's power is only about +15dBm. I think one could argue that, since one usually transfers more data in the downstream direction, that it is still useful to have more AP power. At a given range, 2 mbps upstream and 11 mbps downstream would require more transmit power in the AP than in the laptop. Steve
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