Comments on: What is the longest range wifi wireless gear you can buy?

By: arsin

arsin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:01:14 +0000

how we can buy that router upto 5 miles range and to manage the wifi userrs with their own security and bandwith control?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:38:14 +0000

I realize I am commenting a bit late. However, my first response is: Please rephrase the question with what are you trying to
accomplish? Hotspot means a location with a Wireless Network Available usually providing internet access to those associated. The Gateway is usually the device that is part of the Network that is connected to the Internet. 20+ Miles is a range or distance. I am not understanding entirely what the actual question is?
1) What Access Point provides the best wireless conversion of ethernet tcp/ip connectivity?
2) What Access Point provides the best connectivity for a 20+ mile Link.
3) What Access Points provide the best coverage of a 20+ Mile Radius?
If I were to assume that what is needed is a 20+ Mile Data Link, then you would first need Two 100? plus towers to overcome the Earths horizon. Then you would need two AP/Bridge Devices with proper antenna’s to create this link. The Data Rate to be achieved would be the deciding factor on the AP/bridge selection. As for connecting to a gateway, this would a controller of sorts if you are trying to create a t-mobile/starbucks type of hotspot (assuming you aren’t trynig to offer connectivity after the expense of setting up the 20+ mile link)
In summation, at the current time there is no Access Point that is capable of connecting to a Gateway at 20+ miles.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:37:59 +0000

I think the interpretation of the original question is incorrect which is leading to some “odd” answers regarding design and equipment manufacturers.As pointed out, the short answer is that one single link (even Wimax) doesn’t work in 20 mile distances. That has to do with many different factors, but one of the important ones is wavelength size of the RF used and its susceptibility to various kinds of interference.

Now, my take on the question asked was how to set up a hotspot to connect to his gateway. The hotspot itself may well have an omnidirectional antenna, but that’s just for local access, not backhaul. IMHO, he/she’s asking about how to backhaul to his gatway. From a wireless standpoint, you can use parabolic antenna to increase your distance on P2P connections, but for 20 miles, you will need to look into some other medium such as microwave or laser. In the long-run, those are incredibly expensive methods for access there and you’ll be much better off nabbing a cable/dsl line and setting up an IPSec tunnel in order to backhaul your traffic to your gateway.

If you really were asking about a giant hotspot, my bad, but I think you already have answers.

-Scott

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:37:41 +0000

Amey, Is RADWIN 802.11 compatible? or rather can i use my 802.11abg on the RADWIN Network.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:37:24 +0000

Tropos is still inferior to Strix.http://www.strixsystems.com/

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:37:09 +0000

RAD is the famous player in wireless technology. I have some experience in WiMax/Wireless for WAN links. You can definitely go for
RADWIN or some other players. RADWIN is little expensive. To say most wireless companies are from Israel. You can search for wireless appliance vendor on israeli sites. If you buy customized circuit board its damn cheap. For 5 kilometer range single antena costs around 1500 US$. I suggest you to check
RADWIN. They are true leaders in wireless specifically.All the best, Amey.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:36:54 +0000

I know of at least one service provider using Ruckus Wireless equipment for city wireless. If you read about the technology it’s quite interesting.http://www.ruckuswireless.com/

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:36:36 +0000

Dear all, I want to ask things about Tropos, is it even better in range than Cisco Aironet types? Because I’ve implemented Cisco Aironet and we’re quite satisfied with the range.Thanks

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:36:15 +0000

Hey Guys,We have multiple sites with over 500 users and because we have a lot of users who are walking around the construction
facility we needed a way to communicate to them leveraging off our voip system. We found some wireless gear made by Tropos which mesh off each other and have a handover function so it won’t interrupt your voip calls to wireless voip phones. Tropos has been used to wireless mesh whole cities and when you see their outdoor wireless units you will soon see why. I have never seen such a serious wireless unit before. Well worth a look and have a very strong range. http://www.tropos.com/products/