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ANT224D10 question
I'm trying to set up a nice, fast 802.11n wifi network where one machine is located a little more than 2km from the other machine. I'm not sure what the architecture would look like using this antenn...
I'm finally able to revisit this problem after a few months of relative inactivity, and now I find myself a bit under the gun.
So, to recap. I set up the antennas at 2.3 Km, with a dual band wireless N router at one end and a wifi range extender at the other end, configured as a bridge. When I did this, with a couple of laptops and the stock antennas in the same room, I was able to connect with this hardware. From there, all I was doing was replacing the antennas that came with the router, etc with the ANT224D10. However, at the far end, I wasn't able to see much in the way of signal from the antenna. NOTHING in the Netgear documentation indicates the need for a specific kind fo amplifier or anything. All of it seems to indicate that simple hooking them up to a router ought to be all that's required.
Is there something I'm missing? This is becoming quite an issue and needs to be resolved asap. I've tried calling Netgear support, but all I got was someone reading the website to me - I need some actual tech help here.
Anyone?
So, to recap. I set up the antennas at 2.3 Km, with a dual band wireless N router at one end and a wifi range extender at the other end, configured as a bridge. When I did this, with a couple of laptops and the stock antennas in the same room, I was able to connect with this hardware. From there, all I was doing was replacing the antennas that came with the router, etc with the ANT224D10. However, at the far end, I wasn't able to see much in the way of signal from the antenna. NOTHING in the Netgear documentation indicates the need for a specific kind fo amplifier or anything. All of it seems to indicate that simple hooking them up to a router ought to be all that's required.
Is there something I'm missing? This is becoming quite an issue and needs to be resolved asap. I've tried calling Netgear support, but all I got was someone reading the website to me - I need some actual tech help here.
Anyone?