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Old December 20th 07, 04:19 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware,alt.internet.wireless,comp.hardware,comp.sys.laptops,microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless
Neil[_2_]
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So, I was at the local sandwich shop last night, and I noticed I was able to
pick up a signal from a local T-Mobile hotspot, which I have an account
with. It was only one bar out of five. But I was able to connect to it and
surf the web without any problems.

I then looked up the hotspots in the area, and I saw that the closest one
was a Fed-Ex/Kinkos about 2-3 blocks away. Measuring it on the map, I
estimate it to be at least 800 feet from where I was.

Is that normal for wi-fi routers to have such a large range? That seems a
bit far to be picking up a wi-fi signal. The router was a little uphill from
me, though not a very steep hill.

Thanks,

Neil


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Old December 20th 07, 05:29 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware,alt.internet.wireless,comp.hardware,comp.sys.laptops,microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless
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Neil wrote:
Is that normal for wi-fi routers to have such a large range? That seems a
bit far to be picking up a wi-fi signal. The router was a little uphill from
me, though not a very steep hill.


For those type of deployments, they set it up it work within the
building. So it will likely get out into the parking lot also.
That's all the need to care about.

Will it go farther? Sure. Will it be a reliable link? Most likely
not. I installed a Linksys WRT54G and it was usable over a thousand
feet away which surprised me.

A true case of "You mileage, err...footage may very".

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Old December 20th 07, 10:35 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware,alt.internet.wireless,comp.hardware,comp.sys.laptops,microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless
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"Neil" wrote in message
...
So, I was at the local sandwich shop last night, and I noticed I was able
to pick up a signal from a local T-Mobile hotspot, which I have an account
with. It was only one bar out of five. But I was able to connect to it and
surf the web without any problems.

I then looked up the hotspots in the area, and I saw that the closest one
was a Fed-Ex/Kinkos about 2-3 blocks away. Measuring it on the map, I
estimate it to be at least 800 feet from where I was.

Is that normal for wi-fi routers to have such a large range? That seems a
bit far to be picking up a wi-fi signal. The router was a little uphill
from me, though not a very steep hill.

Doing testing with a couple of Cisco APs and high gain omnidirectional
aerials we've had them working over several hundred meters , and even
further with directional ones but that's on open ground. In a built up
environment it's unusal to get anywhere near that.

It's possible there was another hot spot not shown on your map



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New laptop - Sig missing

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Old December 21st 07, 12:08 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware,alt.internet.wireless,comp.hardware,comp.sys.laptops,microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless
Neil[_2_]
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No, the chances of there being another hotspot are very slim, as there's
only a few types of business that have T-Mobile (Starbucks, Kinkos, some
hotels and airports -- that's about it). This wasn't a random hotspot. It
was a T-Mobile hotspot, and there are only a discreet set of them.

As for open ground, though, the place where I was down the street (to the
south) and a little west of where the hotspot was. In between (the northwest
corner of the intersection where I was at) was open. Thus, between me and
the hotspot, there were no buildings. I'm sure that was it.



"Dr Zoidberg" wrote in message
...
"Neil" wrote in message
...
So, I was at the local sandwich shop last night, and I noticed I was able
to pick up a signal from a local T-Mobile hotspot, which I have an
account with. It was only one bar out of five. But I was able to connect
to it and surf the web without any problems.

I then looked up the hotspots in the area, and I saw that the closest one
was a Fed-Ex/Kinkos about 2-3 blocks away. Measuring it on the map, I
estimate it to be at least 800 feet from where I was.

Is that normal for wi-fi routers to have such a large range? That seems a
bit far to be picking up a wi-fi signal. The router was a little uphill
from me, though not a very steep hill.

Doing testing with a couple of Cisco APs and high gain omnidirectional
aerials we've had them working over several hundred meters , and even
further with directional ones but that's on open ground. In a built up
environment it's unusal to get anywhere near that.

It's possible there was another hot spot not shown on your map



--
Alex

New laptop - Sig missing



  #5  
Old December 21st 07, 01:58 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware,alt.internet.wireless,comp.hardware,comp.sys.laptops,microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless
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Neil wrote: *** and top-posted. Fixed ***
"Dr Zoidberg" wrote
"Neil" wrote in message

So, I was at the local sandwich shop last night, and I noticed
I was able to pick up a signal from a local T-Mobile hotspot,
which I have an account with. It was only one bar out of five.
But I was able to connect to it and surf the web without any
problems.

I then looked up the hotspots in the area, and I saw that the
closest one was a Fed-Ex/Kinkos about 2-3 blocks away.
Measuring it on the map, I estimate it to be at least 800 feet
from where I was.

Is that normal for wi-fi routers to have such a large range?
That seems a bit far to be picking up a wi-fi signal. The
router was a little uphill from me, though not a very steep
hill.


Doing testing with a couple of Cisco APs and high gain
omnidirectional aerials we've had them working over several
hundred meters , and even further with directional ones but
that's on open ground. In a built up environment it's unusal
to get anywhere near that.

It's possible there was another hot spot not shown on your
map


No, the chances of there being another hotspot are very slim,
as there's only a few types of business that have T-Mobile
(Starbucks, Kinkos, some hotels and airports -- that's about
it). This wasn't a random hotspot. It was a T-Mobile hotspot,
and there are only a discreet set of them.

As for open ground, though, the place where I was down the
street (to the south) and a little west of where the hotspot
was. In between (the northwest corner of the intersection
where I was at) was open. Thus, between me and the hotspot,
there were no buildings. I'm sure that was it.


Please do not top-post. Your answer belongs after (or intermixed
with) the quoted material to which you reply, after snipping all
irrelevant material. I fixed this one. See the following links:

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Old December 21st 07, 02:38 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware,alt.internet.wireless,comp.hardware,comp.sys.laptops,microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless
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Somewhere on teh intarweb "Dr Zoidberg" typed:

snip

Doing testing with a couple of Cisco APs and high gain omnidirectional
aerials we've had them working over several hundred meters , and even
further with directional ones but that's on open ground. In a built up
environment it's unusal to get anywhere near that.


The world record for unamplified WiFi using off-the-shelf Linksys APs and
very large omnidirectional antennas is, I believe, over 280 kms.
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TTFN,

Shaun.

"another academic failure.... trying to prove that your smart"
'blanking', nz.comp, 20 Dec 2007.


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Old December 21st 07, 04:21 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware,alt.internet.wireless,comp.hardware,comp.sys.laptops,microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless
BillW50
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In ,
~misfit~ typed on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:38:41 +1300:
Somewhere on teh intarweb "Dr Zoidberg" typed:

snip

Doing testing with a couple of Cisco APs and high gain
omnidirectional aerials we've had them working over several hundred
meters , and even further with directional ones but that's on open
ground. In a built up environment it's unusal to get anywhere near
that.


The world record for unamplified WiFi using off-the-shelf Linksys APs
and very large omnidirectional antennas is, I believe, over 280 kms.


The record using a home made directional antenna at a hackers convention
in Las Vegas a couple of years ago was 51 miles. Although I never
learned if they were on top of a mountain or not. I bet they were.

--
Bill

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Old December 21st 07, 04:48 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware,alt.internet.wireless,comp.hardware,comp.sys.laptops,microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless
danny burstein
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In m "BillW50" writes:

The record using a home made directional antenna at a hackers convention
in Las Vegas a couple of years ago was 51 miles. Although I never
learned if they were on top of a mountain or not. I bet they were.


details: http://www.wifiworldrecord.com/



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Old December 21st 07, 05:55 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware,alt.internet.wireless,comp.hardware,comp.sys.laptops,microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless
Neil[_2_]
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I don't understand. What do you mean??....

"CBFalconer" wrote in message
...
Neil wrote: *** and top-posted. Fixed ***
"Dr Zoidberg" wrote
"Neil" wrote in message

So, I was at the local sandwich shop last night, and I noticed
I was able to pick up a signal from a local T-Mobile hotspot,
which I have an account with. It was only one bar out of five.
But I was able to connect to it and surf the web without any
problems.

I then looked up the hotspots in the area, and I saw that the
closest one was a Fed-Ex/Kinkos about 2-3 blocks away.
Measuring it on the map, I estimate it to be at least 800 feet
from where I was.

Is that normal for wi-fi routers to have such a large range?
That seems a bit far to be picking up a wi-fi signal. The
router was a little uphill from me, though not a very steep
hill.

Doing testing with a couple of Cisco APs and high gain
omnidirectional aerials we've had them working over several
hundred meters , and even further with directional ones but
that's on open ground. In a built up environment it's unusal
to get anywhere near that.

It's possible there was another hot spot not shown on your
map


No, the chances of there being another hotspot are very slim,
as there's only a few types of business that have T-Mobile
(Starbucks, Kinkos, some hotels and airports -- that's about
it). This wasn't a random hotspot. It was a T-Mobile hotspot,
and there are only a discreet set of them.

As for open ground, though, the place where I was down the
street (to the south) and a little west of where the hotspot
was. In between (the northwest corner of the intersection
where I was at) was open. Thus, between me and the hotspot,
there were no buildings. I'm sure that was it.


Please do not top-post. Your answer belongs after (or intermixed
with) the quoted material to which you reply, after snipping all
irrelevant material. I fixed this one. See the following links:

--
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html
http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html
http://cfaj.freeshell.org/google/ (taming google)
http://members.fortunecity.com/nnqweb/ (newusers)



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Old December 21st 07, 05:57 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware,alt.internet.wireless,comp.hardware,comp.sys.laptops,microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless
Neil[_2_]
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That's cool. But I doubt the local kinko's had any sophisticated antennae.
Still, I think the fact that there were no buildings between us and there
was a little downhill helped. I think the fact that there was a slight
breeze from the direction of the Kinko's to where I was helped as well.*

Neil
*Before someone jumps in he yes, that was a joke.


"~misfit~" wrote in
...
Somewhere on teh intarweb "Dr Zoidberg" typed:

snip

Doing testing with a couple of Cisco APs and high gain omnidirectional
aerials we've had them working over several hundred meters , and even
further with directional ones but that's on open ground. In a built up
environment it's unusal to get anywhere near that.


The world record for unamplified WiFi using off-the-shelf Linksys APs and
very large omnidirectional antennas is, I believe, over 280 kms.
--
TTFN,

Shaun.

"another academic failure.... trying to prove that your smart"
'blanking', nz.comp, 20 Dec 2007.



 




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