From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 7 18:14:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 412F716A403 for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 18:14:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from buhnux@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53CBE43D60 for ; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 18:14:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from buhnux@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n15so1515923nfc for ; Sat, 07 Oct 2006 11:14:20 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=LRrQ+/OwiUx5Uapjh0T6qKgD6EJ+ff/FVs9F4haw7UEkW3tHb6qUtzT7cwEY9IymSwm1AAd5Bycf5bldTGG7WVanMIgk2OrTvj1VaShoEjWgvGsQzgDmZqvk8fe8qBW865XziqJ08FsKbLTkvzAY1A/JJ+z/kKfenKkyAoO55lc= Received: by 10.78.201.8 with SMTP id y8mr3192205huf; Sat, 07 Oct 2006 11:14:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.183.3 with HTTP; Sat, 7 Oct 2006 11:14:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 14:14:19 -0400 From: "Michael Johnson" Sender: buhnux@gmail.com To: "Joe Marcus Clarke" In-Reply-To: <1160243352.5889.13.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1160243352.5889.13.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 4b77735c5a512fbf Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: POE networking, what's the range? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 18:14:22 -0000 On 10/7/06, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Sat, 2006-10-07 at 13:40 -0400, Michael Johnson wrote: > > This isn't really a FreeBSD-specific question but does > > anyone know the range of Power Over Ethernet? I want > > something to go from my house to my garage apartment > > then hook a wireless access point in to the POE box. The > > garage and the house are on their own power circuit but > > where the lines split is in between the house and the garage. > > I'm thinking it'll be around 600ft plus all the wiring in the house > > and garage. I'm kinda hesitant to buy one and try it before > > I *think* it may work. > > 600 ft will be too much. POE (802.3af) works over Cat 5 which limits > you to 328 feet or 100 meters. What about a good wireless access point? I have 2 linksys wrt54g's in the house now and one has the 7db gain antennas (which really doesn't do much) on it. I'd want at least 700ft+ range and it be able to go through multi-walls, trees, etc. I know there's lots of access points out there that could do this, but which one? I've looked at outdoor antennas, wireless access point that also works as a wireless bridge (can't find many of these) also. There is too many different options to go with and I don't know which one to go with. Michael > > Joe > > -- > PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc > > >