Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 14:14:19 -0400 From: "Michael Johnson" <ahze@ahze.net> To: "Joe Marcus Clarke" <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: POE networking, what's the range? Message-ID: <b2203fed0610071114g4f8585c7r938f493a3377b155@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1160243352.5889.13.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <b2203fed0610071040y298b1b62wab8b5f57e795e5a3@mail.gmail.com> <1160243352.5889.13.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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On 10/7/06, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> 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 > > >
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