Using 50' LMR400 cable with the 1 Watt amps, I believe, brings the power to just under the FCC spec, keeping the power within limits. Unfortunately, you can't tune the power of the Hyperlink amps. Using directional antennas, too, puts the user under different FCC rules than using omnis. A rep at Hyperlink should be able to help with the logistics. All their stuff is legal to the consumer (and they sell the higher powered stuff to the military, gov't and other countries with different regs.) Oh, and yes, since this equipment is usually much cheaper than the proprietary stuff, adjusting the ACKs is definitely a cost effective thing to do, if you're running into that problem.
Try this. Get 1 Watt amplifiers, 24dBi directional antennas, and 50' of LMR400 cabling from Hyperlink Technologies as a kit. Get two kits. Then, get two Orinoco ROR-1000 bridges and Orinoco's 802.11b gold pc cards. You should be able to stretch that distance. We are using the same equipment, but with 15dBi wide angle and omni antennas for a ship to shore connection. We get about 10-15 mi. (we're using lower gain antennas than the 24dBi directionals.) You can check it out here. If you just need a point-to-point solution, using the Hyperlink 24dBi directional / amp kit and Orinoco ROR-1000s may be the way to go.
Um, bluetooth (or 802.15) is WPAN. Good for wirelessly connecting devices to your iPaq. Not good for wirelessly connecting your iPaq to a high speed network as you walk around your building or campus.
Well, I would definitely love to see some 802.11b in there, especially now that they have the technology down to the size of a CF card. BUT... it's a bit understandable, since 802.11a products are coming out (supposedly) this winter. It makes sense for Compaq to wait until 802.11a technology is small enough to fit in an iPaq PocketPC. There are many enterprises waiting for the 5GHz stuff to come out. At any rate, why do we have to always wait for the cool stuff!?!?!
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Using 50' LMR400 cable with the 1 Watt amps, I believe, brings the power to just under the FCC spec, keeping the power within limits. Unfortunately, you can't tune the power of the Hyperlink amps. Using directional antennas, too, puts the user under different FCC rules than using omnis. A rep at Hyperlink should be able to help with the logistics. All their stuff is legal to the consumer (and they sell the higher powered stuff to the military, gov't and other countries with different regs.) Oh, and yes, since this equipment is usually much cheaper than the proprietary stuff, adjusting the ACKs is definitely a cost effective thing to do, if you're running into that problem.
Try this. Get 1 Watt amplifiers, 24dBi directional antennas, and 50' of LMR400 cabling from Hyperlink Technologies as a kit. Get two kits. Then, get two Orinoco ROR-1000 bridges and Orinoco's 802.11b gold pc cards. You should be able to stretch that distance. We are using the same equipment, but with 15dBi wide angle and omni antennas for a ship to shore connection. We get about 10-15 mi. (we're using lower gain antennas than the 24dBi directionals.) You can check it out here. If you just need a point-to-point solution, using the Hyperlink 24dBi directional / amp kit and Orinoco ROR-1000s may be the way to go.
Um, bluetooth (or 802.15) is WPAN. Good for wirelessly connecting devices to your iPaq. Not good for wirelessly connecting your iPaq to a high speed network as you walk around your building or campus.
WLAN.
Well, I would definitely love to see some 802.11b in there, especially now that they have the technology down to the size of a CF card. BUT... it's a bit understandable, since 802.11a products are coming out (supposedly) this winter. It makes sense for Compaq to wait until 802.11a technology is small enough to fit in an iPaq PocketPC. There are many enterprises waiting for the 5GHz stuff to come out. At any rate, why do we have to always wait for the cool stuff!?!?!