[plug] OT: Point to multipoint wireless

[Kai Jones]

Onno Benschop wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 18:04, Kai Jones wrote:
> 
>>Onno, what type of cable 
>>do you from your AP to antenna ? some sort of coax (RG-213, Belon ?) 
>>with an SMA connector on it, or something similar ?
> 
> 
> Yup, the short one that came with the antenna (I think - there was a lot
> of spending going on at the time, might have had to pay extra there for
> an other item...)
> 
> Description, white coax, about 20 cm long, tiny gold plated connector on
> one end - apparently it's not a standard connector in the 802.11 world -
> but that's DLink for you - the other end is a big - around an inch or so
> - connector, also gold plated, both screw onto their respective
> terminals.
> 
> The lightning protection unit I have is basically a block of metal with
> a ground lead connector on the side. It features a male and female
> connector (of the inch variety) that bolts directly onto the antenna and
> on to the the cable at the other end.
> 
> A star-picket banged into the ground with some water helping and a thick
> ground cable as my earth. (Truth be told, I've never actually used the
> lightning protection, but then I've also never put my dish up high :-)
> 
> 
> Onno Benschop 

Yep, thanks...it's been a while since I've read about lightning 
protection so I'll check up on it.

I've sent off a request for quote for these:

D-Link AirPlus DWL-900AP+
D-Link ANT24-1500
D-Link ANT24-1801 x 2

...waiting on a reply.