Re: Recommendations? Outdoor range extender?
Woody Schlom <woody@...>
Stuart,
If possible, I’d go with the more weather-protected ones.
I don’t know about your observatory, but mine has aluminum sides and roof – and it can get VERY humid inside. I’ve seen condensation dripping down the sides of mine. For that reason I now keep one or two chemical dehumidifiers inside to absorb as much moisture from the air as possible. But I keep seeing more and more of the steel screw-heads on my scope and electronics cases starting to rust.
Woody
From: ap-gto@... <ap-gto@...>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 1:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Recommendations? Outdoor range extender?
Hi again. Joe's suggestion was a good one. What I may in fact need vs. what I said is an "industrial" grade range extender. Mine needs to have at least 4 ethernet ports on it. I am finding that all the ones I search for with the attribute "outdoor" are excellent at what they do but they are in weather-proof housings and only have power input. Mine will be in the shed protected from rain/snow but not cold/damp.
Mine needs a physical connection to my Control-by-Web relay for the roof and to my IP controlled powerbars. Alas, these devices are not wireless.
Any new thoughts based on this clarification?
Stuart
On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 3:49 PM, 'Joseph Zeglinski' J.Zeglinski@... <mailto:J.Zeglinski@...> [ap-gto] <ap-gto@... <mailto:ap-gto@...> > wrote:
Hi Stuart,
There may be other more modern offers, but I have been quite pleased with my HAWKING model “HOWABN1” wireless N-Type comms, universal Hi Gain Repeater. It has huge “banana thick” perpendicular antenna sticks, and its “Cow Bell” rugged enclosure is suitable for your conditions. This product is meant as a universal repeater between buildings, and outdoor car lots.
Got mine over a decade ago, at Tiger Direct in GTA, before they downsized to the web.
It is limited to N-type 300 mbps comms – but that gives it more range.
Joe Z.
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Stuart Heggie
http://www.stuartheggie.com/featured.html <http://www.stuartheggie.com>
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If possible, I’d go with the more weather-protected ones.
I don’t know about your observatory, but mine has aluminum sides and roof – and it can get VERY humid inside. I’ve seen condensation dripping down the sides of mine. For that reason I now keep one or two chemical dehumidifiers inside to absorb as much moisture from the air as possible. But I keep seeing more and more of the steel screw-heads on my scope and electronics cases starting to rust.
Woody
From: ap-gto@... <ap-gto@...>
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 1:35 PM
To: ap-gto@...
Subject: Re: [ap-gto] Recommendations? Outdoor range extender?
Hi again. Joe's suggestion was a good one. What I may in fact need vs. what I said is an "industrial" grade range extender. Mine needs to have at least 4 ethernet ports on it. I am finding that all the ones I search for with the attribute "outdoor" are excellent at what they do but they are in weather-proof housings and only have power input. Mine will be in the shed protected from rain/snow but not cold/damp.
Mine needs a physical connection to my Control-by-Web relay for the roof and to my IP controlled powerbars. Alas, these devices are not wireless.
Any new thoughts based on this clarification?
Stuart
On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 3:49 PM, 'Joseph Zeglinski' J.Zeglinski@... <mailto:J.Zeglinski@...> [ap-gto] <ap-gto@... <mailto:ap-gto@...> > wrote:
Hi Stuart,
There may be other more modern offers, but I have been quite pleased with my HAWKING model “HOWABN1” wireless N-Type comms, universal Hi Gain Repeater. It has huge “banana thick” perpendicular antenna sticks, and its “Cow Bell” rugged enclosure is suitable for your conditions. This product is meant as a universal repeater between buildings, and outdoor car lots.
Got mine over a decade ago, at Tiger Direct in GTA, before they downsized to the web.
It is limited to N-type 300 mbps comms – but that gives it more range.
Joe Z.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Stuart Heggie
http://www.stuartheggie.com/featured.html <http://www.stuartheggie.com>
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