by Skouperd » Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:11 pm
you get two public bands, 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz. The 2.4Ghz band is what all the normal wireless stuff, laptops, decoders, wireless AP's and things run on. This is quite a congested band if you think about it.
The 5Ghz band is slightly more higher end, and much less congested. It is this band that the majority of the CTWUG runs their goodies on. A 8km link, if you have a clear line of sight, is absolutely no problem whatsoever if you are planning to play games with it. PMurgs is running a 40KM link, and granted he have some issues for various reasons, but my link is about 6KM long and I am getting very low latencies. (hopping over 5 different links gives me an increase in ping of only 4ms or 5ms)
If you are looking for good 5Ghz equipment, have a look at
http://www.scoopdistribution.co.za/you will most likely need a nice 24dBi or 27dBi grid on your side, here:
http://www.scoopdistribution.co.za/product_info.php?cPath=99_37&products_id=276or alternatively, just get the full kit:
http://www.scoopdistribution.co.za/product_info.php?cPath=49_78&products_id=783
you get two public bands, 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz. The 2.4Ghz band is what all the normal wireless stuff, laptops, decoders, wireless AP's and things run on. This is quite a congested band if you think about it.
The 5Ghz band is slightly more higher end, and much less congested. It is this band that the majority of the CTWUG runs their goodies on. A 8km link, if you have a clear line of sight, is absolutely no problem whatsoever if you are planning to play games with it. PMurgs is running a 40KM link, and granted he have some issues for various reasons, but my link is about 6KM long and I am getting very low latencies. (hopping over 5 different links gives me an increase in ping of only 4ms or 5ms)
If you are looking for good 5Ghz equipment, have a look at [url=http://www.scoopdistribution.co.za/]http://www.scoopdistribution.co.za/[/url]
you will most likely need a nice 24dBi or 27dBi grid on your side, here:
[url=http://www.scoopdistribution.co.za/product_info.php?cPath=99_37&products_id=276]http://www.scoopdistribution.co.za/product_info.php?cPath=99_37&products_id=276[/url]
or alternatively, just get the full kit:
[url=http://www.scoopdistribution.co.za/product_info.php?cPath=49_78&products_id=783]http://www.scoopdistribution.co.za/product_info.php?cPath=49_78&products_id=783[/url]