Re: [Madwifi-users] sr5 and long distance

[Tom S. <tsh...@qo...>]

That's what athctrl does. The command is e.g. athctrl -i ath0 -d 7000

Tom Sharples

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Clark" <jc...@me...>
To: "Tom Sharples" <tsh...@qo...>
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Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Madwifi-users] sr5 and long distance


> Tom Sharples schrieb:
>> Yes, it works fine, altho we use either ad-hoc or master / managed (not 
>> wds). You need to set distance using athcrtl. Also the indicated SNR 
>> needs to be above 20 to get decent bandwidth. For that distance a pair of 
>> 29db pacwireless solid dishes should work very well.
>>  Tom Sharples
>> President
>> Qorvus Systems, Inc.
>> www.qorvus.net <http://www.qorvus.net>
>> 360.243.7371
>>
>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>     *From:* wififi atheros <mailto:wi...@ya...>
>>     *To:* mad...@li...
>>     <mailto:mad...@li...>
>>     *Sent:* Thursday, June 01, 2006 8:07 AM
>>     *Subject:* **SPAM: [Madwifi-users] sr5 and long distance
>>
>>     Has anyone succesfully used SR5 cards in a long distance link?
>>     i am trying to do it in wds mode, it works for 100meters but it
>>     doesn´t for 7000meters link.
>>
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> Doesn't one have to adjust time values for ACK's and the like at this 
> distance. If the link is 7 km, then
> the rountrip time is 14 km, and is that not a significant delay? (power 
> and antennas aside...)
>
> John Clark
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