I have two sectorised B APs (180` back-to back) and I’m considering changing it to a single 801.11N AP. The clients will stay on B/G and there are about 10-15 on each sector. Would it be of any benefit to me?
At the moment I use 14dbi sectors, but wanting to use HP due to congestion, I’m wondering if an n-type AP with 2 9dbi HP antennas will give the same/better/worse range/CCQ as a single 14dbi 801.11b sector…
Anyone can give me some hints/ideas? Just to replace a 14dbi VP with a 9dbi HP might be a problem, as 2 clients are quite far away…
You will still have the same limitations in G mode as you would with a single B/G card.
If you had N clients, I would think you’d be able to put more customers on a single radio, though I haven’t tested the N cards yet. In G mode on an N card, you still have the same available bandwidth.
Thanks for your response.
So if I understand correctly (not just your post, but n in general), and n AP with 2 weaker antennas(that a single stronger db B/G AP), might have better receive ‘sensitivity’ (or rather success) due to multipath correction, but weaker transmit strength (due to weaker antennas). And what you are saying is that if the client is B/G, it will probably have the same range/throughput than as if it’s connected to a single weaker antenna’ed B/G AP?
If that’s the case, I’ll either have to use stronger antennas, or change al clients over to n…
