Anyone please let me know if there exists a true non line of sight frequency apart from 900 Mhz in 802.11 .
If yes then which is the frequency and which wireless card supports it .
Also does Mikrotik will support the same ?
Anyone please let me know if there exists a true non line of sight frequency apart from 900 Mhz in 802.11 .
If yes then which is the frequency and which wireless card supports it .
Also does Mikrotik will support the same ?
No one ??? ![]()
there is no such thing like NLOS frequency, as it highly depends on what is your obstacle. will it absorb or reflect the signal.
The obstracles are mainly trees ( absorbing element ) and iron/steel ( reflecting element )
The setup need to be with a radius of 5 kms NLOS in indoor with walls, concrete blocks and all sort of industrial problem.
But i can’t use 900 Mhz.
Any idea how ???
Ouch.
If you really want to cover an area with 5 km radius, want to connect the clients even indoors and have “industrial” environment (concrete, steel, metal, …), then you will have a hard time. You’ll probably have to install a bit more than one AP to cover that range, and even then the “indoor” connectivity could be quite hard to achieve…
You actually would have to tell more to get a more precise answer, I think…
Best regards,
Christian Meis
well , you can not
do this .. I already tried and I have faced a billion of problems .. but It was my idea from the beginning ..
few meters can achieve a little .
Are you talking for a NLOS
with radius ..
if your clients has a low power then you can not because I already tried , right christian ?
What I tried to say was that I think you’ll at least run into a bunch of problems trying to do what the original poster asked for.
Of course it CAN be done, but then you’d probably have to install a ridiculous high number of APs across the area, which will most probably make it too exensive/complex. ![]()
Best regards,
Christian Meis
are you sure you can run it on None Line of sight because I am interested in None Line Of Sight .
I am not searching for NLOF to make it complex .
The lower the frequency, the better the NLOS performance, and the best wave propagation.
AM/FM Radio is real good, but still not perfect.
My Client will use regular Lan Card ( At most i can give them CM9 with a mini-PCI to PCI Adaptor with a 3 dbi Omni antenna ) or else a 500mW Client Adaptor with 3 dbi Antenna ( 1W output to warm up the hotdogs.. )
The challenge is to cover a shed which is 3 km long.
Contains all sorts of Industrial overhear cranes which always keep moving.
The cranes keep on dumping the metals anywhere they like.
The Plant is a Steel Plant.
I can go with multiple AP to cover the whole area.
Cost is not the issue as this is a challenge by one of my competitor who claims that wireless networking is not possible at that place.
I am planning to use 20 Mhz because i think the CM9 in Windows can’t detect 5,10 Mhz.
I think 802.11g will be a good option because of the OFDM modulation which can detect multi path signals.
Anyone willing to share something will be real nice … ![]()
can you give us any wireless card that can lower my frequecny and what is the best frequency that can make my None Line OF Sight to be better … because I can build any sector with my own frequency , my latest sector that i had , it was 2.7 ghz but I am searching for a good wireless card that can transmit 2.7 ghz ..
Thank you
Ghassan
2.7Ghz card is not available right now but such a card is planned by Ubiquiti which will support 2.7~2.9Ghz.
BTW : You made your own antenna ???
In the stated environment I would suggest that higher frequencies are better.
You are dealing most with reflection.
Use Lower power with higher number of APs for coverage.
Use a radio with as poor a receive sensitivity as possible.
The Higher frequencies will attenuate quicker than low frequencies, so the reflections will be much more attenuated using higher freqs than with using lower freqs.
yes I made my antenna finally but If I can not use 2.7 ghz right now I can change my calculation of doing antennas so I can make it lower than 2.4 ghz so If I can use the 900 Mhz at WIFI it would be great for mine to do the antenna but I think it will take time to think of doing antennas .
can you give me such Mikrotik Wireless Cards so I can buy it right away .
yes I am dealing with reflection .
400mw is enough for me because I have about more than 30 access points and I am afraid of problems if I had more than 40 access points so what should I use routerboards and cards ..
so if i want to use for example 2.6 ghz is it better than 900 Mhz . and if it is better then give me a link to buy the card or a name for a card or router board that can handle more than 100 customers at a time .
Let’s Keep both our problems seperate because there is a lot of confusion with the answers.
I don’t know whether those are for me or you.
High Frequency - High Attenaution - That seems convincing.
But what is the trick behind using a low sensitivity radio ? Do you want to suggest that a low sensitive card will not hear the reflected highly attenuated signals ? Only the unreflected signals will have enough power to get to the repeater/wds AP .
Wow… that a brilliant thought. ![]()
BTW : Only 10-15 Pc’s will be on the planned netwok.
Only 15 PCs…
My suggestion may not be worth the Radio count costs.
But yes, a lower sesitivity radio will be less affected by the reflections.
Keep in mind that my proposition also calls for more radios to be used.
The antenna is a centre-fed broadside array antenna, based on the Franklin Antenna



This antenna is suitable for use in Computer Radio LANs conforming to the IEEE 802.11b/g standard – better known as Wifi. It can be used on an Access Point (or wireless Router) or Wifi client with equal benefits.
This is the best antenna I ever had . so what do you mean by less sesitivity will be less affected by the reflection .
My recommendation was for IndianBoy in an industrial environment, with lots of steel. In an urban lanscape there is little you can do for buildings and such. In this scenario you are best to plan the layout of the sectors to minimize reflective influences to the AP. The clients are a different problem entirely.
P.S. Great job on those antennas..
Is the a place I can go to get more information on this design?