Wireless Booster

For a client who wanted wireless across a large outdoor area, we wound up using the following pieces:

Hawking HSB2, which has 500mw, 200 mw, and 100mw settings. It has SMA connector.

We also utilized an extender cable for the booster, 7 feet long, the Hawking HAC7SS. Of course it has opposite gender SMA connectors at each end.

That antennae cable was attached to a DLINK WBR-1310, after removing the existing SMA antennae.

Note: You should avoid cannot MIMO style antennae arrangements, since the two antennae work together. Also to note, many of the Linksys, or even just many of the 802.11N routers/waps, bury the antennae inside the unit. We need removable!

Finally, warn the customer that if at the highest signal level if anyone complains of interference then he is required to eliminate the interference...presumably lowering the signal boost.

Note on Linksys connectors: as they use TNC some converters must be used, but they are obtainable in some antennae kits.