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Jason Lavoie:

--- Quote from: Pete Erskine on October 26, 2015, 11:19:27 AM ---The Pringles wifi antenna worked well for me and is very directional.  Here is a commercial version:
http://www.cantenna.com/

I'd put them on all and separate them by a foot or so

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They're cute, but looks like they're not for sale anymore. the website is there but if you click to buy they are 'closed'
Wonder if they got hit with some regulatory issues

Jason

Jason Lavoie:

--- Quote from: Tim Weaver on October 26, 2015, 11:40:52 AM ---I bought a Ubiquiti Nanostation M5 and can go about a 1/4 mile before I see the signal start to drop. Its a WAP instead of an antenna, but it is directional.

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I like it.
and I think the extra complexity of having to add a router (for DHCP) will be outweighed by not having to line up 3 separate directional antennas

Thanks!
Jason

Lyle Williams:
Every 6dB of antenna gain doubles your range, as long as you are on axis.  Improved reception in one direction is at the expense of reduced reception n other directions.

Antenna gain specs are like speaker specs.  Don't believe everything you read.

Pete Erskine:

--- Quote from: Jason Lavoie on October 26, 2015, 02:10:56 PM ---They're cute, but looks like they're not for sale anymore. the website is there but if you click to buy they are 'closed'
Wonder if they got hit with some regulatory issues

Jason

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Build it yourself like I did:

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-make-a-wifi-antenna-out-of-a-pringles-can-nb/

Tim Weaver:


--- Quote from: Jason Lavoie on October 26, 2015, 02:13:55 PM ---I like it.
and I think the extra complexity of having to add a router (for DHCP) will be outweighed by not having to line up 3 separate directional antennas

Thanks!
Jason

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Yeah I wasn't interested in trying to find a place for crazy antennas on a festival stage. This little guy is about a foot tall and a couple inches deep. I can gaff it to a mic stand on the downstage edge and have plenty of range to reach FOH and well beyond.

I'm using it with a regular linksys/cisco router which also has a 2.4g network in it so my older gear can connect closer to the stage. My FOH clients all are on the 5g network of the ubiquiti.

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