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Question on wiring MIMO AP's Antennas for increased range

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anon8

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Join Date: Jul 2009

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09-24-2009, 09:48 PM

Wiring a concrete building with rebar. Drilling holes so antennas can go through walls but access points stay in one location. Want to use 802.11n MIMO routers with 6 meter antenna extension cables to different rooms 20+ feet apart. Would this still work for MIMO?

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thuor

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09-25-2009, 12:47 AM

Not reliably. MIMO antennas are intended to work together via spatial multiplexing to improve SNR. Also, hidden-node problems arise when radiation doesn't propagate between rooms — CSMA/CA can't work. Better: use PoE and dedicated APs per room via CAT5.

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