Use WBS210 in small garden - antenna advice required
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Use WBS210 in small garden - antenna advice required
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Hello,
As I was looking for IP rated outdoor APs I have stumbled upon WBS210 that seemed a good trade. As I'm a novice network builder I thought I will just screw two omni router antennas on top I had in the drawer already and good to go.
The result was disappointing. The signal was far from acceptable, the AP placed in the garden was out-powered by the one in the house (that is weak, this is the reason I went for this thing).
I did try rotating the antennas to be vertical and horizontal, change transmit power etc. but no luck. I'm talking about 20-25 m distance outdoor in clear sight to the device.
I don't need kilometers of strong signal or some dishes. I need some fairly good looking device on the wall to have some music while I'm flipping burgers on the grill. No dish, meter long sector antenna or other gimmick is accepted as it will be on the facade. I need weather proof wifi in the garden.
Did I just bought the wrong device? Am i missing something? What kind of antenna should I buy?
Hardware Version :
Firmware Version :
ISP :
Hello,
As I was looking for IP rated outdoor APs I have stumbled upon WBS210 that seemed a good trade. As I'm a novice network builder I thought I will just screw two omni router antennas on top I had in the drawer already and good to go.
The result was disappointing. The signal was far from acceptable, the AP placed in the garden was out-powered by the one in the house (that is weak, this is the reason I went for this thing).
I did try rotating the antennas to be vertical and horizontal, change transmit power etc. but no luck. I'm talking about 20-25 m distance outdoor in clear sight to the device.
I don't need kilometers of strong signal or some dishes. I need some fairly good looking device on the wall to have some music while I'm flipping burgers on the grill. No dish, meter long sector antenna or other gimmick is accepted as it will be on the facade. I need weather proof wifi in the garden.
Did I just bought the wrong device? Am i missing something? What kind of antenna should I buy?
