Powerstation2 to create 360 degrees wifi

[tellniyi]

Hi,

Can i use your powerstation2 to create wifi in this manner?. I am thinking of setting up 4 back to back on a tower of 40m. ... yeah the 4 on diffrent edges of the tower to give a sort of 360 degree coverage. What distance can i achieve with this and what are the pros and cons?

[WHT]

How do you qualify "sort of 360º coverage"?

Typically a four sector system uses four 90º beamwidth antennas. The PS2 has 18º antennas. You coverage would be closer to a four leaf clover.

[tellniyi]

well, what i mean is, i have tried using a single ps2 unit and i got signal on my laptop in about 100 degrees from its position, so i thot if i have like 4 doing the same thing, i could almost get a 360 degree coverage.

[UBNT-Mike.Ford]

Hello,

This is not advisable. Please use Bullet 2 with sector antennas.

Thanks,

Mike

[tellniyi]

ok.. thanks.. so the bullet2 would work fine.. how much traffic can the bullet2 handle per sector simultaneously?

[UBNT-Mike.Ford]

Hello,

Per sector you will see a max peak throughput of ~20Mbps TCP/IP

[tellniyi]

ok great. i'll use it.

[WHT]

well, what i mean is, i have tried using a single ps2 unit and i got signal on my laptop in about 100 degrees from its position, so i thot if i have like 4 doing the same thing, i could almost get a 360 degree coverage.
Of course you'll get a signal 100º off center..as long as you are REAL close. I can get a signal several miles away from my hackhaul point and still see it on my laptop, but only about 30 feet away when the laptop is on the back side of the dish.