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Setting up a Wireless
Exercises to be conducted
- Assemble a mast
- Mount the Antenna
- Mount the Access Point
- Power the wireless site
Materials/Equipment for this experiment
- 2 one meter steel poles
- Mast stand
- 10 Bolts and 10 nuts
Biquad Antenna for 2.4GHz
- Battery
- Parabolic Dish
Metrix I Access Point
- Mounting Brackets
- 50 Ohm Coax Cable
Tool Box
Power Supply (ITE Model PW130?:Output 420mA, 48V; Input 100-250V, 50-60Hz, 500mA)
- Power supply cable
- Bubble Leveler
- Tape measure
- N-Type Connector with a Female to male adapter
- Power Inverter (Not used in the experiment)
- Solar Panel (Not used in the experiment)
- Power Meter (Not used in the experiment)
Procedures
Mast Building
- Assembling the mast poles
- Levelling the mast stand
- Aligning the mast to a straight and upright position\\
- Measuring the mast height. The mast height was 1.915 Meters
Antenna Mounting
- Antenna Specifications: Biquad Antenna for 2.4GHz, One screw-on N-Type Female connector, 30 cm of copper or brass wire with 2mm of diameter, a square aluminium plate of at least 12.3cm x 12.3cm, Maximum Gain of 12 dBi
- Mounting Procedure: Mounting the parabolic dish then mounting the antenna. The parabolic dish is used to converge the recieved waves to the antenna.
Power Supply Assembly
- Connect the battery to the power inverter\\
- Connect the power adapter of the Metrix AP to the power inverter.\\
Configuring the Metrix Access Point
- Mounting the Access Point. \\
All configurations were done by following the procedures of the previous Access Points experiment. Configuring a Metrix Access Point
The Setup of the Dish, Antenna and the Access Point.
The complete Wireless Site after the experiment.