When you are in charge of building a large area wireless networking in harsh environment with many long distance locations (small offices) such as in mining industry, marine projects, and large workshops and maintenance offices, you need to integrate those small offices using long range wireless devices. Typically in the main office you build high gain / power wireless access point with high power long range Omni-directional antenna which broadcast the signal to all directions. This will help to cover large area with better signal strength.
Besides having high gain wireless network with the addition of high power Omni-directional wireless antenna, wireless clients in long distance locations can also utilize high gain 802.11 wireless USB adapter. There are various types of wireless high gain USB adapter available in the market you can purchase in online markets such as Alfa 802.11 b/g wireless USB adapter and Alfa Tube-U AP/CPE Wi-Fi network adapter.
By having both ends of the signal source (AP) and the wireless clients are long range type Wi-Fi devices, the signal quality would be great and the performance of the wireless connectivity would also be great.
There are many wireless manufacturers that focus in delivering various types of high power wireless equipments such as Alfa, Hawking and Amped wireless.
Alfa AWUS036NHR
One of Alfa products in wireless 802.11b/g/n USB adapter is Alfa AWUS036NHR which is a high gain 2000mW wireless USB adapter. This is an ideal solution for deployment the wireless network in harsh environment such as in workshops, warehouses, mining industries and more.
Main features:
- Compatible with all wireless 802.11 b/g/n standard, but not 802.11a
- Powered by MIMO antenna in single 2.4GHz band
- Supports wireless data encryption with 64/128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2, TKIP, AES4n
- Supports wide range of OS driver including Windows and Mac
- Supports AP software
You can upgrade the antenna with high gain directional antenna to focus the signal in certain direction where the signal source comes from.
Alfa Tube-U (G)
Another solution you may also consider is using Alfa Tube-U long range wireless 802.11b/g outdoor USB CPE/AP. This is an ideal solution for small offices that are located in long range distance locations from the main office.
What this product does
Tube-U(G) is one of the solution for deployment of the Wi-Fi adapter for small offices which are located in long range area of the wireless coverage. You can use this type of Tube-U wireless CPE device in outdoor marine projects or mining industries.
Main features:
- Compliant with all USB revisions including USB 1.0, 11 and 2.0.
- High power up to 500Mw antenna ideal solution for long range Wi-Fi deployments
- Compliant with wireless 802.11b/g with the maximum speed up to 54Mbps
- Support wireless data encryption with 64/128-bit WEP, WPA (TKIP with IEEE 802.1x) and AES functions.
- Supports auto-installation and diagnostic utilities.
Deployment of large coverage Wi-Fi network requires selection of appropriate wireless 802.11 USB adapter particularly high gain and high power Wi-Fi devices. Alfa AWUS036NHR and Tube-U wireless CPE devices are ideal solutions for long range Wi-Fi solutions.
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