Just bought a new Uni-directional Wlan Antenna (24dbi gain)

This should give me at least a 15,000 meter range for accessing Access points.

I need about 10 metres of Co-ax cable with N-type jack connectors. any idea's if there are any specialist Wlan shops about in Dubai or Abu Dhabi?.

Would also like an MMCX to N-Type convertor so i can use it with my laptop, but thats not as important.
Thanks in advance.

I've spent the last 3 hours on Computer St and they have every cable and every wire you could ever need...............You just need to ask in one place and they'll find it for you

I could be totally wrong here but im sure the mall at the main junction of Bank Street (across the road from the york) in Bur Dubai is caled the Wi-fi zone, I know all the shops are PC/IT related so it would make sense, maybe worth a look.

Will give it a go.
With my old antenna I could pick up 8 access points and multiplex the links and get 2mb link to the net FOC

with the new on i should be able to get about 30-35.

They are quite specialized cables but i will give them a try 2morrow afternoon.

Apologises for being sad and geekish.

geek?? not at all, i used to be the sales manager for Application Development Advisor Magazine, now they are a bunch of geeks!!

If geeks excite you please check out http://www.appdevadvisor.co.uk/

Actually, now im going to be REALLY sad.
Just doing some applied maths to figure out my range with my new antenna.

TX Power = 13db,RX sensitivity=-83db
Antenna gain: 14+14=28db
cable loss: 2x0.6+2x2.5=6.2db
Therefore the maximum distance is 8 kilometres!!!!!!

this was calculated using "Distance (KM)=2x"

So, if your within 8km of SZR and your internet connection starts running slow......unlucky, its me download porn via your link.

David Putman is really Phil Collins....but you probably already know that

Phew I am out of range....don't want anything slowing down my porn downloads

time for some MAC locking on my wireless router!!!

Word of warning.. also change the default admin signon and password via the browser interface to your router (i believe its 192.168.0.1 (2) )
otherwise i can just connect to it via http...enable my MAC address and disable yours !!

Not that i would do that.


Disclaimer: Everything i have typed in these posts is purely theorhetical. I would never endorse any activities such as these.

While we're in geek mode, what kind of jack socket is used for broadband in Dubai?

It's just that I recently bought a D-Link wireless ADSL router and I'd like to take it to Dubai with me. Presumably, though, even if the jacks are different to the UK, I could get suitable adapters without too much trouble.

Hmmmmmm bad lad LOL

The d-link dsl will work fine, i'm using one here.

Cheers,

D