Stuff in the works
-Waiting on Hills (25dBi?) antenna, will be testing USB device as a replacement feedhorn
-DSE NZ dongle is in the mail, should have it in the next day or so...will be doing comparison testing with AUS version of the device
-USB-over-CAT5/CAT6. Have obtained some scraps (10-20 metres) of a few different cable types. Nic is looking into some RS485 line-amp designs, we may end up designing a generic device that will allow us to plug USB "B" type connectors to one side, and then have an RJ45 connector as output...then maybe just terminate the other end of the CAT5 with an "A" type socket (for dongle connection)
For starters though we will just straight patch an "A-to-A" cable with some CAT5/6
Results will be posted when available
(Anyone have any good USB error-testing software? Need to be able to detect retries, dropped packets, throughput etc)
-DSE NZ dongle is in the mail, should have it in the next day or so...will be doing comparison testing with AUS version of the device
-USB-over-CAT5/CAT6. Have obtained some scraps (10-20 metres) of a few different cable types. Nic is looking into some RS485 line-amp designs, we may end up designing a generic device that will allow us to plug USB "B" type connectors to one side, and then have an RJ45 connector as output...then maybe just terminate the other end of the CAT5 with an "A" type socket (for dongle connection)
For starters though we will just straight patch an "A-to-A" cable with some CAT5/6
Results will be posted when available
(Anyone have any good USB error-testing software? Need to be able to detect retries, dropped packets, throughput etc)
1 Comments:
Dave,
I am from Orange , NSw and have been trying to setup a tight link between myself and a mate 2 kms away. However, some trees etc might be in the way.
I am using usb wlan dongle mounted at focus on ausstar 2.5Ghz disk. Problems are with 15Mtrs of usb cable run.!!
unable to get any reliable recognition of usb device after using 5mtrs + powered hub + 5 mtrs active cable. Still not recognised. (however usb thumb-drive and powered usb 3external hdd both work fine on this cable length !!!) I suspect that the usb wlan device uses too much power (> 500ma) for propagation over usb cables. Any luck with usb-> twisted pair convertors ??
any other technology available to get usb at the dish -> 15mtrs ??
Chris
chansen@netwit.net.au
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