Boat WiFi
Saturday - September 15, 2007•Views: 3463••
Our current WiFi system on the boat consists of a Buffalo Systems High Powered WiFi card connected to a small Hawking Amplifier and a run of coax to the stern of the boat where I have a 9db gain omni directional antenna. The system has worked very well but there are several weak links in this arrangement. The first weak link is a small coax pigtail that mounts on the buffalo card and the second is the long run of coax from the Nav station to the back of the boat.
So after talking with Colin I decided to try a different approach and go with a remotely mounted radio and power the unit via the Ethernet data cable. My breadboard system consists of a Linksys WET54G WiFi Bridge connected to a 1 watt RF Amplifier/preamp. The system is powered via a homemade power over Ethernet injector that sends 12vdc to the unit via the data cable. Because the Linksys bridge requires 5vdc I mounted a single chip regulator on the breadboard system.
Setup is initially a bit confusing but once setup it is rock solid. More to follow after the system is refined.
So after talking with Colin I decided to try a different approach and go with a remotely mounted radio and power the unit via the Ethernet data cable. My breadboard system consists of a Linksys WET54G WiFi Bridge connected to a 1 watt RF Amplifier/preamp. The system is powered via a homemade power over Ethernet injector that sends 12vdc to the unit via the data cable. Because the Linksys bridge requires 5vdc I mounted a single chip regulator on the breadboard system.
Setup is initially a bit confusing but once setup it is rock solid. More to follow after the system is refined.
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