Does the height of two AP have to be the same?
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Does the height of two AP have to be the same?
Model : TL-WA5210G
Hardware Version :
Firmware Version :
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I own 2 tlwa5210g, i linked then in bridge mode to get internet to a remote house on top of a mountain. The speed is very slow and gets worse depending the time of day. After 2 years the speed has gotten worse than 50k at some hours. I thought it has to do with 2.4gz and how many devices might broadcast in 2.4ghz, so i bought a tl wa7510n, but it disconnects after an hour. Apparently this is a well knwon issue
http://www.tp-link.com/la/faq-463.html
I havent gotten around upgrading it yet, but the speed is still pretty slow for the 2 hours that its connected. For now i am using the tlwa5210g. The speed is under 50k Here is an example of how the connection works.
There is a CLEAR line of sight NO obstructions, i can see the other house.
Distance between two points is 2km
Height of ap that broadcasts is 10m. The height of the ap that receives on top of the mountain is 110m
Does the 80m height diffirence matters?
The aps are not alligned to look up or down in order to directly face each other.
Why is the connection speed so slow?
The internet connection typse is vdsl, does that matter? I pay for 40mbps and i get 30-50-150-220kbps depending the time of day.
Please help me understand how cant i fix this problem.
Hardware Version :
Firmware Version :
ISP :
I own 2 tlwa5210g, i linked then in bridge mode to get internet to a remote house on top of a mountain. The speed is very slow and gets worse depending the time of day. After 2 years the speed has gotten worse than 50k at some hours. I thought it has to do with 2.4gz and how many devices might broadcast in 2.4ghz, so i bought a tl wa7510n, but it disconnects after an hour. Apparently this is a well knwon issue
http://www.tp-link.com/la/faq-463.html
I havent gotten around upgrading it yet, but the speed is still pretty slow for the 2 hours that its connected. For now i am using the tlwa5210g. The speed is under 50k Here is an example of how the connection works.
There is a CLEAR line of sight NO obstructions, i can see the other house.
Distance between two points is 2km
Height of ap that broadcasts is 10m. The height of the ap that receives on top of the mountain is 110m
Does the 80m height diffirence matters?
The aps are not alligned to look up or down in order to directly face each other.
Why is the connection speed so slow?
The internet connection typse is vdsl, does that matter? I pay for 40mbps and i get 30-50-150-220kbps depending the time of day.
Please help me understand how cant i fix this problem.
Re:Does the height of two AP have to be the same?
About speed:
Interference (radio, physical, electrical) and the distance from client device to the Access Point are two major factors that have a negative impact on observed maximum throughput. The half-duplex nature of wireless means that the actual throughput is typically 50 percent or less of the data rate 150Mbps. Under a ideal situation, 150Mbps data rate will at last result in less than 75Mbps in LAN side(wireless).
About height for installation:
Best throughput can be achieved when all the access points are mounted at the same height. For your actual environment, it's kinda difficult to achieve. 80m height diffirence matters a lot. because 7510N has a very short beamwidth Vertical: 14° and the other AP will be out of vertical angel coverage due to height differences.
You can deal with it by adjusting the angle of inclination of both APs to make both are covered to each other. Also, you need to perform a site survey and measure a desired data speed and determine a proper installation height.
Interference (radio, physical, electrical) and the distance from client device to the Access Point are two major factors that have a negative impact on observed maximum throughput. The half-duplex nature of wireless means that the actual throughput is typically 50 percent or less of the data rate 150Mbps. Under a ideal situation, 150Mbps data rate will at last result in less than 75Mbps in LAN side(wireless).
About height for installation:
Best throughput can be achieved when all the access points are mounted at the same height. For your actual environment, it's kinda difficult to achieve. 80m height diffirence matters a lot. because 7510N has a very short beamwidth Vertical: 14° and the other AP will be out of vertical angel coverage due to height differences.
You can deal with it by adjusting the angle of inclination of both APs to make both are covered to each other. Also, you need to perform a site survey and measure a desired data speed and determine a proper installation height.
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Re:Does the height of two AP have to be the same?
With such a mount bracket for example. It lets you align the APs by 360° around the horizontal axis:
Again: the height of the pole is irrelevant. You just have to mount the APs in a way that there is a clear line of sight, i.e. no obstacles in the line from AP to AP. Depending on the exact position of the house on the hill there might be trees covering the line of sight and only then you need to consider the height of the pole. In this case the height must be chosen so that there is a 60% clearance in the first fresnel zone. The positions of the APs in the photo above look like this:
In this case my pole for the local AP is 1m mounted on a balcony yielding 4.5m above ground with the AP pointing downward, while the pole for the remote AP is 0.5m on a wall yielding about 2m above ground with the AP pointing upward to the hill.
See the TL-WA5210 installation guide, available on TP-Link's website:
Wireless signal strength shows you the signal strength. Align the remote (client) AP until all LEDs lighting constantly show best signal strength. Note that alignment using signal strength LEDs requires to be on the remote site where the WA5210 works in client mode. In AP mode all signal strength LEDs are always constantly lighting.
I have TL-WA7210, but web UI is mostly the same, so look for the "Antenna Alignment" menu. This is from the TL-WA5210 installation guide:
Alignment by checking for signal quality and signal strength aka RSSI (= Receive Signal Strength Indicator) in the web UI works on both sites, no matter wether the device is set in client or AP mode.
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