Jonas Lonnroth wrote:
wrote:
In the meantime I found
another possible solution, and that is to have a USB wifi dongle at the
top of the mast. The mast is 15 meters high and an active cable (very
cheap) will connect the dongle to the PC. Now I just need to find an
antenna the will be happy at the top of the mast, be omni-directional,
and work with the USB wifi dongle....

Isn't there a maximum length (five meters) for direct USB connections or is
that only for printers?

You're correct. My guess is that "active extenders" are 5m ( = 16 ft)
cables with a USB hub built in. Longer ones are not according to
specification (even though they might work (most of the time)).

So for a 15 meter mast you'd need four ... Not a viable option. Running
a powered ethernet cable with the smallest access point you can find
would be a better solution, but those AP's are still pretty big.

Kees