[57470] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 600VDC and 802.11?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jspam@netbahamas.com)
Fri Apr 11 00:55:32 2003
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 00:54:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: <jspam@netbahamas.com>
To: Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org>
Cc: North American Noise and Off-topic Gripes <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <00e601c2ffe5$c902e900$93b58742@ssprunk>
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On Thu, 10 Apr 2003, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
>
> Anyone know about the compatibility of high-voltage DC systems and 802.11b?
> The gear itself will be running on 120VAC via an inverter, but 600VDC/300A
> creates a strong EM field that messes with a lot of off-the-shelf RF gear
> and even some non-RF electronics.
The best wireless resource I know of is the part-15 list. Check it out at
wisp@part-15.org
Most 802.11b gear is not built to be very robust and tends to break down
when high EMI is around. Personally, the gear is cheap enough that I would
just give it a try.
