| July 2010 Newsletter |
| News from Freenet Antennas |
New WA Distributor
 Tang Computers Pty Ltd
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Tang Computers in Osborne Park is the new WA distributor for Freenet Antennas products.
Tang Computers has a wealth of knowledge in the computer networking and wireless networking fields. They also do Wireless Network installs.
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New Products
We have continued to add to our range of products. New products this month are below.
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BulletGrid
Technology:
Wireless-A/B/G/N
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The BulletGrid combines a powerful 24 dBi grid antenna, with the highly performant BulletM product from Ubiquiti.
You can buy one BulletGrid, or a pair pre-configured as a Point-to-Point link.
This product is available in both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz versions.
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NanoBridgeM5
Technology:
Wireless-A//N
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The NanoBridgeM5 is a small (330 mm) unit with a built-in 22 dBi antenna. It is ideal for long distance Point-to-Point links. It uses Wireless-N technology to get duplex TCP/IP speeds up to 150 Mbps.
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Note: We ordered these units 6 weeks ago for our end-June shipment but they are still on back-order from USA. The demand for this product worldwide has been huge. They have promised to get them on our end-July shipment.
If you would like to be notified just before the shipment arrives, please REPLY to this email.
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PicoStationM2HP
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The PicoStationM2HP adds Wireless-N to the existing Pico range of tiny APs.
These units can be wall or pole mounted, and are weatherproof. The are ideal for deployment in locations where appearance or small size is important - such as hotels/cafes/motels/shopping centres/...
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Right Angle Mast Bracket
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Use these heavy-duty clamps to horizontal mounting poles off vertical poles. (or vice-versa). We also have lengths of pole material that can be cut as needed.
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Product Review of the Month
The UltraWAP-N300 - Media Server Problem Solved
 At home I have a fairly complex setup as far as home entertainment is concerned. I have a server that I've built and setup to transcode media on the fly - that is, take a media file and pull it apart and re-encode it into a basic format that is readable by the remote node in real time. The server requirements were easily met, however getting the data to the devices that will be playing the media was the hard part.
My house was not smart wired, and I'm not a fan of trenching walls to put in cabled points on internal walls - especially when there are alternatives. I have tried a simple 802.11b/g link, however the throughput and stability was not adequate due to the re-encoded data being almost purely raw which is truly massive. I attempted implementation of 200 megabit EoP devices. This required a rewire of half my house in order to get any decent speed, and this was not enough - an expensive exercise.
Finally i decided to try a Wireless N Ultrawap-N300 bridge. This overcame issues I was encountering with other devices very easily - there was a lot of power between one end of my house and the other that was destroying speeds on the 802.11b/g link, however with the wireless N bridge I get almost full speed and have no issue streaming media - better still, I have no issue streaming full High Def 1080 media!
The link is rock solid and in the 4 months operation has not required reboot or lost power or link at all. For a cheap super effective solution, I have been very impressed! Not a challenging WiFi deployment, but the one that has made the most difference for myself.
Gavin
Zenien
Tell us of Your Success
Do you have a WiFi success story you would like to share with other Freenet Antennas customers? If so email us the details and we might publish in our next newsletter.
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