Legacy Products
The resources associated with these products have ceased their development and are no longer supported.
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What is the effective range/distance of the DWL-2100AP?

Indoors:

  • 98ft (30m) @ 54Mbps
  • 105ft (32m) @ 48Mbps
  • 121ft (37m) @ 36Mbps
  • 148ft (45m) @ 24Mbps
  • 197ft (60m) @ 18Mbps
  • 223ft (68m) @ 12Mbps
  • 253ft (77m) @ 9Mbps
  • 295ft (90m) @ 6Mbps



Outdoors:

  • 312ft (95m) @ 54Mbps
  • 951ft (290m) @ 11Mbps
  • 1378ft (420m) @ 6Mbps

Antenna Type

  • Dipole antenna with 2dBi gain

Operating Voltage

  • 5VDC +/- 10%



Wireless Transmit Power

Typical RF Output Power at each Data Rate

For 802.11g:

  • 31mW (15dBm) @ 54 and 108Mbps
  • 40mW (16dBm) @ 48Mbps
  • 63mW (18dBm) @ 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, and 6Mbps

For 802.11b:

  • 63mW (18dBm) @ 11, 5.5, 2, and 1Mbps



Receiver Sensitivity

For 802.11g:

  • 1Mbps: -94dBm
  • 2Mbps: -91dBm
  • 5.5Mbps: -89dBm
  • 6Mbps: -91dBm
  • 9Mbps: -90dBm
  • 11Mbps: -86dBm
  • 12Mbps: -89dBm
  • 18Mbps: -87dBm
  • 24Mbps: -84dBm
  • 36Mbps: -80dBm
  • 48Mbps: -76dBm
  • 54Mbps: -73dBm



For 802.11b:

  • 1Mbps: -94dBm
  • 2Mbps: -90dBm
  • 5.5Mbps: -88dBm
  • 11Mbps: -85dBm