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Sure. But I would bet that most Wi-Fi access points use a 50-ohm system. (Plus, the connectors on a home tv coax cable probably won't mate with the router conne
by EarthIsHome 6y ago
Sure. But I would bet that most Wi-Fi access points use a 50-ohm system. (Plus, the connectors on a home tv coax cable probably won't mate with the router connectors.)
If you want to use a 75-ohm cable, you'll have to use impedance converters to convert to 50 ohms.
Bottom line: just make sure the components you're connecting in your system are properly matched to avoid a lot of reflections and power loss.
- kazinator 6y ago> If you want to use a 75-ohm cable, you'll have to use impedance converters to convert to 50 ohms. ... says the article, clearly.
- dboreham 6y agoThis confused me but I think you mean "Most WiFi Access Points use a..."?
- EarthIsHome 6y agoThanks! Corrected
- kps 6y agoDoesn't everyone have a stash of old 10base2 cables? The idea of running a network over them is strangely appealing.
- segfaultbuserr 6y agoImpedance matching is overrated, the return loss of 50-ohm into 75-ohm is 14 dB, or a VSWR of 1.5:1, it means a low reflection, in practice the return loss is even better due to the loss in the cable. Also, unlike some digital systems that are expected to operate in a controlled environment, Wi-Fi is designed to work with multipath interference, so running Wi-Fi over 75-ohm coax can already get better SNR than running it over-the-air, so matching is not always necessary. You can always add one at the last step if it turned out to be necessary.