Engenius WiFi setup for boats EOC2611p and EUB9603h
Many of you have found us from a number of boating enthusiast websites across the Internet. We know and use all the EnGenius products and understand the best product to use for the application.
The EUB9603h is a 600mW USB client with SMA connector. This is a simple device to setup and will give you great range better than any other USB adapter we have tested. It also works with all the 802.11 b g and n networks.
It comes with a 5 foot USB cable and detachable antenna installation is plug and play with a driver for VISTA, XP and 7 and also now supports MAC. You will have to mount the EUB inside and connect the USB cable to your computer. When used with our marine 8.5dBI antenna the range is doubled. This will be your best bet you can run the antenna cable outside and mount to a pole with the included hardware. The antenna should be mounted low on your deck with the USB adapter mounted inside and attached to your computer with the 5 foot USB cable. We offer bother a 2 foot and a 20 foot antenna cable ( you will get the best signal with the short 2 foot antenna cable but the longer cable gives you more mounting options) This is the best configuration it is not recommended to try and extend either the USB or antenna cable further performance and reliability will suffer.
You can purchase the Marine USB Kit Here
The 600mW EOC-2610 pictured above is the longest range setup for the more technical boaters. It has a weatherproof case pole mounting hardware and power over ethernet injector so the unit can be mounted up on a mast and standard cat 5 can be run to your computer or switch. The power injector includes a 110v AC cube that sends 24v DC to the unit however you can also run the injector off a 12v DC battery for ethernet lengths of less than 60 feet. No drivers are required so it will work with a PC MAC or Linux computer with Ethernet port. After you have the bridge configured you can plug the bridge into the WAN port on a router like the ESR-1221 to distribute the signal in your boat. Multiple computers may be connected with the addition of a ethernet switch. The marine kit comes with a 8.5dBi antenna that will extend your range we also include the cable to connect the antenna to the unit . You do not want to use a pigtail longer than two feet because the signal will be reduced.
We have a new easy
bridge router configuration for the 600mW bridge kit
click here for
instructions
You can purchase the 600mW marine bridge kit here
Attention Marina operators
We also have a kit for the Marina operator that wants to provide the strongest WiFi to their customers.
Click here for our 600mW Marina / RV park WiFi starter Kit
Here are some more links with success stories about using Keenan products on boats.
practical-sailor
Marine
Electronics: Build an Inexpensive Wireless Network
Practical
Sailor contributor and bluewater cruiser Joe Minick details the benefits of an
onboard Wi-Fi computer network on a cruising boat, and explains the easy DIY
setup that connects multiple electronics to the Internet via a client router.
Beyond the usual benefits, one that is particularly useful to sailors is that an
onboard network allows networked devices to share GPS, NMEA instrument
information and other navigation data using software like GPSGate from Franson
Technology and Handheld for Mariners. Minick used the
Engenius EOC2611P from Keenan Systems
and the D-Link DWL G700AP in his setup, which has served his crew well as they
cruise the Med. The ethernet-based system is similar to the the Bullit2 systems
PS tested from Bitstorm and Wave Wi-Fi.
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