Why would I want an 2.4Ghz Indoor PoE Amplifier?

When the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) first approved wireless ethernet routers in the '90's, they wrote a very strict specification which would control the transmission power of each wireless router.  This was designed to limit interference between wireless routers that may be in close proximity. The problem came when companies started making wireless routers that were nowhere near the limit.  Most of the 'off the shelf' units that sell between $50 and $250, have an output of around 30 mW.  That doesn't sound so bad until you learn that the FCC specification allows outputs closer to 1000 mW.  If you were willing to spend money on an 'enterprise' level wireless router, ie. $300 to $1200, you'd have an output of around 200 mW. To date, there has been no wireless router released that has more than 200 mW of output power.  Recognizing that customers weren't satisfied with the output power in most wireless routers, companies started making 'passive' booster antennas to increase the coverage area of their wireless routers.  Today, there are a number of external antennas that you can purchase to add coverage to your wireless router, but that is only focusing the signal, not amplifying it.  For example, if you take a 30 mW wireless router, and replace the factory standard 3dBi antenna with a high gain antenna delivering 7dBi, you will see an increase in the coverage, but it will be minimal, because a 7dBi increase only equals a 5 mW boost.  The most powerful external antenna on the market today is 12dBi, which equals a 16 mW boost. You now have around 46 mW, instead of the original 30 mW.  Our IAPE-24 Indoor Amplifier is an 'active' amplifier that can take the output signal from your wireless router, which is usually between 30-200 mW, and boost it to 1000 mW! If you think of two lightbulbs, one rated for 30 watts, and the other rated for 1000 watts, any external antenna you attach would be like a reflector that focuses that light.  The better reflector you have, the more focused light you will get, and the result will be more light that you can direct, like a flashlight.  However, no matter how good of a reflector you have, the 1000 watt bulb will always give more light than the 30 watt bulb no matter how focused that light is.  It's a simple matter of physics. Our IAPE-24 provides 1000 mW of output power in a durable enclosure, with Power-over-Ethernet, requiring no additional power cables.  Now you can add an amplifier to your PoE Wireless Devices without having to worry about where to get power!