Hi Michael,As we expand from our single neighborhood project to SoCal-wide (nothing like being ambitious), we'd like to follow the BAWUG/SFLan lead and standardize on a kit that does relay and AP. Based on the experiences of NoCat's deployment and recent comments on this list and for maximum onsite flexibility, we're inclined to house the radios in two separate boxes but want one standard kit to use either as the relay or AP. We've come up with the following shopping list for a complete kit (relay + AP). A nicely formatted version with links to items is at http://socalfreenet.org/node/view/66. Text version is below.
Specific questions: + Thoughts on the Soekris net4501 with a hacked POE and miniPCI radio
instead?
+ Do we need lightening protection on the relay Yagi/patch too? Paranoia?
+ Should we use LMR400 instead of LMR195 for short (<5') runs? Overkill?
+ Anything left out or other comments?
Item# Description Vendor Qty Price Ext Price 15451120 net4511-20 Board only www.soekris.com 2 162 324
31954804 802.3af PoE Injector www.soekris.com 2 20 40 64MB CF Compact Flash for Soekris www.newegg.com 2 23 46
Nema box Outdoor case ESD / hardware store 2 ~50 100 NL-2511CD + EXT2 200mW Ultra Long Range Wireless Card www.netgate.com 2 75 150 PIG-MMCX-NF-18 MMCX Male to N-FEMALE Pigtail www.netgate.com 2 20 40 MFB24008DT12 Omni Antenna, 8 dBi, 12deg downtilt www.ecommwireless.com 1 75 75 WISP24015PTNF Yagi Antenna, 15 dBi www.ecommwireless.com 1 60 60 (WISP24013PTNF Patch Antenna, 13 dBi (in place of Yagi) www.ecommwireless.com 1 40 40)
LMR195–05–NMNM LMR195 cable, N male to N male, 5 ft www.ecommwireless.com 2 22 44 AL-NMNFB N-Male-N-Female 0-3 GHz Lightning Protector www.hyperlinktech.com 2 25 50 roof mount mount Yagi/Patch to wall hardware store 1 ~25 25 roof mount mount omni to roof peak hardware store 1 ~25 25 ethernet cable and connectors various 1 10 10 Grand Total 989
Thanks in advance! michael - http://socalfreenet.org
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In place of using a NEMA enclosure, you can probably get away with something a bit more generic. I use 10x10x6 outdoor plastic junction boxes and have had good luck with them. You can pick them up at any electrical supply house for about $25, usually home depot doesn't stock them that large. The one I have here doesn't have a brand name on it, but if you elect to go this route make sure you get a heavy duty box. I have a cheaper box made of thinner plastic and it doesn't give me the warm fuzzy feeling I need to put >$500 of electronics in it. :)
HTH, Fred
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