Everyone I've ever spoken with and myself agrees - indoor installs are not something you want to do.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth." --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Jason Hensley <jhens...@mozarks.com> wrote: > We have quite a few indoor installs and I hate them. There are many issues > that you can't control: access to the radio (as mentioned below), > children, > cleaning folks, dogs, etc etc. We do our best not to do indoor installs, > but we have particular apartment complex that won't let us install outside, > so we have to put the CPE's in windows. Some go in attics, but I wouldn't > even consider doing an indoor install for anything over about 1/4 mile (and > this is all 2.4Ghz). Our signal seems inconsistent at best sometimes, etc > etc. > > I agree that you're opening a can of worms you might not want. I would > highly advise against it unless you just HAVE to do it to get the customer, > but even then I would think hard about it. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of 3-dB Networks > Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 5:21 PM > To: 'WISPA General List' > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Indoor CPE install / window glass type determination > > I would advise against doing it. If the CPE is inside it makes fixing > customer problems harder (especially 900MHz/2.4GHz since the noise has even > less barriers to the CPE) and makes it that the customer has to be home to > work on the CPE or to deinstall the CPE. > > Sounds like your opening up a can of worms... and I'm not sure what the > gain > would be (sure quicker installs, but the customer is paying for that > right?). I cringe at the thought of customer installed CPE's... > > With that said I have installed Canopy SM's through windows occasionally > for > special circumstances and have had little issues with them... besides of > course tinted windows or energy efficient windows (but depending on > distance > it might not be an issue). > > I've even deployed 2.4GHz Wi-Fi based gear in attics with absolutely > no-LOS... once again not recommended but you gotta do what you gotta do > sometimes. > > Daniel White > 3-dB Networks > http://www.3dbnetworks.com > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > >Behalf Of rabbtux rabbtux > >Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 4:08 PM > >To: WISPA General List > >Subject: [WISPA] Indoor CPE install / window glass type determination > > > >All, > > > >Thinking of doing simple indoor installs for short clients < 1mi. Is > >anyone > >else doing this? any tips or suggestions? > > > >I have seen what happens when a home has 'low e' windows! Having lead > >in > >the glass makes a very effective microwave shield. Is there an easy way > >to > >identify these windows in a home? Would be nice to find out from > >customer > >ahead of time if possible. is there a simple tool for the installer to > >save > >time identifying these windows? > > > >Thanks in Advance, > > > >Marshall > >Rabbit Meadows Technology > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >-------- > >WISPA Wants You! Join today! > >http://signup.wispa.org/ > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >-------- > > > >WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
