We done a ranger copmlex in Alaska with 900 ubiquiti cards on MT boards a couple years ago and they get 11' of snow on the roofs. They have 2.4 broadcast.
We also done a large shipyard a few months ago with 900 mesh backhauls and 2.4 APs. It works great. They actually block paths when they move ships around and the 900 mesh just finds a path around the ships that are blocking some of the signals. I have only used MT mesh so not sure on the other products available but so far the MT works fine. Jim On 3/5/2010 1:42 PM, MDK wrote: > That would be my first choice... BUT. > > No power. No roads, very steep canyon walls in places. > > One side is a north east facing slope, shaded by the OTHER side, which is > taller and blocks sun until late morning even in the summer and is shaded > early afternoon by itself. > > Other side is also steep and of course, has lack of sun issues. Sun's > important if you want to use solar. Down in the canyon, there's little > wind, due to prevailing winds mostly just passing over the ridge tops > crosswise. > > Also, much of the land on the hillside is public (state or federal). Just > plain hard to get to. In other words, difficult and expensive and very > inaccessible in the winter when there's snow on the steep slopes. > > So, mesh seems an option. I just haven't heard of any good implementations. > Nor have I been following mesh, just because it has never been applicable > to me. I was thinking of doing alternating 2.4 and 900 series of relays up > the canyon, but that has weak points as well, especially the part about 900 > throughput and stability, as it concerns snow (lots of reflections, > multipath, and then distant interference becomes serious interference, > etc...). Cost is a little higher for 900, though not bad. > > Everyone selling it says it works great. Users generally know better... > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy > 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > From: Blair Davis > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 11:13 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Outdoor mesh, has anyone seen any work well? > > > get an overview location and shoot 900MHz into it? > > MDK wrote: > I just got a call from a remote community, this is in "the mountains" so to > speak. It's actually a canyon with a river in the middle and houses on > both sides. It's not straight, and there's trees galore. In other > words, longest distance with 2.4 is going to be "not very far". > > But, there's a lot of people here, equivalent of a small town, and no other > broadband, and only some of them could even use satellite, which they all > seem to hate. The populated area that's in this valley/canyon is spread > over about 6 miles, the first 3 of which is open enough to use more > conventional wireless setups. The last 3 miles, the canyon has bends and > narrow spots, and vastly more trees. > > So, I got to thinking that an outdoor mesh might work for part of this, but > I have yet to read of any truly successful outdoor meshes -especially that > can deliver a large amount of bandwidth. > > Anyone? > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy > 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/
