Voice of experience right there..... -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 8:01 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Outdoor mesh, has anyone seen any work well?
Zig zag your ap's back and forth across the valley. Use customer houses as transmit sites to those on the other side of the river. That'll work much better than a mesh system. marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "MDK" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 10:41 AM Subject: [WISPA] Outdoor mesh, has anyone seen any work well? >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: [email protected] > > 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: [email protected] 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: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
