Oh yeah, I'm doing this for free. I don't really have any hardware other than a Bullet with an omni that a friend gave me. I planned on buying some equipment and I don't mind, provided I can use it for other projects after this one, but I'd like to keep the budget under $300 (if that's laughable, do let me know!)
My thoughts were to use NS5Ls for the backhaul and up to three well-placed 2.4 Bullets w/ omnis, but the fewer the better. Josh Luthman wrote: > Nanos would be cheaper then MT wouldn't it? > > On 4/17/10, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Marlon's idea is good. Put a high 5.8 omni at the crossroads. Put some 5.8 >> cpe at a few different places with 2.4 low power radios connected to them. >> A P2P to the crossroads system from your demark would complete the system. >> >> You could do it with Deliberant radios, or Mikrotik quite easily. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer >> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 7:08 PM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Internet for festival: Laptop/PDA signal strength? >> >> I use a 24dB grid for a project like this. We can get to a laptop (in >> open air) about a mile away this way ;-). It's pretty cool. >> >> You'd never be able to handle the volume that way though. >> >> I'd probably try to go with REALLY low powered omni or sectors with a LOT of >> >> them. 5 gig 802.11 a and b/g. I'd also run a 5 gig system over the top of >> it for backhaul. >> >> Unless you are doing this for free. Then put in what you've got that's >> cheap and go from there. >> marlon >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Charles Hooper" <[email protected]> >> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 11:27 AM >> Subject: [WISPA] Internet for festival: Laptop/PDA signal strength? >> >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Every year in July we have a fairly large, 3-day festival in town with >>> over 100 vendors and over 300,000 visitors. I'm teaming up with a local >>> non-profit that I'm involved with to try to provide Internet access to >>> those vendors, as well as any of those 300,000 people with >>> smartphones/PDAs who feel the need to get online. Essentially, the area >>> I want to cover is in green on this map (plus the pier): >>> >>> http://sailfest.org/images/page/sailfest2009_event_guide.gif >>> >>> For a sense of scale, those green sections are only about 400 feet long >>> and are (mostly) flat and the buildings around them are made of brick. >>> There will be tents and stands all along the street. This is one of the >>> areas: >>> >>> http://sailfest.org/images/page/vendorarea_03.jpg >>> >>> If I put a Ubiquiti bullet in that intersection of the green area with >>> an omnidirectional antenna, I have very little doubt that its signal >>> will get wherever it needs to go, but will people's laptops and PDAs >>> have a problem with connections at that range? Or should I put a >>> repeater halfway down those streets, or even for this use case use a >>> Mesh network design? >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> Charles >>> >>> >>> >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> >>> 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/ >> >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
