It might cost a bit more but I'd go with an MT solution. You can do a LOT more with MT than nearly anything else I've ever used.
Should still be able to put in a short range ptp link for under $500. I love the micropoynt units. The out of box failure rate is amazingly high, but once you get one that works it seems to work well, for a long time. Hope that helps, marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shaddi Hasan" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 7:48 AM Subject: [WISPA] Short-range NLOS question > Hello WISPA, > > I'm a lurker on this list that is interested in the WISP industry but > still > learning every day (a lot from you all!), so please forgive my ignorance. > :) > > I run a small community wireless network in a low-income apartment > complex; > we're currently using Open-Mesh > OM1P<http://www.streakwave.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=OM1P&eq=&Tp=%20>'s > with 7dBi omnis to provide coverage to a couple hundred families in about > 25 > buildings. For reasons that aren't relevant to this discussion and can't > be > changed, we may only place our mesh AP's inside resident's apartments > (this > is an all-volunteer operation, run on a shoestring with a small grant). We > can place AP's outside on people's windows, but we have to be discreet. > > There's one section of the complex that we haven't been able to get > coverage > to. It's in a bit of a depression, so the tops of the buildings in the > hollow are about even with the first floor of the ones higher up. We have > a > gateway for our mesh there, a CLEAR WiMax connection, that never stays up > (we have another one on top of the hill that does stay up, but would that > there were another WISP in our area...), so we are thinking about building > a > P2P link between that section of the complex and our gateways elsewhere, a > few hundred feet away but blocked by part of this hill and several > buildings. > > Because we're on such a tight budget, I wanted to solicit yall's advice > before we made a purchase. We were thinking about using a a couple 5Ghz > Ubiquiti NS's, but I'm not sure how well that will work given the lack of > LOS. We were also thinking about looking for some inexpensive 900Mhz > devices, but I'm not sure if that's overkill for what we're trying to do. > We're not trying to get free consulting from you all, but if anyone has > any > pointers that might help us make a better decision or fix this problem > they'd be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks! > Shaddi > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/
