I have not seen mesh done on the cheap however but open to some ideas for sure
On Sep 13, 2010, at 7:02 PM, Greg Ihnen wrote: > Would this be a good application for a mesh network? The towers feeding the > town from both sides, and a mesh through out town? > > Greg > > On Sep 13, 2010, at 5:50 PM, Nick White wrote: > >> Hi All, >> I've got a small town that is literally a 1 mile x 1 mile square. I have >> two towers, one is North, 10 miles from the town, the other is East, 11 >> miles from the town. This town is heavily covered by trees. Most >> customers thus far have no LOS to either tower, or are skimming the >> tops/sides of trees. Fortunately I'm still able to pull off signals in >> the -62 to -80 RX range, using a NBM2 or NSM2 for CPE and Rocket M2 for >> AP. My RX signals at the AP are -69 to -84. >> >> I have the possibility to put repeater APs on a radio station tower that >> is about 2 blocks from the middle of town - approximately 50' off the >> ground. From this tower, no one in town would be more than .75 miles >> away. I'm thinking 10Mhz channels - 1, 6, 11. If we do this, I will >> likely use the UBNT shields that I've seen for sale with three 120deg >> sectors. >> >> Noise levels vary, but there is DSL in town, so a lot of people have >> wireless APs in-house. My worst noise level on a customer is -83, but >> they're using a NSM2 instead of NBM2. The customers with NBM2 are >> typically -100 to -104 noise. >> >> Right now I'm just looking for other's input on these kinds of repeater >> situations? Experience with trees? What signal levels through trees, >> under 1 mile distance? How about 5.8Ghz or 3.65Ghz? How about CCQ with >> trees? I would like to ultimately be able to provide 10+Mbps burstable >> service, as there is DSL in this town. >> >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Glenn Kelley | Principle | HostMedic |www.HostMedic.com Email: [email protected] Pplease don't print this e-mail unless you really need to.
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