how about Ubiquti with Openmesh On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Glenn Kelley <gl...@hostmedic.com> wrote: > 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: 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/ > > _____________________________________________________________________________________ > Glenn Kelley | Principle | HostMedic |www.HostMedic.com > Email: gl...@hostmedic.com > Pplease don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ >
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