I have a 'town' I have setup like that (just a large group of towns, they call it a village). A couple PowerStation2's fed from 5ghz covers it well. I also made a few key locations AP's. I take the clients AP's and make them switchs, disabling the wifi. Then add a name on my units for them to use. this helps reduce interference. When i do need to leave AP's I take control of them, turn the power down, etc. If they have not the option then I replace them. I maintain control of every device short of the end user pc/laptop.
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Nick White <[email protected]> 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/
