Correction, large group of houses. On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Jeromie Reeves <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ >> >
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