[ale] Slightly OT: Mesh Network Strategy?

[SpaXpert, Inc.]

Or a wifi hotspot from a cell phone.

On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 8:09 PM Jon "maddog" Hall via Ale <ale at ale.org>
wrote:

> Are you sure you need mesh, or would regular WiFi do?   If outside and
> nothing blocking the signal you should be able to do 250 feet, particularly
> with a directional antenna.
>
> Perhaps a "wifi extender" at the Tent.
>
> md
>
>
> > On 06/24/2021 4:29 PM Neal Rhodes via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > So considering the following Physical layout:
> >
> > Business Comcast
> >        |
> > regular untinted Window in Building we can get Cat6 to
> >        |
> > 100 feet of parking lot
> >        |
> > Storage Building with power and overhang to protect from rain
> >        |
> > 150 feet of grass/trees - could run Cat6 wire easily
> >        |
> > Tent selling German beer with credit card readers needing Wifi (do I
> > have your attention now?)
> >
> > And assuming we'd like for people to be able to buy beer, and we have a
> > modest budget for networking, are there reasonable mesh networking
> > products that would work?
> >
> > I have never put in a mesh network; if you read the fine print, they
> > seem to assume all the nodes are clustered around a central node, not
> > strung out in a line.   (i.e. no backhaul)
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Neal
> >
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