[ale] Slightly OT: PI/Raspian Mesh Network Strategy?

[SpaXpert, Inc.]

Cat 6 is up to 300 meters?  That's over 900 feet, with good quality cable.
https://www.belden.com/blogs/smart-building/real-cat-6a-cable-distance-limit-and-why-it-matters

On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 8:39 PM Neal Rhodes via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> I should have mentioned that cell coverage in the back field the tent
> occupies is lousy and intermittent.
>
> On 2021-06-25 19:09, SpaXpert, Inc. via Ale wrote:
> > This seems like a lot of overkill for a simple task these days.  All
> > you need is a wifi hotspot from a cell phone, and use a device like
> > this:
> > https://squareup.com/us/en/hardware/terminal
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 7:16 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)
> >>
> >> I was initially advised to research ESP32 boards, but the paint
> >> doesn't
> >> seem quite dry on those.  More of a Proof-of-Concept than a real
> >> internet sharing strategy.
> >>
> >> OTOH, efforts to do that with Raspberry PI does seem like a real
> >> thing,
> >> eg
> >>
> >> https://github.com/binnes/WiFiMeshRaspberryPi/blob/master/README.md
> >>
> >> Which is extra handy for us, since we put up about a dozen PI units
> >> a
> >> people's homes for the Virtual Studio music thing, and aren't using
> >> them
> >> as much now.
> >>
> >> Has anyone does this and have results to report?
> >>
> >> regards,
> >>
> >> Neal
> >>
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