[ale] Slightly OT: Mesh Network Strategy?

[neal at mnopltd.com]

ok, point me in the right general direction.  I wasn't the person doing 
this in the past, when it definitely DIDN'T go 250 feet reliably.   It 
was going THROUGH a commercial tinted window - don't they attentuate?   
And it was a Linksys router with internal antenna.

So, maybe the right access point sitting outside with the right 
directional antenna would work.  Specifics?



On 2021-06-25 19:09, jonhall80 at comcast.net 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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