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

[SpaXpert, Inc.]

Got an address Neal? I'd love to see the topography.  A short bit of on
site wifi testing would be great here.  You were indicating : 150 feet of
grass/trees from the secondary building.  Wifi in a house can be a real
pain depending upon how many floors, but out in open space?  That's a game
changer, especially with WIFI.

In open space I can get blue tooth reliably over 100 feet at the local
airport (yep...!)
Doug


On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 9:16 PM Neal Rhodes via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Again, got to get over a parking lot which WILL be in use.  Pavement
> goes all around the building.  Once we get across the parking lot, we
> could run cat5 along the tree line to the tent.
>
> On 2021-06-25 20:04, SpaXpert, Inc. via Ale wrote:
> > 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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