[ale] Slightly OT: Mesh Network Strategy?

[Jim Kinney]

Run that cat6 all the way then literally any wap will be fine. Lock it down to only the pos systems.

On June 25, 2021 9:12:28 PM EDT, Neal Rhodes via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>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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