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

[Jim Kinney]

Run the cable through 1/2" pvc. Cars can drive over it with a tapered 2x4 flanking it to keep it pinned down.

On June 25, 2021 9:15:48 PM EDT, 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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