[ale] Slightly OT: Mesh Network Strategy?

[Phil Turmel]

Is power to the storage building fed from the main building?  In 
conduit?  If so, you are allowed to run an fiber pair through it.

On 6/25/21 9:37 PM, Neal Rhodes via Ale wrote:
> Note the pavement all around.  Plays hell on Cat5 cables.
> 
> I'm starting to like directional Wifi, if it can be made to work.   We 
> could leave that up year round.   Makes streaming services easier.
> 
> On 2021-06-25 20:32, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> 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