<html><head></head><body>Run that cat6 all the way then literally any wap will be fine. Lock it down to only the pos systems.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On June 25, 2021 9:12:28 PM EDT, Neal Rhodes via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">ok, point me in the right general direction. I wasn't the person doing <br>this in the past, when it definitely DIDN'T go 250 feet reliably. It <br>was going THROUGH a commercial tinted window - don't they attentuate? <br>And it was a Linksys router with internal antenna.<br><br>So, maybe the right access point sitting outside with the right <br>directional antenna would work. Specifics?<br><br><br><br>On 2021-06-25 19:09, jonhall80@comcast.net wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">Are you sure you need mesh, or would regular WiFi do? If outside and<br>nothing blocking the signal you should be able to do 250 feet,<br>particularly with a directional antenna.<br><br>Perhaps a "wifi extender" at the Tent.<br><br>md<br><br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;">On 06/24/2021 4:29 PM Neal Rhodes via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<br><br><br>So considering the following Physical layout:<br><br>Business Comcast<br> |<br>regular untinted Window in Building we can get Cat6 to<br> |<br>100 feet of parking lot<br> |<br>Storage Building with power and overhang to protect from rain<br> |<br>150 feet of grass/trees - could run Cat6 wire easily<br> |<br>Tent selling German beer with credit card readers needing Wifi (do I<br>have your attention now?)<br><br>And assuming we'd like for people to be able to buy beer, and we have <br>a<br>modest budget for networking, are there reasonable mesh networking<br>products that would work?<br><br>I have never put in a mesh network; if you read the fine print, they<br>seem to assume all the nodes are clustered around a central node, not<br>strung out in a line. (i.e. no backhaul)<br><br>regards,<br><br>Neal<hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></pre></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Computers amplify human error<br>Super computers are really cool</body></html>