[ale] Slightly OT: Mesh Network Strategy?

[jonhall80 at comcast.net]

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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