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

[neal at mnopltd.com]

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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