Cambium is really good at working with you on these scenarios and getting the configs dialed in. Roaming is going to be the biggest hurdle, getting them to exit the far ap they wandered away from
On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 4:15 PM Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote: > Start at the left, shoot the 90* AP towards the right. Then when you're > ready for another AP (test with your cell phone) start another one. Keep > going until you hit that mile. > > If it's wide open I'm going to WAG 1/4 mile per AP if it's truly open. > 1/8 mile if there are a few trees. > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 5:02 PM Brough Turner <bro...@netblazr.com> wrote: > >> I need to provide WiFi to consumer devices in an open corridor not too >> wide but more than a mile long. Any suggestions? Anyone with experience >> providing WiFi to large open areas? I need to figure out how many APs I'll >> need and thus how many poles, power, etc. >> >> In particular, I'm wondering if something like a Cambium 502S Sector >> outdoor WiFi Access point would be useful in reducing the number of APs I >> need. They claim it has 17 dBi of antenna gain. That suggests a longer, >> not so wide coverage area in one direction rather than a circle around the >> AP. >> >> I'm interested in a sense of how far an outdoor user can be from the AP >> and still get a usable WiFi connection. >> If you have specific experience with any particular AP, I'd love to hear >> how far it worked. >> >> Thanks, >> Brough >> >> Brough Turner >> netBlazr Inc. – Free your Broadband! >> Mobile: 617-285-0433 Skype: brough >> netBlazr Inc. <http://www.netblazr.com/> | Twitter >> <https://twitter.com/#%21/brough> | LinkedIn >> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/broughturner> | Facebook >> <http://www.facebook.com/brough.turner> >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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