joshg409
join:2005-05-03
Ottumwa, IA
| reply to tomdchi
Re: [Equipment] Mesh for apartment complex
Tom,
Have you worked with the open-mesh.com guys? The guy who owns the wifi-cpa.com site lives in the same town as me and we have talked about feasibility of the Accton units to provide mesh for Hotels and MDU's. We are to get together to test the units on the apartments that we service, but I have the same issues mentioned above, one radio for backhaul and AP. My thoughts are to backhaul to the building using my existing infrastructure and use the Accton units as the AP's at least that way the single radio is only backhauling traffic to the roof. I also spoke to the OEM for the Accton units in the US about getting better pricing than the open-mesh.com guys. |
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Jerm
join:2000-04-10
Richland, WA | Does the new Nanostation 2/5 have mesh? I thought it did, anyone tried it? |
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tomdchi
Premium
join:2007-03-08
Starkville, MS
| reply to joshg409
I guess you could say that I am part of the test group that is allowing my nodes to update with the latest test firmware. I have been sending in reports to on how well it works and may use these for my tenants in the near future.
Its funny you mention hotels, I am looking into that as well. I think you are right with the backhaul to the location->router->gateway mesh unit. I would also think that multiple gateway nodes would help a lot.
This week I will be testing how well monowall will work with all of this as you would need some sort of control with a install such as a hotel.
If your ok with it pm me with what prices/quantities you got from the oem. I could go in with you on a large order.
Tom |
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schaps
Premium
join:2004-01-15
Saint Paul, MN
| said by tomdchi  :... If your ok with it pm me with what prices/quantities you got from the oem. I could go in with you on a large order. Tom I hope you'd give Mike @ open-mesh a chance to give you a quantity price break. A possibly important factor is that the units come from him pre-flashed with Robin and then auto-update to the latest firmware upon first plug-in to network. If Open-Mesh is what you plan on using, that could save you a lot of time. |
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tomdchi
Premium
join:2007-03-08
Starkville, MS | it actually didn't occur to me to ask him but your right. It would be easier if they are pre-flashed. I will check.
Thanks
Tom |
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