2018-01-05 - Re: [GRASE-Hotspot] Repeater over AP on grase hotspot

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From: Gerard Pacete <ge***1@gmail.com>
Message Hash: cbb22b2d97a8e02474f0f8fd403e3ea71cf637f12563650102f8507d6cfae7fa
Message ID: <90838589-ee8f-4cd6-b640-cdb5c632d3c9@grasehotspot.org>
Reply To: <CAJPZkgH3zy2gpzjCKMjSfAo-JtG++PopJJWBDeHzYr9sBxhdzA@mail.gmail.com>
UTC Datetime: 2018-01-05 02:35:53 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2018 01:35:53 -0800

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On Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 10:52:07 PM UTC-8, bob.hunt.52 wrote:
>
> Hi Gerard,
>
> My Grase setup works fine in a rural village situation, with around 20 
> nodes running "secn" mesh firmware downloaded from 
> https://villagetelco.org, on Ubiquiti and TP-Link atheros devices.  The 
> site also has a webstore with ready to use mesh devices available. As Tim 
> mentioned, the secret is having the connections handled on layer 2 (mac 
> address layer), which this mesh setup does.  There are also other mesh 
> devices around but this is the only one I have any experience with.
>

Hi Bob,
Thanks for the info Sir. We are now setting up multiple AP using cables as 
this will be the cheapest way we could at least do. :)

cheers,
Gerard


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On Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 2:31:23 AM UTC-8, drazen.zuvela wrote:
>
> Hi Bob. 
> I never using repeater mode because it will divide speed to 50%. What I am 
> using is "link" with 3 device setup. 
> 1. Base AP connected to Grase (Network mode: Bridge, Wireless mode: AP+WDS)
> 2. Middle unit (Network mode:Bridge; Wireless mode: Station + WDS)  (+ 
> usually directional antenna attached to for bigger distances) 
> 3. AP device at the end point. Eth cable connected to device no.2 (Network 
> mode: Bridge; Wireless mode: AP)
>
> here are some documents illustrating my setup. 
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwpmm0Bk8oTYVkRsbnpTRDZESm8/view?usp=sharing
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwpmm0Bk8oTYdUVqTjJQOGRaSFk/view?usp=sharing
>
> https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1lhGtjMIEvIOOE4ycfjuNeCO_WlSG5lc2AVjCHTnLThA/edit?usp=sharing 
>
> There are one AP with double panel antennas on high mast covering east 
> side (basically illuminating 3 floors of neighbourg house)
> 2nd AP with 9,5dbi stick antenna on my roof, illuminating 360 deg around 
> my house, but also used to link remote yagi antenna for 2nd neighbourg 
> 200meters away south-west direction. There is Station device on Yagi and 
> another AP connected to.
> 3rd AP with parabola antenna at 5GHz band, directed to west. 1 kilometers 
> away there is oposite Station parabola at 5Ghz, forwarding trough cable to 
> 2.4GHz local Ap.
> How you can see there is a mix of different brands and types of equipment 
> and even firmwares (Gargoyle). For steady link I would recommend Ubiquity 
> equipment because it works without any issue. (Tp-link version works but 
> sometimes need power resets to get clients connect properly. Besides I used 
> indoor units repacked in different waterproof boxes in order to be used 
> outside. Kinda of cheaper, but after years of practice primary outdoor 
> equipment works much better then my DIY outdoor packages.
> Hope this helps.
> Dražen
>

Hi Dražen,
 Thanks for the very informational setup diagram that you provide. We 
cannot afford WDS setups though as good WDS-capable AP are extremely 
expensive in our country. I have noted all your shared info and it will 
surely help me a lot on my next network projects. Grase is the best network 
solution i could always run to.

Cheers and more power,
Gerard

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