Today Guy Jarvis, Mike Sayer and I successfully completed the installation of two wireless nodes at Holly Bank House and Great Kettle Barn using the configuration described in the previous post.
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| Four Nanos ready for the pole with one PoE injector and an Ethernet switch |
In both cases the four Nanos were attached to the pole so that the one set as Station would point at the village hall and the other three, set as Access Point, would cover the locations of the client devices that would be connecting to that node. Each Nano has a maximum horizontal signal spread of about 60 degrees so its positioning on the pole needs to be fairly precise to achieve the required coverage. A large-scale map of the village is useful for getting the angles right.
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| 1:5000 scale map of Great Asby |
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Mike installs the bracket ready to take the pole at
Holly Bank House, alongside the existing mesh-box |
Luckily the weather was fine - no wind and only a brief fall of rain.
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Guy ensures the Nanos are at just the right
angle for Great Kettle Barn |
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While Mike installs the pole on the chimney,
Guy sorts out the cables |
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The new wireless node at Great Kettle Barn
alongside the existing mesh-box |
When the new nodes were tested they both made excellent connections back to the village hall. After some client devices are installed we will be able to see how well they connect back to the nodes and whether the AP Nanos are correctly positioned. Hopefully it will not be necessary to go back up on the roofs to reposition them.
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