Yesterday and today saw the return of NextGenUs, in the form of Jon and Craig, to Great Asby to complete the installation of the external elements of the new network.
Yesterday we completed four client installations, of which three were for new subscribers. One of them presented some additional problems in that between the house and the wireless node at Goodlie Hill is a very large tree that completely obscures line of sight. However to one side of the house is a detached row of garages and by placing the NanoStation at the far gable end we were able to get a good connection. How then to extend that connection into the house without laying metres of unsightly cable? A pair of Solwise 200Mbps Homeplugs did the trick, despite passing through two connected consumer units.
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| Jon gets safe |
Today was spent taking down the mesh-boxes that formed the old mesh network as well as realigning a couple of Nanos that had been blown around in the recent very strong winds.
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| Down comes the last mesh-box |
All that remains to be done is to install software for managing the network and monitoring its performance. Hopefully this will be achieved over the next couple of weeks.
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| Relics |
PS Strictly speaking it's not the last of the mesh-boxes as there remains one in the church bell-tower. It hasn't worked for quite some time but it's very difficult to reach and so will have to wait until the conditions are just right to bring it down.
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