Steve
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We have a sport pavilion that is about a mile away from the school.
We need to be able to hook into the CCTV for live feed. Best way of getting a connection to a building that distance away?
It does have a phone line, so a cheap ADSL connection would do, however I find the idea of setting up a monthly ADSL subscription for this a little messy.
Any alternatives and costs? seen some long range wifi antennas, but unsure of there reliability, or security or cost??
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Dom
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Similar to your other thread, look at PtP setups but it's going to be relatively costly over that distance and you'll ideally need line of site between the buildings.
Personally i'd look at a fixed connection (ADSL etc) or a mobile connection.
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pow
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I've done similar over half a km with a couple of old Cisco Aironet 1200's with one being a station-role root bridge and one being station-role non-root bridge with some cheap single direction aerials.
If I had some money to spend I'd use something like this: http://www.ubnt.com/airmax/nanostationm/
Can always help with the cisco config if you decide to go that route.
Otherwise, use a router-to-router VPN using ADSL between the school and the remote building. I've also set the same up with DrayTeks at either end.
[Edited on 07-01-2015 by pow]
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pow
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Long range wifi does depend on line of sight - do you have that?
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Steve
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Not great
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willay
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I'd go for ubnt stuff if you can get Line Of Sight, much sexier.
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pow
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What if you go up a meter or so on a sexy pole?
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willay
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EXACTLY
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pow
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You need me and Will network consultant extrodinaires!
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willay
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I'm not getting on any fucking roofs thou
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pow
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You can hold onto my legs out the window 
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
Not great
You might be lucky if you get some (reasonable; a 1000ft mast isn't going to work ) elevation at either end; there's plenty of tools for helping with this if you Google.
But personally if there is any doubt then it might be worth going for a 'fixed' solution like ADSL/Mobile etc.
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Originally posted by pow
If I had some money to spend I'd use something like this: http://www.ubnt.com/airmax/nanostationm/
Have you tried any of their Nanostation gear? Just wondering what the likelihood of getting the mentioned 150Mbit throughput over a 1.5/2KM stretch (i have my doubts) 
Saying that for £200/300 it might be worth the punt as you're certainly not going to be getting other PtP systems for anywhere near that price.
[Edited on 07-01-2015 by Dom]
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pow
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TBH for a sports pavillion if you get 20MBit each way I'd be impressed, I'm getting a goot 17 over my crap cheap Cisco link.
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John
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ADSL is not a mesy solution for this. If there's doubt on line of sight, £30 a month is surely manageable for a school
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Steve
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Yeah its not so much the cost its just yet another recurring commitment and paperwork to manage = more bills in my pigeon hole each month to sort out
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Russ
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pringles tube on antenna
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Nismo
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As Willay said, can't go wrong with Ubiquiti kit, fit this stuff all the time.
Go for the NanoBeam.
http://www.msdist.co.uk/product_Ubiquiti-NanoBeam-M5-19dBi.php
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Steve
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Do you need good los?
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Dom
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If it was a few hundred metres then you'd probably be ok but i still think you'll struggle without having line of site at 1.6KM, especially using 5GHz gear (and i imagine your area is full of 2.4GHz networks already, so that's probably a no-go); unless obviously you can erect a mast and get the antennas high enough to alleviate obstructions.
They do do 900MHz gear which might have been a better bet but you can't use it over here unfortunately.
Edit - Have a look around the Ubiquiti forums (as well as others like SpiceWorks, Whirlpool.net.au etc) as there a few posts asking similar, eg - http://community.ubnt.com/t5/Getting-Started-Product/Point-to-Point-link-2km-Non-line-of-Sight/td-p/447057.
[Edited on 07-01-2015 by Dom]
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pow
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If you haven't got line of sight use ADSL - if it bothers you that much there are a million companies out there that will bill you annually.
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taylorboosh
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Another line is deffo the best solution imo
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