Hi all:
I am installing a “downtown wifi” corridor in the town with my office (per request of the city). I was planning on using Ubiquiti U6-Mesh nodes for my mesh. I will have a wired feed from my building, but there will be at least 3 other nodes that will NOT have a wired feed, but will need to get it from my building (eg, “mesh”). In addition, I will be shooting a backhaul to the other end of town (1/2 mile maybe), and then feeding another mesh pocket to cover an RV park (two nodes, one direct connect to the backhaul) and a regular park. One location will need to pull a small amount of internet via ethernet to support a VoIP adapter. Again, I know how to do this with Ubiquiti equipment.
I also want to deploy Hotspot 2.0 profile as an additional SSID on this network, and preferably a 3rd SSID that is WPA-Enterprise (RADIUS) to my radius server to allow my ISP customers faster speeds. All users on the open public wifi would be limited to something small like 3Mbps symmetric. Users on my RADIUS-based login would get higher speeds (25Mbps?), and the hotspot2.0 (Orion Wifi) would probably be 50.
I have been using Mikrotik routers and switches in my core, but I’ve never really done much with wifi in Mikrotik (especially not end-user wifi like this..did some point to point stuff or LTE to wifi bridges), so I 'm not really that up on Mikrotik’s offerings in this area. Does anyone have a suggestion on equipment? I’m mostly looking for the mesh/customer-facing nodes, but I could also be interested in an affordable P2P link hardware for the shot from my building to the RV Park.
Thanks!
–Jim