Hello,
We are starting a WISP in Mexico. We are targeting underserved areas. In many of these areas, the density is really high, with attached walls on all the houses. We are planning on connecting multiple houses using a single modem (Ubiquiti AirMax AC), then we want to go through a switch, and into the houses where we will have individual wireless routers.
I have the following problems to solve and would like advice:
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The modem is powered with PoE. Since I’m hooking up multiple houses, I need some sort of power redundancy so a single house can’t pull the plug on a whole bunch. I’m thinking that I have PoE CPE in all the houses, and when I get to the roof, I use a switch or a router (currently looking at a RB2011U series), with a single PoE in and a single PoE out. I’m thinking that I use a PoE splitter from one of the other cables and plug that power source, and plug in into the 10-28V DC input. This seems like it provides 2 power souces. Is this going to cause problems for the router? Any other suggestions for a better way?
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We want to cover as much of the neighborhoods outside with a Wifi Hotspot solution as possible. I was thinking of using a RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN on the roof as my connection for the houses, and using the Wifi on that router to provide hotspot coverage. If the wifi in this unit good to provide service outdoors? What type of antennas would people suggest to get the greatest range and data rates outdoors? Does anyone know if this unit can be bought as a bare board so we can put it in an outdoor housing?
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For central management, and if we have these units on lots of houses, what are the configuration considerations for overlapping wifi coverage?
Thanks for the help.
Fred