I would like to set up a wireless hotsopt to cover a distance of 1000m (1km in diameter) from a single location using either multiple directional or omni antenna Access Points.
I do no have the capacity to intall multiple towers for this purpose. I can only install one tower at a single location with all the routers mounted at the single location but reaching users within 500m radius (1km diameter) from my installation location.
I would like you to recommend all the appropriate equipment and setup to help me deploy the hotspot based on the requirement described.
I await your input on the above subject.
Kind regards,
You want to mount all of your wireless access points at one single location, and cover 1km circle radius? That’s not a good idea.
Even if you could somehow blast a huge signal to cover 1km radius (that is a LOT of area), the tiny laptop radios/antennas could not send a signal back that far unless you put directional antennas and more powerful radios on all of your clients’ laptops…
Hello Karma,
Please suggest to me the best way to go. I am a newbie in the area of wireless networking. I want to become a wisp (wireless ISP)
What equipments do you recommend and how should the setup be like at my base location.
How many APs should I deploy and at what recommended interval to cover 1km.
I sincerely count on your input.
Each access point can cover 100-300 ft radius, depending on the terrain. Outdoors with few obstacles, greater distance. Indoors or outdoors with buildings and such, shorter distance.
You will have to physically look at your area to cover, and see what obstacles you have, where you have places to physically place the access points, etc.
Another thing to consider is how many users? 10 users? 1000 users?
Hello Karma,
There is less obstructions in my locality. There are less trees and less high rise building in the area.
What I may say that the whole place is within a residential area so probably, microwave and other electrical items usage in household could be considered in the setup.
The plan is to make the service available to about 50 users from different households (locations)
My plan is to provide internet access to users on paid bases. They would usually surf the internet. Some users may view stream videos and play online songs from thier locations.
They would buy time from our location and pay either by hourly rate or monthly bases.
Thanks and hope to hear from you promptly.