Hi,
i have been tasked with building a WLAN network for our smelter. The place is not big (approximately 500m diameter), but our heavy machinery might block off certain parts/paths. So, if someone needs to put a lead wall down for the day, i need to find a way to connect from one side of the wall to the other.
i have six NetMetal ac² and intent to place them on the outer perimeter. i have found some spots where they can even see each other most of the time.
hopefully they are close enough to get half decent connection to each other.
worst case scenario: a lead wall (red bar) has been moved between two repeater (rectangles), and two people or equipment (circles) on opposite sides need to connect to each other.
currently i am planning to use the 5Ghz band for connections between repeater (cyan arrows), and the 2Ghz band to connect people and equipment (green arrows).
as far as i know the only way to dynamically reroute WLAN, if something moves inbetween repeater, is WDS.
as it stands, one NetMetal will be configured as mode=ap-bridge on the 5Ghz band and as CAPsMAN for the 2Ghz band. the other NetMetals will run as mode=wds-slave on the 5Ghz band and as CAPs on the 2Ghz band.
is there an other/better solution for a dynamically routing WLAN?