[TriLUG] OT: comms inside a corrugated metal building

[Pete Soper via TriLUG]

For two years I was my next door neighbor's ISP, building and running a 
link between our two houses from a two way satellite link (with the 
vendor's blessing). What a colossal pain in the ass. I ended up with six 
bridges before I found a pair that happened to work 24/7. If you don't 
have line of sight consider what happens when it rains on the trees. If 
you go this route, use decent equipment and go straight to a pair of 
parabolic dish antennas or decent yagis: give yourself a TON of headroom 
with the signal as a hedge against heavy rain. Then ask yourself how 
hard it would be to rent a ditch witch and run direct burial CAT5!!!

-Pete

On 8/15/19 8:51 AM, Wes Garrison via TriLUG wrote:
> As John and Mauricio said, with line of sight a good p2p bridge is a
> relatively inexpensive option for getting on-network, but obviously won't
> help the cellular situation.
>
> You need 2 bridges like this:
> https://www.provantage.com/ubiquiti-networks-pbe-5ac-gen2~7UBNT0FM.htm
>
> ..and 2 surge suppressors:
>   https://www.provantage.com/ubiquiti-networks-eth-sp-g2~7UBNT0JR.htm
>
> The last I heard, AT&T no longer sells or activates the Cisco DPH153-AT
> microcells.  They work well, but they have to be plugged in via Ethernet
> and only work with 3G data.
>
> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LQY019O/
>
> -Wes