While doing an installation today, a customer told me he wanted to share the connection with a pc in his shop, a metal building.
This isnt something we normally do. Ive done a wireless bridge before, and suppose this shouldnt be any different, except that Im not sure what hardware specifically would be reqired to do this reliably.
He currently has a 900mhz system on his home, point East (and slightly north of east) and needs a connection to his shop, 250 feet away, East (and slightly south of east) with a clear LOS from the home.
He *could* just get a second account from us, but thats another 200 up front, and 45 a month. He doesnt want another monthly payment, but is not averse to spending some money (I told him it was likely that what he wants could easily cost a few hundred dollars once equipment and time were factored together) to get a connection in his shop.
Is there a reliable way to do this without breaking the bank? I didnt have a chance to talk to anyone at work today, except for briefly mentioning it to my boss over the phone.
He mentioned we have a couple of Tranzeo 2.4ghz radios, but wasnt sure what models, or what features in particular they offered. They could *possibly* be used, once I get to find out more about them, since we dont intend to use them for any customer installs as we prefer to move/install everyone to Canopy systems.
Those aside, Im not sure what the best way will be to go about this. Any suggestions? Im not dead-set on doing this if its got a high potential to be problematic, and he's certainly going to have a price limit in mind, though Im not sure exactly what that would be.
This isnt something we normally do. Ive done a wireless bridge before, and suppose this shouldnt be any different, except that Im not sure what hardware specifically would be reqired to do this reliably.
He currently has a 900mhz system on his home, point East (and slightly north of east) and needs a connection to his shop, 250 feet away, East (and slightly south of east) with a clear LOS from the home.
He *could* just get a second account from us, but thats another 200 up front, and 45 a month. He doesnt want another monthly payment, but is not averse to spending some money (I told him it was likely that what he wants could easily cost a few hundred dollars once equipment and time were factored together) to get a connection in his shop.
Is there a reliable way to do this without breaking the bank? I didnt have a chance to talk to anyone at work today, except for briefly mentioning it to my boss over the phone.
He mentioned we have a couple of Tranzeo 2.4ghz radios, but wasnt sure what models, or what features in particular they offered. They could *possibly* be used, once I get to find out more about them, since we dont intend to use them for any customer installs as we prefer to move/install everyone to Canopy systems.
Those aside, Im not sure what the best way will be to go about this. Any suggestions? Im not dead-set on doing this if its got a high potential to be problematic, and he's certainly going to have a price limit in mind, though Im not sure exactly what that would be.
