I am about to set up a wifi network that would run for about 5km and would enable about 300 users to connect for highspeed internet access. please i need recommendation on the type of equipmenst to use and the amount of bandwidth to purchas I will be very grateful if anybody can help me.
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Jump to PostWiFi does not have such a range normally. In any case, you will need a number of bridges/repeaters. You can send from one repeater to another over a long distance using a Yagi-Uda directional antenna. I've used them in the past to bridge local WiFi transmitters over a distance of …
Jump to PostYagi-Uda antennas are truly awesome! Because of their tight directionality, they don't usually interfer with other radio transmitters/receivers. I taught a class once where we used one to link two facilities via WiFi that were over 1/2 mile (a kilometer) apart. The signal loss was negligible, and both facilities have …
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