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Vintners
Apprentice
Jun 10, 2019
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Small Gated Community - Would Obi work to connect all the villas?

Kia ora,

 

Looking for some advice on connecting our whole complex to the same network with Mesh.

  • No separate passwords or usernames are needed.
  • Coverage through-out the entire complex, including the pool needed.
  • No cables are allowed to be run between villas - must be wireless
  • We have fibre, guarenteed 100Mbps, with uncapped data.

I was thinking about 1 AC300 per villa, with 1 Orbi Outdoor Universal Satellite unit at the pool area.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

 

Cheers,

Vintners

 

  • Guess what....?

    It works AND I have 8 satellites working!!!!

8 Replies

  • plemans's avatar
    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User

    How many villa's/sized area are you trying to cover? I've seen the pro version with up to 5 satellites working. Not sure how large of an area and villa's you're trying to cover. Might have to move out of the consumer market and into the business class equipment. Or figure out a way to run the cabling. 

    • Vintners's avatar
      Vintners
      Apprentice

      Hi,

      There is a drone image attached. 14 villas across 2 hectares.

       

      • plemans's avatar
        plemans
        Guru - Experienced User
        Hate to be a pessimist but i don't think your going to get that working all wireless. That's too much distance. You'll need some type of ethernet or coaxial backhaul.

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