I need to be able to span 500-1500 feet inside buildings and over complex terrain - a microwave shot is easy to do, but most of the stuff I'm doing is not that simple - worse off, most of the places I do this, have their own wireless networks that we are competing with for spectrum.
Ah, yes, if there are other transmitters nearby or in your target area then that complicates matters considerably, especially if you can't dictate what channels those use.
Another option then might be to have a spool of fiber and to use that instead. Fiber will happily go longer distances without much chance of interference or repeater issues. It's a more expensive option than copper but if you need to go over the easy-to-do-with-copper distance that might be a viable solution. Best of luck with this, it's funny how doing the last kilometer of a link can be harder than getting packets from here the other side of the Atlantic. Very easy to take infrastructure for granted.
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wifi wont usually span the distances I'm talking about, speed is not a huge concern, reliable distance spanning is.
Hm. Ok, I've done long-haul wifi with directional antennas over more than a few Km, but not at those speeds. What distances and speeds do you need?
I need to be able to span 500-1500 feet inside buildings and over complex terrain - a microwave shot is easy to do, but most of the stuff I'm doing is not that simple - worse off, most of the places I do this, have their own wireless networks that we are competing with for spectrum.
Ah, yes, if there are other transmitters nearby or in your target area then that complicates matters considerably, especially if you can't dictate what channels those use.
Another option then might be to have a spool of fiber and to use that instead. Fiber will happily go longer distances without much chance of interference or repeater issues. It's a more expensive option than copper but if you need to go over the easy-to-do-with-copper distance that might be a viable solution. Best of luck with this, it's funny how doing the last kilometer of a link can be harder than getting packets from here the other side of the Atlantic. Very easy to take infrastructure for granted.