I had to stop and think, doesnt BPL already pass through the meter? I think it's the transformer that give it the problem, the meter is just a pass-through, not much resistance whatsoever.
Bob- -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Yette Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:33 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Apartment Buildings The dmarks are trypically in the basements. We could do the DSLAM thing and we have consider some 8 porters on ebay for $550. Ethernet over power line won't work because each apartment is on a separate meter. We set up some linksys wireless routers (SOHO flavor) and run than as APs back to a soekris router on our side where we can force the user through a portal page (acceptable use) ... this part we can do easily. It's the authenticated user management portion that is tough. On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Mike<m...@aweiowa.com> wrote: > Where is the telephone demark. Access? You're a CLEC, put a small > DSLAM in there; Zhone? Or consider Ethernet over power > line. Apartment complexes of any size can get really ugly with RF in > a hurry. Wireless absolutely? I don't know about the Meraki > hardware mentioned, but seem to remember they "phone home" to a > central server, but a mesh system could work. > > > > > At 01:16 PM 8/20/2009, you wrote: >>Hi All - >> >>I've looked through several of the archives and wasn't finding an >>answer quickly, but I will apologize if this has been discussed >>before. >> >>Quick history, we are a facilities-based CLEC and provide phone and >>broadband internet over a dedicated fiber-optic network. Through out >>our service area (three small business communities) are many apartment >>buildings. It is easy for us to provide phone service to those units, >>but Internet is another story as the buildings are not wired for >>Internet. The cost of pulling wire is too expensive and too time >>consuming. >> >>We are looking for a way to place centrally located access >>points/wireless routers in these apartments to connect the tenants. >>Easy enough if we wanted a wide-open connection - but the tough part >>comes in trying to manager user accounts. We need away that would >>present a log-in page, and then upon entering valid credentials >>authenticated back against something like a radius service, they would >>gain access to the internet. >> >>To clarify, we are not looking for a hosted application, but more of a >>home-grown solution. We have all of the components for billing, which >>will automatically create a radius account and e-mail, we have online >>billing and web-mail - the only part is the is missing is the web >>authentication piece. >> >>Thanks for listening >>Jeff Yette >>Sales Engineer >>Slic Network Solutions >>(www.slic.com) >> >> >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ >>WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>http://signup.wispa.org/ >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ >> >>WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >>Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >>Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
