I myself would look into 4.9 or other licensed spectrum. Then you could have gear on one tower and service the whole area...
Scott Carullo Brevard Wireless 321-205-1100 x102 -------- Original Message -------- > From: "3-dB Networks" <wi...@3-db.net> > Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 1:46 PM > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ideas on Police Department Wireless Link from Station toCruiser > > IMHO, the only way to do something like this where the office is mobile is > with cellular service (although he will need to VPN back to the Police HQ) > or to use a Mesh network designed for mobility (since 802.11G tends to fall > apart past 30MPH or so). > > Unless this city want's to make a major investment in Mesh... I'd tell him > to stick with the cellular air cards (Verizon, AT&T, whatever) and be done > with it. Hacking together a solution is probably more effort than its > worth, and there could be theoretical consequences if the network doesn't > operate correctly. > > I'm still nowhere close to being able to offload this... but down the pipe I > know of a city that is replacing their MOTOMESH Solo network with MOTOMESH > Duo... so those nodes would probably be cheap... and it allows the cop cards > to go up to 144MPH in the Mesh and still stay connected (its actually really > cool technology developed for the US Military... but the most it can do is > T1 speeds) > > Daniel White > 3-dB Networks > http://www.3dbnetworks.com > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > >Behalf Of Robert West > >Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 9:05 AM > >To: WISPA General List > >Subject: [WISPA] Ideas on Police Department Wireless Link from Station > >to Cruiser > > > >I got a call Friday afternoon from the police chief of a small little > >spot > >in the road asking about the possibility of connecting his cruisers to > >the > >station network via a wireless link. (He is the "Police Chief" but I > >suspect he is also the entire police force) He said that the local Wal- > >Mart > >has agreed to donate to him a few of those little Acer 7" screen > >laptops, > >which are a big piece of crap from the number of repairs we've had to do > >on > >them... Anyhow, he wants to be able to be in the cruiser and connect to > >the > >network back at the station and use the websites from the Attorney > >General's > >office where he can run plates, drivers license info and also fill out > >his > >reports. > > > > > > > >Here's the setup.. > > > > > > > >This Burg is a bit less than 2 miles long and about one and a half miles > >wide. The town hall is equivalent to a 4 story building and they also > >have > >a water tower that looks to be 100 foot tall. The terrain is flat as > >can be > >and they have the normal scattering of trees. The Town Hall and water > >tower > >are the tallest structures by far aside from a large grain elevator > >right > >outside of town. Boy wants to connect to his network anywhere in town > >from > >his cop-mobile as well as when he is at home, also within the town. > > > > > > > >We've done plenty of private networks but it's all been in the 2.4 and > >5ghz > >band. He was thinking he could just throw up a 2.4ghz link and be good > >but > >I told him to hold on, I didn't think he could broadcast the Attorney > >Generals network to every antenna in town, I had to do some research. > >So > >this, because of my utterly blatant laziness, is my research. J > > > > > > > >Has anyone been down this path? What can we do and not do? > > > > > > > >I have a meeting with the guy next Wednesday and want to have some idea > >of > >what we're up against on this one. (Hopefully he doesn't recognize me > >as > >the guy who took him to court over a ticket he wrote for a crooked > >license > >plate... I won that one by the way) > > > > > > > >Thanks for any help! > > > > > > > >Robert West > > > >Just Micro Digital Services Inc. > > > >740-335-7020 > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >-------- > >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! 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