Who makes 4.9 gear and what would you need in the police cruiser? On 10/17/09, Scott Carullo <sc...@brevardwireless.com> wrote: > > 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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