My new 'Super Net' connection
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 4:11 pm
Hi guys,
As you may be aware, though I am only 15mins from Tweed Heads, I have been limited to the humble 3g public wireless network.
The tower is 8.5klms away ... hence my super shit net when it is peak time or crap weather. Yep, 3rd world Telstra shit.
Well the decision has been made & action taken into hand.
3 property owners have banded together to create our very own private network.
A 3 hop link, at commercial broadcasting speeds. Total distance, 8klms.
It starts at Coolangatta on top of one of the skyscrapers, is directionally beamed to a private home on top of the hills behind us in Currumbin Valley, then to a 2nd directional dish located at a friends place 600mtrs up the road here in Piggabeen Valley, then directed to our dish... where I am hardwired into the router.
Each hop has a bi-directional 100% line of sight.
Although it will be a week or 3 until it is completed, our initial tests have given some stunning results.
A temp/test 'mobile server' was rigged up and connected to the Coolangatta end, temp dish installs in between then to me.
Then came the 1st speed test.... 290mb/s down & 270mb/s up
Im not the tech head of the place and cant quote specs other than it is a 5ghz network... so here are the components used thus far - (well, im pretty sure I got the correct product links)
3 of these - http://www.ubiquitishop.com.au/195_85_r ... bi.product
Some of these - http://www.ubiquitishop.com.au/275_85_r ... bi.product
1 of these - http://www.ubiquitishop.com.au/295_80_s ... ac.product
A hand full of these - http://www.ubiquitishop.com.au/307_85_r ... tp.product
... and 200mtrs cat6 cable
Very excited to see what the finished connection is like
As you may be aware, though I am only 15mins from Tweed Heads, I have been limited to the humble 3g public wireless network.
The tower is 8.5klms away ... hence my super shit net when it is peak time or crap weather. Yep, 3rd world Telstra shit.
Well the decision has been made & action taken into hand.
3 property owners have banded together to create our very own private network.
A 3 hop link, at commercial broadcasting speeds. Total distance, 8klms.
It starts at Coolangatta on top of one of the skyscrapers, is directionally beamed to a private home on top of the hills behind us in Currumbin Valley, then to a 2nd directional dish located at a friends place 600mtrs up the road here in Piggabeen Valley, then directed to our dish... where I am hardwired into the router.
Each hop has a bi-directional 100% line of sight.
Although it will be a week or 3 until it is completed, our initial tests have given some stunning results.
A temp/test 'mobile server' was rigged up and connected to the Coolangatta end, temp dish installs in between then to me.
Then came the 1st speed test.... 290mb/s down & 270mb/s up
Im not the tech head of the place and cant quote specs other than it is a 5ghz network... so here are the components used thus far - (well, im pretty sure I got the correct product links)
3 of these - http://www.ubiquitishop.com.au/195_85_r ... bi.product
Some of these - http://www.ubiquitishop.com.au/275_85_r ... bi.product
1 of these - http://www.ubiquitishop.com.au/295_80_s ... ac.product
A hand full of these - http://www.ubiquitishop.com.au/307_85_r ... tp.product
... and 200mtrs cat6 cable
Very excited to see what the finished connection is like