February 14, 2005 Kenny Bain turned on an
access point in McLeod, TX that pulls it's bandwidth from the Vivian
network. "This is my first access point (on the LA network) located
in Texas" said Kenny. He used the TC10000 motherboard and installed
2 PCMCIA adapters in it. The total trip from my Vivian LA to McLeod
Texas is about 6.2 miles. Looking at this picture, it's hard to tell,
but this is on the biggest hill in town.
He buried an AC line out to it. The tower that the
dish is aimed at is 5 miles away. The mast is 20 feet tall. The extra
coax that is rolled up is there in case he needs to go up another 20
feet. If you pay close attention, you can see the grounding rod and
straps going to the gear and antennas. The AP is grounded, as well as
both antennas.
Kenny explained that there is no shielding between the
radio cards. He put them on ch 1 (local access) & ch 11
(backhaul).
12dBi omni and 24dBi grid.
That's a 1 3/4 inch pipe - 21 feet long Pipe.
The unique feature is Metropolitan nodes
topology does not have to be located in a city. Linking towns
together is another good example for dual radio cards.
