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Building a Wireless Network for an Apartment Complex?

Posted by Cliff on from the wave-of-the-future dept.

itwerx asks: "I've been asked to design a wireless infrastructure for an apartment complex. Tenants will pay an 'access deposit' and a monthly surcharge to get a PCMCIA/PCI/USB network card along with free installation and, of course, wireless Internet access. The buildings are arranged such that 2 WAP's per building should cover all the tenants (one WAP per side, far enough away to get line-of-sight through the windows). I do have a few concerns, however. All help is appreciated and when we're done we'll put up a HOWTO!"

"My concerns are the following:

  • Interference between WAP's (there's several buildings) - there are enough channels if we go 802.11a but cost is a concern.
  • Management of 'hitchhikers' - we're planning on manual assignment via DHCP/MAC address for tenants with others having all their HTTP requests get directed to an info page. Anybody done something different?
  • Interference from WAP's and other devices that may be owned by tenants! Should we just avoid the default channel and hope for the best?!?
What other things might I need to worry about?"

3 of 294 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I would not hire you by chairmanKAGA · · Score: 0, Troll

    My first moderted "troll". And no, it wasn't a troll. I just think you should be enough of a professional where you don't have to ask how to do your job on a web site. Learn how to do it, then become a professional. Would you want a doctor posting questions like "how do I calcualte someones blood presure?"?

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  2. Re:interference.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    http://www.goatse.cx

  3. Well bugger me by hayden · · Score: 0, Troll

    First AND second post and both with content. That has to be some sort of slashdot record.

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