5. Bridging two locations with obstacle in between
In this scenario, there are 2 buildings. The one on the left houses the internet signal and is currently distributing the signal via a router. Unfortunately, there is a hill between the two buildings, and thus there is no line of sight. The client wishes to bridge the connection between the building on the left and the building on the right. The 2 buildings are approximately 3 km apart. Further more, the client wishes that the building on the right have wireless access.
For this solution, we use 4 outdoor units (EOC 2610) and 1 indoor unit (ECB 3500). The units in red above are set to AP mode, where as the units in black are set to C/B mode.
The connection of the above solution is as follows:
- router connected to 1 st EOC 2610(AP) via RJ-45
- 1st EOC 2610 (AP) connected to 2nd EOC 2610 (C/B) wirelessly
- 2nd EOC 2610 (C/B) connected to3 rd EOC 2610 (AP) via RJ-45
- 3rd EOC 2610 (AP) connected to 4th EOC 2610 (C/B) wirelessly
- 4th EOC 2610 (C/B) connected to ECB 3500 (AP) via RJ-45
Unlike, in the previous case study, the two buildings do not have line of sight. Even though the two buildings are at a much closer distance, we are still forced to use repeaters. Using the same setup as before, we can bridge the wireless signal around the interfering hill. The main difference is that in this situation, we place the repeating units (a set of ECO 2610s) next to the hill. This means that the repeater units are no longer in line with the two buildings. The effects of this setup are that the distances need to be covered by each unit is slightly greater.
