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Can I use multiple AP1130 meshed together to form a network for a fairly large outdoor area (5acres). Or is this only for point to point (extension) of an AP with POE?

frits2 — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 16:08:16 GMT

Can I use multiple AP1130 meshed together to form a network for a fairly large outdoor area (5acres). Or is this only for point to point (extension) of an AP with POE?

Re: Can I use multiple AP1130 meshed together to form a network for a fairly large outdoor area (5acres). Or is this only for point to point (extension) of an AP with POE?

ashley_finch — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 16:19:32 GMT

Hello,

Whilst you can mesh multiple APs, consider the fact that each hop introduces latency which increases linearly per AP and that throughput will decrease at a square of the number of hops. Depending on the use case this may be acceptable to a degree, however I'd imagine you'd need quite a number of APs to achieve this and therefore you may wish to group APs that have a route to a wired backhaul in certain areas to reduce the effects of the above.

Will the APs have line of sight of each other?

Re: Can I use multiple AP1130 meshed together to form a network for a fairly large outdoor area (5acres). Or is this only for point to point (extension) of an AP with POE?

frits2 — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 16:23:09 GMT

Hi Ashley, thanks for the reply, duly noted. yes, the AP's will have LOS of each other. The use-case is best effort internet services.