Artwork with a very hi density network
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It's a lot but with a handful of good controller-based APs (think Ruckus) that can deal with it and low bandwidth requirements I'll bet it's doable. Far easier on 5Ghz that 2.4. You'll want to make sure dot11b beacons are turned off, etc.
No latency requirements given either.
With enough money and man power anything is doable -right. But as a one off my opinion is if you have to ask - it's probably not tenable unless you have a ton of money.
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Gear for that could probably be rented.
Probably would want to separate the broadcast domains using multiple SSIDs.
Probably don't need a firewall. A router or L3 switch would be fine.
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Gear for that could probably be rented.
We thought so too - we had some big wigs come in and the service is terrible (for physical reasons and distance from the tower). We couldn't get Verizon corporate to bring out a cow to save their lives. (no fat pipes ISP in the area, either.)
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And turn on isolation so every broadcast from wifi devices isn't going back out the wifi - only those from the switch, etc. Assuming the devices only need to talk to something upstream and not each other.
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On precision : the area is rather 100 to 150 m wide but I was considering having several AP's spread around. That is why I told that any device would not be farther than 50m from an AP.
Now, reading your replies, it seems that the fact that my device exchange only a few bytes not so often, does not count so much.
I thought it would help to increase the number of connection on a single AP.BTW, happy to have launch a so interresting discussion :-)
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Well it's easy to set Tx strength in most AP's but not usually in consumer client devices.
You would first start I think at limiting the broadcast power to the space it needs to cover. 150m of clear, line of sight or are we talking 150m of doors, walls and wiring?
There is a shot - but depending on the complexity of the area you would benefit from some wireless analysis tools.
This also greatly depends like Derelict was saying on the consistency of protocol and wireless bands you are using.
A mixed G, N, and AC would be a lot more difficult then say all wireless AC wave2 clients and hosts - actually that would probably be pretty fun to use.
Do the client devices move or are they in static locations? There is a ton of variables depending on your requirements - Like I said - it would be somewhat of an undertaking for whatever result you are trying to accomplish.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth
You could divide the load on wireless AC AP's by 7 if you configured them in groups of 7 to be bluetooth with one uplink host using 5ghz AC.
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Wireless chipsets generally handle the number of associations they do independent of the amount of traffic.
IIRC on the ruckus gear things like supporting WEP or TKIP reduced the number of associations allowed. WPA2 with AES was the way to go.
Seems I have seen something like you are looking to do at the olympics.
Might see if you can find a writeup about what they did.
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Wireless chipsets generally handle the number of associations they do independent of the amount of traffic.
IIRC on the ruckus gear things like supporting WEP or TKIP reduced the number of associations allowed. WPA2 with AES was the way to go.
Seems I have seen something like you are looking to do at the olympics.
Might see if you can find a writeup about what they did.
No Rube Goldberg machine, then?
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Someone has far too much time on their hands.
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Just enjoying the time I'm not spending banging my head on a desk before I moved to pfsense.
LOL
OP Are your client devices going to be made? Meaning do you get to choose the hardware/software in which to accomplish your goal or are you just going to try to use prosumer/consumer gear?
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My devices are all going to be the same.
If possible all made with this very cheap and simple component : ESP8266 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESP8266) which can be bought for less than 2$, is compatible with 802.11 b/g/n (only 2.4GHz) and have an integrated GPIO which can handle up to 16 I/O.
They will definitly all move (located on a hat worn by people) in an open area (no walls, no doors) …
And once again, all send and receive only a few bytes every 5 seconds with an acceptable delay of 1 sec.Regarding the price, I expect a price of 3 to 4$ per device => 3000 to 4000 $ total for the devices.
What would be the necessary budget for network infrastucture
To reduce the network infrastructure cost, I would prefer to build my own AP, using old PC's or mini PC's like banana Pi M3 (if that has any sense, sorry I am definitly not an expert in the network area) -
Out of curiosity if some art project that people will were to produce some sort of light show, etc. Why do they need to be networked? Couldn't you just program the light pattern/blinking/etc on the devices.
The AP's as mentioned that can handle 200 plus associations and still function are not consumer routers you pickup and your local computer store.. Your going to need enterprise class AP for that.. That are not cheap.. Build your own?? While possible, prob cheaper sure in the long run.
Not sure what specific model of ruckus Derelict had in mine but your prob in the 400$ each range for a 3x3 AC.. If he is thinking something like the ZoneFlex R710, which is wave 2, 4x4:4 so its really designed for a high density of clients, etc.. And pretty smoking AP your looking at 8 bills for sure retail.
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On 2.4 you are going to want as few radios as possible and you are still going to have no choice but to double-up on the frequencies.
Far less optimistic about that working well on 2.4.
Probably at least some used 7982.
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…any advice you may have...
Hire a guy like Derelict and work with him/that person through your project.
That's probably your best bet, given that …
@MicheMuche:…I am not an expert in network...
Where are you located?
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It really sounds like this project isn't appropriate for wifi; something like LoRa or other basic RF would be better able to accommodate your device load and far cheaper, especially at scale.
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For several reasons, those objects can not be wired => Wireless communication
Do you power all devices by battery as well?
There are countless protocols not bound to ethernet with only one or two wires needed for communications.
