I want to setup a mesh for my home. I was familiar with it back my Hamnet days, but now want to setup with Ubiquiti devices. Can you reccomend inexpensive devices to do that with?
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Mikrotik hAP AC Lite is a great device for this.
- 1 WAN port (PoE input)
- 1 DTDLink port
- 3 LAN ports
- 2Ghz Mesh radio
- 5Ghz radio for local WiFi access
- USB port to optionally power additional devices (like a RaspberryPi), controllable via AREDN
- PoE passthru port controllable via AREDN
- 64MB RAM
- About $55 each
(AREDN is not necessarily the best choice to build out a home mesh network. AREDN's intended purpose is long(er) range emergency data networks.)I agree with Emergency use, but in the flatlands, tree plentiful SE Texas, you will have to beg, borrow, or steal sites to configure line of site.
Thanks for your comments.
I love my little MikroTik and have praised it at every opportunity possible. However, I never knew this feature was enabled on AREDN:
- USB port to optionally power additional devices (like a RaspberryPi), controllable via AREDN
I don't have immediate access to mine right now but do have a couple questions:
- how long has this feature been available?
- are there any reliable specs on max power draw from that USB? Of course, it likely depends on quality of input power, but it needs to be a solid 5V or more for a Pi, and for a 3B s/b 2.4A and for a 3B+ perhaps 3.0A (not that they ever actually use that much power ,,, but that's another tome).
Thanks,
- Don - AA7AU
https://mikrotik.com/product/RB952Ui-5ac2nD
About 2/3 of the way down the page.