We are starting to design and throw around ideas about installing an AREDN network in and around the city.
We have 5 repeater cabinets on rooftops that we'd like to use for AREDN backbones. We have a 2.4ghz point to point private network at each of these repeater cabinets that we use for command and control that we'd like to keep in place so it's separate from the AREDN network.
We'd like to explore the idea of using 5Ghz for both our backbone and end user connections from the repeater sites.
Question : if we do use 5Ghz for backbone links using dish antennas pointing to each repeater cabinet, even if an end user had line of site to one of the dish backbone antennas, they could possibly connect their AREDN router to that dish to get on the network?
If the above answer is yes, is there a way to prevent end users from connecting directly to backbone links?
Thanks
We have 5 repeater cabinets on rooftops that we'd like to use for AREDN backbones. We have a 2.4ghz point to point private network at each of these repeater cabinets that we use for command and control that we'd like to keep in place so it's separate from the AREDN network.
We'd like to explore the idea of using 5Ghz for both our backbone and end user connections from the repeater sites.
Question : if we do use 5Ghz for backbone links using dish antennas pointing to each repeater cabinet, even if an end user had line of site to one of the dish backbone antennas, they could possibly connect their AREDN router to that dish to get on the network?
If the above answer is yes, is there a way to prevent end users from connecting directly to backbone links?
Thanks
+1 with both Jim and Steve.
You may make the link criteria obscure or awkward.
You may discourage users.
Encouraging users to not use your backhaul links by
designing a cooperative network that includes user links
may suffice in lieu of your desire to prevent.
3s, Chuck