Wireless Mesh Network with Orange Pi Zero

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sistakal

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Hey there Guys,

Just throwing some idea's around at the moment but i wanted to start prototyping a wireless mesh network using the Orange Pi Zero Plus 2 H5.

Was wanting to know if this device would be ok to use if i hook up a Antenna to it still looking at different protocol's to use to actually run the network it self and a way to power the unit but that can wait.

if this device is ok to used then ill order one and have a play with it

(https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Orange-Pi-Zero-Plus-2-H5-Quad-core-Bluetooth-mini-PC-Beyond-Raspberry-Pi-2-Wholesale/32801249806.html?ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_5_10152_10065_10151_10068_436_10136_10157_10137_10060_10138_10155_10062_10156_10154_10056_10055_10054_5150020_10059_100032_100033_100031_10099_10103_10102_10096_10147_10052_10053_10050_10107_10142_10051_10084_10083_10080_10082_10081_10110_10175_10111_10112_10113_10114_10181_10037_10183_10182_10185_10032_10078_5160020_10079_10077_10073_10123,searchweb201603_1,ppcSwitch_7&btsid=fe5f6393-1772-4fa7-9ef9-4ebc1b095af8&algo_expid=e66e11a1-75ad-46e4-86cb-80f0d08014ff-0&algo_pvid=e66e11a1-75ad-46e4-86cb-80f0d08014ff)
 
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Yeah for that many clients you would need comercial hardware, not a bunch of raspbery pi's who's wifi hardware would struggle to handle even 10 connections.

I would look at ubiquiti for this setup.
Edgelite would be the most cost effective router you can get that would actually support that many connections and has QoS you can set. Now this is a commercial product, this is something that requires a professional that understands networking concepts to setup.
Each node will then require a ubiquiti nanostation for the backhaul, and something like a picostation or other omni-directional access point for the client connectons.
Trying to use a single radio device (like a pi) for this task is a complete failure because with each hop of a...
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boosted1g

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An actual cheap router will make a better mesh network device then a tiny Pi type board. The wifi chips in them are not that powerfull.

If this is for a business application then you need to real commerical grade product as the time wasted attempting to make this stable and perform well is not going to be worth it.
If this is for a home then mesh network is just a poor topoligy. Each node has to cut the bandwidth in half so if you have an N150 signal (real speed of say 80mbps), then with 2 hops you are now down to 20mbps. For a < 1000ft home 1 good router is plenty, for a 1800-2600 sqft home then 1 router plus one access point should be suffient. You pretty much need one router/access point for each floor.
 
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sistakal

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would want to make a network that would be up scaled to cover an area of 130000 meters sq and handle 100-200 connections at one given time these nodes would be located outside along a street or on top of buildings

Would transferring all this data cause issue's on the network ? or would that depend on what data is been sent over the network ? i thought i could supply each "user" with a 500kb internet connect and the nodes should manager the data fine.

I don't know to much about wireless networks but happy to play with the idea everything only on paper at the moment.

seem trying to prototype my own node might be a waste of time and is most likely easier to buy a product like Open mesh. most likely more cost effective to from a business point of view.




 
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boosted1g

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Yeah for that many clients you would need comercial hardware, not a bunch of raspbery pi's who's wifi hardware would struggle to handle even 10 connections.

I would look at ubiquiti for this setup.
Edgelite would be the most cost effective router you can get that would actually support that many connections and has QoS you can set. Now this is a commercial product, this is something that requires a professional that understands networking concepts to setup.
Each node will then require a ubiquiti nanostation for the backhaul, and something like a picostation or other omni-directional access point for the client connectons.
Trying to use a single radio device (like a pi) for this task is a complete failure because with each hop of a wifi repeater setup the signal gets cut in half, so if you start with a 150mbps wireless (which real performance is about 80mbps if good line of sight) after 4 hops your 80 mbps becomes 5 for everyone to share at that node.
 
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nigelivey

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Mesh networking on consumer grade devices or McGiver installs with Rasp Pies will be a disaster, trying to cover 13 hectares successfully will require a proper controller, as stated above Ubiquiti might handle it, I would go down the Ruckus route with a Zone Director but you are looking at a huge investment.
 
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