@R1D2 I did remember our last conversation about the AP not supporting station mode, but the guy bought an EAP anyway! (Actually, I think the marina manager gave him the AP that we were having trouble with!) I told him that the marina didn't want what amounts to "rougue" APs all over the place. Guess you have a point that he could get another CPE and connect it, but if he's just a temporary resident of the marina, that would be a big pain.

He told me that, at the last marina he stayed, lots of people just bought EAPs and they adopted them into the mesh. Everyone had great connectivity and all were happy. I really wonder about that. I think that would be rather difficult to manage, what with different channels and less than optimum AP spacing. I'm thinking no one actually managed that network.

Here's what I see happening: I'll go down and point out that the AP he is using was defective and we had removed it from service. I'll see if I can log onto the AP just to see the settings. Even if the AP supported station mode, I was pretty sure there was no way it could interact with the CPE.

I don't see adopting the AP into the mesh because when it was part of the mesh it kept going offline and online all day. That's why we replaced it.

I'll let you know what happens.

Some people's kids!  Sheeesh.

Art

@R1D2 Went onsite yesterday and sure enough, the marina manager had given this guy the old EAP 225-outdoor that had failed. We had a discussion on this and it seems everyone had a different idea of what worked and what didn't. I reminded them that it was me they were paying to keep track of this.

Anyway, the new marina tenant wants to get another AP and install it on his boat so he can tap into the network by using the ethernet connection on the AP. Said this is what the marina people in California had been doing.

I remain sceptical, but the marina manager decided we'd try it. I pointed out that if the mamrina owned the AP, then it had the responsibility to manage it as part of the network. She's the boss, so I said it was worth a try if that is what she wanted.

We'll see. It will be pretty close to another AP and I see potential conflicts. You guys have talked about this before and I believe you, but she's paying for the work!

Guess all there is to do is closely monitor the network to see if it is doing what it is supposed to do.

@R1D2 You got that right. I tell them what they should do. They do what they want. I pick up the pieces and bill them.

@R1D2 Still fighting the "I can't get a good wireless signal" battle. Some folks use a range extender, one guy bought his own EAP-225 and the marina folks said I could add it into the mesh.

Another guy with tech experience and way more money than he knows what to do with has experimented with all sorts of stuff. He came up with a CPE manufactured by Mikrotik. It's a Mikrotik GrooveA 52 ac Outdoor CPE. He has that hooked up to a wireless router below decks and has a very workable internal wireless network. It has PoE but to avoid attaching a PoE injector, he opted for using a router with PoE capabilities.

@R1D2 So far, everyone has been quite happy with the network. Only a few complain. One person remarked that they noticed people with iPhones had the most connectivity problems. He was wondering that Apple, in their quest to get the longest runtime out of their batteries have reduced the power allotted to wireless.