2 CPE510s in ~2km with reflection?

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2 CPE510s in ~2km with reflection?
2 CPE510s in ~2km with reflection?
2020-11-02 22:20:36 - last edited 2020-11-02 22:55:39
Model: CPE510  
Hardware Version: V3
Firmware Version: 2.2.0 Build 20190125 Rel. 36276 (4555)

Hello community,

 

I have two CPE 510s, one in AP and the other one as a client.

They used to work in 100m from one building to the other one in the city (although the algorithm of the distance in Pharos thought it was something like 300m, no idea why, I am guessing noise from the surrounding APs). Now we are trying to make them play out in the field, however no direct visual link can be achieved (there is a hill around the two points). We we were wondering how easily they will work with a reflection (water tower) and through a barn and the walls of each house. We tried it ... no luck. Maybe the settings should be different when playing with reflection?

 

We are trying with these in the client (and respective ones in the AP):

Mode: 802.11n

Channel width: 20Mhz

Max TX rate: MCS15

Transmit power : 17dBm

MaxStream mode: auto

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Re:2 CPE510s in ~2km with reflection?
2020-11-06 07:34:16

Dear @nickieemp,

 

Now we are trying to make them play out in the field, however no direct visual link can be achieved (there is a hill around the two points). We we were wondering how easily they will work with a reflection (water tower) and through a barn and the walls of each house. We tried it ... no luck. 

 

 

I don't think the CPE510 will work with a reflection since they only have directional antennas with a narrow beamwidth. Even if they are finally connected, the wireless connection could be unstable. 

 

If it's not possible for you to get a direct visual link between the two CPE510s, you may need to check if there is a third location allowing you to install additional CPEs to forward the signal into the target location.

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