Tilting 2 CPE210's for Alignment
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Hi folks I have 2 Cpe 210 one in AP mode the other in client mode with a distance of 800 feet or 300 meters. I have clear line of site between two buildings however a huge height difference and there is no way to erect a mast high enough to compensate. Would it be possible to tilt my AP up and my client down to achieve the end result ... any suggestion on how to go about it?
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HI there I wanted to thank you for all your help! Also to share with you the impact of being able to implement this solution with the community
The application was to extend intstalled internet/wirless services in a new building I had purchased 1000 + feet from my property and using a building which I also owned with clear line of site from the new building about 800 feet away then to my home about 200 feet away. My exisintg service in my home is provided by 2 service providers. One which provided cable services while the other provided telephone and a wopping 2 meg internet ( bad eh?)
The application was to extend from new building to my home .... Using 2 CPE 210's and AP - EAP 225 at the owned property I was able to get 98 meg wireless throughput at my home from the owned property 200 feet away ! ( from 2 meg to 98 meg ...this is wild!). I had to replace the antenna on the EAP 225 with a uni uma-d, a 15 dbi directional antenna to punch the signal in my home 200 feet away as the regular omnidirectional didn't provide enough signal for thoughput ( doing so gave me an increase from 30 meg to 98 meg on 5.0 band !and 10 meg to 40 meg on the 2.4 band!). I have not even aligned the CPE's yet (done by eye only) so I expect an improvement on throughput from the current 98 meg ...that being said my expectation was 80 meg so more than pleased at this point. The service provider as 300 meg down and 12 meg up, so I will try to optimize further.
So now in my home I have close to 100 meg of throughput up from the 2 meg and full wireless TV/cable which is extended from the purchased property!
So heres the kicker in Canada in implementing this solution I was able to remove cable services, internet services and phone service from my home (duplication of services which is no longer required) -- a savings of $2400 per year b4 taxes ! My investment in this solution was $500 ...payback is 2.5 months which is amazing! Thanks to the TP link community and especially to @R1D2 for all the help and guindance !
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@Danicor, glad it works for you and thanks for the feedback!
As for throughput, 98 Mbps goodput for data is pretty good. Note that the 100 Mbps Ethernet interface of the CPE210/510 is the limiting factor for data throughput (albeit full-duplex, meaning 2x 100 Mbps in total), so antenna optimizations can't gain much. But with 2,400 $ savings per year and more than expected throughput this is only minor concern, I think. :-)
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