Matching CPE to EAP
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Setting up a wireless network in a marina. Want to properly match CPE to EAP. I notice in one of the examples in a German campground they used a CPE510 along with EAP110.
The CPE 510 supports 2.4 and 5GHz but the EAP only 2.4 GHz.
Wondering if this is a problem. Why not use the CPE210 along with an EAP110? Is it because the CPE510 is more powerful?
If we provice only one frequency, 2.4 would be the one considering there are many computers and phones out there that cannot yet see 5GHz.
Any suggestions?
Second question: looks like we must have a CPE/EAP combo in every client location. If I understand the configuration correctly, a CPE access point can talk to a number of clients.
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@Byteguy One more question if you please--Using a pair of CPE510 to get the signal out to the docks and then going with EAP225 to provide a mesh network. CPE510 supports 5 GHz. EAP 225 supports both frequencies. So, can the EAP take the 5GHZ transmission from the CPE510 and rebroadcast on both frequencies. Most wireless devices nowadays seem to work well with 5GHZ, but some older equipment can only see 2.4. That's the concern.
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@Byteguy, the EAP cannot repeat the 5GHz signal of the CPE, but this does not make much sense to me either, since you will need two CPEs per directional link anyway. Then just connect the EAP on the dock by cable with the CPE (also on the dock) and you have the EAP forwarding to its WLANs all data from/to the backhaul created by the CPEs.
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@Byteguy, no problem, that happens to me, too. 
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