On Fri, 2016-12-23 at 02:31 +0000, Dave Browning wrote:
Thanks mate, a repeater would be ideal but there is no power or comms on the spot where clients will be ☹
If your device can be powered via USB (or you are OK with making a special cable to do so) grab a "power pack" of suitable capacity. These are designed for recharging phones and tablets, but they are great temporary power sources; they are basically a USB port (or several) running off a lithium ion battery. They will give you three or four years if treated well. A good-quality one - high capacity of course - should run a small wifi for a day or two at least. Get two; one charges while the other runs, and make it someone's job to swap them every day or two. We've run temporary meshes on these, works well. We gaffa'ed or cable-tied them to or near the routers; for a more professional look you'll want to make a box or mount of some sort. Regards, K. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (kauer@nullarbor.com.au) work +61 2 64957435 http://www.nullarbor.com.au mobile +61 428 957160 GPG fingerprint: 6D59 8AE6 810D 44E3 7626 7040 4DD6 F89F 3053 4774 Old fingerprint: 9DCA 0903 BCBD 0647 BCCC 2FA7 A35C 57A1 ACF9 00BB