Comments on: Campground Hotspot Setup, part 1

By: Roland Kosarszky

Roland Kosarszky — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 09:05:53 +0000

Please contact us so we can get you a tailored solution.

By: martin

martin — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 19:36:42 +0000

Thanks for the set-up/article. Kindly share set-up of available packages for clusters of 5-10,10-20, 30 -50 and 50-100 housing units. Perhaps this solution can address poor internet access ( esp. in the evenings) in mushrooming residential areas here and would like to roll out my own brand of Wifi hotspots with a view to resell bandwidth using LTE/Wifi Routers from the existing big licensed broadband companies in the country .

By: Roland Kosarszky

Roland Kosarszky — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 06:41:18 +0000

Total area of the camp was around 20 hectars (200.000 square meters), i think we covered around 80-90%.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:50:14 +0000

Thanks Roland.
The rough estimate is $2000+, can you also tell me the total coverage of the setup ?

By: Ed Gonzalez

Ed Gonzalez — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:06:50 +0000

Thank You for advise!! I’ll take a look to Mikrotik rotuer models!!

By: Roland Kosarszky

Roland Kosarszky — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:54:54 +0000

Forget WRT54GL for 3000 simultaneous connections. I’d buy an EdgeRouter (not the Lite), or a more powerful Mikrotik device. What’s good in Mikrotik that it comes with support, as all hotspot functions are built-in. They will probably give you an advice on what device you should buy.

By: Roland Kosarszky

Roland Kosarszky — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 21:53:15 +0000

If you were planning to install it on an AP, an UBNT Nanostation M2 would possibly be able to handle those users. If you were planning to set it up on a gateway, then i would say a Mikrotik RB750GL or an UBNT Airrouter would be fine. Also the Edgerouter Lite of course, but that’s a bit more expensive.

By: Ed Gonzalez

Ed Gonzalez — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 17:13:39 +0000

Great case of study. In fact, I have a challenge to bring internet service using hotspotsystem to about 5000 users (In to a Theater). We assume there will be at least 3000 simutaneous connections. We have 300Mb (Enterprise Direct Internet Service) we hope delivery around 250Mb per user. We have Ubiquiti Antenas distributed to cover all the hall. But I’m wondering if our Linksys WRT54GL (we have 10) could be enough to carry the load. Any idea or suggestion about router brand?

Thanks in advance.

Regards

By: Michael Stensson

Michael Stensson — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 16:50:39 +0000

If I need say up to 50 simultaneous user, what router do you suggest?

refering to:
You can use any hardware for that purpose but you have to be sure that it is powerful enough to handle all hotspot users. A low-cost, $100 router would stop after 10-20 simultaneous connections.

By: Roland Kosarszky

Roland Kosarszky — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 13:42:44 +0000

Equipments used for creating the 3 networks (rough estimates with current prices from Amazon): 1 x EdgeRouter Lite ERLite-3 512MB 3 Ethernet Ports Router $100 1 x TP-Link TL-R480T+ 2 WAN 3 LAN Ports Router $125 15 x Ubiquiti NanoStation M2 $87 = $1305 (i've summarized this with a couple of M5 we used because the price is the same) 1 x Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Broadband Router $50 1x Cisco PAP2 Phone Adapter for Vonage Internet Phone Service $40 Switches, cables, mounting: $340 Roughly $2000, plus a couple hundred for the desktop PCs...