Do not get a device which has not been previously tested by someone else. Finding hardware for meshing is hard in general, and only a very specific set of Wifi chips are good for it.

If you cannot afford a 30-40€ router I would rather use Ethernet cable and standard AP wifi routers :P

Idea: You might also try to find people, universities, organizations/associations, NGOs... around to make an investment all together, buy a set of good routers and then use them as a Quick Mesh deployment set for anyone who needs in the territory.

El 10 d’abril de 2019 10:29:34 CEST, modante@disroot.org ha escrit:
Thanks :-)
The TP-Links are not as easy to find second hand at a good price (less than 20 €) in Spain.
What about the Xiaomi Mi Router 3C with LibreMesh? Is the cheapest I can find (about 10 € second hand)
What about the antennas? Are all of them dual? What about real gain of this devices?
The antennas doesn't look like deattachable. Is easy to change one or more antennas to replace them for a parabola or yagui in order to improve the link?
What about the power source? are 12v and supports POEtizing?
Any other advice?


10 de abril de 2019 1:06, "Pau" <pau@dabax.net> escribió:

TPlink 3500, 4300, 4310 are great devices for dual band meshing. You
migh find some in the second hand market.

If you can wait 15-20 days, then a good option is the Xiaomi mi 3g, you
can find it for about 30€ in aliexpress.

https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-xiaomi-mi-router-3g-1167mbps.html

Less than one of those dual band routers I'd not use for meshing in an
event (will be too poor).

On 9/4/19 21:55, modante@disroot.org wrote:

Hello.
There is a festival here in the city of Alicante called Alacant Desperta
(https://www.alacantdesperta.com) totally self-organized and without
money and there is a proposal to make a TV/Radio streaming during the
days of the event.
The place where it happens is a grat park in one of the castles of thel
city and there is no internet connection, Then one guy offered his
connection that is in a roof of a building very close and with clear
vision to the park. The idea is to use between 2 (a simple link) or 4
devices (if we distribute the network) using libremesh in order to have
access to internet in different points of the park and also to promote
and show the use of communitary networks using apps like ring to
communicate without the need of internet (p2p).
I would need advice about routers and network devices with antenna to do
the link between the two points in a reliable way.
Would be great if this devices are easy to get in the second hand market
(like wallapop or ebay) because there is no money for buying and we are
going to collect between a few guys some € to spend in them.
Thank you very much :-)
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