Attach disco lights to chimney. Return to other property at night time

Think I'm going to have to do try something like this

Get one of these cheap laser pens with a multi dot shape for teh front - cross, bird, heart &c and try that. If the shape is fully visible, straight on and then up/down/left/right by a couple of degrees you should be fine.

My TV/DAB/FM aerials are on a 6m scaffold pole! Don't forget lightning protectors on the Ethernet - UI do their own compatible versions.

There is some interesting info by Ubiquiti at https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/204952224-airM... There is a link to a tool that uses terrain data to estimate the signal strength etc. - you just need to set the endpoints and the elevation of each device - it doesn't know about trees or buildings, but it's a starting point.

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Don't forget lightning protectors on the Ethernet - UI do their own compatible versions.

Mine failed its set task…

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This is one end of a 800m link. Alignment done with the aid of an eyeball and cherry picker!

https://postimg.cc/xcp1GnpN

Edit:
MikroTik have now got a new 60GHz dish pair. This one is available with a scope mount for a smidge under £6.

https://i.mt.lv/cdn/rb_images/1987_l.jpg

Edited by Pheasant (Mon 14-Jun-21 18:51:55)

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Don't forget lightning protectors on the Ethernet - UI do their own compatible versions.

Mine failed its set task…

https://postimg.cc/njw0nscG

You guys don’t mess around. I assume I may treat the switch that’s directly connected to it to be a consumable item if that can happen.
I’d ideally have optical between the main switch and that, as the network/power would be fed via an outbuilding.

I have got my hands on a 3 tier fireman’s ladder so I can Chuck something bright up that and see how I get on

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There is some interesting info by Ubiquiti at https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/204952224-airM... There is a link to a tool that uses terrain data to estimate the signal strength etc. - you just need to set the endpoints and the elevation of each device - it doesn't know about trees or buildings, but it's a starting point.

I actually used this tool, it’s awesome. The house I’m connecting is the very top of the hill, so I think I can mount it on the gable wall and shoot it between the two nearest houses. And it’s downhill from there.
Very clever tool.

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no foliage, just the potential for a house roof to just peek up into view and break the line of sight. I'd need to get right up onto the roof and shine a laser from one to the other at night or something.

The destination is a standalone house so there is scope there to put a mast of some sort up to peek into view if that's even possible.

If there’s a chimney its a great place to get height and a stable mounting, that is if your relatives don’t mind a small 30cm dish on one side.

This is the MT kit I’ve used on a ~800m link:
https://www.broadbandbuyer.com/products/33239-mikrot...

I used a 6m length of alloy scaffold tube as the mount, as we were mounting in a field and secured it to some post and rail fencing. At the other end more scaff. tube, but arranged over an existing concrete pad, expansion bolted into brackets, arranged in a tripod arrangement. Terrain is undulating but the poles give enough height for a clear view.

Just need to run Cat5e or similar back from each dish, either to a PoE enabled switch port or via a PoE injector.

I use a pair of these for my parents who live out in the countryside in Ireland - got a FTTP connection ordered to the nearest house to them that can get it and then a 1.2KM link with these which is solid - full gigabit throughput and been running without fail since March last year.