Rough Estimate for MR84 range

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Rough Estimate for MR84 range

Hi 

 

Can someone assist me with documentation that can give me a rough estimate of the maximum distance the MR84 with MA-ANT-27 antenna can support. And can you suggest a stronger Meraki AP, no generic or other brands

 

I would like to Mesh different sites using the MR84's

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AjitKumar
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Hi @route_map 

I understand this will hard to give an estimate on coverage. The Meraki documentation talks about 100 meter in general.

 

Hope you have referred the following documents.

https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/WiFi_Basics_and_Best_Practices/Access_point_range_and_signal_str...

 

https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Other_Topics/MR_Access_Point_FAQ

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Ajit
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Nash
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@AjitKumar wrote:

Hi @route_map 

I understand this will hard to give an estimate on coverage. The Meraki documentation talks about 100 meter in general.

 

Hope you have referred the following documents.

https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/WiFi_Basics_and_Best_Practices/Access_point_range_and_signal_str...

 

https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Other_Topics/MR_Access_Point_FAQ


If I remember right, typically speaking, normal-use wireless coverage is typically based around 100m. Simply because everyone was used to 100m thinking from copper ethernet.

 

If one needed longer than that, I would look into equipment designed for long range use. 

NolanHerring
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Not an easy question. How are you trying to use this? Outdoor point-to-point/point-to-multipoint links?
Lots of variables involved with this, like tx power, EIRP, fresnel zone, obstructions/line of sight, link budget.
Honestly Meraki 'mesh' isn't super fantastic when it comes to trying to setup a point to point because of its VLAN limitations.

 

If you need multiple VLANs, your going to need to find another solution, UBNT/Ubiquiti has good gear for this, and cost effective.

 

 

https://documentation.meraki.com/MR/Deployment_Guides/Mesh_Deployment_Guide

Ethernet bridging

The gateway access point may be configured to connect to a trunk port and trunk SSIDs to different VLANs. Repeaters will also serve SSIDs trunked on different VLANs. However, only one SSID & associated VLAN may be configured to bridge wired clients across a mesh link on a repeater access point's Ethernet port. A mixture of wired clients and Cisco Meraki access points attached to one MR repeater interface is not a supported deployment configuration. This is due to the auto detection mechanisms that Cisco Meraki access points use to infer when they should function as a gateway or a repeater.

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Plus UBNT has a really awesome tool to help you with outdoor planning

https://link.ui.com/
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Nash
Kind of a big deal

We've got clients using Meraki for p2p bridges and we've got clients using UBNT.

 

The UBNT ones are just rock solid, and vlans! Who doesn't love multiple vlans? I love multiple vlans.

 

I did not love having to explain to a client why he couldn't have his guest network in the remote building, because it was on a different vlan from prod.

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