MahlonS writes "I am a retired network hack wintering in my RV in a campground in southern GA. 3 years ago I reconfigured the Wi-Fi system to a marginal working ability; It's now ready for a serious upgrade, prompted by a new cable net connection replacing a weak DSL. 5 dual-radio HP Curve access points connect to a 6th via single or double radio hops (effectively a wireless telephone organization System) in heavily wooded space. Unidirectional antennas at the APs (the APs are in water resistant enclosures) are placed on poles above the RVs, about 15 feet above ground. Primary hops are about 300 feet to 3 of the APs, secondary hops about the same. Signal measurements bespeak that there is all right RF between the access points. In 2008, average user count averaged about 30 users; newer devices (smart phones, etc) will likely raise that number (winter dwellers total is about 80 RVs). While the old design worked OK when lightly loaded, I suspect that the single DSL line originate so many packet resends that the APs were flooded. This is a quasi-State Park, so money is always an issue, but there is enough squawk from the user nation that a modest budget might be approved. The main AP connects to an old Cisco router. Burying wire is frowned upon, due to shallow utilities, and display_count : {key: 'displaycount'} rings that float around the campsites — intermittently melting TV cables. Since I'm not up on current Wi-Fi tech, are there solutions out there that would make this system work much better?"

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