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Selected rural residential, commercial, and agricultural projects with professional networking and WiFi solutions.
Private Rural Ranch
This customer lives in an area with poor cellular service. I installed an Omada wired network with indoor and outdoor Wi-Fi access points to extend coverage to the edges of the property. The owner can now make and receive calls and video calls anywhere on the property.
I also installed PoE cameras and a network video recorder for 24/7 monitoring of entrances from anywhere. They have an XGPON primary WAN, Starlink backup WAN, and UPS backup for the core of the network. They never lose Wi-Fi or internet access, even if the fiber is broken or the power goes out.
Country Market, Gas Station & Diner
This business owner was having connectivity problems with their POS systems, pumps, and devices across two buildings. They had an existing Starlink setup, but the Wi-Fi was inadequate, only covering a small portion of the primary cinder-block building. The second building is metal.
I installed an Omada wired network through both buildings with 4 access points and a wireless bridge between them. This completely solved the Wi-Fi coverage issues and provided wired connections for computers and a printer throughout both buildings. I also installed 20 cameras and an NVR for 24/7 recording and remote monitoring.
Dairy with Fuel Tanks
This business owner wanted security cameras on their diesel tank and entrances at their dairy. They had fiber internet in the office. The best location for the cameras was on a metal barn building 300 ft from the office, separated by concrete and metal buildings. The entire area is concrete, so trenching was not an option. They also have large equipment that moves between buildings, so hanging aerial wire was not an option.
I installed an outdoor Omada mesh system with 2 nodes to extend the Wi-Fi over the entire property and connect a PoE switch in the outbuilding where the cameras were needed. Two PoE cameras were connected in the second building with 24/7 motion-triggered recording and remote monitoring, plus outdoor Wi-Fi for the entire area.
Resort Hotel & Recreation
This business is in an area with poor cellular service. They already had a Starlink setup with the maximum number of mesh nodes, but the Wi-Fi coverage was inadequate. For a primary WAN, I negotiated a business fiber connection in an area where FTTH isn’t available to residential customers. Starlink was used as the backup WAN, since the fiber infrastructure is pole-mounted.
An Omada wired network was installed to every room with 10 Gb MMF trunk lines serving as the backbone. 12 Wi-Fi access points were installed throughout the building and outdoors to cover all of the rooms, with most WAPs having future-proof 2.5 Gb uplinks.
Rural Residential
This customer has a 5-acre lot with 3 buildings: a single-story stick-built house with attached garage, a small wood barn 300 ft north of the house, and a large metal shop 50 ft south of the house. There was suitable conduit available between the house and shop. The customer already had Starlink with built-in Wi-Fi.
The router was in the house, so the dish had interference due to tree coverage around the house. I surveyed the area for a new dish location, and there was an area 80 ft west of the shop with open sky for the dish’s field of view. I moved the Starlink router to the shop so the OEM Starlink cable could reach the new dish location. Cat 6 backhaul connects the house to the shop.
An outdoor access point on the end of the house nearest the barn covers the entire used outdoor space with Wi-Fi. Two indoor access points—one in the shop and one in the house—complete the coverage of indoor spaces.
Rural Farm
This customer has a 5-acre lot with 4 buildings: a house, a garage 40 ft to the north of the house, a metal shop 20 ft north of the garage, and a barn 200 ft south of the house.
I installed Cat 6 direct burial between all of the buildings as a backbone. Indoor access points in each of the buildings cover all the indoor spaces and outdoor areas immediately around them.
Update: This system is still in operation 6 years later and has become the backbone for multiple critical IoT and automation devices. While the system is rudimentary and that hardware has been phased out, it's still completely reliable and forward-compatible. The customer will probably need to upgrade a few devices in 2-3 years, but the structured wiring won't will last another decade or more.
Custom Log Cabin with Shop
This customer built a new log cabin on their property near an existing outbuilding and large metal shop. They already have Starlink set up at the outbuilding, but the Wi-Fi isn't reaching the shop or the new cabin. The area has poor cellular service, so they are often disconnected.
The customer has already done landscaping around all three buildings, so trenching fiber or conduit between the buildings is not allowed. We designed an outdoor Wi-Fi mesh system dedicating the 6 GHz radio for an 80 MHz wide mesh backhaul to share the WAN from the outbuilding to the other two buildings. This choice leaves the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz channels open for device connections. The 6GHz mesh creates a reliable >1Gbps backhaul with good stability due to clear line of sight.
Indoor access points installed in the cabin and shop will complete Wi-Fi coverage.