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Point-to-Point Links
Point-to-Point Links
BRIDGING THE DIVIDE
Wirelessly connect two or more places
Want internet in the shop or barn? Have a secondary office location on your property? Point-to-point (P2P) Links can connect these.
The link system consists of an exterior mounted transmitting antenna on the main building and a second exterior mounted receiving antenna on the remote building.
A P2P link is particularly useful to eliminate the need for multiple separate internet services for various buildings on the same property. This provides one seamless network and allows you to realize cost savings for multiple service accounts.
P2P links are also beneficial where linking buildings via buried cable would be impractical or cost prohibitive due to distances involved or digging up a concrete driveway etc.
QUICK FACTS
Key Benefits for P2P Links
- Extends your existing internet service to one or more additional buildings on your property.
- Eliminates the need for secondary services at the same location and therefore reduces monthly costs.
- Can be used to provide a remote data connection to connect various devices to your network. Including security cameras, access control, networked machinery, etc.
- Useful when digging and trenching buried cable is impractical or cost prohibitive.
- Is relatively inexpensive and provides better return on investment compared to other methods.
Frequently Asked Questions
Distance will depend heavily on the line of sight. Trees, terrain, other buildings etc all negatively impact the signal and therefore reduce the useful distance.
Realistically, most links are a few hundred meters or less. However, under ideal conditions, links of 10+ Kms are possible. A proper on-location site-survey would be required to determine line of sight conditions.
Yes. That is referred to as a Point-to-Multi-Point Connection.
The primary limitation here is direction. The antennas have about a 30-degree off-center beam width to them. As long as the multiple receiving antenna locations are in the same general direction and arc from the transmitting antenna, this is possible. Otherwise, a separate secondary P2P link would be required.
A site map or diagram of your location would help us determine what is possible.
Three things greatly impact the answer to that question. Distance, signal quality, and your budget. Under most conditions you can expect speeds of 300+ Mbps. However, speeds of up to 1 Gbps are possible.
Yes. You can certainly expand the P2P network into a multi-point network at a later date. Just a matter of adding additional receiving locations.
One would need to take into consideration if they are within the beam arc and line of sight of the existing transmitter though.
WiFi extenders are used primarily to extend a WiFi network WITHIN a building, where P2P links are used to connect two or more buildings/locations.
The range of a P2P link is much greater. Most WiFi extender ranges can be measured in feet, whereas P2P Link ranges can be measured in hundreds of meters or multiple kilometers.
A P2P Link also gives you the ability to hard-wire connect to existing wired network infrastructure, whereas WiFi does not.
P2P Links will also offer significant speed advantages over simple WiFi extenders.
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