Broadstairs, Kent · CT10
Broadstairs guide to point-to-point wireless links
A dedicated wireless bridge between two buildings with line of sight, carrying a network connection where cable cannot be run. Below: the parts involved, where it fits, where it stops being the right answer, and how it works out on a container yard.
- System type: point-to-point wireless links
- Service area: Wi-Fi and networks
- Applied example: container yards
Core part
PoE injectors at each end
Best suited to
Farm and yard buildings separated from the main office
Key limitation
Both ends need power and a secure mounting point.
What you are buying
A dedicated wireless bridge between two buildings with line of sight, carrying a network connection where cable cannot be run.
Where it falls short
Worth reading before a salesperson tells you otherwise.
- Both ends need power and a secure mounting point.
- No line of sight, no link, trees and future building work both matter.
The parts involved
- PoE injectors at each end
- Power and data over one cable to each radio.
- A pair of directional radios
- Aimed at each other to form the link.
Where we would suggest otherwise
- Buried fibre or external-grade cable
- The distance is short and the ground can be dug.
Best suited to
- Farm and yard buildings separated from the main office
- Two premises on the same site that cannot be trenched
Domestic version: a coastal home
- Salt air corrosion of standard equipment
- Ordinary external cameras, sensors and fixings corrode considerably faster in a coastal environment than the same equipment would inland, leading to premature failure if not specified correctly.
What it needs from you
Check alignment and mount tightness annually, and after storms, a link that has drifted a few degrees shows up as a mysteriously slow connection.
How this works out on a container yard
Stacked shipping containers holding varied and sometimes unknown contents sit across a large open perimeter that's genuinely hard to secure by fencing alone.
There the specification tends to start with vehicle gate camera with plate capture, container theft and unauthorised removal generally requires vehicle access, making the gate the key control point.
Local factors in Broadstairs
Broadstairs work tends to cluster near Bleak House and Broadstairs station, where the housing stock is mostly modern Old Town flats and Victorian seafront villas, and that mix decides where cable can run and where detection earns its place.
Broadstairs questions we get asked
Broadstairs guide to point-to-point wireless links
Local detail for Broadstairs
- Handover includes a walk-through of how the system is used
- Faults diagnosed before parts are ordered
- Cabling, containment and making good carried out in-house
Decide with the trade-offs in front of you
Describe the property and what you want to know about while you are away, and we will say which option fits, including when the answer is the cheaper one.
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