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12/1/2015 9:06:11 PM EDT
Looking at renting a small office for a little while that is about 1km (.6 miles) from my house.  I have a business internet account at my house and I would prefer not to have to have a second account if I could get away with it.

Some details - I have trees right behind the house and sporadically in between the locations so I have no line of sight.  It will also go over one subdivision.  I will be unable to get a tower tall enough to clear the trees but could probably get one 12-15 feet in the air at the back of the house.  The building on the other end is a 1.5 story so I could get it just over that.  I have had experience setting up the Ubiquiti enterprise wifi networks but nothing that was going over this kind of distance.

Anyone have any experience setting up a wireless network for something like this?
12/1/2015 9:31:58 PM EDT
[#1]
Ubiquity is what you are looking for however having a clear line of sight is going to be critical. You can buy two of the $50 bridges and give it a try but I think reliability will be a issue.
12/1/2015 10:06:45 PM EDT
[#2]
No LOS, don't even waste the time and money. I do this for a living.
12/1/2015 10:19:34 PM EDT
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Having done this kind of thing I will mostly agree with the above. BUT if you don't mind potentially wasting $200 pickup a pair of nanobeams and see what happens I've had surprising results in the past.
12/2/2015 7:16:58 PM EDT
[#4]
Thanks for the input guys.  I thought that it would be a no go with not being able to get above the trees.