Weird question- re transmitting all wireless traffic to a remote location

[johnpd]

Hi is there a way to re transmit a remote location, tunnelled and then outputted again fully unadulterated - like you can do as a switch monitor port setup ...

 

I’ve got a situation where I have a building too far to cable and I need to access a device that is wireless direct only.

 

Maybe there are some cool boosters out there than can do this with vpn tunnels?

 

Thanks

John

Edited October 13, 2018 by johnpd

[elsiegee40]

Are you talking microwave links?

 

Give this a read

https://network-data-cabling.co.uk/blog/interconnecting-multiple-offices-free-to-air/

[AJWhite1970]

https://www.ubnt.com/airmax/powerbeam-ac-gen2/

 

£100 each end, range of about 18km, I’ve got one pair running 1.3km over a crowded housing estate and non line of sight up to the playing fields at a link speed of 160mb.

 

Pretty impressive kit with lots of tools to help alignment with the free AirMax software they provide.

[johnpd]

Thanks I’ve seen them before - do they support booster mode as well - as in capturing traffic nearby and retransmitting it?

[Opendium_Steve]

Hi is there a way to re transmit a remote location, tunnelled and then outputted again fully unadulterated - like you can do as a switch monitor port setup ...

 

Why do you need to transmit *all* traffic to a remote location? Surely a MAC filtered link (as you'd get out of a normal switch port) is what you want? In that case, just connect the switch at one site to the switch at the other site via something like a point-to-point Ubiquity wireless link (already mentioned).

 

Maybe there are some cool boosters out there than can do this with vpn tunnels?

 

I think you're conflating terminologies - you'd use a VPN tunnel across the internet, not across a dedicated wireless link (except in a few specific circumstances). For the most part you can treat a point-to-point wireless in the same way as you'd treat a cable.