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12.1.2. When is recommended to use Meshlium instead a standard WiFi router?
As pointed before, the WiFi module for Waspmote can connect to any standard WiFi
router (
“home oriented”
) in the market. However when deploying sensor networks
outdoors you need a robust machine capable of resist the hardest conditions of rain,
wind, dust, etc. Meshlium is specially designed for real deployments of wireless sensor
networks as it is waterproof (IP-65) and counts with a robust metallic enclosure ready to
resist the hardest atmospheric conditions.
Meshlium is also ready to deal with hundreds of nodes at the same time, receiving sensor
data from all of them and storing it in its internal database or sending it to an Internet
server. As well as this, Meshlium may work as a WiFi to 3G/GPRS gateway, giving access
to the internet to all the nodes in the network using the mobile phones infrastructure.
It is also important to mention that the transmission power of the WiFi interface
integrated in Meshlium is many times higher than the ones available in
“home oriented”
WiFi routers so the distance we can get increases dramatically from a few meters to
dozens or even hundreds depending on the location of the nodes.
Using Meshlium as WiFi Access Point allows to control and to store the messages received
from the WiFi module, or allows to combine WiFi technology with other protocols such
as ZigBee. Meshlium may work as:
•
an XBee/LoRa to Ethernet router for Waspmote nodes
•
an XBee/LoRa to 3G/GPRS router for Waspmote nodes
•
a WiFi Access Point
•
a WiFi Mesh node (dual band 2.4GHz-5GHz)
•
a WiFi to 3G/GPRS router
•
a Bluetooth scanner and analyzer
•
a SmartPhone scanner (detects iPhone and Android devices)
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