Hi all,

I'm running 12x wrt45gls in waterproof boxes using Freifunk mesh firmware. Works great. Power is easy 'cos the routers take 12 volts so solar/wind power works fine. I'm thinking of moving away from Freifunk now and just using stock OpenWRT firmware with better security. Right now the mesh is open with access controlled using a vpn which is a hassle.

Most I use 24dbi antennas from - Wisp Router Inc. in the US but also have a couple of omnis and some Rootenna panel antennas.

The system has been up for 18 months with no major problems with sunlight temperatures of up 40 degress and several tropical rain style downpours.

Only real annoying is that if the batteries don't get enough charge the router trips out with low voltage and needs power cycling to reboot.