[hashgowda]

I want to buy bunch of them and setup a grid in small farm. My challenges are * how do I connect to wifi router which is located in the farm house, because some will be very far from the router. * Also another challenge is how to charge the cameras?

Has anybody worked on above issues ?

[i2pi]

We have p2p wifi between our barn and farm house. The barn is powered by solar.

I use engenius WAPs, a 100Ah battery, 2 100W solar panels, a $15 solar charge controller, various buck/boost converters for other power requirements. The system also powers an LTE repeater and LTE modem, to provide the farm with internet access.

[15155]

Dropping wire is the absolute best way to go, however:

A properly thought-out wireless system is the second-best way.

This might consist of P2P links, multiple access points, etc. over the subject property.

That's not to say this is expensive, check out Ubiquiti and Ruckus products for examples of the kinds of radios you need to make this happen. All should fairly affordable in comparison to renting a trenching tool and dropping cable.

[JohnKacz]

I'm planning on getting a few Xenon from Particle to do something similar.

https://www.particle.io/mesh