Due to a pending size increase for my family, it seems we will be moving to a new house. And with it comes some additional challenges for the WiFi bridge.

We aren't moving all that far, only a couple of minute drive into a much larger (and maker friendly) house. But it does increase the distance of the bridge quite significantly. Not being one to quit when things suddenly get interesting, I have decided to add a repeater node on a nearby hill since I will no longer have line-of-sight to my mother-in-laws house.

There are some additional challenges this time that I can forsee:

• The additional 4.75(ish) km of round-trip range.
• Powering a repeater 24/7 with no power supply (Solar FTW!)
• Protection of the repeater from vandals
• Antenna design (good quality directional antennas)
• Regulations!

More updates pending as I tackle the issues!