Cost Tables

Scenario 1: Indoor USB Wireless solution

A simple cheap wireless LAN USB device can be bought and the mesh software can then be loaded on the computer. This setup is ideal for short range communication between a desily distrubuted cluster of houses that you find in a town house complex.

Component costs

×	Item description	Supplier	Supplier Stock Code	Quantity type	Cost	Quantity	Total
1	11Mbps Wireless USB Adapter	MIRO	SL2511UB4	EACH	R262.20	1	R262.20
						TOTAL	262.20

Scenario 2: Outdoor USB Wireless solution

Using a stick USB WiFi adapter, it is possible to plug a USB cable extender into a computer at one end and the USB WiFi adapter at the other end. The maximum distance allowed on such a USB cable is 5m unless a hub is used in between the devices. The USB adapter can then be mounted inside a tin can to help boost the gain.

×	Item description	Supplier	Supplier Stock Code	Quantity type	Cost	Quantity	Total
1	USB WiFi Stick Adapter - b/g	MIRO	SUB316	EACH	R222.30	1	R222.30
2	USB Type A Fem to Type A male 5M Active Extender	??	??	EACH	R120.00	1	R120.00
						TOTAL	R342.30

Scenario 3: Outdoor: Use old PC as dedicated Wireless router

If you have an old unwanted Pentium lying around in the garage - this is an attractive option to build a low cost outdoor wireless router. You will need to purchase a PCI WiFi card, plug it into the old PC, place the old PC in the roof and then run an RF cable from the PC to an external Antenna.

×	Item description	Supplier	Supplier Stock Code	Quantity type	Cost	Quantity	Total
1	Old PC >= Pentium I with >=200Mb HD >=64Meg ram (hopefully you have one of these)	xxx	xxx	EACH	R0.00	1	R0.00
2	Sonoa PCI Adapter b/g - 108Mbps	MIRO	SL3065PCI	EACH	R456.00	1	R456.00
3	PCI Ethernet adapter	PC Palace	xxx	EACH	R78.66	1	R78.66
4	SMA to N-Type pigtail	MIRO	JACK-N-SMA-M	EACH	R85.50	1	R85.50
5	RF cable (3M LMR400 N-Type male)	MIRO	CUSTOM	EACH	R182.40	1	R182.40
6	Antenna (12dBi Yagi)	MIRO	PAE-12-YAE	EACH	R273.60	1	R273.60
7	Ethernet cable (20m)	Compu Cable	xxx	METERS	R2.80	20	R63.84
8	Ethernet connectors	Compu Cable	xxx	EACH	R1.48	2	R2.96
						TOTAL	R1142.96

Scenario 4: Indoor Wireless router

A wireless router is a dedicated WiFi box which is capable of handling all the routing and networking issues of the mesh network. They usually come with an internet port, a built in switch with extra LAN ports and an external antenna. Once the mesh software is uploaded to the device, all that is required is to connect your PC to one of the LAN ports to be linked into the mesh network. We use the Linksys WRT54G becuase there is a lot of opensource software available for it.

×	Item description	Supplier	Supplier Stock Code	Quantity type	Cost	Quantity	Total
1	Linksys WRT54G wireless router	BullionIT	xxx	EACH	R750	1	R750
						TOTAL	R750