Ad hoc network of sorts to relay temperatures
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2017 10:27 amI'm an arduino guy crossing over to the light. 
I have a string of buildings at our camp that don't have internet and don't particularly need it. They're 12 buildings 30-50 feet apart. I need to get the temperatures from these buildings (eventually) broadcast over MQTT.
Basically what I'm thinking about doing (and please tell me if this is a dumb idea), is creating some sort of ad-hoc network (or at least putting each 8266 in both ap and client mode at the same time) and having each building connect to the next one. Basically building 1 sends its temp to building 2. Building 2 sends temps 1 and 2 to building 3, etc. Sounds good in theory.
Two questions.
1. Will something like this work?
2. Can anyone point me in the direction of a demo sketch to accomplish something along these lines?
I have a string of buildings at our camp that don't have internet and don't particularly need it. They're 12 buildings 30-50 feet apart. I need to get the temperatures from these buildings (eventually) broadcast over MQTT.
Basically what I'm thinking about doing (and please tell me if this is a dumb idea), is creating some sort of ad-hoc network (or at least putting each 8266 in both ap and client mode at the same time) and having each building connect to the next one. Basically building 1 sends its temp to building 2. Building 2 sends temps 1 and 2 to building 3, etc. Sounds good in theory.
Two questions.
1. Will something like this work?
2. Can anyone point me in the direction of a demo sketch to accomplish something along these lines?