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LoRaWAN vs WiFi for spread-out sensor deployment

Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2026 5:00 am
by jhon_iot
Client site: 12 sensors across 3 buildings, 200m spread. WiFi does not reach all points reliably.

Weighing:
  • WiFi + repeaters: familiar, but repeater maintenance and dead zones
  • LoRaWAN + single gateway: 2km range easily covers site, but need gateway + network server (ChirpStack self-hosted)
  • ESP-NOW mesh: cheap, but range and mesh reliability questionable at 200m
Leaning LoRaWAN. Low data rate fine for sensor readings (few bytes every few min).

Anyone self-hosted ChirpStack in PH? Gateway hardware recommendation (RAK vs Dragino)? Frequency plan AS923 correct for PH?