These only thing as trouble-free as the PTP400 is the rest of the Orthogon-based line, for new radios that is the PTP650 / PTP670, at ~$2K per end.
Staying with that criteria as primary is the PTP450I... I would look at those before anything WiFi-chipset-based. On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:07 AM, Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> wrote: > So I have a customer with a private PTP network built long ago, obviously, > with PTP400 links. For years this has worked great and they have been > happy. Recently, due to either lightening or another contractor issue, one > of the three sites (2 of the the total 6 backhauls) are now dead. I could > probably find some ancient stuff and maybe replace these two but I thought > now would be a good time to get them into some supportable equipment. > > I would like something as trouble free as the PTP400. Throughput is a non > issue as they only need about 2Mbs. The main deal is reliability and my > desire to not have to jack with the thing due to outside influences be they > weather or interference. Basically as close to the 400's trouble free > operation as possible. Cost is a factor but not the primary one, yet > something above $1000 each side is a non starter. > > I have looked at the PTP550 which is based on an AC chipset but says it > has: > Dynamic Spectrum Optimization (DSO)* With Dynamic Spectrum Optimization, > PTP 550 systems are constantly optimizing the channel of operation to > maximize link reliability and performance. Based on environment the PTP 550 > can be set to move or search better spectrum. As a result, customer can get > more throughput with limited spectrum in even the most challenging > environments > I also looked at the ePMP Force series, based on the same chipset. I have > used a bunch of these before but not in this demanding (reliability wise) > environment. All the Force stuff seem to have a sentence like these: > Configurable modes of operation ensure robust adaptivity to both > symmetrical and asymmetrical traffic while providing high performance and > round-trip latency as low as 3-5 ms. > Configurable Modes of operation ensure robust adaptivity to both > symmetrical and asymmetrical traffic while providing high performance and > round-trip latency as low as 2 - 3 ms. > > So I guess my question is, for those using these products, is there really > a big difference between the PTP550 line and the Force line? They are both > based on the AC chipset so while there is maybe quite a bit they can do to > enhance that I can't imagine it would be earth shattering. > > Any recommendations? > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > >
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