The main difference between the 2 brands to me is I get to lay my head
down and have a good night sleep :)
On 8/17/2018 3:27 PM, Adam Moffett wrote:
I know we're all hatin' on Ubiquiti today.....but the AF5X is
something like $300 per radio, so even with nice antennas and cables
you'd be well under $1000 per side.
No support except through a forum, but you really shouldn't need
support because they're easy as anything.
I have never used a PTP550. I would characterize the Force 200 as
"reliable enough for most purposes". I don't recall ever fixing a
problem by rebooting one. I realized the other day that we
"temporarily" replaced a dead Ceragon IP10 with a pair of ePMP Force
200's like a year and a half ago and completely forgot about them.
-Adam
On 8/17/2018 11:07 AM, Lewis Bergman 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?
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