Right but he wants set and forget. With AF5x you have to watch those ethernet ports. If someone farts nearby and the warmth moves the cat5 slightly, you'll lose ethernet link. I've had to reboot AF5x to fix them. Looks like a memory leak to me.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 4:27 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> 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? > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > >
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