At 8 miles, I would definitely go with 2' dishes and the B5c. I would probably go with the Jirous JRC-29 EXTREME MIMO.
On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Ryan Mano <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok that’s good to know…my links would be around 8 miles…so I should get > connectorized instead of intergrated….as for the dish what would be the > best to get to work with this? > > > > One mentioned jirous which I have used on a pervious link with a > ptp450…would like to know the model number of that dish you are using for > this radio and also if any others > > > > thanks > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Craig House > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 20, 2015 9:48 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] mimosa > > > > I agree with this evaluation I only have two links up right now but a > third one is halfway installed. The throughput on them at 10 miles with 2 > foot dishes is easily doing 500 Mb and not dropping connections at all. > Mine of course our connectorized but we also have a pair of integrated up > that we were told were only good for 5 to 6 miles by the manufacture and we > use them for several months in an emergency situation at almost 12 miles > they did have stability problems but it got us through the pinch. And even > at that distance we were getting pretty good signals according to the > radios and about 200 meg of throughput but they did drop from time to time. > When we put those up we didn't have time to order replacement radios to > properly install them it was a quick fix to see if we could make them work > and they did. I also agree that the new firmware release coming out will > solve hopefully a lot of issues that we have with them like the monitoring > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On May 20, 2015, at 08:43, Shayne Lebrun <[email protected]> wrote: > > They’re good little radios, but they need some seasoning. ‘auto > everything’ mode makes what I would consider to be some questionable > choices, for example. Also, zero SNMP support at this point, which makes > things impossible to monitor/diagnose after the fact. > > > > We’re eagerly looking forward to the next firmware release, which > supposedly will enable SNMP and same-tower coordination. > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Rory Conaway > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 20, 2015 9:33 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] mimosa > > > > I’ve got 10 of them up and they have worked great. As for mixing it with > Cambium gear, that’s a tough one. Because there is no interoperability > with GPS between manufacturers, you have to rely on normal isolation > methods. You probably want to keep them at least 10 apart or more. On the > one tower where I was concerned about the issue and another location where > I have a lot of 5GHz radios, Ubiquiti, and others on the same roof, I’m > using the Jirous dishes with the built-in shrouds and then using the > B5c’s. I don’t have any comparison to the B5 in that situation, I just > planned for the worst case scenario. I have another colleague that is > using the B5c’s with Ubiquiti antennas with Ubiquiti shroud on the same > roof because he needed a 34dBi antenna and it’s shooting 32 miles. He > couldn’t get enough throughput out of the AF5x radios so he swapped to the > Mimosa and he is getting 2-3 times more throughput, about 200Mbps. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Ryan Mano > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 20, 2015 6:20 AM > *To:* '[email protected]' > *Subject:* [AFMUG] mimosa > > > > Would like to know what your feedback is on the mimosa B5 intergrated….am > looking to try this out and if its ok to mix with cambium gear on the same > towers > > > > thanks > > > > > >
