Haha... I most certainly hope and pray that we don't start to use civility of the presidential contest as a measure for our behavior ...
:) Faisal Imtiaz > From: "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, April 4, 2016 9:08:28 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] IniteNet 60 GHz radio iperf tests? > By comparison to the presidential contest, the tone was very mild! Did you see > Jimmy Kimmel’s American Girl & Boy Dolls Presidential Collection? > https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FYHPr7TL2AY > From: Faisal Imtiaz > Sent: Monday, April 04, 2016 8:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] IniteNet 60 GHz radio iperf tests? > I am not being defensive about Ignite, as I stated in my email.... I am > having a > reaction to the tone of your question. If you were to look at my posts you > will > also see that I have expressed similar feelings to others in regards to how > they ask the question... irrespective of who they are asking about. I also > apologized for this being a personality defect in myself. > The Cut & Paste was not for your benefit, but for others who lurk in the > forums. > There is nothing wrong with running an iperf test.. but you specifically asked > for the test to be run in a very particular way, from very particular pieces > of > equipment..... > My apologies if I am over reacting.... WISP's have many many great attributes, > however there is one attribute which would be nice to change for the > better.... > Our Attitudes towards the mfg. and the default presumption of a 'conspiracy' > or > 'they are trying to pull a fast one on us'..... along with it also having > enough fortitude to asking the MFG and or their representatives the technical > questions before coming to the open forums and taking an opinion poll.... > ok, I will now get off my soap box. > Regards > Faisal Imtiaz > Snappy Internet & Telecom > 7266 SW 48 Street > Miami, FL 33155 > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected] >> From: "Eric Kuhnke" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Sunday, April 3, 2016 11:52:00 PM >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] IniteNet 60 GHz radio iperf tests? >> For somebody who doesn't own a piece of the company and doesn't work there, >> you're extremely defensive. I don't need a copied and pasted explanation of >> what FDD and TDD are. >> How in any way whatsoever is it inappropriate to run iperf tests on a newly >> released PTP bridge radio? >> On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 8:31 PM, Faisal Imtiaz < [email protected] > >> wrote: >>> like I said before.. ask the question directly... no need for the cloak and >>> dagger ... >>> ----------- >>> Frequency-division duplexing (FDD) is a method for establishing a >>> full-duplex >>> communications link that uses two different radio frequencies for >>> transmitter >>> and receiver operation. The transmit direction and receive direction >>> frequencies are separated by a defined frequency offset. In the microwave >>> realm, the primary advantages of this approach are: >>> ----------------- >>> NO THEY ARE NOT FDD. >>> ------------ >>> Time-division duplexing (TDD) is a method for emulating full-duplex >>> communication over a half-duplex communication link. The transmitter and >>> receiver both use the same frequency but transmit and receive traffic is >>> switched in time. The primary advantages of this approach as it applies to >>> microwave communication are: >>> ------------------ >>> YES They are TDD. ( The notation of 1gig aggregate should have give this >>> away ! >>> ) >>> Like all new products, they are making improvements with firmware updates. >>> The >>> published specs are 'conservative'. >>> These are the first radios of their kind in the market place... I think you >>> will >>> need to modify your thinking about them, cause you keep comparing them to >>> the >>> other existing (much more expensive) radios in the market place. >>> Anything else you would like to know ? >>> Feel free to ask...... >>> BTW, FWIW, I don't work for Ignite, nor do I own a piece of the company >>> (would >>> love to buy stock in them if I could). I am on the beta testers of the >>> product... There is something about the tone of your question that is >>> rubbing >>> me the wrong way, my apologies if I am over reacting...... I normally expect >>> the proper professional decorum to be.. ask the question directly, and only >>> if >>> that is not answered or if the answer is not straight forward then it is ok >>> to >>> imply some intentional obfuscation..... not the other way around ! >>> :) >>> Faisal Imtiaz >>> Snappy Internet & Telecom >>> 7266 SW 48 Street >>> Miami, FL 33155 >>> Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 >>> Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected] >>>> From: "Eric Kuhnke" < [email protected] > >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Sent: Sunday, April 3, 2016 11:14:08 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] IniteNet 60 GHz radio iperf tests? >>>> I'm not trying to prove or disprove anything, just to compare them with >>>> existing >>>> line rate 60 GHz FDD solutions. >>>> The datasheet says 1Gbps aggregate throughput but nowhere does it say >>>> specifically if they're FDD or TDD in the 60 GHz band: >>>> http://www.ignitenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/IgniteNet_MetroLinq.pdf >>>> On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 8:01 PM, Faisal Imtiaz < [email protected] > >>>> wrote: >>>>> What exactly are you looking to prove of dis-prove with such a test ? >>>>> Iperf is iperf, what difference does it make how it is run.... >>>>> Are you asking the question 'How much data I can push thru with these >>>>> radios >>>>> ?'..... the question has been answered multiple times... >>>>> the radios are (as per specs, 1gig half duplex, thus giving you 500meg x >>>>> 500meg >>>>> performance.) >>>>> The Radio side is using 2ghz wide channel, and the latest firmware is >>>>> showing >>>>> 700meg x 700meg performance.... >>>>> What is the problem with this ? if you think Ignite is lying about the >>>>> specs, >>>>> buy a pair, do the testing you like, with pink, blue, or purple laptop of >>>>> your >>>>> choice and if you don't like them, send them back !... or someone will be >>>>> happy >>>>> to buy them from you ... they are in short supply as it is .... >>>>> :) >>>>> Regards. >>>>> Faisal Imtiaz >>>>> Snappy Internet & Telecom >>>>> 7266 SW 48 Street >>>>> Miami, FL 33155 >>>>> Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 >>>>> Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected] >>>>>> From: "Eric Kuhnke" < [email protected] > >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 3, 2016 10:03:39 PM >>>>>> Subject: [AFMUG] IniteNet 60 GHz radio iperf tests? >>>>>> Anyone done a simultaneous bidirectional iperf test yet? Preferably with >>>>>> something like a Thinkpad (Intel 1000BaseT NIC) running Linux plugged >>>>>> into each >>>>>> end.
