I'd recommend a UBNT Prism or the AF-5x. They have the power consumption and bandwidth capability you're looking for, and they are very cheap. They will also never have rain fade at that distance.
Thank you, Brett A Mansfield > On May 22, 2017, at 1:06 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Too much power. I don’t want to exceed 20 watts total. So one end of a > radio needs to be in the 5-7 watt range. > > From: Bill Prince > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 2:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] extending fiber with RF > > Then do a 24 GHz system. That can go 2-1/2 miles with 5 nines. Low > interference. Will eat around 50 watts at each end though. > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > >> On 5/22/2017 12:47 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: >> Scared of new technology. >> Seems a bit too long range for that freq. >> Worried about not enough time has elapsed to prove them out. >> They sound expensive. >> Everybody knows 60 GHz is all absorbed by the oxygen anyhow... >> Not sure God would approve... >> >> You all the same normal reasons... >> >> From: Brett A Mansfield >> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 1:44 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] extending fiber with RF >> >> For so little throughput a 5GHz setup would be the cheapest and probably >> best setup. >> >> What keeps you from being a believer of the 60GHz? I can show you the >> history of some of my Ignitenet links that may just change your mind. >> >> Thank you, >> Brett A Mansfield >> >>> On May 22, 2017, at 12:38 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Not a believer yet. And we only need 100-250 Mbps max to the homes. >>> Actually probably more like 50 or 100 Mbps. >>> Want it to be simple too. ONT has multiple ethernet ports on it. Just >>> extend those physical layer 0/1 connections. >>> >>> From: Cameron Crum >>> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 1:34 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] extending fiber with RF >>> >>> What about a couple of 60GHz links with a single 5GHz AP as a backup? We >>> did this for a bank that needed to connect two buildings temporarily. Put a >>> MT on either side that ran IPSEC tunnel over the link with a failover >>> script to route traffic over the 5 GHz link if the 60 lost more than 50% of >>> it's packets. The 5 GHz was slower, but they still had connectivity in the >>> even of a heavy rain. >>> >>>> On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Still puzzling over how to get ethernet the last 3000 feet. I have fiber >>>> to a point along a rural road. The end is about 2000 feet from one home >>>> and 3000 feet from another. >>>> >>>> Was looking at using the existing copper with VDSL line extenders. That >>>> was what that week of math problems was all about. I am starting to lean >>>> away from that solution because it is old copper. I really want to stop >>>> using it. >>>> >>>> I don’t have a ROW that is legal. The old copper technically is in >>>> trespass and the owner of the property is known to be a major PITA. So >>>> not sure if I can get permission. Even then, we are talking about 5000 >>>> feet of fiber to place. There will be some money involved. >>>> >>>> Using wireless could be much cheaper. Will have to do a solar install >>>> with the ONT and RF gear on a stub pole at the handhole. >>>> >>>> Not sure what kid of RF. Don’t want to use an AP because I need two layer >>>> 2 connections from the ONT. Be more expensive to use an AP anyhow. >>>> So two PTP systems. Rock solid, never fail type of system. Noise floor >>>> down there is probably pretty low. >>>> I could use a pair of rockets etc. Not wanting to lo-ball this, want it >>>> to be very solid. >>>> >>>> What would you use? >>> >>> >
