The new one has a beamforming antenna with more gain.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan Englhardt" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, October 1, 2017 5:57:03 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] MetroLinq 2.5G 60-BF-18 (120 Degree Sector) The ptmp-sector has very low gain compared to the ptp product. So cpes have to be very close. Hard to find more than 8 clients this near ... > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Af [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von [email protected] > Gesendet: Sonntag, 1. Oktober 2017 09:22 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: [AFMUG] MetroLinq 2.5G 60-BF-18 (120 Degree Sector) > > Ignitenet uses 2 Ghz channels, so there are only three channels available, > but a > vendor representative has stated that you can reuse frequencies in an ABAB > pattern. Of note is that even if it has 16 beams of 10 degrees, it can only > support 8 clients. It's unclear whether a later upgrade to 32 clients > requires > new hardware or not. The 2.5G bandwidth is aggregate, so you cannot do > more than 1G symmetrical. Asymmetric speeds are supported. > > > Website and datasheet: > https://www.ignitenet.com/products/ml-2-5g-60-bf-sector/ > https://www.ignitenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/MetroLinq-2.5G-60- > BF-sector-datasheet.pdf > > Jared > > > > > Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2017 > From: "Ryan Ray" <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: [AFMUG] MetroLinq 2.5G 60-BF-18 (120 Degree Sector) > > Searched around and didn't see anyone talking about these. Do they work? > Can I put three of these up channels 2,3,4 and have 360 degree gigabit > coverage in 60GHz? Any gotcha's I need to know? Does frequency reuse work? > Same range as the existing point to point model? > > So many applications if this is all the case.
