I'm talking about things like the fact that think link uptime on one of our B11 links is currently 1d 21h... despite the fact that there's absolutely no reason that it should've dropped that I can find. On the other hand, our other B11 link has an uptime of 216days (which was probably when one of the radios was rebooted), but now when I was just checking it, the modulation is stuck at 390 /1300 (PHY), for no apparent reason. It could be that there are reasons for these things, which I just haven't figured out yet, but my experience with SAF has been that you put it up and it does exactly what you expect it to do... and you don't need to touch it for another 5 years.
I'm not saying the B11 is a bad radio, by any means, I'm just saying it isn't the same as a SAF. On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Rory Conaway <[email protected]> wrote: > Matthew, what are you talking about, “not as stable”. I’ve got several > links up, one at 50 miles, that runs multiple hotels and food venues, most > of which have VoIP and I’ve had zero issues for over a year. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mathew Howard > *Sent:* Friday, October 27, 2017 7:31 AM > *To:* af > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Considerations for upgrading passed SAF Lumina link > > > > B11's are going to get you the most capacity for the least amount of > money, but don't expect them to be as stable as the SAF link. I've been > pretty happy with our AF-11FX link, but you're only going to get around > double the capacity you have now, and I don't know if there's currently a > way to do multiples on one dish... it might make more sense to do like > Lewis suggested and add a second Lumina. > > There are lots of options for higher capacity licensed links, but they > start to get pricey. > > You could probably get Chuck to make you some adapters to hook up just > about anything to the SAF dishes. > > > > On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 6:51 AM, Paul McCall <[email protected]> wrote: > > We have a 4 year old Lumina link from our core, 12.9 miles, 11Ghz with 3ft > dishes on each end, that doesn’t have enough BW for us long term, as we > are going to do another hop from there (7.3 miles), then FTTH. > > > > I get around 270Mbit from it, and we already use 120Mit pretty > consistently and if another tower OSPFs to it, more than that. Sooo, I am > looking for alternatives. Its mainly one-way traffic of course, so a > solution that favored that would be acceptable. > > > > Cost is a factor of course, as I also have a “parallel path” a few miles > south to do the same on very soon. Something that could use the same > dishes from the SAF would be good also. > > > > I have some undeployed Mimosa B11’s that we bought for a project and are > still waiting on some tower rights to get settled. I could use those, or > maybe AF-11X or multiples thereof. I might as well plan for the future > since this is a “main artery” link. We have sufficient 11 Ghz channels > available to license. > > > > Thoughts and suggestions are appreciated ! > > > > Paul > > > > Paul McCall, President > > PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc. > > 658 Old Dixie Highway > <https://maps.google.com/?q=658+Old+Dixie+Highway%0D+Vero+Beach,+FL+32962%0D+772&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Vero Beach, FL 32962 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=658+Old+Dixie+Highway%0D+Vero+Beach,+FL+32962%0D+772&entry=gmail&source=g> > > 772-564-6800 <(772)%20564-6800> > > [email protected] > > www.pdmnet.com > > www.floridabroadband.com > > > > > > >
