Dennis: We use Canopy to connect our main building with three other buildings across the street (up to 1700 feet from the main building). The antenna, or "subscriber module", is small and unobtrusive. We have them mounted on the face of the buildings, and they are barely noticable. Our access point is mounted about 60 feet up on our radio tower, so it has good "line of sight" with the subscriber modules.
Performance is very good. We are using Canopy to share a T1 line for internet use, as well as providing an internal network between the buildings. File transfer speeds are very good, and internet speed feels the same as if you were in the main building. Reliability has been good as well. The system provides a good base level of performance, even before "tweaking" all the settings. The only problem we have experienced is with a point-of-sale database application (RecTrac, using the Progress database. Small point-of-sale transactions were excessively slow (15-20 seconds over the Canopy, compared to 1-2 seconds over CAT5). We think most of the problem is in the software, as they sent us an update that cut the time in half, but is still too slow. In any case, the database and Canopy interact in some way we haven't figured out yet. Hope this help. Wade Dunham On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 06:38:14 -0800, Dennis B. Swaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone heard of this wireless system? A local ISP, North Valley > Wireless ( http://www.northvalleywireless.com ), is using this > system for high speed internet and I'm looking into it to replace my > dial-up connection. I was considering DirecWay satellite, but just > found out about this. It seems to have the high speed I desire, but > not the large antenna footprint (DWay antenna requires a tripod mount > for stability, this one looks like it can be attached to a short pole > or mast.) > > Does anyone use a non-satellite, (non-cable, non-dsl, etc) wireless > internet system similar to this? Near as I understand it, the concept > is like cell phones, except that the antenna on your house is > directional to the closest "access point" which in turn serves an > area about 2 miles in radius. > > I'm sending this to both the iMac & MacNetwork lists, since the > latter seems to have very little traffic recently. > -- > Sincerely, > Dennis B. Swaney > > "Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is > ... oh, never mind." > > -- > The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
