I looked at running a proprietary solution like this for a 10 mile link between campus. This was something like last year and for that distance (using microwave) they were promising 100Mb link provided there was no water between the two points. Water was defined as thick fog or rain. The shorter the distance the better and less issue the weather became. I could never get it to fly as the tower we needed at one end of the link put the price above the price cost of a dedicated T1 for 3 years. Something like across the street or even with clear line of sight this should be easily doable.
Jon On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:03 AM, John Aldrich > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, if nothing else, do you have LOS between the two buildings? If so, > > maybe a point-to-point wireless circuit would work. > > I'm actually somewhat interested in this. Do people here have any > experience, positive or negative, with short-haul point-to-point > line-of-sight fixed wireless? (Wireless could mean radio or optical.) > > The common scenario would be: Two buildings across the street from > each other. Not feasible to run a hard line. But you can get a clear > line-of-sight from the roofs. > > I wouldn't want to run my LAN over a common 802.11 link -- there are > problems with throughput (especially when under heavy load), > reliability, and security. (So a Pringles can is not an option, > sorry.) > > But I'm assuming by taking advantage of this specific scenario, > something better would be possible. Proprietary gear is acceptable, > since if you're just linking two points, you don't have to worry about > interoperability. Ideally, I'd like something achieving at least 100 > megabit switched LAN speeds, with solid encryption ("VPN class", if > you will). > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
