802.11g mesh? ouch
Gino A. Villarini
President
Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp.
www.aeronetpr.com
@aeronetpr
From: ralph ralphli...@bsrg.orgmailto:ralphli...@bsrg.org
Reply-To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.orgmailto:wireless@wispa.org
Date: Friday, April 11, 2014 3:39 PM
To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.orgmailto:wireless@wispa.org
Subject: [WISPA] Friday For Sale- Tropos mesh stuff. 5210s and 5110s
If you ever wanted to do mesh, to cover campgrounds, marinas or even small
towns, then Tropos is what you want!
You hang these babies, supplying backhaul either by hardwired LAN or by
wireless link to whichever ones you can.
The rest, you just hang and power up.
The awesome Tropos logic in the radios does all the rest. This is not WDS mesh,
or that funky open mesh stuff or the wireless uplink stuff that UniFi does.
This is what the big boys use.
They find the nearest “gateway (the ones with the backhauls) using the fewest
hops and begin working in minutes.
If something happens to the gateway the mesh self-heals. There is no
controller required and each radio has its own management system you can access
over the wireless or wire. If all else fails, they can be rebooted or reset by
using a universal infrared remote control (security code selectable) without
even needing a ladder or bucket truck. There’s even a hidden “rescue” SSID that
gives you full access from the ground (uses https and the security code is
selectable) You can do multi SSID with or without encryption and even assign
VLANS to SSIDs.
At our Atlanta based WISP, we’ve got a fair amount of surplus Tropos gear. The
original prices were in the $2500-$3500 price range and we are asking but a
fraction of that. We have model 5110 (11b mesh) for $35.00 each and 5210 (11g
mesh) for $100.00 each. They come with antennas and mounting brackets and we
have some of the power cords and photocell adapters for very cheap as well.
You should buy a couple just to see the way real mesh is done!
BTW- the 5210s give 12v, 24v, or 48v passive POE out as well, ready to connect
almost any backhaul radio so you don’t even need a POE or switch to make a
gateway. We use ‘em with Nanobridges as backhauls and they work great.
Shipping is extra. I am going to try to get an inventory list up as soon as I
can at http://brightlan.net/surplus
Contact me, Ralph at (404) 906-2653 if interested
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