Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Bridge Recommendations

2015-06-19 Thread Kevin Lint
Our small campus of seven buildings in downtown Chicago has relied on point to point wireless bridging technology since 2002 as the sole means of providing connectivity between buildings -- first using Western Multiplex equipment, and then transitioning to BridgeWave 60Ghz equipment. The

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Bridge Recommendations

2015-06-19 Thread Mike Ricci
-LAN] Wireless Bridge Recommendations Our small campus of seven buildings in downtown Chicago has relied on point to point wireless bridging technology since 2002 as the sole means of providing connectivity between buildings -- first using Western Multiplex equipment, and then transitioning

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Bridge Recommendations

2015-06-19 Thread James Nesbitt
We have had great success with Aruba's MST200. http://www.arubanetworks.com/products/networking/outdoor-mesh/ On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Frank Sweetser f...@wpi.edu wrote: We have a similar set of needs for about 25 of our campus buildings, which all for various reasons we can't get

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Bridge Recommendations

2015-06-18 Thread Frank Sweetser
We have a similar set of needs for about 25 of our campus buildings, which all for various reasons we can't get any kind of direct lines to. A few people have mentioned a point to multipoint (PMP) solution. We considered that, and used it a few vendors back, but these days we stick to

RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Bridge Recommendations

2015-06-18 Thread Kevin Whitney
: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Bridge Recommendations As our campus rapidly changes and grows, we began placing office spaces in our offsite residential housing. Initially, we built out a large two story office area that has a fixed connection back to our main campus. Networking within the same

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Bridge Recommendations

2015-06-18 Thread Jason Watts
It sounds like you’re looking for a PMP (point to multi-point) solution. Unfortunately I can’t offer any experience with one of those products. However, we have used both Bridgewave GE60 and Ubiquiti Airfiber AF24 products to serve nearby buildings up to 1.2km. They provide great throughput,

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Bridge Recommendations

2015-06-18 Thread Harry Rauch
I use Ruckus for my wireless bridges when needed. Setup is simple and robust. There were times when I have to setup a tripod on a roof with a POE network connection and have it link to another antenna 2000 ft away. The setup was: eyeball the two, turn on the antennas and move the

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Bridge Recommendations

2015-06-18 Thread Daniel Westacott
We found the ubiquity gear to be very very reasonable in price and performance. we use them for parking shacks and the like. /daniel/ daniel westacott University of Minnesota On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Mike Ricci mri...@marymountcalifornia.edu wrote: As our campus rapidly changes and

Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Bridge Recommendations

2015-06-18 Thread Harry Rauch
I use Ruckus for my wireless bridges when needed. Setup is simple and robust. There were times when I have to setup a tripod on a roof with a POE network connection and have it link to another antenna 2000 ft away. The setup was: eyeball the two, turn on the antennas and move the tripod/antenna