Dustin,
While I haven't done any current work with the 2 foot Gabriel professional
series I've been hearing enough good stuff about it that I ordered one to
play with and see if it worth deploying.
So far I like the Gabriel antennas. However, I am starting to see a pattern
where the various radios perform better on 5.3Ghz than on 5.8Ghz when using
the Gabriel Dual Freq (5.3-5.8) antenna. (from a packet loss perspective not
a RSSI perspective). I believe that this is totally coincidental, and a
result that the 5.3G spectrum is VERY clean, and the 5.8Ghz spectrum is VERY
noisy. However, how do I know that for sure? I can't just assume, that its
the radios' fault or the noise floor. I have two sites using the Gabriels,
both tested with Trango and Mikrotik. Next week, I am going to swap the
antenna, with a PacWireless (5.8G only) 2 footer, just to confirm for sure,
that the Gabriel (Dual Freq model) performs equivellently. It is a
possibilty that the antenna feed is optimized for 5.3 and causing some
issues at 5.8G. With Pack wireless they make seperate antennas for 5.8G and
5.3G, and if you mismatch them with the other Freq, you get a few percent
packet loss, that can't be gotten rid of.
I have no evidense, that the Gabriel is working anything but perfectly. But
its worth proving since its a new product for me that I plan to use a lot
more of. I'd be interested in what you find, and whether you find that it
works optimally for 5.8Ghz.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
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