That is the joy of Atheros chips, The PHY MAC can be modified if you
have the source code for it.
At least this is what I read from my research.
Jeromie
G.Villarini wrote:
I need to chime in…. it seems Airaya is using common AP PCBs with
their own firmware, but I doubt that Firmware truly breaks 11a
protocol. I have yet to see a regular 11a or 11b PCB that has custom
firmware that breaks the 11a PHY MAC. I do have seem custom PCB like
the Trango, WaveIP and Alvarion, that they use 11a chips but they
implement their own PHY MAC… but that’s on custom PCB with 11a RF
chips only.
I doubt that Airaya can modify 11a PHY MAC on a off the shelf PCB….
Anyone with more info? Input ?
Gino A. Villarini,
Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
www.aeronetpr.com <http://www.aeronetpr.com/>
787.273.4143
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*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*On Behalf Of *Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
*Sent:* Wednesday, March 29, 2006 12:53 PM
*To:* WISPA General List
*Subject:* Re: [WISPA] RE: Solectek Skyway 7000 -- Follow Up
Thanks for the list. I've passed it on to Mike at Airaya for comment.
One of MY big selling points on the Airaya gear is that it's NOT
802.11a like the others (Tranzeo, MT, StarOS, etc.) that you're likely
thinking of.
It uses the 802.11a CHIP to keep costs down but they've put their own
firmware on the radio. I'm running these units in a rotten environment
and they work better than my Trango distribution system at the same
tower sites. Fewer ping losses, higher speeds etc.
laters,
Marlon
(509) 982-2181 Equipment sales
(408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services
42846865 (icq) And I run my own wisp!
64.146.146.12 (net meeting)
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----- Original Message -----
*From:* Matt Glaves <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*To:* WISPA General List <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2:10 PM
*Subject:* RE: [WISPA] RE: Solectek Skyway 7000 -- Follow Up
I’m not stuck in the 1950s. I’m not looking for vacuum tubes and
100lb power supplies to justify my purchases. I could go to a
number of other vendors and get the same 802.11a setup for $700 or
less. The pictures speak volumes and it seems a fair number of the
subscribers on this list got a lot of information on the product
from the pictures alone. Others asked for my list and I sent it. I
don’t need Airaya suing me, so I’ll let their hardware do the
talking. I know for a fact I have cost them a number of future
sales based the responses I’m receiving from other members who
were considering their product for future deployments.
I sent you the same list of 15 or so items so you can make your
own call. Here is one that I really love:
https://secure.airaya.com/proddetail.asp?prod=AI108-4958-O-050
http://www.connectronics.com/airaya/index.html
http://shop.wirelessguys.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.346/it.A/id.2395/.f
Notice where it says AES encryption? It’s listed on every PDF and
vendor page I have seen for the unit. It was a deciding factor in
my selection of this unit. It will be a really great feature when
it is actually implemented. You get WEP for now. Would have been
nice if there was an asterisk there telling you “AES Support
Coming in Quarter 3 2006”.
Matt
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*From:* Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*Sent:* Tuesday, March 28, 2006 11:38 AM
*To:* WISPA General List
*Subject:* Re: [WISPA] RE: Solectek Skyway 7000 -- Follow Up
Times are changing. If you want devices with lots of chips and
blinky lights you'll have to pay extra. Everything it done at the
board level these days. And everyone is using the same basic chip
set these days. Airaya writes their own mac level firmware for them.
I have 4 links. 2 of the original version (prior to what you've
got there) give me a little bit of trouble on a tough link
(fresnel zone). The new radios haven't skipped a beat though.
I love my Airaya radios. They've been a great value.
I'm curious, you've not said why you don't like them. Is there
something about the performance? Software? Setup? Gotta be
something other than what's in those pics.
laters,
Marlon
(509) 982-2181 Equipment sales
(408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services
42846865 (icq) And I run my own wisp!
64.146.146.12 (net meeting)
www.odessaoffice.com/wireless <http://www.odessaoffice.com/wireless>
www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam
<http://www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam>
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Matt Glaves <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Monday, March 27, 2006 7:46 PM
*Subject:* [WISPA] RE: Solectek Skyway 7000 -- Follow Up
Hey Folks,
Last month I posted to the list asking about low cost 5Ghz
bridges and a few folks responded that I should check out
Airaya. I decided to give them a try based on some really
excellent discounts from one of our vendors. In short, I hate
them J If you’re interested in why, feel free to hit me off list..
We bought two complete links and before installing the first
one I cracked it open and took a picture of its high tech
innards to share with this list. I hope this helps those
looking at sub $3k PTP bridges.
http://www.pinn.net/~glaves/DSCN0714.JPG
<http://www.pinn.net/%7Eglaves/DSCN0714.JPG>
http://www.pinn.net/~glaves/DSCN0712.JPG
<http://www.pinn.net/%7Eglaves/DSCN0712.JPG>
thanks,
matt
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*From:* Matt Glaves
*Sent:* Wednesday, February 22, 2006 9:50 PM
*To:* '[email protected]'
*Subject:* Solectek Skyway 7000
I have never used the Solectek equipment and am looking at
either trying their Skyway 7101 or the Trango Atlas for some
short building to building links. I have seen enough favorable
posts about the Atlas to know plenty of you are using it
successfully – although I sure wish I could get one of their
sales folks to return a phone call. Leave a message about
buying 250 CPEs and no one calls back.... Anyway J
I would like to get opinions on the Skyway 7000. This would be
for very short <.5 mile links between buildings. We would
normally use Terabeam/Proxim systems but are looking for
alternatives with similar capabilities and 20-40% lower cost.
Any info/opinions on reliability and real world throughput
would be great.
Thanks,
Matt
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