I have been doing some research and these seem great, almost. The main
problem I have is power where it needs to be. If I could get 120v then I
could easily use one of these units or a standard PC. Most of my sights are
on water towers so there is no electricity at the top of them and the radio
ahs to be feed with PoE. I have tried putting the radios lower and using
LMR cableis to the antennas but have had bad experiences with that in the
past.
Jory Privett
WCCS
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From: "David E. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Nstreme2 Link & Pacwireless
Jory Privett wrote:
These look very interesting. Does anyone have any
recomendations/experinces with any in particular? Do they support the
MikroTik RouterOS?
Just get something fanless and low-power, and you're good. I usually
suggest "fanless" because you can get the whole No Moving Parts assembly,
which means fewer things that can break; the benefit of that should be
obvious :) Low-power is optional, but usually goes along with fanless,
because otherwise your computer could cook itself.
The biggest downside is probably the "some assembly required" bit - you're
basically buying all the parts for a small desktop computer, and
assembling them yourself. There's a bit of learning curve even if you've
worked with desktop PCs before (those power supplies especially are tiny,
and can be annoying to work with). Your first system will probably take an
hour or two to assemble.
It will be a bit bigger than a Routerboard 500 - probably six inches
square, two or three inches tall. And you'll need "real" power, as you
can't usually run these with POE.
RouterOS is available for "standard" x86 hardware, which most mini-ITX
boards would be.
You may also want to look at the new Soekris 5501. I haven't tested
RouterOS on it, but Soekris is standard x86 hardware, so problems are
pretty unlikely. It's a single-board unit, so you don't have to assemble
anything; you'll be getting a bit less performance at about the same
price, but you don't have to spend an hour putting bits together.
mini-box.com has a good selection of bits and pieces; I've bought from
them before and they took good care of me.
David Smith
MVN.net
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