SkyPilot does in fact do a great job at antenna switching ... and yes
their radios can support up to 44db EIRP, but you are still dealing with
a 30mw client most of the time. As far as supporting voice / qos
though, it is still all Wifi. BeAir, from what I understand, now offers
a SLA guarnatee
(http://www.belairnetworks.com/about_belair/press_releases_view.cfm?p_id=120)
on their gear, which should give you some peace of mind.
As far as SkyPilot being the only one who offers those features like
redundant backhaul, that's the benefit of mesh, not of the equipment
manufacturer.
If you are looking for a ton of coverage with less equipment, take a
look at what Go Networks and Vivato have done with their beamforming
technologies. Better spectral efficeincy to the client using the wifi
standard is a great thing when it works. I have seen the Go gear work,
and will be testing some Vivato later on this month! :)
-drew
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I have several reasons that I liked Skypilot in particular. For one thing,
the sectorized omni approach meant I could use 1 unit to cover 360 degrees.
Secondly, the smart antenna approach giving it 44db EIRP on the AP side.
Third, the automatic redundancy, and fourth, the fact that 1 piece of
equipment on the tower replaces: redundant backhauls, ethernet switches,
lots of sector panels, etc. It can be installed by 1 climber in probably
less than 30 minutes. Nothing else I've found has close to these features.
BelAir mentions it can be used for cellular backhaul - is it really capable
of what it claims to be able to do? Is there a non-mesh endpoint unit that
can be used, or am I forced to use a Belair unit on clients that want voice
T1s? I just can't see Wi-Fi being able to handle 10 or 20 simultaneous
calls - and the backhaul radios aren't unlicensed Wimax - just 802.11a.
So maybe I need to go to Alvarion VL - but I wonder if they live up to
their VOIP call claims on their tech sheets - Canopy Advantage couldn't in
my testing, at 2.5 miles with 1 CPE on it it fell on its face...
On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:08:59 -0600, Drew Lentz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Before jumping into the mesh space, I would look at all the technology
that is out there, from 1st generation up to the current 4/5
generation. There's a ton of great equipment out there. Strix,
Arrowspan, Go Networks, etc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I haven't heard much about Skypilot out there on WISPA. I'm considering
an
equipment upgrade soon, and I did get ONE real world WISP last year who
was
using it with very good success who loves it. The idea of adding
bandwidth
with another gateway, etc. But how much bandwidth in a given area can
that
system really work with before interference becomes an issue - or can
each
new gateway actually use a different frequency?
Also in terms of VOIP - if I use IAX2 / Asterisk to run VOIP, how much
capacity can I expect per gateway, simultaneously.
Thanks
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