I think it's alot easier to deal with Mikrotik as a router & wireless AP, due to the interface and ease of configuration. IP addresses, IP routes, bridging, DHCP, DHCP relay...many many things are very easy to configure in the Mikrotik interface.
That said...the hardware, and the Atheros wireless driver in StarOS... I'm blown away. Massive throughput & seriously low latency. We've configured a pair of WAR4-METROs in a PtP link with a SuperAG (40MHz) channel that has been pulling 70megs aggregate. There was a comment about how expensive the boards are... I don't think they're expensive at all. Mark Nash UnwiredWest 78 Centennial Loop Suite E Eugene, OR 97401 541-998-5555 541-998-5599 fax http://www.unwiredwest.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Rogato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 10:10 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] MT vs StarOS >I won't hold you to it mac. > As long as your running the latest V3 Star-os on all the radios involved > bridging works perfectly. > I have a mostly all routed network, but I do have a 4 bridged PtP shots > that work just fine. They are the first hops out of my noc to my > network, Downtime hasn't happened. Nothing has not worked and no flakey > weird issues have cropped up. On PtMP, I have no idea because it's routed. > > Best price I can find is a star-os or now called Lucaya, wp188 533MHz 4 > port router that lonnie sells bundled with 4 23db cards in a > weatherproof enclosure with power supply and poe. The price on that > board if you pull out the cost of the cards etc is about 120-130.00. > He's always running YSYL deals that is extra cheap. > > And it's 100% FCC certified. > > I haven't used MT, so I can't compare the two. I can only tell you what > we have. > > George > > > Mac Dearman wrote: >> Don't hold me to this, but I have been told from a very "super" >> reliable >> huge StarOS user that StarOS does not bridge well at all. If you are >> counting on bridging from your client/cpe to the AP -- - - StarOS is not >> an >> option. >> >> Mac >> >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>> Behalf Of Travis Johnson >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 6:55 PM >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List >>> Subject: [WISPA] MT vs StarOS >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Anyone care to help "compare" a Mikrotik based bridged AP/CPE solution >>> to StarOS? >>> >>> Here is a quick list I have come up with. I would love to have everyone >>> add their thoughts... >>> >>> Mikrotik features: >>> graphical user interface (Winbox) >>> more features (Torch, etc) >>> more hardware choices (RB532, RB411, RB600, etc.) >>> Nstreme protocol >>> very reliable >>> >>> StarOS features: >>> FCC certified CPE >>> lower price >>> 'Sync' feature (reconfigure all CPE from the AP side with a single >>> change, such as frequency) >>> OLSR feature >>> VoIP priority with minimal config >>> 200 CPE per wireless card (capable) >>> >>> Travis >>> Microserv >>> >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> --------- >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> --------- >>> >>> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >>> >>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- > George Rogato > > Welcome to WISPA > > www.wispa.org > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
