If all else fails you can use a pair of BelAir links and use RouterOS/OSPF to concatinate them :)
On 1/1/09, Rogelio <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure he knows what he wants, at this point. > > He knows that I do stuff with wifi mesh using BelAir products and wanted > to know what that would cost. I told him BelAir might be good up to > only a certain Mbps (fairly steady ~30Mbps on 802.11a radios, which I've > tested many times), and after that, he'd after to think about > frequencies not offered in any of the radios modules that you can put in > a BelAir. He also only needs a simple PtP bridge, and a lot of the > extra stuff he'd be paying for with BelAir would be too much if he > didn't plan on ever exceeding that. > > Thanks for the advice on the Motorola Orthagon line. I have heard a lot > of crap about their product line (mostly from people I work with who > used to work with their products or at Motorola), but I'm not sure if it > was this particular line or not. > > Their 500/600 series look good bandwidth wise. Some of the others > (100/200/300/400 series), however, look fairly so-so at best (and sucky > at worst). > > If he's willing to pay, I'll definitely tell him to consider Bridgewave > or Dragonwave. > > Thanks for the input! > > 3-dB Networks wrote: >> And does he want 100Mb full duplex or aggregate? Motorola Orthogon radios >> (specifically the PtP 500 Full) hits 105Mbps aggregate... that could be a >> real winner. >> >> 100Mb full duplex would be Dragonwave... 24Ghz could be a nice solution so >> they don't have to worry about the license. >> >> If he wants 1Gbps he could look at Bridgwave... but those links are not >> cheap. >> >> Daniel White >> 3-dB Networks >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Rogelio >>> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 2:16 PM >>> To: WISPA General List >>> Subject: [WISPA] affordable solution for bridging two buildings >>> >>> A friend in my Linux user group is in charge of setting up the IT in a >>> building that's about about a mile or so away, and he wants to bridge >>> them via wireless rather than pay a monthly dedicated circuit between >>> them. The number of end users there will be about 50 or so. >>> >>> He asked me what I would recommend, but I was only familiar with >>> 802.11a/b/n gear that ran about $5K on each side and only got, on >>> average, 30-35 Mbps. I told him that there might be better solutions out >>> there that used a different frequency or more channels, as bandwidth is >>> more important to him at this point rather than any particular frequency >>> or brand. I'm hoping to find him something in the 50-100 Mbps range for >>> something reasonable. >>> >>> Any ideas? He wants to make sure that his solution is fairly rugged. >>> It's southern CA (a little inland), so it's not too bad there, but I'm >>> sure he wants to make sure that he gets a good 5-10 years on his >>> investment. >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ------ >>> 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/ > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
