Because we all love being on a roof or on the top of a TV tower crimping cat5...
On 4/1/09, Steve Barnes <st...@pcswin.com> wrote: > Very Nice Post Matt. I agree completely. Few reboots here and there but > rock solid 98% of the time. The cable boot issue that Matt is talking about > is that you can't have cables pre-crimped you have to feed the wire through > the boot then crimp the end on. Some other manufactures system had a rubber > grommet that will compress down enough that you can get the cable through > already crimped and tighten it after the fact. Takes an installer 2 > mistakes of having to cut ends off and redo to fix that from being a > problem. Tranzeo are good units. > > Steve Barnes > RCWiFi Wireless Internet Service > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Matt Larsen - Lists > Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:22 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Using Tranzeo as CPE for rural community > > A few responses here: > > 1) You don't have to use Tranzeo APs with Tranzeo CPEs. The new > Tranzeo APs (EN-500 series) does have a lot more management features > than the older Tranzeo units (TR-6000, TR-5a). You can also use StarOS > or Mikrotik APs and have all the centralized management and advanced > features that you could possibly want for an 802.11 network. > 2) The older CPEs do need to be rebooted occasionally. The newer > units do not seem to have this same problem. > 3) I tend to disagree with comments that the cases are poorly > designed. The Tranzeo radios have substantial internal grounding and > have a very high degree of tolerance for environmental extremes, both > hot and cold. They are built like tanks compared to the PCB in a > plastic case design of the Ubiquiti and Motorola Canopy radios. The > cable boot is not that bad to work with, but they could be improved. > 4) Tranzeo is RUS approved. I would have to dig up the link, but I > did determine that they will qualify for RUS or stimulus financing. > 5) They work great for PTMP, and there are hundreds of thousands of > Tranzeos out in the field providing PTMP service to WISP customers. The > 2.4ghz models have the same limitations of all 802.11b gear, but the > 802.11a based gear is especially capable and a great value. > > Hope that helps. > > Matt Larsen > vistabeam.com > > > > 3-dB Networks wrote: >> So are you looking to provide a muni Wi-Fi type setup? >> >> I have used and deployed a few hundred Tranzeo radios... they seem to play >> best with each other... there has been issues when mixing other clients >> with >> them. >> >> There is not going to be a central management system for them... which >> could >> be very problematic >> >> I have seen many issues with the management locking up, with a reboot >> being >> the only way to bring it back. Tranzeo may have worked past these issues >> by >> now. >> >> In my opinion their radio cases are poorly designed, but it helps make >> them >> cheap. Of note the cable boot can be very difficult to work with. >> >> Overall though, I would deploy Tranzeo in the right situations. I'm not >> sure you have one of them though. I would lean towards Ubiquity since >> they >> are a cheaper price point and there are more choices for the firmware. On >> the downside availability can be difficult. >> >> I'm also not sure if Tranzeo is RUS approved. I would start from the RUS >> approved list and work from there... as it will make getting that stimulus >> money easier. >> >> Now if you're looking to do point to multi-point... it is a whole >> different >> conversation (and not generally in Tranzeo's favor). >> >> Daniel White >> 3-dB Networks >> http://www.3dbnetworks.com >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >>> Behalf Of Rogelio >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:34 AM >>> To: WISPA General List >>> Subject: [WISPA] Using Tranzeo as CPE for rural community >>> >>> I'm looking into setting up wi-fi for rural county (using stimulus >>> dollars) and am now looking for CPE devices to put on each rooftop. >>> >>> A past coworker told me that he's heard good things about Tranzeo, and I >>> was wondering what others here on the list thought about them as a >>> vendor. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> -------- >>> WISPA Wants You! 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