The Alvarion can go faster with an inexpensive software speed change key. They aren't free unfortunately, but still a little cheaper than a reinstallation upgrade.
The VL radios can be upgraded inhouse to have connectors for antennas. If you have any broken VL AUs or B backhaul radios, you can re-use the case parts to make an older style SU without an antenna. Do remove or cover over the label so you are not confused about what it is. Writing down the mac address is good too, as it's needed for the factory reset utility. Newer SUs you can pop the antenna off with knife/screwdrivers/puttyknife, drill out a hole for a pigtail right where the green rohs sticker is on the bottom; the same spot as the 900SUs have. Various third party companies sell pigtails that are a perfect fit. I don't know the internal connector name right off hand. Then pop the antenna cover back on, and it looks like a 900SU. Warranty likely voided, but we tend not to have much trouble with their products, so it's a small risk. On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 11:47:19AM -0400, Jeremy Parr wrote: > 2009/10/18 Marlon K. Schafer <[email protected]>: > > On some of our 5 gig I have gone as high as a 3' dish for a customer on a > > ptmp system. He's around 15 miles from the tower and gets a steady 3/2 > > megs. The max that his Alvarion VL unit will allow. Pretty cool stuff. > > marlon > > There is a VL unit with an external antenna? I haven't been able to > find such a beast. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ -- /* Jason Philbrook | Midcoast Internet Solutions - Wireless and DSL KB1IOJ | Broadband Internet Access, Dialup, and Hosting http://f64.nu/ | for Midcoast Maine http://www.midcoast.com/ */ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
