We use the pcengines Alix board and usually Wistron or Ubiquiti miniPCI radios. Generally that has been an extremely stable and reliable combination.
Tom S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <[email protected]> To: "Tom Sharples" <[email protected]>; "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti ready for prime time? > Thanks Bob, Rick and Tom for your thoughts. > > My hands itch when I'm uncertain about something. It might just be > the dry air. > > Are the Ubiquity radios more apt to require reboots than some of the > other mainstream CPE? Seems to be a common thread here. > > I am most interested in the rocket stuff, aren't I? > > Tom what sort of radio and board are in the MeshCam2? > > > mg > > > At 02:24 PM 12/19/2009, you wrote: >>My biggest concern with these units is (a) lack of mechanical robustness - >>little plastic bits leak or break off quite easily and (b) lack of a >>hardware watchdog timer which personally I think is essential esp. when >>you're using "development stage" firmware. We did most of the work to port >>our Qcode to run on the ubnt platform, but have decided to shelf that >>project for another year, waiting for things to really settle down. In the >>CCTV business, there's no-one around to power-cycle the equipment and >>unrecoverable device hangs are really a disaster. I realize that the ISP >>business is a little different because the customer can always reboot the >>CPE! >> >>Tom S. >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Robert West" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]>; "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> >>Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 7:55 AM >>Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti ready for prime time? >> >> >> > I'm with ya on all that, Jamie. We've had minor issues but I expected >> > things to not be perfect, they never are with version 1.0! The trade >> > off >> > is >> > worth it, for me anyhow. >> > >> > Bob- >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> > Behalf Of [email protected] >> > Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 10:26 AM >> > To: WISPA General List >> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti ready for prime time? >> > >> > >> > We use all UBNT and I have been very happy with the equipment. >> > Tower has 2 Rocket M5s With 120 sectors, backhaul is Rocket M5s with >> > the Rocket Dish. CPEs are Nano M5. Durring testing at 4 Miles with >> > CPE to AP I was able to sustain symmetrical speeds of 75M to our >> > test server on the other end of the backhaul. I was really amazed at >> > how well they preformed for the price. I have read all the horror >> > stories in the UBNT forums but have yet to have one problem. Probably >> > just cursed myself and should of kept my mouth shut. But so far so >> > good. >> > On Sat 12/19/09 6:35 AM , Mike [email protected] sent: >> > I was almost ready to pull the trigger on some Ubiquiti equipment >> > for >> > a new project. The scent of low price is alluring. Then I start >> > reading about connectors pulling out, connectors not soldered on >> > properly, and the wrong boot code on boards. >> > Is it too early? Should I wait a bit before I dive in? Has the >> > haste to get product into the distribution stream compromised >> > quality >> > control? Is the low price just too good to be true? I'd be >> > interested in some constructive thoughts and analysis. >> > Thanks mg >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > ---- >> > WISPA Wants You! 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