Yeah, funny, does not look like we are making much progress after 18 years does it.
But we could compare on different criteria, and add Proxim's current generation. That is.... Just for Fun... ---------- AP1000 Ubiquiti Tsunami MP11a Speed 3mbps 30-100mbps? equivellent per channel. AP Cost $700 $90 Still High Interoperabilty Proprietary Standards Still proprietary Life Span: Discontinued Future Availabilty Still Available Yearly Fee: Paid updates Free Updates Unknown SpectrumAnalyzer No Yes. Still NO CPE Limit 16-48 Unlimited Still 16-48, I think. CPE Pol N/A Dual/Any Pol Still some CPE models Verticle Only. There has not been much talk about Proxim's MP11A this year. But the product is still out there, and capable. What is really the big difference between Ubiquiti and Proxim? And why is Ubiquiti getting so much attention this year? I'm going to argue that its "mentality" not "technology". It is mentality of some that hold back this industry, and it is mentality of others that is allowing this industry to progress. Ubiquiti's mentality is what is exciting to me. They appear to have a very compelling and exciting vision for our industry. We are seeing it by the "price" they offer without withholding features. We are seeing it with creative design of radio models, for example, as bundling Grid antenna with CPE. We see it with embracing the latest antenna trends, embracing Dual Pol, something that been almost ignored the last 20 years (by everyone but Trango). (This is super rlevent considering Dual POl sectors used to be $1200 and now Ubiquiti delivers them sub $170) We see it with effort to meet client's demands, for example, developing Spectrum Analyzer Software on standard Chipsets within 6 months of the time Clients started demanding they needed it for Ubiquiti to be successful for WISPs, which is a major feat considering so many others have failed to accomplish the same thing over the last 10 years, no matter how much it was discussed. Whats important to note is how quickly they are progressing. Ubiquiti may not be the God of Wireless, "yet", but at the rate they are progressing...... they could be. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Parr" <jeremyp...@gmail.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 1:49 AM Subject: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison > Just for fun.... > > AP1000 Ubiqiuti > KN TurboCell AirOS > 1992 2009 > > Polling MAC Yes Yes > Radius MAC Auth Yes No > Metal Enclosure Yes No > Rugged RF connectors No No > Modular Wirless Interfaces Yes No > Per Client RF Stats Yes No > Complete SNMP MIBs Yes No > > > We've come a long way? > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > 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: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
