Ubiquiti is coming out with some new 900MHz gear in August. Might be worth waiting for.
Bob- -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Shaddi Hasan Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 10:48 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Short-range NLOS question Hello WISPA, I'm a lurker on this list that is interested in the WISP industry but still learning every day (a lot from you all!), so please forgive my ignorance. :) I run a small community wireless network in a low-income apartment complex; we're currently using Open-Mesh OM1P<http://www.streakwave.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=OM1P&eq=&Tp=%20>'s with 7dBi omnis to provide coverage to a couple hundred families in about 25 buildings. For reasons that aren't relevant to this discussion and can't be changed, we may only place our mesh AP's inside resident's apartments (this is an all-volunteer operation, run on a shoestring with a small grant). We can place AP's outside on people's windows, but we have to be discreet. There's one section of the complex that we haven't been able to get coverage to. It's in a bit of a depression, so the tops of the buildings in the hollow are about even with the first floor of the ones higher up. We have a gateway for our mesh there, a CLEAR WiMax connection, that never stays up (we have another one on top of the hill that does stay up, but would that there were another WISP in our area...), so we are thinking about building a P2P link between that section of the complex and our gateways elsewhere, a few hundred feet away but blocked by part of this hill and several buildings. Because we're on such a tight budget, I wanted to solicit yall's advice before we made a purchase. We were thinking about using a a couple 5Ghz Ubiquiti NS's, but I'm not sure how well that will work given the lack of LOS. We were also thinking about looking for some inexpensive 900Mhz devices, but I'm not sure if that's overkill for what we're trying to do. We're not trying to get free consulting from you all, but if anyone has any pointers that might help us make a better decision or fix this problem they'd be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Shaddi ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 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/
