ARC kits. Amazing enclosure, nice antenna. Great CPEs and good for smaller ptp links.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” --- Winston Churchill On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Marlon K. Schafer <o...@odessaoffice.com> wrote: > It might cost a bit more but I'd go with an MT solution. > > You can do a LOT more with MT than nearly anything else I've ever used. > > Should still be able to put in a short range ptp link for under $500. > > I love the micropoynt units. The out of box failure rate is amazingly high, > but once you get one that works it seems to work well, for a long time. > > Hope that helps, > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shaddi Hasan" <shad...@gmail.com> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 7:48 AM > 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
