Can the UBNT co-exist with MT APs in the same environment or will the
UBNT wipe out all other 802.11x based APs on nearby channels within
hearing distance?

On 9/13/2010 1:10 PM, Forbes Mercy wrote:
> >From personal experience I can tell you that you will be very happy
> when you make the switch.  I just replaced three Mikrotik BH/AP units,
> pings went from their rather wild 30-120ms swings to a steady 15ms no
> matter what time.  Just be ready for three things, you can't put
> usernames in the ACL like Mikrotik, there is less routing because UBNT
> expects filtering to be done in your router before their equipment,
> and it will never go down because it's just a transparent bridge so
> traffic that would have overwhelmed Mikrotik equipment and crashed the
> LAN port won't happen on Ubiquity.  Oh and you're right, I've found
> that if you use dual-polarity you can't mix that with non-dual and
> connections with non-, its far better to have all Airmax running
> rather than a mix, this means replacing CPE so that all customers on
> that tower are the same equipment, spendy (relative to UBNT's low
> cost) but worth it.
>
> Forbes Mercy
> Washington Broadband
>
> On 9/13/2010 10:31 AM, Steve Barnes wrote:
>>
>> All my APs are Mikrotik. My CPE’s are a mix of Tranzeo and UBNT.   I
>> have a AP with 58 Clients on it and starting to get complaints about
>> slowdowns.  They are all setup 10 MHz channel 802.11g.  This is a
>> tower that due to contractual issues I cannot add anymore equipment. 
>> So I am considering taking down the Mikrotik and 120 degree sector
>> and putting up a UBNT Rocket and Airmax 120 sector.  It will take
>> time to physically switch all my clients to new UBNT Airmax equipment
>> but would like to get it done before the snow flies. 
>>
>>  
>>
>> Has anyone down this?  Success?  I know I cannot turn on Airmax till
>> everyone is on the UBNT with that capability but does it work fine
>> till you get it on?
>>
>>  
>>
>> *Steve Barnes*
>>
>> RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service <http://www.rcwifi.com/>
>>
>>
>>
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