They've released several new firmware upgrades in the last 1-2 years, and support AAM (that actually works) and hitless-AAM now. HAAM has been great for us with the occasional ducting we get in the valley. I can deal with it dropping from 280MBps to 110Mbps at 6am rather than dropping the link completely. The upgrade is a bit complicated, so I'd suggest calling DW before the upgrade and carefully reading the release notes. They've been very helpful every time I've called/emailed. I have a version-by-version outline too, if you're interested.
-Kristian On Fri, 2010-11-05 at 13:15 -0400, Tom DeReggi wrote: > Actually, I feel one of the flaws to the Dragonwave is that their > clips to the antenna easilly can break if not careful when connecting > them. > Trango's are much more durable. (actually I'm not talking about the > clips, but the metal-like part that the clips grab). On Andrews these > parts are on the antenna side, on Trango they are on the radio side. > You can however, buy a replacement plate for the antenna, if they > break. > > But with that said, my 23Ghz Dragonwave Horizon link has been > wonderful, I've never touched it since the day installed, works > perfrect. > My 24Gzh dragonwave on the other hand, has been a bit more > temporamental. I've never gotten full RSSI out of it that path calcs > show I should, so run at 50mb instead of 100mb to get quality link, > and I have to reboot it every 6 months or so, when it stops passing > traffic. We stopped investigating why at somepoint, because it was > good enough for the application. I'm not meaning to bash DW 24Ghz, > I've just used one link, so it could be an isolated case. Not enough > links to have large enough sampling, to ahve a valid opinion. (note, > I'm aware polarity orientation gets reverse on the opposite side with > the DW 24G model) > > Personally, I think the "relationship factor" is becomming a bigger > factor to what product to buy. I think its important to buy Licensed > products from a supplier that you have a good relationship with, and > what they stock more of. When in a bind, who's gonna overnbight you a > radio, without charging you inflated list price? (I'll leave it to the > buyer, to determine who they have a good relationship with) > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bob Moldashel > To: WISPA General List > Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 8:50 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Licensed 11ghz Hops > > > Ceragon today is NOT the same Ceragon it was 3 years ago. > > Unlike many here when it comes to choosing equipment I don't > chase the price point. I look at who supplies the outstanding > support. I look for the company that has my back when I am up > against the wall with a dead link. > > And until someone can blow away their delivery schedule and > their technical/customer support, Dragonwave is my company of > choice for licensed microwave. Radio clips to the antenna, > POE, simple interface, easy equipment replacement. > > And most importantly..... the sh*t works! > > I can't remember EVER needing to do a firmware upgrade on a > Dragonwave radio to make it work right. I can't say that for > many of the other manufacturers and I have installed a lot of > different equipment over the years. > > -B- > > > > On 11/4/2010 10:15 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > The air must be different there. I can't stand Ceragon > > stuff. Nothing but problems. Zero support. The firmware > > is terrible as is the interface. > > > > On Nov 4, 2010 9:58 PM, "Brad Belton" <b...@belwave.com> > > wrote: > > > Agreed. We have had Ser# 00000001 11GHz Trango GigaLINK in > > service since early 2008 among several others since then > > with great service. The few times we’ve needed Trango > > support they have been extremely responsive and helpful. > > > > > > > > > > > > I think we also have one of the first if not the first > > 18GHz GigaLINK in service too since mid 2007. We’ll be > > hanging three more Trango Giga’s & Apex’s in the next few > > weeks. We have always been early adopters of > > Sunstream/Trango equipment. > > > > > > > > > > > > We have DragonWave, BridgeWave, Trango, DMC, Ceragon and > > PCOM licensed gear deployed and active in 6GHz, 11GHz, > > 18GHz, 23GHz, 38GHz and 70-80GHz on our network. By far the > > Trango, BridgeWave and Ceragon links are our favorites. > > > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Brad > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org > > [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Blake > > Covarrubias > > > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 5:21 PM > > > To: WISPA General List > > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Licensed 11ghz Hops > > > > > > > > > > > > We use Trango GigaLinks almost exclusively in our network; > > 6ghz, 11ghz, 18ghz, and 23ghz. They work very well & support > > thus far has been great. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Blake Covarrubias > > > > > > > > > On Nov 4, 2010, at 14:43, "Nick Olsen" > > <n...@brevardwireless.com> wrote: > > > > > > I've worked with a few of the Trango Apex 11ghz links. > > Running 256QAM they will do ~258Mb/s full duplex, or > > something like that. > > > .8 to 1ms across it, With 10Mb/s or 200Mb/s of traffic on > > it. So far, They've been the best links I've had the > > pleasure of working with. In terms of performance, And > > management. > > > > > > Nick Olsen > > > Network Operations > > > > > > (855) FLSPEED x106 > > > > > > <http://www.flhsi.com/files/emaillogo.jpg> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > > > > > > From: "David E. Smith" <d...@mvn.net> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 5:32 PM > > > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Licensed 11ghz Hops > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 16:20, Matt <lm7...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > We are looking at upgrading our network and adding a > > handful(7) 11ghz > > > licensed hops. What gear out there can use both horizontal > > and > > > vertical at once to increase throughput? We are currently > > considering > > > Exalt. Short coming of 11 ghz and longish 25 mile hops is > > throughput. > > > We do not need a lot of bandwidth at the start but would > > like to be > > > ready to if needed. This will replace a couple DS3 > > circuits. > > > > > > > > > > > > How much throughput do you need? Trango's Apex gear can, > > if you have big enough antennas and pay for the licensing > > (both FCC and for Trango's software), do something like > > 300Mbps. > > > > > > > > > > > > David Smith > > > > > > MVN.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > WISPA Wants You! 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