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On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 5:46 PM, Jon Auer <[email protected]> wrote: > What would you like them to add for monitoring and troubleshooting? > On Sep 23, 2012 4:22 PM, "Doug Clark" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> +1 on the fact that radio's should only be a transparent bridge. I >> do love all the features that some manufacturers give you to trouble shoot >> problems though. >> UBNT is not one of those companies....... They lack a lot when it comes >> to trouble shooting and monitoring the link!! >> >> >> >> >> *-------Original Message-------* >> >> *From:* Fred Goldstein <[email protected]> >> *Date:* 9/23/2012 9:43:40 AM >> *To:* WISPA General List <[email protected]>; WISPA General >> List<[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] which one is better for short links? >> >> At 9/23/2012 06:17 AM, Paolo Di Francesco wrote: >> >Hi All, >> > >> >I have noticed that lately many collegues are using Ubiquiti Nanobridge >> >M5 (the one with small parabolic dish) and the product is nice for the >> >signal (more or less). >> > >> >Unfortunately, I do not see in the *same price range*, the same product >> >from Mikrotik. The only thing that I see is "SEXTANT 5HnD" which is >> >declared to be 18dBi (much less that the 23dBi DECLARED by Ubiquiti) >> >> Antenna gain is almost entirely a function of size; with a dish, it's >> pretty straightforward. The NM5 has 326 and 400 mm dish versions, >> for 22 and 25 dB nominal gain. The Sextant is 250 mm; the SXT is 140 >> mm. Smaller dishes means less directivity and lower gain, but also >> less wind load and visibility. Neither one is "better" in that >> regard; they're just different. And they tend to price out a bit >> better than buying a radio and dish separately, but not by much. >> >> >What I do not like of Ubiquiti is that compared to mikrotik it has much >> >less features, for example no mac-ping/mac-telnet or multiple SSID (ok >> >you can have multiple SSID if you use the CLI and the linux command line >> >and maybe it will be implemented in the future) >> > >> >Therefore, I really wonder if those 18 vs 23 are real or just what you >> >think from your field experience. >> >> Those features are just software and have nothing to do with the gain >> of the antenna. It's like comparing horsepower of a car's engine >> with the comfort of the seats. Personally I don't think the radio >> unit itself should do more than pass along Ethernet frames >> transparently, and respond to management, but since everybody's >> working from a Linux kernel and that already has lots of other >> capabilities, people expect their radios to also be routers. >> >> >> -- >> Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com >> ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ >> +1 617 795 2701 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >
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