Is this any different than what GigaBeam tried before they went bankrupt. http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=177145 Their website only shows a control panel login now so I think they've gone completely out of business. The only reason I know about them is because one of my customers used two of their radios for a p2p 1G link and it was a disaster. The Gigabeam radios tried to transparently act as L1 devices. They were just converting optical energy to radio energy. They didn't act as bridges. So if you plugged a switch into either end each switch would think it had an L1 connection to the other switch. It would work with certain optics and certain firmware versions of certain switches. But if you changed anything you might get link and you might not. I hope these Ubiquity devices actually maintain link even if the radio connection goes down. On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Marshall Eubanks <marshall.eubanks@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Nick Olsen <nick@flhsi.com> wrote:
It will need perfect line of site. And won't deal with NLOS like most 2/5 ghz gear can. It's 24ghz.
At least on the East Coast, it would be best to install it during the summer. Put it up in winter, and any leaves that sprout in the path will likely cause a failure come spring. (And, if you're brought in to trouble-shoot a broken link, and the local techs swear that all the gear checks out fine, demand to go up on the roof and look down the line of sight first. It is satisfying to fix things without having to actually touch the equipment.)
Regards Marshall
They claim 15Km. Maybe in the desert.
In any climate with rain, Like our's here in Florida even 2 miles is going to be a stretch as 24ghz will rain fade easy. A great application for this would be like between two buildings requiring highspeed backhaul. (Were talking roof-top to roof-top of maybe a few thousand feet or more between them.
Nick Olsen Network Operations (855) FLSPEED x106
---------------------------------------- From: "Drew Weaver" <drew.weaver@thenap.com> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 1:27 PM To: "Jared Mauch" <jared@puck.nether.net>, "Eugen Leitl" <eugen@leitl.org> Subject: RE: airFiber
I've read that it requires perfect line of sight, which makes it sometimes tricky.
Thanks, -Drew
-----Original Message----- From: Jared Mauch [mailto:jared@puck.nether.net] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 12:45 PM To: Eugen Leitl Cc: NANOG list Subject: Re: airFiber
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 06:34:21PM +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote:
Claim: 1.4 GBit/s over up to 13 km, 24 GHZ, @3 kUSD/link price point.
Yeah, I got this note the other day. I am very interested in hearing about folks experience with this hardware once it ships.
I almost posted it in the last-mile thread. Even compared to other hardware in the space the price-performance of it for the bitrate is amazing.
I also recommend watching the video they posted:
http://www.ubnt.com/themes/ubiquiti/air-fiber-video.html
You are leaving out that it's an unlicensed band, so you can use this to have a decent backhaul to your house just by rigging it yourself on each end.
- Jared
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