Thanks everyone. I think we'll give the 80G Siklu a shot. On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 12:00 PM Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com> wrote:
> At that distance, rain fade shouldn't be a problem with 60ghz, so it > really comes down to hardware reliability, and budget, and specific > requirements. > > If the project isn't cost sensitive, and you want the best you can get, > then just go with 80ghz... there basically is no cheap junk for that band, > so just pick your favorite vendor and buy what they have. > If you do want to go cheap, then there are a few things to consider. > Ignitenet an Ubiquiti (although I don't think their radios are actually > shipping yet), have an extra channel at the top end of the band that can > get a bit better range, which the Mikrotiks can't (legally) use... but > that's not really going to make a lot of difference at that distance > anyway. Ignitenet is the only one with an SFP port, if that matters, and > they also have a radio that's capable of 2.5gbps, instead of only 1gpbs... > they're also the most expensive of the cheap options. Mikrotik uses a beam > forming antenna, so they're about 100000x easier to aim then the Ignitenets > (I believe Ubiquiti does as well, but I haven't used their radios yet). > > None of the cheap 60ghz radios are true full duplex radios, but I think > they're all capable of delivering a full gig in each direction at the same > time. > > If you don't want cheap, but don't want to deal with 80ghz licensing > (which is pretty cheap and simple, but it is another thing that has to be > done), then Siklu 60ghz would probably be a good option. Or you could just > stick with AF24HD, which will certainly do the job, but considering what > they cost, it makes more sense to me to just go with 80ghz at that > distance. You could also go with Mimosa B24 for 24ghz, but they're half > duplex radios, and I don't think that they can handle a full 2gbps > aggregate. > > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 11:09 AM dave <dmilho...@wletc.com> wrote: > >> I guess it depends on the 9s you want. >> Cheaper is not always better for consistency. >> >> >> >> On 2/24/20 8:36 AM, Josh Baird wrote: >> >> No way I would consider AF24HD for this. You can get 80ghz links for >> less that do MUCH more throughput (10Gbps). >> >> Vendors in this space include Bridgewave, Siklu and Aviat. Aviat >> probably gives you the best bang for your buck. Cambium has a new mmWave >> product, but I don't know anything about it. >> >> Josh >> >> On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 9:31 AM dave <dmilho...@wletc.com> wrote: >> >>> Not sure which product mentioned but the PTP550 unlicensed will take all >>> of your 5g spectrum and >>> there is the ptp850E >>> >>> >>> On 2/24/20 8:27 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote: >>> >>> What are the current recommendations for something like this. I see >>> Cambium has something that looks like it will work but their product >>> selector returns no matches . >>> >>> Ubiquiti has the 24HD. >>> >>> Anything else I should be aware of? >>> -- >>> Lewis Bergman >>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Lewis Bergman 325-439-0533 Cell
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