Ouch. Was also looking at b5 but $1400 for a pair is a bit steep if your effective range won't support a "short" 3-4km link.
Trying to bridge the gap, and UBNT has their pluses and minuses. Maybe AF5X instead I guess. Thanks! Jared Mauch > On May 14, 2016, at 8:31 AM, Hal Ponton <h...@buzcom.net> wrote: > > We've deployed 2 B5 links into production, the newer firmware seems to have > fixed the issues we saw in the links when we first tested them. > > We have a very rural customer where two hops are needed around the site. > We're lucky in that we had two 80MHz channels free. We see around 350Mbps > both ways actual throughput on both links. > > However, these links are short est. 200mtrs when we had tested these on > longer links their performance was awful, on a 40MHz channel we saw 20Mbps. > > For our longer links that need a bit more throughput than a Rocket M5 we > either use Licensed radios or the AF5X which works very well. > > Regards, > > Hal Ponton > > Senior Network Engineer > > Buzcom / FibreWiFi > >> On 14 May 2016, at 11:07, Matt Hoppes <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> >> wrote: >> >> Jared - why not go to Ubiquiti AC gear if you need some more speed and >> something more modern? >> >>> On May 14, 2016, at 01:43, Eric C. Miller <e...@ericheather.com> wrote: >>> >>> B5c is the only product that I've had much success with from Mimosa. >>> >>> The B5Lite is a cheap plastic shell and, and it performs like it too. >>> >>> If you have UBNT gear now, Mimosa is a good next step, but I'd strongly >>> recommend that you stear away from the lite and go with the B5c. We use >>> them with rocket dishes. You just need the RP-SMA to N cables. >>> >>> >>> Eric Miller, CCNP >>> Network Engineering Consultant >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Jared Mauch >>> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 7:06 PM >>> To: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org> >>> Subject: B5-Lite >>> >>> Anyone deployed this radio in production in the US? I’m curious to hear >>> from people who are using it, looking at replacing some UBNT hardware with >>> it on some PTP links, going from the M-series class devices to something >>> more modern. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> - Jared
