AF5X is hard to beat and cheaper... Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On May 14, 2016 9:29 AM, "Jared Mauch" <ja...@puck.nether.net> wrote:
> 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 > >
