Re: B5-Lite

2016-05-17 Thread Hal Ponton
ligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com - Original Message - From: "Hal Ponton" To: "Matt Hoppes" Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2016 7:31:10 AM Su

Re: B5-Lite

2016-05-17 Thread Mike Hammett
uot;Mike Hammett" Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 10:29:57 AM Subject: Re: B5-Lite I’m seeing -61 (63/67 V/H) with floor at -101 right now with the XW PowerBeam 400 w/ 40mhz. The speeds are “Ok” but getting beyond 60Mb/s is hard as the C

Re: B5-Lite

2016-05-17 Thread Jared Mauch
gt; From: "Hal Ponton" > To: "Matt Hoppes" > Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" > Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2016 7:31:10 AM > Subject: Re: B5-Lite > > We've deployed 2 B5 links into production, the newer firmware seems t

Re: B5-Lite

2016-05-17 Thread Mike Hammett
twork Operators' Group" Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2016 7:31:10 AM Subject: Re: B5-Lite 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

Re: B5-Lite

2016-05-14 Thread Hal Ponton
- why not go to Ubiquiti AC gear if you need some more speed and >> something more modern? > > Concern is with the UBNT AC 500mm dish and wind loading on the tower even > with radome. > > b5 is ~450mm and b5-lite is 260mm. > > The link is 4.88km (3mi) so keeping bandwidth and link up are key. > > - Jared

Re: B5-Lite

2016-05-14 Thread Jared Mauch
> On May 14, 2016, at 6:07 AM, Matt Hoppes > wrote: > > Jared - why not go to Ubiquiti AC gear if you need some more speed and > something more modern? Concern is with the UBNT AC 500mm dish and wind loading on the tower even with radome. b5 is ~450mm and b5-lite is 260m

RE: B5-Lite

2016-05-14 Thread Josh Reynolds
nal Message- > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Spencer Ryan > Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2016 9:46 AM > To: Jared Mauch > Cc: North American Network Operators' Group > Subject: Re: B5-Lite > > I didn't think the AF5 was much cheaper than an AF24

RE: B5-Lite

2016-05-14 Thread Eric Rogers
Network Operators' Group Subject: Re: B5-Lite I didn't think the AF5 was much cheaper than an AF24 and I'd much rather be up in the 24GHz band and out of any contention in 5GHz. *Spencer Ryan* | Senior Systems Administrator | sr...@arbor.net *Arbor Networks* +1.734.794.5033 (d) |

Re: B5-Lite

2016-05-14 Thread Josh Luthman
t; 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 r

Re: B5-Lite

2016-05-14 Thread Spencer Ryan
d, 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. > >>>

Re: B5-Lite

2016-05-14 Thread Josh Reynolds
>>> 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. > > >>> > > >>> > >

Re: B5-Lite

2016-05-14 Thread Josh Luthman
hat 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 > >>> > >>> > >&

Re: B5-Lite

2016-05-14 Thread Jared Mauch
ith 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 B

Re: B5-Lite

2016-05-14 Thread Hal Ponton
--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 >> Subject: B5-Lite >> >> Anyone deployed this radio in production in the

Re: B5-Lite

2016-05-14 Thread Matt Hoppes
k 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 > Subject: B5-Lite > > Anyone deployed this

RE: B5-Lite

2016-05-13 Thread Eric C. Miller
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 S

Re: B5-Lite

2016-05-13 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
. Depending on your particular link, and what problem you are trying to solve, the Mimosa's would be a logical and good upgrade path from Ubiquiti M5 radios Weather you use B5-lite or B5's would depend on a few factors. :) Regards Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 726

B5-Lite

2016-05-13 Thread Jared Mauch
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