[115381] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Wireless bridge
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Neil Harris)
Thu Jun 18 13:29:19 2009
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:28:12 +0100
From: Neil Harris <neil@tonal.clara.co.uk>
To: Peter Boone <NANOG@Aquillar.com>
In-Reply-To: <09ef01c9f02d$221f21f0$665d65d0$@com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Peter Boone wrote:
>> From: Michael Dillon [mailto:wavetossed@googlemail.com]
>>
>>> (for example, after a good thunderstorm, the wireless link will be
>>>
>> down for
>>
>>> at least 12 hours, but will fix itself eventually.
>>>
>> Sounds like there are trees in the line of sight, and maybe they are
>> getting
>> leafier over the years. The only solution to that is to change the path
>> if
>> it is possible.
>>
>
> The line of sight is all clear, no trees. Only one building along the way
> has a rooftop of similar height, but the antennas are extended far above the
> roofline. We have used a rifle scope to confirm line of sight is all clear
> at all angles.
>
>
Given that you have optical line of sight, and that your path length is
only 800m, have you considered line-of-sight optical links for this
application?
-- Neil
