[115613] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Wireless bridge
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Kaufman)
Fri Jul 3 12:14:51 2009
Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:14:35 -0700
From: Matthew Kaufman <matthew@eeph.com>
To: Matthew Walster <matthew@walster.org>
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Matthew Walster wrote:
> I'd heartily recommend giving infra-red FSO a go, no Fresnel zone...
A nitpick, but there's nothing special about infra-red that makes it not
electromagnetic just like microwave. So there's still a Fresnel zone,
only smaller in diameter.
Also for this kind of link, 60 GHz gear is often cheaper and easier to
deal with, so what I would recommend.
Matthew Kaufman