[151724] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: airFiber
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Josh Baird)
Thu Mar 29 13:59:27 2012
In-Reply-To: <20120329173033.GJ60830@macbook.bluepipe.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:58:36 -0400
From: Josh Baird <joshbaird@gmail.com>
To: Phil Regnauld <regnauld@nsrc.org>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
They are taking pre-orders now for a (hopefully) June delivery. I'm
at a conference now and got the rundown yesterday from Ubiquiti. This
product was designed completely from the ground up by the former
Motorola Canopy 100 team. It -should- deliver ~700mbit in both
directions @ full duplex. Note that 24ghz is very susceptible to
"rain fade" and should be used in caution in certain climates,
especially at longer distances approaching 10+km. Anyhow, check the
video out on ubnt.com for an introduction and technical overview -
it's worth watching.
Josh
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Phil Regnauld <regnauld@nsrc.org> wrote:
> Drew Weaver (drew.weaver) writes:
>> I've read that it requires perfect line of sight, which makes it sometim=
es tricky.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Drew
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Define perfect line of sight ? How is this different from =
any other wireless
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0link and the associated Fresnel zone ?
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_zone
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Even 100 Mbit/s wireless equipment (which ubqt also happen=
s to make great
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0gear for, at 800 USD / link) will need unobstructed view o=
f the remote
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0point - and it's not all or nothing, the performance will =
degrade.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Cheers,
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Phil
>
>
