[179073] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 802.11 based WISP hardware
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Hammett)
Fri Mar 27 08:34:07 2015
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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 07:33:59 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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Ken Chipps, there's a name I haven't seen in a while.=20
Motorola did sell the Canopy line off to private equity and is now Cambiun =
Networks.=20
I started with Mikrotik in my WISP and still use them for routers and switc=
hes, but I cannot recommend them for the fixed wireless portion. They haven=
't pursued FCC certification for 5150 - 5350 or 5470 - 5725.=20
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Mike Hammett=20
Intelligent Computing Solutions=20
http://www.ics-il.com=20
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth M. Chipps Ph.D." <chipps@chipps.com>=20
To: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org>=20
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 6:40:35 AM=20
Subject: RE: 802.11 based WISP hardware=20
In my experience in the rural areas around DFW most of the smaller operatio=
ns, such as I had until recently, used Mikrotik equipment. Around here SkyB=
eam has bought out all of the small and most of the large WISPs. They retir=
ed the Mikrotik equipment in favor of Motorola Canopy originally. I was tol=
d the Canopy line may have been sold to someone else. I think Cambium.=20
The Mikrotik equipment I had at the top of my 96 foot tall tower was rock s=
olid. Never a hiccup in years of service in all kinds of weather. Of course=
I did a proper standards based installation including bonding and groundin=
g. Proper installation makes a big difference no matter what you use.=20
Kenneth M. Chipps Ph.D.=20
-----Original Message-----=20
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Jason Lixfeld=20
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 6:00 AM=20
To: NANOG=20
Subject: 802.11 based WISP hardware=20
Hi all,=20
I=E2=80=99m looking to gather some public opinion, links and pointers aroun=
d the current landscape of WISP hardware vendors. I=E2=80=99m familiar with=
Cisco, Ruckus, AdTran, Motorola and Aruba (HP) but I=E2=80=99m wondering w=
ho else is out there that folks have used with success. My main areas of in=
terest are around controller based (hardware or virtual (in-house, not off-=
net cloud based)) systems that have a range of indoor & outdoor 802.11AC Po=
E capable APs. The controller(s) would be capable of tunnelling traffic fro=
m the APs for one or more SSIDs, support per-SSID captive portals and uniqu=
e, intra-SSID captive portals. In a perfect world, an on-board DHCP server =
would be super handy too. The system should support CAPWAP, but some propri=
etary alternative is also fine, the usual suite of security protocols per S=
SID, reliable intra-SSID AP roaming algorithms and multi-SSID capable.=20
Thanks in advance.=20
