[179075] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: 802.11 based WISP hardware
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kenneth M. Chipps Ph.D.)
Fri Mar 27 08:55:33 2015
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From: "Kenneth M. Chipps Ph.D." <chipps@chipps.com>
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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 07:55:31 -0500
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I have noticed that larger companies do not like Mikrotik. Its market =
centered on the mom and pop operations around here.
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From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 7:34 AM
To: NANOG
Subject: Re: 802.11 based WISP hardware
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 =
switches, 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
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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 =
operations, such as I had until recently, used Mikrotik equipment. =
Around here SkyBeam has bought out all of the small and most of the =
large WISPs. They retired the Mikrotik equipment in favor of Motorola =
Canopy originally. I was told 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 solid. Never a hiccup in years of service in all kinds of weather. =
Of course I did a proper standards based installation including bonding =
and grounding. Proper installation makes a big difference no matter what =
you use.=20
Kenneth M. Chipps Ph.D.=20
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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 =
around 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 who else is out there that folks have used with =
success. My main areas of interest are around controller based (hardware =
or virtual (in-house, not off-net cloud based)) systems that have a =
range of indoor & outdoor 802.11AC PoE capable APs. The controller(s) =
would be capable of tunnelling traffic from the APs for one or more =
SSIDs, support per-SSID captive portals and unique, 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 proprietary =
alternative is also fine, the usual suite of security protocols per =
SSID, reliable intra-SSID AP roaming algorithms and multi-SSID capable.=20
Thanks in advance.=20
