[189281] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: B5-Lite
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Hoppes)
Sat May 14 06:07:42 2016
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From: Matt Hoppes <mattlists@rivervalleyinternet.net>
In-Reply-To: <DC85D08B84BB854086E9524DAB67D18775C26AC6@Teriwood.miller.local>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 06:07:37 -0400
To: "Eric C. Miller" <eric@ericheather.com>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Jared - why not go to Ubiquiti AC gear if you need some more speed and somet=
hing more modern?
> On May 14, 2016, at 01:43, Eric C. Miller <eric@ericheather.com> wrote:
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> B5c is the only product that I've had much success with from Mimosa.
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> The B5Lite is a cheap plastic shell and, and it performs like it too.
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> If you have UBNT gear now, Mimosa is a good next step, but I'd strongly re=
commend that you stear away from the lite and go with the B5c. We use them w=
ith rocket dishes. You just need the RP-SMA to N cables.
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> Eric Miller, CCNP
> Network Engineering Consultant
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Jared Mauch
> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 7:06 PM
> To: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
> Subject: B5-Lite
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> Anyone deployed this radio in production in the US? I=E2=80=99m curious t=
o hear from people who are using it, looking at replacing some UBNT hardware=
with it on some PTP links, going from the M-series class devices to somethi=
ng more modern.
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> Thanks,
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> - Jared
