[189282] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: B5-Lite
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hal Ponton)
Sat May 14 08:31:17 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Hal Ponton <hal@buzcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <6F4489FE-B3E7-4794-834B-45B7A4FC0AEC@rivervalleyinternet.net>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 13:31:10 +0100
To: Matt Hoppes <mattlists@rivervalleyinternet.net>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
We've deployed 2 B5 links into production, the newer firmware seems to have f=
ixed the issues we saw in the links when we first tested them.
We have a very rural customer where two hops are needed around the site. We'=
re lucky in that we had two 80MHz channels free. We see around 350Mbps both w=
ays actual throughput on both links.
However, these links are short est. 200mtrs when we had tested these on long=
er links their performance was awful, on a 40MHz channel we saw 20Mbps.
For our longer links that need a bit more throughput than a Rocket M5 we eit=
her use Licensed radios or the AF5X which works very well.=20
Regards,
Hal Ponton
Senior Network Engineer
Buzcom / FibreWiFi
> On 14 May 2016, at 11:07, Matt Hoppes <mattlists@rivervalleyinternet.net> w=
rote:
>=20
> Jared - why not go to Ubiquiti AC gear if you need some more speed and som=
ething more modern?
>=20
>> On May 14, 2016, at 01:43, Eric C. Miller <eric@ericheather.com> wrote:
>>=20
>> B5c is the only product that I've had much success with from Mimosa.
>>=20
>> The B5Lite is a cheap plastic shell and, and it performs like it too.
>>=20
>> If you have UBNT gear now, Mimosa is a good next step, but I'd strongly r=
ecommend 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.
>>=20
>>=20
>> Eric Miller, CCNP
>> Network Engineering Consultant
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> -----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
>>=20
>> 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.
>>=20
>> Thanks,
>>=20
>> - Jared
