[189331] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: B5-Lite
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Hammett)
Tue May 17 11:06:53 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 10:06:43 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <CEE870B1-BE25-44DC-A491-36D9E7F8E92F@buzcom.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
I think there is some information missing on your longer link. Did you stil=
l have appropriate signal? Was there noise?=20
I have a B5 link that's about 2 miles that's rocking full data rate and a B=
5c one that's going about 4 miles at full data rate. My 8 mile B5c link is =
less than full data rate due to interference.=20
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Mike Hammett=20
Intelligent Computing Solutions=20
http://www.ics-il.com=20
Midwest Internet Exchange=20
http://www.midwest-ix.com=20
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hal Ponton" <hal@buzcom.net>=20
To: "Matt Hoppes" <mattlists@rivervalleyinternet.net>=20
Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org>=20
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2016 7:31:10 AM=20
Subject: Re: B5-Lite=20
We've deployed 2 B5 links into production, the newer firmware seems to have=
fixed the issues we saw in the links when we first tested them.=20
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 bot=
h ways actual throughput on both links.=20
However, these links are short est. 200mtrs when we had tested these on lon=
ger links their performance was awful, on a 40MHz channel we saw 20Mbps.=20
For our longer links that need a bit more throughput than a Rocket M5 we ei=
ther use Licensed radios or the AF5X which works very well.=20
Regards,=20
Hal Ponton=20
Senior Network Engineer=20
Buzcom / FibreWiFi=20
> On 14 May 2016, at 11:07, Matt Hoppes <mattlists@rivervalleyinternet.net>=
wrote:=20
>=20
> Jared - why not go to Ubiquiti AC gear if you need some more speed and so=
mething more modern?=20
>=20
>> On May 14, 2016, at 01:43, Eric C. Miller <eric@ericheather.com> wrote:=
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>>=20
>> B5c is the only product that I've had much success with from Mimosa.=20
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>> The B5Lite is a cheap plastic shell and, and it performs like it too.=20
>>=20
>> If you have UBNT gear now, Mimosa is a good next step, but I'd strongly =
recommend that you stear away from the lite and go with the B5c. We use the=
m with rocket dishes. You just need the RP-SMA to N cables.=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> Eric Miller, CCNP=20
>> Network Engineering Consultant=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> -----Original Message-----=20
>> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Jared Mauch=20
>> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 7:06 PM=20
>> To: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>=20
>> Subject: B5-Lite=20
>>=20
>> Anyone deployed this radio in production in the US? I=E2=80=99m curious =
to hear from people who are using it, looking at replacing some UBNT hardwa=
re with it on some PTP links, going from the M-series class devices to some=
thing more modern.=20
>>=20
>> Thanks,=20
>>=20
>> - Jared=20
