Sprintimp
05-19-2007, 10:43 AM
Hello everyone-
My first post so I wanted to make it count. I have been researching APs to use for starting a WISP. I am so glad I found this forum and product. WAR boards look like what I have been searching for. I did some searching on the forums for full duplex options. I liked Nstreme but the throughput was mediocre at best at distances I want to achieve. I had an idea which I wanted to share with everyone that might expand the potential of these boards.
Utilizing just three WARs per side one could obtain 39 Mbps using cloaking . I would estimate the cost of the total system to be
Cisco Catalysts Switches (2) $4000
One Port WARTennas (6) $2500
So a very rough total of $6500. Double the amount of Wartennas and use all 6 non-overlapping channels. 78 Mbps @ 100+kms for less than $10,000. Now I am unsure if you can use compression using cloaking - I did not see anything to indicate it - but if so then wire speeds could be obtained. Nice! At shorter distances I would likely use Dragonwave's Airpair, but for long distance backhauling I can't think of anything that can compete.
I attached a diagram of my idea. I am interested what everyone thinks. I hope perhaps this might be of value to someone. I plan on testing this in the near future.
Cheers,
Brendan
My first post so I wanted to make it count. I have been researching APs to use for starting a WISP. I am so glad I found this forum and product. WAR boards look like what I have been searching for. I did some searching on the forums for full duplex options. I liked Nstreme but the throughput was mediocre at best at distances I want to achieve. I had an idea which I wanted to share with everyone that might expand the potential of these boards.
Utilizing just three WARs per side one could obtain 39 Mbps using cloaking . I would estimate the cost of the total system to be
Cisco Catalysts Switches (2) $4000
One Port WARTennas (6) $2500
So a very rough total of $6500. Double the amount of Wartennas and use all 6 non-overlapping channels. 78 Mbps @ 100+kms for less than $10,000. Now I am unsure if you can use compression using cloaking - I did not see anything to indicate it - but if so then wire speeds could be obtained. Nice! At shorter distances I would likely use Dragonwave's Airpair, but for long distance backhauling I can't think of anything that can compete.
I attached a diagram of my idea. I am interested what everyone thinks. I hope perhaps this might be of value to someone. I plan on testing this in the near future.
Cheers,
Brendan