In need of some advice
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 2:23 pm
Well guys it's finally come time that I am in need of some advise as to what hardware you guys would use for a .33 mile PTP bridge? I am planning to set up a wifi bridge at my paintball field. I will have PERFECT line of sight as soon as I get over the trees on the field side. The other side of the link already is above the tree line (on top of a barn). Nothing will be done until spring, I'm just trying to come up with a ballpark number as to what this is going to cost for the bridge link hardware.
I was looking at ubiquiti's bullet line up and seems very appealing (Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. - Products).
However the nanostations (Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. - Products) are looking real nice as well with the integrated antenna with the option to use the external antenna connector if a higher gain antenna is needed... The other thing attracting me to the nanostations is the power requirements.... 12v 1A that is exactly inline with what I will have down on the field side supplied by deep cycle batteries. The bullet isn't very clear on the power requirement of up to 20v POE... I don't know how well the bullets will run on 12V much less whatever is lost going through a ethernet cable....
Overall I'm thinking the nanostations seem to be the better overall choice. But I'd like to know what type of hardware would you guys use for a 3rd of a mile ptp bridge....
I was looking at ubiquiti's bullet line up and seems very appealing (Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. - Products).
However the nanostations (Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. - Products) are looking real nice as well with the integrated antenna with the option to use the external antenna connector if a higher gain antenna is needed... The other thing attracting me to the nanostations is the power requirements.... 12v 1A that is exactly inline with what I will have down on the field side supplied by deep cycle batteries. The bullet isn't very clear on the power requirement of up to 20v POE... I don't know how well the bullets will run on 12V much less whatever is lost going through a ethernet cable....
Overall I'm thinking the nanostations seem to be the better overall choice. But I'd like to know what type of hardware would you guys use for a 3rd of a mile ptp bridge....