Looking at the datasheet, the 1000 is the only version I would call “compact”.
Compared to the PW basestation we have, it is a much nicer physical design the
way the BS and antenna mount and cable up. Still the guy in the installation
video must be as strong as an ox to hold it with one hand while using a wrench
with the other.
I think a downside to all the WiMAX and LTE gear is it’s designed for licensed
bands where you can run higher xmt power than we are allowed, so the power
consumption and physical size are bigger than I suspect a 3.65 only product
would be. The SDR approach no doubt increases size and power consumption as
well compared to something built around ASICs.
But at least Telrad/Alvarion has 3 different sizes, not sure exactly what the
tradeoffs are between the 1000, 2000 and 3000.
From: Adam Moffett
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 10:54 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 320SMs Gathering ethernet Error stats
LTE is the light at the end of my tunnel right now, bro....don't ruin the
magic.
I don't know about "hasn't yet been tested". The LTE firmware is basically
beta, but it's said to be functional. Functional enough that they offered to
let me run it anyway. I might still take them up on the offer, but for their
sake and mine I hope it blows my mind with how awesome it is.
The only smoke and mirrors I'm aware of is that whenever they tell you about
the awesome-sauce they have, they're definitely talking about LTE and the near
future. What they have right now is not the Corvette they're trying to sell
you. What they have now is equally quirky as the 320, but 10x harder to use.
It does have 4 antenna ports and if you want to, you can run two base stations
out of one unit, using two different channels and two BSID's. So you do get
two base stations for the price of two base stations. Or the four antenna
ports give you antenna diversity at the base station....which they say gives
you a little more margin in the upload direction. They claim better
performance, but I can't point to any of the Compact base stations and say,
"ah, this one is doing more than a 320 could have."
It's a good thing I'm not in sales. I would be terrible at it. It's not a bad
product, it's just not the awesome product I would like it to be.
I was all about the Telrad koolaid until I sat in on a webinar and saw the
plethora of smoke and mirrors. Im concerned when a company has a product with
attached promises of greatness based on standards based technology that hasnt
yet been tested on their own hardware and the promises have the caveat of no
longer being standards based. But I do like the promises of the magic they will
have like being able to use what would have been interference from another AP
in the system as usable client signal, however im not sure how much IP likes
traversing to isolated sites at once.
I really hate not having any ethernet stats or control on the 320, I never
understood that being locked out
On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote:
Did they promise you it's going to get better?
Buying Wimax feels like buying a Chevy Cobalt for the price of a Corvette,
based on the promise that they're delivering the Corvette next year.
Moto never delivered the Corvette.� Alvarion/Telrad still says the
Corvette is coming.
I would have to check the MIB for the basestation, that was not something
I ever tried to graph.� The CPE was generic Gemtek and Greenpacket stuff, so
no, very little remote monitoring capability.
�
I dread every time I have to log into the Purewave GUI and do anything,
it is so cumbersome.� I guess actually the Greenpacket GUI is easy to use,
just lacking in functionality.
�
�
From: Adam Moffett
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 9:44 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 320SMs Gathering ethernet Error stats
�
Did any of your Purewave stuff give you ethernet error counters?
So much for 4G stuff being �carrier class�.� Or maybe in that
world, CPE is customer-owned-equipment and not the responsibility of the
network operator to monitor.
�
�
From: Adam Moffett
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 9:12 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 320SMs Gathering ethernet Error stats
�
If you figure it out, let me know.� It's one of my biggest pet peeves
about the 320.
I'm sad to report that none of the Telrad CPE to seem to have it
either.....so maybe a Gemtek chipset limitation?
Is there an OID to gather Ethernet errors from the 320SMs in either
bridge and/or NAT mode?
�
Paul
�
Paul McCall, Pres.
PDMNet / Florida Broadband
658 Old Dixie Highway
Vero Beach, FL 32962
772-564-6800 office
772-473-0352 cell
www.pdmnet.com
pa...@pdmnet.net
�
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All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the
parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't
get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a
hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
