All good information. Appreciate your sharing.
Did Cambium have anything to say about it?
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Jerry Head <mailto:li...@blountbroadband.com>
*To:* af@afmug.com
*Sent:* Sunday, June 05, 2016 3:23 PM
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] PMP450 vs. ePMP
RSSI?
4-7dBm
On 6/5/2016 1:17 PM, Jay Weekley wrote:
> What was the average signal difference?
>
> Jerry Head wrote:
>> It absolutely does perform worse on the same link, we just
helped a
>> friend move an entire site from UBNT to epmp to make use of
the sync
>> capabilities. We actually had to transfer about 15% of the
customers
>> to 900 because they would not work at all on epmp.
>>
>> On 6/2/2016 4:31 PM, Mathew Howard wrote:
>>> But does it actually perform worse that UBNT 2.4ghz on the same
>>> link, or is it maybe just differences in how they calculate
signal
>>> levels? It doesn't make any sense that two different radios
running
>>> on the same frequency putting the same amount of power into
the same
>>> antennas would give significantly different signal levels...
>>>
>>> The closest thing I've done to a comparison was playing with
a Force
>>> 200 2.4ghz in wifi mode... there didn't seem to be a significant
>>> difference between it and a PowerBeam connecting to the same AP.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Josh Luthman
>>> <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com
<mailto:j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>
<mailto:j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> And I've tried IT Elite dual pol panels, Force 200 2.4,
>>> integrated + reflector for CPEs. Continues to suck.
>>>
>>>
>>> Josh Luthman
>>> Office: 937-552-2340 <tel:937-552-2340>
>>> Direct: 937-552-2343 <tel:937-552-2343>
>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>> Suite 1337
>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 5:08 PM, Ken Hohhof
<af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I’m thinking more the CPE antennas.
>>> *From:* CBB - Jay Fuller
<mailto:par...@cyberbroadband.net>
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 02, 2016 3:59 PM
>>> *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] PMP450 vs. ePMP
>>> hmm, i will check into that. Pretty sure with ubnt we're
>>> using kp performance. With epmp, i think it is bundled
>>> antennas...
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> *From:* Ken Hohhof <mailto:af...@kwisp.com>
>>> *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
<mailto:af@afmug.com>
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 02, 2016 3:50 PM
>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] PMP450 vs. ePMP
>>> Jay, I suspect the difference you are seeing may be
>>> mainly in the antennas. 2.4 GHz from any vendor
should
>>> penetrate the same, the radio waves don’t care
what brand
>>> radio launched them. And I think the difference
between
>>> the platforms will be most evident in low
interference
>>> environment where they can achieve their full
modulation
>>> and throughput. With low SNR, I think it’s kind
of like
>>> arguing Ferrari vs Porsche for off road racing,
neither
>>> will be able to show off its capabilities. Receiver
>>> sensitivity and bits/sec/Hz won’t matter.
>>> *From:* CBB - Jay Fuller
<mailto:par...@cyberbroadband.net>
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 02, 2016 3:28 PM
>>> *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] PMP450 vs. ePMP
>>> Also interested in interference rejection of the
pmp450
>>> - is there any (in 2.4)
>>> we are getting better foliage penetration with
ubnt 2.4
>>> than epmp 2.4 - - and from the performance of
>>> the epmp 2.4 i wish wish wish it penetrated better!
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> *From:* Matt <mailto:matt.mailingli...@gmail.com>
>>> *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
<mailto:af@afmug.com>
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 02, 2016 2:25 PM
>>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] PMP450 vs. ePMP
>>> We have mostly PMP100 and PMP450 deployed. Some
>>> Ubiquiti we tried and
>>> some we inherited as well. Have some ePMP we
have
>>> tested but so far
>>> have not deployed more then couple test links.
>>>
>>> For those who have tried both ePMP and PMP450
what
>>> are the differences
>>> you have seen in performance? Interference
tolerance
>>> among others?
>>>
>>> For those that have gone with PMP450 over
ePMP what
>>> was the reasoning?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
