Our experience with Siklu is that their link calculator is pretty accurate.
For repeater setups, I like multiple interfaces on the 2X00 radios for so I can create separate A-B-C and A-C connections when doing a repeater setup. This is missing on the 5500s. On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 2:23 PM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > You should be good. > > https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp/posts/1152763711515746 > > based on math in: > > https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp/posts/956205354504917 > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Mathew Howard" <[email protected]> > *To: *"af" <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Tuesday, July 18, 2017 11:30:47 AM > *Subject: *[AFMUG] 70/80ghz links > > So we have a link that's around ~1.7 miles running on an airFiber24, which > we needs to be upgraded to something faster (looking for more than 1 gig), > ideally with less rain fade... > > We happen to have another tower, which is almost exactly half way between, > so I could split the distance in half. My idea, is to do two 80ghz links... > it looks like I can do two Siklu 5500 links, which will give me 2Gbps for > less money than doing one 18ghz link with my bandwidth requirements, and it > has the ability to upgrade to 5Gbps with just a license key... and it also > has the advantage of getting us lots of bandwidth at the third tower. > > Is this a good idea, or am I missing something that makes this completely > nuts? Does anyone have real world experience with rain fade in 80ghz (rain > zone K, southern Wisconsin, so pretty much the same weather as the Chicago > area)? According to the Siklu link budget calculator, it looks like we > should get better availability with the two 80ghz links than what we're > getting now with 24ghz (at twice the distance). > > -- Carl Peterson *PORT NETWORKS* 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 637-3707
