I believe the first set of these were available via their Beta Store. We can ask Hal to chime in with the official answer :)
Regards. Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > From: "Mathew Howard" <mhoward...@gmail.com> > To: "af" <af@afmug.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 12:44:55 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 70/80ghz links > Are the 2.5 units out yet? All the distributors I checked are still listing > them > as pre-order. > On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 11:37 AM, Faisal Imtiaz < fai...@snappytelecom.net > > wrote: >> So typical issues with new product lines coming thur.. >> Gen 1 tends to be a good attempt but often issues are found and worked out. >> Gen 2 tends to have the 'fixes' >> Gen 3 has improvements (actual). >> Another trend that we see is that lots of mfg are having the practice of >> introducing 'improvements' in the product line, without making a lot of noise >> (I can understand the reasoning for it). >> So, I what I shared earlier was on the basis of having some first hand >> information about internal improvements (and I am not talking about the >> 'hardware lockup bug'... they have redesigned and improved the 60ghz antenna >> on >> the newer units and that is why I specifically stated the 2.5 unit)... >> (FYI, I have a couple of units that are supposed to go up on a 1.1 mile link, >> next to an AF24 for testing... as soon as time permits). >> Regards. >> Faisal Imtiaz >> Snappy Internet & Telecom >> 7266 SW 48 Street >> Miami, FL 33155 >> Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 >> Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net >>> From: "Mathew Howard" < mhoward...@gmail.com > >>> To: "af" < af@afmug.com > >>> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 10:15:06 AM >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 70/80ghz links >>> I actually tried using Metrolinqs on half of this link when they first came >>> out, >>> but I was never able to get it to even link... but I'm not sure if the >>> 64.8ghz >>> channel was supported at the time, so maybe it would be different now? >>> I guess a realistic option might be to split the 24ghz link to two hops as >>> well, >>> which should easily get the availability I want, and then bond it to a 60ghz >>> link to add capacity... >>> Speaking of bonding, it looks like the Siklu 2x00 series only has 1Gbps >>> ports... >>> so I'm assuming to get full capacity I would have to bond two ports >>> together? >>> They aren't doing like Ubiquiti and calling 1Gbps full duplex 2Gbps are >>> they?
