They're still only 18dbi according to the data sheet... unless I was reading that wrong. That's the same as the 30 degree sector.
While you may not be able to do much more than 1Gbps symmetrical, most of us don't actually need symmetrical connections. I'm a little sceptical that ABAB is going to work well... we have two of the PTP radios back to back, and they definitely interfere with eachother if they're on the same channel. I guess it might work with more vertical separation, but I couldn't easily try that (I think we only have about 4' between them... I'd need a taller tower to get more in this case). On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 9:38 AM, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > The new one has a beamforming antenna with more gain. > > > > ----- > 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: *"Stefan Englhardt" <s...@genias.net> > *To: *af@afmug.com > *Sent: *Sunday, October 1, 2017 5:57:03 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] MetroLinq 2.5G 60-BF-18 (120 Degree Sector) > > The ptmp-sector has very low gain compared to the ptp product. So cpes > have to be very close. Hard to find more than 8 clients this near ... > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] Im Auftrag von fiber...@mail.com > > Gesendet: Sonntag, 1. Oktober 2017 09:22 > > An: af@afmug.com > > Betreff: Re: [AFMUG] MetroLinq 2.5G 60-BF-18 (120 Degree Sector) > > > > Ignitenet uses 2 Ghz channels, so there are only three channels > available, but a > > vendor representative has stated that you can reuse frequencies in an > ABAB > > pattern. Of note is that even if it has 16 beams of 10 degrees, it can > only > > support 8 clients. It's unclear whether a later upgrade to 32 clients > requires > > new hardware or not. The 2.5G bandwidth is aggregate, so you cannot do > > more than 1G symmetrical. Asymmetric speeds are supported. > > > > > > Website and datasheet: > > https://www.ignitenet.com/products/ml-2-5g-60-bf-sector/ > > https://www.ignitenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/MetroLinq-2.5G-60- > > BF-sector-datasheet.pdf > > > > Jared > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2017 > > From: "Ryan Ray" <ryan...@gmail.com> > > To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com> > > Subject: [AFMUG] MetroLinq 2.5G 60-BF-18 (120 Degree Sector) > > > > Searched around and didn't see anyone talking about these. Do they work? > > Can I put three of these up channels 2,3,4 and have 360 degree gigabit > > coverage in 60GHz? Any gotcha's I need to know? Does frequency reuse > work? > > Same range as the existing point to point model? > > > > So many applications if this is all the case. > > >