<snip>
I don't think i am unrealistic. We built a platform from off-the-shelf 
parts that meets our requirements for under $500. How well that will 
work outside of our lab coupled with the time it took to build tells us 
we want nothing to do with building our own. 
</snip>

EXACTLY

The bits and pieces will definitely fit in your budget (in this case, $500),
but keep in mind, integration, development, support etc adds a lot to the
"top line"

Remember, most manufacturers are selling products at 40-60% gross margin

-Charles

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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Matt Liotta
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 2:20 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] looking for a device




-Matt

Charles Wu wrote:

>Hi Matt,
>
>To throw in a dose of realism -- even if you roll your own Mikrotik 
>solution
>- it will most likely cost you more than the $300-600 / unit budget that
you
>have (and you get ZERO support =)
>
>Example
>
>RB532A: $185
>SR5: $105
>SR2: $105
>
>All that is is a board and 2 radio cards -- then you still need to add 
>in pigtails / poe / enclosures / stand-offs / antennas / PITA factor / 
>etc
>
>Then you got to figure out how to make it work =)
>
>For a complete, supported w/ manuals/etc, FCC CERTIFIED system -- you 
>will probably be in the $1k+ / unit ballpark (or $3k+ if you go Strix, 
>Tropos, Firetide, Skypilot, etc)
>
>-Charles
>
>-------------------------------------------
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>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
>Behalf Of Matt Liotta
>Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 1:28 PM
>To: WISPA General List
>Subject: Re: [WISPA] looking for a device
>
>
>I would expect the devices to cost somewhere between $300 and $600 
>each.
>As far as support goes, I would expect it to be similar to other low 
>cost radio vendors like Trango, etc.
>
>-Matt
>
>Sam Tetherow wrote:
>
>  
>
>>What are you willing to pay and what are your support requirements?
>>
>>   Sam Tetherow
>>   Sandhills Wireless
>>
>>Matt Liotta wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>I understand you are suggesting I wouldn't have to psychically build 
>>>the devices, but that isn't what I am worried about. I want an 
>>>off-the-shelf product that is supported by a vendor. That includes it 
>>>being pre-built, software installed, and support available.
>>>
>>>-Matt
>>>
>>>Sam Tetherow wrote:
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>If you order it all from wisp-router they will assemble it for your 
>>>>so you would get a die-cast case with the RB mounted the radios and 
>>>>pigtails installed.  All you would need to do is set up the software 
>>>>end of things, which could be done with a script once you have the 
>>>>initial setup done.  One thing to note, I have not ordered 5Ghz 
>>>>pigtails from wisp-router in quite sometime, but the last time I did 
>>>>order them, their quality was questionable.
>>>>
>>>>I would bet if you went the WRAP/StarOS route wisp-router would do 
>>>>the same.  No idea on other vendors or the WAR boards as I have 
>>>>never ordered them.
>>>>
>>>>   Sam Tetherow
>>>>   Sandhills Wireless
>>>>
>>>>Matt Liotta wrote:
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>I am looking for a device I can buy that does all of this out of 
>>>>>the box. I don't want to build my own since I need 30-40 of them in 
>>>>>the next 30 days.
>>>>>
>>>>>-Matt
>>>>>
>>>>>Sam Tetherow wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>Mikrotik on a routerboard 532 should do the trick although I 
>>>>>>haven't messed with the VLAN stuff. I am not a StarOS user, but I 
>>>>>>would bet that a StarOS setup on either a WRAP or WAR board would 
>>>>>>work as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   Sam Tetherow
>>>>>>   Sandhills Wireless
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Matt Liotta wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I am looking for a device with the following requirements:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>* Can backhaul at >11Mbps operating in the 5.2Ghz band
>>>>>>>* Can support VLANs
>>>>>>>* Can assign a VLAN to one Ethernet port
>>>>>>>* Powered by PoE (the standard is not required)
>>>>>>>* Can act as a 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi access point assigned to a different 
>>>>>>>VLAN than the Ethernet port
>>>>>>>* Everything in a single outdoor enclosure
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Any ideas?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>-Matt
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>
>  
>

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