Well besides the comment about cheap network gear there is another
point. I don't want to put a switch at a customer premises just to get
VLANs. Besides the cost, there are several other issues with the
approach. First, what is the perception the customer will have of the
name brand? Second, how does one explain why an multi-port switch is
being used to deliver a single port of service. Third, how much work is
it going to take to manage a switch at every customer location?
-Matt
Tom DeReggi wrote:
customer isn't going to want a cheap piece of network equipment either.
I thought that was the point I was trying to get across. Thus my
recommendation for a high quality switch.
SMC AL2 series managed switches. Have a Cisco type firmware. IVL
supported, unlike the older switch models.
$180 each. Never had one fail in the history of our company. We use
them all over the place.
Allthough the Cisco like telnet interface is confusing.
(with the exception of when water dripped through the inside of a gel
filled CAT5 cable for 350 feet, and dripped into an open jack,
shorting it out, because I had it mounted not considering the
possibilty of water dripping.)
Everyone wants to save money if it doesn't compromise the offering.
People don't buy Orthogon because its expensive they buy it because
its the product that is required to solve the problem (Non-LOS).
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Liotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT: about 70Mbps for under $6K
On Jun 19, 2006, at 5:37 PM, Tom DeReggi wrote:
Does Canopy use VLAN tagging at the CPE?
Yes
I didn't think they did. I thought they just did passthrough like
Trango?
Can do that too.
Canopy doesn't support bandwdith management assignment based on
VLANs does it?
Not per VLAN, but per SM.
How is Canopy's support for VLAN better than Trango's?
Trango has no support for it.
PS. Who cares if Orthogon supports it, because its to darn
expensive, and if you can afford Orthogon, you can afford the extra
$180 to put a VLANrouter/VLANswitch behind it.
First, if you are using an Orthogon to backhaul your network you
don't want it connected to some cheap piece of network equipment.
Second, if you are using an Orthogon to provide service to a
customer that service is going to be expensive enough that the
customer isn't going to want a cheap piece of network equipment either.
-Matt
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