Yes, but nothing is shipping right now (that I know of). Several of our
towers will be "wintered" here in about 3 months (meaning harder access,
PITA to climb and work on, etc.).
Plus, doesn't one or more of the new boards require v3 of the OS? I have
tried several times with v3 to load on existing RB532's and had horrible
problems (lock-ups, random reboots, incorrect software loads, etc.) and
when I go back to 2.9.40 everything was fine. This was only about a
month ago.
I have also done the mini-ITX boards with the PicoPSU units (running a
seperate 18AWG cable for power). It worked fine, but it was kind of a
cluster.
Travis
Microserv
Mike Hammett wrote:
They make ATX power supplies with DC inputs, but I don't know if PoE
can pass enough wattage for them.
Have you seen any of the RB announcements?
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Nstreme2 Link & Pacwireless
Hi,
Now you are understanding what the rest of us have been going thru
for the past couple of years. ;)
The RB532 is underpowered for big backhaul links, yet any of the
mini-itx or micro-itx boards need 120VAC or a seperate power cable
and a power converter inside the box. Running LMR cable works for
short runs (20-30ft), but after that it just limits the signal too much.
What we really need is an 800mhz Routerboard in the same form factor
as the current RB532. :)
Travis
Microserv
Jory Privett wrote:
I have been doing some research and these seem great, almost. The
main problem I have is power where it needs to be. If I could get
120v then I could easily use one of these units or a standard PC.
Most of my sights are on water towers so there is no electricity at
the top of them and the radio ahs to be feed with PoE. I have tried
putting the radios lower and using LMR cableis to the antennas but
have had bad experiences with that in the past.
Jory Privett
WCCS
----- Original Message ----- From: "David E. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Nstreme2 Link & Pacwireless
Jory Privett wrote:
These look very interesting. Does anyone have any
recomendations/experinces with any in particular? Do they
support the MikroTik RouterOS?
Just get something fanless and low-power, and you're good. I
usually suggest "fanless" because you can get the whole No Moving
Parts assembly, which means fewer things that can break; the
benefit of that should be obvious :) Low-power is optional, but
usually goes along with fanless, because otherwise your computer
could cook itself.
The biggest downside is probably the "some assembly required" bit -
you're basically buying all the parts for a small desktop computer,
and assembling them yourself. There's a bit of learning curve even
if you've worked with desktop PCs before (those power supplies
especially are tiny, and can be annoying to work with). Your first
system will probably take an hour or two to assemble.
It will be a bit bigger than a Routerboard 500 - probably six
inches square, two or three inches tall. And you'll need "real"
power, as you can't usually run these with POE.
RouterOS is available for "standard" x86 hardware, which most
mini-ITX boards would be.
You may also want to look at the new Soekris 5501. I haven't tested
RouterOS on it, but Soekris is standard x86 hardware, so problems
are pretty unlikely. It's a single-board unit, so you don't have to
assemble anything; you'll be getting a bit less performance at
about the same price, but you don't have to spend an hour putting
bits together.
mini-box.com has a good selection of bits and pieces; I've bought
from them before and they took good care of me.
David Smith
MVN.net
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