Hi all,
I did some performance testing yesterday with the new X-4000 radio units
from Lucaya and wanted to share the results. These are the new four
radio access point/client/backhaul units from Valemount Networks (the
authors of StarOS). The latest versions of the firmware now support
full duplex operation. I took two units and configured them for full
duplex and started running ftp downloads and the starutil speedtest
utility to see what the performance looks like.
General results were that the boards will handle 30meg in both
directions at the same time. If one end is not pushing at full speed,
the other end will do more traffic, and that split seemed to max out at
50meg in one direction and 15-20meg in the other. I didn't get any
speeds faster than 50 meg. This was using standard 20mhz channels.
40mhz channels didn't seem to do much better as the CPU was maxed out.
I'm curious to see what kind of results could be obtained with 2ghz CPU
units on both sides using the 40mhz channels.
For a $400 unit, I think this is outstanding performance and they are
very versatile. I have several up as backhaul links (in regular HDX
mode) pulling 25-30 meg at distances of up to 30 miles. I even have
one set running on a 62 mile shot that will pull 10-12 meg
consistently. They are also great as 5ghz or 2.4ghz access points.
We have one that has three 2.4ghz sectors on it and 120 clients between
the three sectors. The board is doing an outstanding job and very
clearly outperforms the three RB532/SR2 access points that were on the
same three sectors before.
Here is a link to the Lucaya store: http://www.station-server.com/store/
I have also heard that Streakwave will be carrying this product as well.
To me, this is one of the most exciting items to hit the WISP business
since I've been doing wireless. I thought it made sense to share it
with everyone.
Matt Larsen
vistabeam.com
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