Your right, the technology is alluring. Maybe someday....
Greg On Nov 22, 2009, at 8:07 PM, 3-dB Networks wrote: > Only the 7962 and 7761 are dual-band mesh... the rest is straight 2.4GHz. > > Mediaflex is their in-home equipment for streaming HD video... only wi-fi > manufacturer on the planet that can do that well :-) > > Metroflex is their muni wi-fi client device line > > Zoneflex is the product line that most people are going to look at (for > SMB's, hotels, etc. etc.). > > If I get 7dB more directional gain than your standard AP... you bet its > going to make a big difference. That's a 200% increase. Plus the gear is > smart enough to not try and blast through walls. > > For instance... did a site survey this last week in a 100 year old building > with foot thick solid stone walls. Put the AP in a room one plaster wall > away from that solid wall... and was getting full throughput outside in the > courtyard. The product is smart enough to know that bouncing off the wall > through a window is the best path over brute force. > > I have yet to see anyone argue that the antenna technology is something > other than a work of art once they have seen what it can do in person. If > you're serious about purchasing some gear, I could probably setup a demo for > you. > > Daniel White > 3-dB Networks > http://www.3dbnetworks.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of os10ru...@gmail.com > Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 3:58 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Indoor deployment question > > Yeah, I saw that, many times. Are there any other reviews? I suspect the > good performance over and above a regular high quality AP is that it's dual > band mesh. The Ruckus gear is dual band mesh right? I get a lot of hits when > I Google "ruckus dual band mesh mediaflex" but the Ruckus site isn't totally > clear. Could a little more directional gain really make that much > difference? I suspect head to head with other dual band mesh gear the Ruckus > gear would prove to be similar in performance. It needs to be an apples to > apples comparison. > > Greg > > On Nov 22, 2009, at 5:31 PM, Mike Hammett wrote: > >> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/beamforming-wifi-ruckus,2390.html >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: <os10ru...@gmail.com> >> Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 4:26 PM >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Indoor deployment question >> >>> Does Ruckus state their antenna gain anywhere? If their "beam forming" >>> gain isn't all that much higher than the competition's omni gain then the > >>> performance couldn't be all that much better unless there's noise or > multi >>> path issues. >>> >>> Greg >>> >>> On Nov 22, 2009, at 5:13 PM, 3-dB Networks wrote: >>> >>>> Depends on your definition of economical :-) >>>> >>>> Ruckus has meshing built in to all of their AP's... plus with the > antenna >>>> array built into these babies you can usually get by with deploying 1/2 >>>> as >>>> many AP's... so it can end up costing less than a roll your own Mikrotik >>>> system >>>> >>>> Daniel White >>>> 3-dB Networks >>>> http://www.3dbnetworks.com >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >>>> Behalf Of Mike Hammett >>>> Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 3:01 PM >>>> To: wireless@wispa.org >>>> Subject: [WISPA] Indoor deployment question >>>> >>>> I would prefer copper to link indoor APs. If that won't work due to >>>> either >>>> technical issues or the customer just plain doesn't want holes drilled, >>>> is >>>> WDS pretty much the only financially viable alternative that properly >>>> bridges the network? Could do a boat-load of PtP links, but that'd be >>>> silly. >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- >>>> Mike Hammett >>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions >>>> http://www.ics-il.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> ---- >>>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> ---- >>>> >>>> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >>>> >>>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>>> >>>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >>>> WISPA Wants You! 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