Randy makes a couple points that I concur with. The Apex fiber weather port is for the birds (IMO), but we like that Trango opted for a SFP port rather than forcing you to choose Single-Mode or Multi-Mode at the time of order like BridgeWave does. Ethernet weather ports work OK, but again not optimal as they should have been designed to allow for a larger diameter outdoor CAT5 cable.
We haven't used the in-band management option as most if not all our PtP paths have multiple feeds that allow us out-of-band management access to the radios. Trango GigaLINK reliability has been great. We have Giga 11GHz serial numbers 00000001, 00000002, 00000005, 00000007 among other early units in a variety of frequencies. All have performed very well. In the few cases where we have needed support Trango has been extremely responsive. The Apex units have also (for the most part) been good. We had an unusual cable length (within spec) issue with an Apex radio that we couldn't resolve other than to move the DC injector closer to the radio. A nice feature of the Apex is it allows you to use the fiber port on one side and the copper port on the other side of a path. This is useful if the cable run length on one side requires fiber, but the other side doesn't. The Apex hitless modulation functionality appears to work well, however with ATPC and a properly engineered path we rarely if ever see our Apex paths change modulation. If you plan to push the RF limits of a path I would feel comfortable with the Trango Apex hitless modulation working as advertised. Luke, I would be happy to spend some time on the phone with you discussing in greater detail. I'd like to bend your ear a bit on a couple questions I have regarding a DragonWave all ODU radio set we recently inherited. Not sure if we should just punt it on EBay or possibly deploy it. Best, Brad -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Randy Cosby Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 5:39 PM To: [email protected]; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] 11Ghz BH comparison- The one I have up works fine. There are quirks in the firmware, but no show-stoppers. Inband management is still a work in progress. Don't particularly care for the fiber port cover design, but if you're using copper, it's fine (unless you use extra-large / heavy ethernet that may not fit). Randy On 2/11/2010 4:28 PM, Luke Pack wrote: > We have quite a few Dragon wave 11Ghz links deployed right now. We are > looking at another path of 11Ghz now and have come across the apex > system by Trango. We use the Trangolink45s on many links off the > licensed path currently. I'm looking for people's "real-world" > experience with the Trango Apex system (since they are relatively new) > and a contrast of this system to the Horizon Compacts from Dragonwave. > I know their implementation is similar to that of the horizon units > however, what seems to be the Apex failure rate, software features, > hitless adaptive modulation success, etc. > > Thanks all! > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- Randy Cosby Vice President InfoWest, Inc 435-674-0165 x 2010 http://www.infowest.com/ "Letting off steam always produces more heat than light." - Neal A. Maxwell ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
