Re: B5-Lite

[Jared Mauch <jared () puck nether net>]

Ouch. Was also looking at b5 but $1400 for a pair is a bit steep if your effective range won't support a "short" 3-4km 
link. 

Trying to bridge the gap, and UBNT has their pluses and minuses. Maybe AF5X instead I guess. 

Thanks!

Jared Mauch

> On May 14, 2016, at 8:31 AM, Hal Ponton <hal () buzcom net> wrote:
>
> We've deployed 2 B5 links into production, the newer firmware seems to have fixed the issues we saw in the links when 
> we first tested them.
>
> We have a very rural customer where two hops are needed around the site. We're lucky in that we had two 80MHz 
> channels free. We see around 350Mbps both ways actual throughput on both links.
>
> However, these links are short est. 200mtrs when we had tested these on longer links their performance was awful, on 
> a 40MHz channel we saw 20Mbps.
>
> For our longer links that need a bit more throughput than a Rocket M5 we either use Licensed radios or the AF5X which 
> works very well. 
>
> Regards,
>
> Hal Ponton
>
> Senior Network Engineer
>
> Buzcom / FibreWiFi
>
> > On 14 May 2016, at 11:07, Matt Hoppes <mattlists () rivervalleyinternet net> wrote:
> >
> > Jared - why not go to Ubiquiti AC gear if you need some more speed and something more modern?
> >
> > > On May 14, 2016, at 01:43, Eric C. Miller <eric () ericheather com> wrote:
> > >
> > > B5c is the only product that I've had much success with from Mimosa.
> > >
> > > The B5Lite is a cheap plastic shell and, and it performs like it too.
> > >
> > > If you have UBNT gear now, Mimosa is a good next step, but I'd strongly recommend that you stear away from the lite 
> > > and go with the B5c. We use them with rocket dishes. You just need the RP-SMA to N cables.
> > >
> > >
> > > Eric Miller, CCNP
> > > Network Engineering Consultant
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Jared Mauch
> > > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 7:06 PM
> > > To: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog () nanog org>
> > > Subject: B5-Lite
> > >
> > > Anyone deployed this radio in production in the US?  I’m curious to hear from people who are using it, looking at 
> > > replacing some UBNT hardware with it on some PTP links, going from the M-series class devices to something more 
> > > modern.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > - Jared