Re: B5-Lite

[Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>]

I think there is some information missing on your longer link. Did you still have appropriate signal? Was there noise? 

I have a B5 link that's about 2 miles that's rocking full data rate and a B5c one that's going about 4 miles at full 
data rate. My 8 mile B5c link is less than full data rate due to interference. 




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----- Original Message -----

From: "Hal Ponton" <hal () buzcom net> 
To: "Matt Hoppes" <mattlists () rivervalleyinternet net> 
Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog () nanog org> 
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2016 7:31:10 AM 
Subject: Re: B5-Lite 

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