RE: [Nolug] Fibre and telephone poles...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nolug@redfishnetworks.com [mailto:owner-
> nolug@redfishnetworks.com] On Behalf Of Joey Kelly
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 8:51 AM
> To: nolug@nolug.org
> Subject: Re: [Nolug] Fibre and telephone poles...
>
> On Wednesday February 1 2006 08:30, listservs+Tech@mm.st spake:
> > If it is line of sight, then why not set up 2 high speed wireless
> > ap's/bridges? What type of bandwidth do you require b/w buildings?
> >
> > Brett
>
> That's what we have now. There is a possibility that one of the bridges is
> bad, and I have a replacement on order. One side (always the same unit,
> mind
> you) has to be power-cycled at least every 2 days, and sometimes a few
> times
> per day. Hopefully swapping out the unit will fix our problems.
>
> However, we're looking at alternatives to either replace the wireless link
> or
> provide an alternate path that routes packets when the wireless link
> fails.
> I'm even considering getting a DSL or cable modem connection for the
> second
> building and using a VPN through the Internet for a failover route, if
> that's
> doable.
>

That's the setup we PK. We were using the SkyWay 5000 series from SolecTek.
We used them for almost 10 months with minimal troubles. There was also a
3MB DSL for failover.

http://www.solectek.com/products.php?prod=sw5k&page=feat
> --
> Joey Kelly
> < Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant >
> http://joeykelly.net
>
> "I may have invented it, but Bill made it famous."
> --- David Bradley, the IBM employee that invented CTRL-ALT-DEL

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