[mesh-dev] Nanobeam and assumptions

[Mitar]

Hi!

Oh, sorry, that was the reply to:

> Lately we've been talking about the possibility of using non-openwrt
> routers for point to point bridged links. We've heard from a few
> people that performance of ubiquiti M5 gear for point to point links >
is basically the same in OpenWRT and stock firmware.

That we are confirming something like this in wlan slovenija network as
well.

We haven't tried NanoBeam there yet. But we are using NanoBeams (with
original firmware) in Berkeley now. But there is no comparison made here
with OpenWrt firmware (I am a lazy person and I am letting others figure
OpeWrt for it first before I will be flashing them).


Mitar

> Is it actually a beamforming antenna thing?
> 
> If they're using the smart array antenna thing then, *cough* I know
> how that works. Would you be able to take some photos of the
> internals?
> 
> 
> 
> -adrian
> 
> 
> On 11 March 2015 at 21:23, Mitar <mitar at tnode.com> wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> Yes, we are often using original firmware on point-to-multipoint links
>> with Ubiquiti hardware because performance is much better. For
>> point-to-point link there is not much difference. We think that TDMA is
>> the reason.
>>
>> It is not so big problem using original firmware. Because mostly we use
>> on the same location also a 2.4 GHz TP-Link router for local access,
>> having a switch, and then we run routing protocol on it, and having
>> Ubiquiti equipment in a bridge mode.
>>
>>
>> Mitar
>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 9:01 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hm, I may be able to help figure out why the performance is crap. It's
>>>> just an atheros chip; there's no 11ac radio in it right?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah, it's just 11n but we don't actually have any lying around so we can't
>>> verify that it's actually a problem.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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