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RE: [Karlnet] Radio Cards

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Subject: RE: [Karlnet] Radio Cards
From: "Dan Metcalf" <dan.metcalf@wbsysnet.com>
Reply-to: Karlnet Mailing List <karlnet@WISPNotes.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 02:27:09 -0500
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Have you had any radio failures w/ these higher powered radio's?


> -----Original Message-----
>  From then on I have used 180mW (marketed as 200mW) Prism 2.5 
> cards from 
> SMC since they are the cheapest I can find for producing a 
> big batch of 
> CPE. I get them for about $60/each. They also have a 
> detachable antenna so 
> you don't get an antenna spewing your signal all over inside whatever 
> enclosure it's in.
> 
> SMC Model SMC2532W-B:
> http://tinyurl.com/392jd
> 
> For important things like the base station where money is not 
> that much of 
> an object, you can get better receive sensitivity out of Demarctech's 
> Prism cards, they are $120 for 100mW and $130 for 200mW 
> bought through 
> their web site (http://www.demarctech.com/)
> 
> I popped two of the 100mW Demarctech cards in my base station and my 
> general performance improved and the trouble I was having 
> went away. They 
> do seem to be worth every penny. I also use their 100mW cards with 
> amplifiers because you can't hit most amplifiers with more 
> power than that.
> 
> -T
> 
> Eric Sooter wrote:
> > I'd thought it would be better to break out another thread 
> for this.  
> > We have used Orinoco Silver and Gold cards (and the 
> occasional Avaya) 
> > for just about everything in our network.  I hear talk on 
> people using 
> > many different types of cards, Prism, etc.  Was wandering 
> what people 
> > are getting the best bang for their buck with radio cards?  We are 
> > looking for cards that perform well but trying to keep CPE 
> cost down.  
> > And from what I hear on the list and the problems I have 
> with packet 
> > loss and performance, I'm wandering if Orinico Hermes 
> radios are the 
> > ones to use.
> 
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