I think the FlashROM supports a max of 4 interfaces
and at least one has to be ethernet - so you could use
3 radios + 1 ethernet. However, check with Karlnet as
I am not certain.
We use Karlnet for PtP links and find it much improves
the quality of service - I haven't tried StarOS. One
way to save on licensing costs is to use a single user
Turbocell license and connect a router to the RG -
this brings your license cost down to $50 - $60 per
end. However, this does mean you need an extra box to
do all the routing. We started off like this and are
now starting to convert everything to full satellite
licenses and let Karlnet do the routing - simply
because an RG draws much less power and backup power
is much simpler and cheaper if you get rid of the PCs!
In our part of the world power on remote hillsides is
turning out to be pretty unreliable.
Hope this helps.
Cheers.
Paul
--- Norm Young <lists@applegatebroadband.net> wrote:
> I'm going to replace the second channel doing
> backhaul of an AP-1000 at our
> main WIPOP using the base station software with a
> dedicated backhaul radio.
>
> I'd like this system to support several radios on
> board, as I'd like to be
> able to make connections to several PtP
> WIPOP/microWIPOP locations.
>
> So, I'm wondering if I use a microATX board, and
> say, 3-4 radios on board,
> will the SF-4300 (TurboCell Satellite for FlashROM)
> be able to make the
> connections on those radios to one PtP TC client?
> Will SF-4300 support
> more than two radios?
>
> I'm thinking that each one of these PtP TC clients
> could be a WPBASE running
> Satellite. The WPBASE+ systems for the microWIPOPs
> would have one radio
> making the connection back to the main WIPOP in TC
> mode, and the other radio
> slot would be doing 802.11b to make the connections
> to the client
> homes/businesses, if that is possible.
>
> The other alternative would be for Karlnet to offer
> a low cost alternative
> (crippled) version of the base station software for
> these small neighborhood
> fill-in mesh systems. Say something that would
> support, say, 10 clients.
>
> Currently, I do this using a SR-4000 client and the
> RG-1100 coupled with a
> StarOS system or MikroTik. Not ideal. I've played
> with the idea of going
> away from Karlnet entirely on the backhaul, slotting
> a "g" radio in a StarOS
> system, doing my backhual with that, and then
> slotting radios for each of my
> PtP links to my neighborhood 802.11b (where due to
> the small numbers of
> clients, hidden-node is not a problem) microWIPOPs.
> One large advantage to
> this approach is that I can use a StarOS system
> running on one micoATX
> system with two radios to make a microWIPOP. No
> need to spend money on the
> Karlnet hardware/licences.
>
> Bottom line is that here in the geographically
> convoluted West, WISPs need
> lots of translators to fill in areas that require
> service. StarOS is
> moving it's product in that direction, creating a
> semi-mesh system to give
> us the tools to do that kind of thing. I'd love to
> do it with Karlnet, only
> I'm not sure that the flexibility exists in the
> product line to do it
> economically.
>
> Norm
>
>
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