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RE: [Karlnet] How many wireless interfaces does SF-4300(TurboCellSatell

To: "'Norm Young'" <npyoung@applegatebroadband.net>, "'Karlnet Mailing List'" <karlnet@WISPNotes.com>
Subject: RE: [Karlnet] How many wireless interfaces does SF-4300(TurboCellSatellite for FlashROM) support?
From: "Tony Morella" <tonylist@wwwbiz.com>
Reply-to: Karlnet Mailing List <karlnet@WISPNotes.com>
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 00:40:29 -0400
List-post: <mailto:karlnet@WISPNotes.com>
Norm SF-4300 will only work with 2 interfaces.

Sincerely,  Tony Morella 
Demarc Technology Group, A Wireless Solution Provider 
Office: 908-996-7995 Cell: 908-246-9170 Fax: 908-847-0202
http://www.demarctech.com 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: karlnet-bounces@WISPNotes.com 
> [mailto:karlnet-bounces@WISPNotes.com] On Behalf Of Norm Young
> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 4:22 PM
> To: Karlnet Mailing List
> Subject: [Karlnet] How many wireless interfaces does 
> SF-4300(TurboCell Satellite for FlashROM) support?
> 
> 
> 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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