[AusNOG] Bandwidth in Phillip Island

[Jason Leschnik]

They talked about this on an episode of the PacketPushers podcast. Have a go at asking the question in their IRC channel on freenode. 

The guy had a fun time trying to diagnose the issue, it's well worth doing your research now.

Sent from an iPhone, I like shiny things.

On 03/05/2012, at 5:58 PM, Wade Millican <Wade.Millican at EchoEnt.com.au> wrote:

> Ubiquiti Nanostation/Bullets can easily get upto 15Kms without issues. TCO
> is in the hundreds.
> 
> Please see NANOG49 presentation on a 50Km wireless deployment from
> @dorkmatt
> 
> http://www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog49/presentations/Wednesday/Long_Distance
> _Wireless_N49.pdf
> 
> 
> Happy to talk more off list as/if required.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Wade
> 
> On 3/05/12 5:55 PM, "Adam Nock" <Adam.Nock at amcom.com.au> wrote:
> 
>> Laser maybe? 
>> 
>> Havent used it or ever seen it used, but this:
>> http://www.ita-systems.com/html/products/laser/p/4/12.html
>> Promises 10Mbit at 6km.
>> 
>> Don't consider this an endorsement though. I was just bored and googling
>> :)
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
>> [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Mark Newton
>> Sent: Thursday, 3 May 2012 3:29 PM
>> To: Martin Visser
>> Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Bandwidth in Phillip Island
>> 
>> On Thu, May 03, 2012 at 05:23:49PM +1000, Martin Visser wrote:
>> 
>>> Probably a long shot (literally) but it only looks to be around 6km
>> across  > the water to the mainland. If you have line-of-sight, and can
>> find a a  > friendly patron, you might be able to get a 802.11 type of
>> point-to-point  > bridge setup for not a lot of money (connecting to
>> land-line based service).
>> 
>> Over-water shots are problematic (microwaves reflect off ripples on the
>> water, leading to pretty extreme unreliability, packet loss, etc)
>> 
>> You'll need very tall masts and a lot of output power.
>> 
>>> Hardware can be had for less than a few hundred dollars at each end.
>> 
>> Probably not for the output power you'd need (I suspect you'd be into the
>> territory of needing a spectrum license, which makes the equipment
>> pricier too)
>> 
>> - mark
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