I have watched over the last 3 years many conversations about NV2 and how bad (in most cases) it is.
I have deployed a PtMP network with OMNItik and some SXTs running NV2 5Ghz only N , only touched and disabled the Multicast Buffering , and above this backbone we run Hotspot , secondary WIFI and VoIP (not excessive, but with dects and dect station antennas so more noise) at 2,4Ghz mostly with BaseBoxes and UBQ Sector Antennas and some SXTs 2,4Ghz.Forgive me if i sound ignorant , but i really would like you guys to check my screenshots and tell me an opinion of what do you make . The SXts are hitting 300Mbps on full load , maximum CAPS are 60 .The backbone is 1 Omnitik for 5 clients and also one RBWAP60G link which is a recent addition to offload the Omnitik and carry some extra traffic.Notice there is Voice on the air , the Hotspot and another WIFI for the stuff.No Vlans ,just separate IP nets and bridges.
The cap1 image is a screen from CAPSMAN and cap2 is the OmniTIK , as you can see it is a small load situation.Imagine on peak time we have 40-50 Hotspot clients , 20-30 Wifi clients , and 100 SIP phones registered to the PBX on the bridge of the CAPSMAN- router in this case.I want to ask : Should i stop thinking it runs OK because it can get better , or i am lucky to have these results regarding NV2 bad rep ? thank you !
Thanks for your feedback, although the SXts are actually hitting max speeds when i create more bandwidth , or even when it is actually coming from Hotspot and Wifi users.
Maybe i cannot understand what do you mean ?
Anyway , so whats the conclusion? Let it be as it is now ? Do you think i should move to 802.11 ? The actual setup is 1 * RB1100 AHx2 running behind a load balancer of 3 VDSL 30Mbit , responsible for CAPSMAN and Userman / Hotspot and as main GW for 3 internal networks the Hotspot , the Stuff WI|FI and the VoIP . Due to inability of cabling every endpoint communicates over WIFI , only local bridging over rooftops with SXT giving access to BaseBox and VoIP Dect Stations for the Phones.As i mentioned one 5Ghz backbone also is the “carrier” with OmniTik for 5-7 clients and one RBWAP60G pair to offload the OmniTik and carry 2-3 more spots, all these over a hill side area, longer distance 150m-180m from far side to the Roof of Comp.Room.About 10-15 HAP Lites dual band are spread to enhance hidden spots where the 6 Sector Antennas cannot seem to reach and also act as switches where BaseBox is too much.If only i could raise 3-5 Mbit the bandwidth that the end user gets i will be very grateful! The worst i got was 2Mb up 7Mb down …Maybe i should try VLANs ? Any ideas are welcome!
