Hello,
I want to make the following network:
I think that the cheapest way is to use the following equipment:
routerboard 1: 711A-5Hn
routerboard 2: 433 + 3x R52
routerboard 3: 411AR & R52
What do you think, is it ok or i should buy 3x 433ah which has a lot more powerfull cpu.
As you can see i only want to share a 10-12Mbps adsl line to 5-10 people.
Thank you,
Tasos
Anyone please?
Any opinion please?
For the amount of traffic that you are anticipating as well as budget considerations, the 711A 433 & 411AR should suit your needs just fine. Of course if you see yourself expanding a lot in the near future then go for more cpu. but based on your information you should be fine.
Cheers,
Joshua Pool
Ok, thank you jspool.
What happens when one site has a fault? You have too many different types of equipment and configurations. For backup you’ll need nearly a complete duplication of all the gear.
I would change routerboard 3 setup to the same as routerboard 2 but not install the 3rd R52 wireless card (2nd 5GHz radio). Then make up a spare the same as these routerboard 2/3 setups with only one R52 fitted. This will give you a minimum set of spares should the need arise.
The scenario i have designed is the most extreme.
At the beginning i will only have routerboard 1 and 2. Probably i will never have routerboard 3.
So i’m thinking using 711A-5Hn + 411AR & R52 which is the cheapest way to do this.
What do you think?
Please, be carefull with radios, take RH52N card’s, you will see the difference
blackmod why do you say this?
I don’t use high power cards at all, because at point to point links i use 0 tx power with big antennas (80-100cm offset dishes with 5GHz feeders) and at APs 10 to 15 tx power depending on antenna.
I mostly use cm9, R52, R52n-M with 433ah and i am very satisfied.
Finally, i’ve just ordered 411U + R52 for routerboard 1 and 411AR +R52 for routerboard 2.
I beleive that i will be ok with this setup.