All are right they are different band there should be no problem but they create electromagnetic wave that can affect; I have the same problem near me at 4m is a GSM tower and it affect my throughput, but it is not significant because I have XR5, you must test and see.
I thought that there should not be a problem if you put Wifi near a GSM Base-Station, but recently I’ve tried and there was a big problem (1km link singnal strength -85dB 5GHz ).
I would recommend you if this position is critical to you then put the pole as far as you can from the GSM BS. If there is 5-6m distance between the BS it should be enough.
Interesting part is that we can see the major problem when using 5GHz band.
yes we did use shielded metal enclosures but it didn’t work so well. If you can change height of the antennas e.g 3 or 4 meters above or below GSM equipment it would gain some improvement…
The principle used in metal outdoor enclosures is that of the so called “Faraday Cage”. Every carefully constructed metal based enclosure has that effect, causing the outside electromagnetic field to not affect the work of the equipment inside. The biggest problem than, relies in the fact that it isn’t the interference directly to the routerboards and cards the only one that causes problems. It’s the interference around the cables and antennas the most important one, and you can’t put an antenna inside a “Faraday Cage”
@ Normis
Im currently looking for thick metal enclosure that would act like a Faradays cage. If you know one tell me
@ GuJack20
Yes thats how I thought but again Im thinking somehow that an LMR-400 cable can act like a faradays cage since it has enough thickness but not sure though. But I dont know any solution for the antennas as you said.
Grounding the whole equipment including the R5H s may be another safe bet to take.
The site will have more than 100 customers and I dont want to deal with 100 angry customers.
Im confused.
Distance from the GSM Antennas is important. Since their antennas transmit towards the horizon, the best place to be is above or below them as far as you can get. This is where their signal will be weakest. The Metal Box is good, make sure you ground it. I suggest a trial system at first, see if you get good performance before committing to the location of equipment.