[olug] starting broadband ISP, any suggestions?

[Ben Watson]

The thing with wireless is something Sam alluded to already.  With a
single radio and single antenna setup, you will only ever get
half-duplex at best.  The problem is that all of these Wifi
manufacturers always advertise the maximum theoretical speed of the
link.  Assuming something like 56Mbit/s advertised, you'll only ever
get 23Mbit/s at best with a single radio/antenna.  And that assumes
perfect conditions.  You're more likely to get into the middle/upper
teens under "great" conditions.

Ben

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com> wrote:
> Justin, i want to own some Ubiquiti stuff as they have small fast and
> cheap and they even have management software that will not break the
> bank.  They have some amazing claims but i do know enough that every
> single wireless specification i have ever actually used has been way
> overhyped.  Secure? no.  Easy? sometimes. Secure and Easy ... never.
> Speed drops off tremendously even over a short distance ... always.
>
> Sam Tetherow has much more real world experience with real long range
> wireless and WISP than i will ever have.  Take his advice.  Sam, were
> you the one that set up sshd on your wireless access points about a
> decade ago and would have a script that would rekey all the WEP keys
> every hour on all your access points and end user devices.
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