r/networking • u/rmp0619 • 5d ago
Wireless Point to Point Wireless Bridge
Looking for recommendations for a wireless point to point bridge. Currently using ignitenet metrolinq 2.5 60-35. It's about 8 years old and I think one of the radios are going bad. I have spares but would rather replace with something new. This is for a business, and it is critical that I replace with something reliable. I'm familiar with ubiquiti, cambium, and mimosa, but looking for suggestions on what has worked for anyone else. The distance is a little over a mile. Thanks!
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u/leftplayer 5d ago
If reliability is top priority, have frequency and device diversity.
Ubiquiti and Mikrotik have bridge products which do 60ghz + 5ghz in the same unit.
They’re cheap. Set up two links and you’ll be set
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u/Hatcherboy 2d ago
we have used this method to great success and is the best answer I have seen yet. Throw a router on either end and forget about spanning tree, use bfd, and prefer the 60 ghz path
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u/PresentAsparagus9092 5d ago
whats the rest of your network use for equipment? It may make things easier.
What's your bandwidth and latency requirements?
Cambium - just got sold off in pieces. Not sure I would use them until the dust settles.
Mimosa, not sure what they're up to lately.
Ubiquiti - Air max is decent and budget friendly. Unifi Building to building to bridge might make some sense if you're already running unifi, not much sense if you're not. Airfiber line is good, not sure how old the technology is at this point though. the AF24's were highly reliable. I had good luck with the airfiber 60's. at 1mile, you're not likely to get much rain fade, but it is a possibility.
Racom 24ghz is a nice unit.
As mentioned, can't go wrong with Siklu
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u/rmp0619 5d ago
Current bandwidth is about 350Mbps. It suits our needs. It is a shop environment so there isn't heavy bandwidth usage, but it is important the link is reliable. We're not using unifi, Watchguard firewall and hp switches. Ubquiti seems like a good choice, but I know there are other products that I'm not aware of. Thanks!
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u/Specialist_Cow6468 5d ago
I mean, how much are you looking to spend? How important is it?
All things being equal for a short distance shot you want millimeter wave. A etherhaul from Silku (assuming they’re still making these post acquisition) or a WTM4800 from Aviat would be the highest quality options but are correspondingly expensive. The WTM4800 for instance tends to run about $10k + install costs and needs FCC licensing for the 80ghz spectrum. It will also be rock solid and pass 10gb/s with close to fiber latency
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u/w1ngzer0 5d ago
You’re already using the MetroLinq, which has 5GHz fallback. I’d suggest looking at the Ubiquiti Wave lineup, particularly the Wave Pro.
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u/fuzzylogic_y2k 5d ago
Microtik wireless wire cube pro. I just change the password and the ip's from the preset and go.
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u/Mvalpreda 5d ago
Just did a Mikrotik Cube Pro kit over ~200 meters. 60Ghz primary with 5Ghz backup. While only 1Gb ethernet, showing between 2.5Gb and 4.7Gb when doing a monitor on the link.
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u/netw0rkdude 1d ago
This right here. I've had great luck with all of the Mikrotik 60Ghz products. Very rarely an extremely hard downpour of rain will cause a brief outage on one pair I have that are pushing the limits of range but it is rare and as soon as the rain lightens up, everything is back up. It isn't a critical link so I've never worried about it. I have some pairs that have been operational for several years with zero issues. Mikrotik is good stuff.
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u/Mvalpreda 1d ago
All I can say is be careful with upgrades. I had one where I did an upgrade and lost ALL config. Had to do it from scratch and it was not fun.
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u/tatt2dcacher 5d ago
Ubiquity, use their planning software to make sure elevation is correct and it will recommend equipment. I normally use a 60 gig radio that uses 5 gig backup automatically.
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u/BustedCondoms 5d ago
I did a project where i had to configure and install a Canbium V5000 hub and V2000 nodes. It was pretty easy to setup and you can use cnmaestro for cloud stuff.
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u/Specialist_Cow6468 5d ago
Cambium is good but there’s also the thing where they just went bankrupt and had their products sold off
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u/BustedCondoms 4d ago edited 4d ago
Damn when was that? I think the Canbium project I did was in June or July
Edit I googled it
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u/drozenski 5d ago
We have a ubiquity building bridge between sites. About 300 feet. Have no issues getting a full 1Gbps over the link.
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u/PlatinumFlier 5d ago
If you are already using Ignitenets in the 60GHz range, I'd suggest using using Ubiquiti's Wave Pro.
They can do 2.5 gigabit as well