 extremely neat and handy to be able to insert a USB stick "with the equivalent of the.ISO" Boot from USB, run the installer which then puts ROS on the default (main) partition (compact flash or DOM) I know this is really only an issue for x86-users where netinstall might n...
btw - why RB to RB test is faster than PC to PC test? PCs should not be slower than RBs, no? If I understand the test config right, it's because traffic from the PCs is flowing "through" the routers. That means the routers have to process packets on the Ethernet, (software) Bridge *and* Wireless in...
I imagine the RB1000 would be a lot cheaper when it's launched of course.
It's not as easy as you make it seem. this information is different in each driver, and we would have to work on each driver to make this information available. Ah thanks Normis - this is the "real" problem here - multiple drivers to support "extract of stats". Suggestion: I wonder if it possible t...
It's been asked for before - and yes, it's very much needed, especially for outdoor/rooftop routers. I bet the feature is already there in the drivers in the Kernel. Most decent NIC drivers Windows (esp. Intel) have this feature. Make sure you've voted for this on the Wiki. Generally, I sense the MT...
Is 6.4GHz legal in Russia.
I can think of uses in 10GHz, for some countries that allow that.
Are there versions that do that?
We test frequency converters: 2.4 GHz <-> 5.9-6.4 GHz.
Any chance you could post a link, or drop an email, with links to converters like those?
you can already do this by using v3.0 and multicast package. Then you can forward Multicast traffic over the wireless and there will not be any ack for that traffic. Thanks Uldis. Sounds too simple to be true - but perhaps it is that simple! If anyone tries this with success, please post - am sure...
I don't think Nstreme2 for P2MP was asked for here. What's asked for is one-way transmission, UDP multicast video packet stream, without ACK. Any "listening" station (on correct freq/security/SSID etc) could receive the stream. No ACKs are sent to the base station. Probably needs a major hack of the...
I'd be prepared to place a small bet that it's the famous "Via chipset lockup problem" still not fixed, not ROS. When it locks up, does it leave network interfaces "stuck" (not passing traffic) but the RS232 console working? That's what the older Via chipsets did, consistently, with high traffic loa...
Anyway in a major city crowd, it's less than probable to have clear spectrum to do it wireless with non-licensed radios. Exactly... most users wouldn't want to bet on 4x 40MHz channels being free (and staying clear) in many major cities in the world. Of course for a rural shot, it could work thoug...
Whats is the cost of a licence? Is it a per year thing? Depends what country you're in, what freq band, what channel width (3.5, 7, 14, 28, 56MHz in ETSI) And yes, generally, you pay per year, unless you're a huge utility, or the government itself. I have heard of fees in the US$300 - $2400 per yea...
[not a sales pitch, the following is generally true in the industry] High speed links: Licensed Microwave - up to 622Mbps FDX net throughput, Gigabit Ethernet interface 70GHz Millimeter Wave - 5km is possible (but not in tropical rainzone), 1Gbps FDX net throughput MT-based radios, 77Mbps FDX Nstrem...
In my experience, an isolated dc-dc power supply is more complex and expensive than a non-isolated one. Making a 9-48V dc-dc non-isolated is not expensive or complicated Making 9-24V dc-dc non-isolated is marginally cheaper, because lower V-rated capacitors required, and easier to design also. Isola...
Topic: RB411 Anyone??
Guessing is more fun! The following was posted on a mail list thread: The RB411 CPE board will be demonstrated at the Egypt MUM. This is a drop-in replacement for the RB133C with connectors, board size, and mounting holes the same as the RB133C. It will be appoximately 3X faster with the same price...
Re: Feature request, sort of.
Turning off the router during those 24 hours also stops the clock... so you can run it for an hour today to build it, then 23 hours next week when you get back to it. Is that true on battery-backed RTC x86 systems? i.e. is it 24 hours of calendar/clock time, or 24 hours of "up-time"? The system cl...
Not quite fair IMHO - 3.0RC is not yet in "release" status: one has to accept that status - caveat emptor - and just like previously with 2.9, there was no real online documentation until release version was out. Quite right: MT should put the effort into making the code stable, rather than writing...
Yes, that would be *very* nice.
On x86 systems it's not always convenient to license the same day as physical manufacture - can cause production issues, especially on hardware/BIOS that doesn't support PXE-boot, where there is more "messing around" involved.
Correct, Holes should be on the sides (note plural) on 1U equipment - or alternatively, the back. Height of 1U means 40mm fans, which are not usually whisper-quiet - but then, you don't usually put 1U racks in your living room :-) Suggest put 2x 40mm fans on *one* side of the rack, blowing the air o...
CM9's dont have such good near-adjacent channel filtering compared to more recent radios.
Topic: will RB support WIMAX?
Re: will RB support WIMAX?
That one has been asked a few times.
"no time soon" unless things have changed.
Lack of drivers for available miniPCI cards being a major sticking point.
A lot of votes for it though...
Ghmorris is right on that - probably not enough isolation with dual-pol antennas to use high power cards.
Try turning down the TX power, it may interfere less with the adjacent receiver.
Support for USB modems sounds a great idea, because AFAIK it also means less of an "approvals" problem connecting to public telephone lines, assuming the USB modem has approvals already. Probably depends on the country how strict that is. I think it would be great because it would enable "one-box" w...
More general note on power, might apply here Sometimes, the "stiffness" of a power supply affects the ability of complex boards to boot, due to speed of the PSU startup. Example, an ATX PC supply provides power immediately to the rails; a laptop "brick" often has a slower "on" ramp. I've seen certai...
Topic: ROS 3 - Ethernet Master Port - what is it?
Re: ROS 3 - Ethernet Master Port - what is it?
Exactly - So the "which/why should I use each" decision would look something like: RouterOS Software Bridge - can control traffic flow - can monitor flow - can do L2 and L3 functions like firewall.. but uses CPU power to do it Hardware Bridge Feature - faster throughput - low CPU load.. but can't...
There seems confusion about terminology: Check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_bridge and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet_switch Which includes the line "Network switch is a marketing term rather than a technical one". At a basic level, Bridging = switching, when operating at Layer 2, i....
There do appear to be Linux drivers/apps for them: http://www.crystalfontz.com/links/index.html but the back of the board http://www.crystalfontz.com/products/635/CFA_635_Back_1024.html they have removed any chip idents so you can't see what's used... I don't have any USB versions, but the serial v...
If you want to support the buttons, that's great, and specifically for wireless installs: - change channel - change band and channel width - scan/view choice of visible SSIDs (and select which to connect to if possible) with signal levels of each - select frequency (assuming it's an AP) - alter TX p...
Interesting stuff. There's some good wikipedia articles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_SIMD_Extensions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIMD and though you're right most of the motivation for CPU vendors making 64bit is floating point, vector operations, there...
Just a few thoughts here: Support for USB displays could be really neat for outdoor radios/routers: - there are waterproof USB connectors available for the case - makes the display demountable/removable after install/alignment - USB port supplies enough power (500mA) to power the