Topic 'Short PtP link' in forum 'Wireless Service Providers' - dslreports.com

Re: Short PtP link

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:44:58 EDT

bburley posted : Thanks for the info. I know someone who is just setting up some WDS links and we'll have to compare notes. I will likely try it out myself... I will add it to my long list :)

Re: Short PtP link

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:59:25 EDT

jcremin posted :

said by bburley:

MPLS was supposed to make the link a bit faster

I believe that was true when 802.11n first came out... MT had a problem with poor performance on WDS links, but they fixed that quite awhile ago. I looked at the Wiki article, and it appears nobody has updated it since then. When I set up my first few 11n links, I did have to use MPLS, but as soon as regular WDS bridging performance was fixed, I dumped the MPLS stuff since it was much more complicated than the simple WDS setup. And it does pass mac addresses properly.

Re: Short PtP link

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 07:46:24 EDT

LLigetfa posted :

said by bburley:

I have had funny issues in the past with MAC addresses being translated to the MAC address of the bridge device. I have read that this is normal behavior for an RFC compliant bridge but I didn't want that 'feature'.

WDS fixes that.
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Re: Short PtP link

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:21:01 EDT

bburley posted : MPLS was supposed to make the link a bit faster but I didn't actually do any comparisons on that claim. What interested me is the "transparent" part. I have had funny issues in the past with MAC addresses being translated to the MAC address of the bridge device. I have read that this is normal behavior for an RFC compliant bridge but I didn't want that 'feature'. I want to see all of the original MAC addresses left the way they are.

Re: Short PtP link

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:46:23 EDT

Inssomniak posted : Yea just a WDS link is more than enough for that.

Re: Short PtP link

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 09:52:46 EDT

jcremin posted : What is your reasoning for using MPLS vs just a simple WDS bridge? Seems like a lot of extra complication for no additional gain that I'm aware of.

Re: Short PtP link

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 09:16:56 EDT

bburley posted : I would recommend using this method.

»wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Transpare···ing_MPLS

I used it on a pair of SXT's and it works well.

Re: Short PtP link

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 08:32:52 EDT

UHF posted : Thanks!

Re: Short PtP link

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:55:50 EDT

viperm posted : They should work fine. May have to turn down the power all the way.

Short PtP link

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:19:48 EDT

UHF posted : I have a client that needs to connect two buildings together. They are across the street from each other, a few hundred at most. Currently they are using a couple of Linksys routers with external antennas. It works, mostly, but is slow and needs rebooted a lot.

Would a pair of RBSEXTANTG-5HnD units work for this application? They simply need a bridged connection between the two LANs. Would they need any other equipment to make the link besides the gigabit switches they already have?