| October 2012 Newsletter |
| News from Freenet Antennas |
EdgeMAX Router Series
Ubiquiti has announced a completely new product range; the EdgeMAX Routers.
In true Ubiquiti fashion, these are:
This report states:
| Ubiquiti Networks' EdgeRouter Lite offers unprecedented price/performance value, providing more than 100X higher performance per dollar than the Cisco and Juniper products compared in this report. |
The first product announced is the EdgeRouter-Lite (ERLite-3), with 3-Gigabit Ethernet ports. Other products in the range will be announced over time. We expect to have the ERLite-3 in stock in November.
More infomation from Ubiquiti
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3 GHz Products
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We are exited to announce that following successful C-Tick testing to ACMA standards, we can now import and sell these Ubiquiti 3 GHz products. They are all on order and should be in stock approx. end November.
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RocketM3
3400-3700 MHz MIMO AirMax radio.
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NSM3
13 dBi 3 GHz MIMO Antenna and Radio.
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AMO-3G12
12 dBi 3 GHz MIMO Omni.
Suits RocketM3
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AM-3G18-120
18 dBi 3 GHz 120 degree MIMO Sector antenna.
Suits RocketM3
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RD-3G26
26 dBi 3 GHz Rocket Dish antenna.
Suits RocketM3
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Use of the 3 GHz Band in Australia
All 3 GHz installations in Australia must be licenced by the ACMA, and are generally only for 'regional and remote' areas. But the advantages of using a licensed band include:
- No interference. Unlike the 'WiFi' bands, licensed links are generally free of interference.
- Longer and Cleaner connections due to Higher EIRP limits. For example, a 30 MHz channel @ 3.655 GHz can operate at up to 1530 dBm EIRP (Ref: RALI: FX19, sect 1.5). Compare this to the typical 36 dBm EIRP limits we see for 2.4/5 GHz 'Class Licence' (WiFi) networks.
For more infomation from the ACMA, please see:
If you are a regional WISP, you should consider the 3 GHz band.
Ubiquiti Price Rise Coming
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Ubiquiti has announced a change in their product distribution out of China. This change takes effect in November-2012.
While the product prices are generally unchanged, Ubiquiti is passing on some of the packing/shipping costs that they used to absorb.
Our policy is to base prices on our actual costs. So, our prices will reflect these new costs only after existing stock has been exhausted.
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Rob Clark
New Products in Stock
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TOUGHSwitch - POE Switches
Ubiquiti has announced their range of POE switches.
Model
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Ports |
POE
Voltage
Out
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Est Price
(incl GST) |
Est Availability |
TOUGHSwitch-PoE
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5 |
24 |
$139 |
In Stock |
TOUGHSwitch-PRO
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8 |
24 and 48 |
$280 |
Oct? |
| TOUGHSwitch-Carrier |
16 |
24 and 48 |
$630 |
Nov? |
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RocketM Titanium
These are enhanced versions of the existing RocketM products. They have:
- Aluminium housings, giving improved shielding which can be a benefit when multiple radios are on one tower.
- Faster CPUs giving about a 10% speed boost
- Gigabit ethernet ports
- Built-in GPS sync (RocketM5 only)
- 48V POE (compatible with standard POE switches)
- 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz models available
- Ideal for the 2.4 and 5 GHz Titanium sector antennas with variable beamwidth
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2.4 GHz Titanium Sector Antenna
Variable Beamwidth
Variable Gain
This antenna has extra metal shielding offering better protection from co-location interference - multiple antennas on one tower.
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Upcoming Products
The products below have been announced. We will keep you updated via this newsletter as we learn more.
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EdgeRouter-Lite
This is the first product announced in the EdgeMAX Router series. We expect to have it in stock in November-2012
The world’s lowest price, one million packet-per-second router. Powered by the feature rich EdgeOS featuring a next-generation graphical user interface.
Outstanding Performance and Value
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See these reports:
Features
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(Layer-3 base forwarding) 1,000,000 pps for 64-byte packets. Line rate (3 Gbps) across all three ports for 512-byte packets and higher |
| CPU |
Dual-core MIPS64 processor with hardware acceleration for packet processing and encryption/decryption |
| Ethernet |
3 RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet ports |
| Memory |
512 MB DDR2 RAM |
| Storage |
2 GB |
| Console |
1 RJ-45 serial console port |
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Shield Kits and Cluster Mounts
RF Armor is a USA company producing Carrier Class RF shielding and antenna mounting products for the Ubiquiti MIMO gear product line.
We have a container load of RF Armor products arriving approx mid-October.
RF Armor RF Shielding products:
- reduce the front to back noise ratio,
- significantly reduce co-location interference, and
- greatly reduce foreign/hostile/neighbour interference
RF Armor Mounting products:
- simplify mounting of 90-degree and 120 sector antennas
Due in stock: 3rd week of October.
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TOUGHSwitch - POE Switches
Ubiquiti has announced their range of POE switches.
Model
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Ports |
POE
Voltage
Out
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Est Price
(incl GST) |
Est Availability |
TOUGHSwitch-PoE
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5 |
24 |
$139 |
In Stock |
TOUGHSwitch-PRO
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8 |
24 and 48 |
$280 |
Oct? |
| TOUGHSwitch-Carrier |
16 |
24 and 48 |
$630 |
Nov? |
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AirFiber - 1400 Mbps Full-Duplex PtP Link
The interest in this 24 GHz product has been huge. People are placing pre-orders now.
We have a lot on order, and they will be into stock in late October.
What we know from Ubiquiti is:
- Ubiquiti started international shipments in Sept-2012
- The price in Australia will be around $4500/link. (This price is only an estimate).
- Customer testing in USA is seeing Full-duplex speeds of over 700 Mbps in each direction simultaneoulsy.
Also
- The ACMA does not allow us to operate in 24 GHz with the same EIRP (transmitter power) in Australia as in USA. So while we are allowed to use these, we will NOT get the 13 km range advertised in USA. We estimate a 3km (max.) range with no rain.
- The use these units in Australia is covered by the same 'Class Licence' that covers WiFi devices. That means you do not need a special license for each installation.
- Rain fade is an issue at this frequency, but there are plenty of sub-1km range links where this product should perform well in Australia
Due in stock: 4th Week October. Pre-order now!
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Tell us of Your Success
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Recommended Firmware
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