Hi, everyone,
I've been asked this and I'm 99% sure I know the answer but I want to confirm. On the Ubiquiti Rocket M2 (and M5) and other devices with two antenna ports (like the TP-Link WBS-series), are both antennas capable of sending and receiving data at the same time? In other words, can both antennas be pointed in different directions or is there a benefit to pointing them in the same direction?
Thanks, and have a great day. :)
Patrick.
I've been asked this and I'm 99% sure I know the answer but I want to confirm. On the Ubiquiti Rocket M2 (and M5) and other devices with two antenna ports (like the TP-Link WBS-series), are both antennas capable of sending and receiving data at the same time? In other words, can both antennas be pointed in different directions or is there a benefit to pointing them in the same direction?
Thanks, and have a great day. :)
Patrick.
Thanks again, and have a great day.
Patrick.
Do you have 3 or more users each in a different direction?
Fact: Yes, they can all be on the same channel, but ...
Practical: Not recommended. They will interfere with each other.
All AREDN devices can be linked (DtD'ed) with a simple switch, but adding services may be awkward.
Depending on the management or VLAN programming, they can be made to not work.
At first glance, it seems to me, that you are constructing a
simplex half-duplex hsmm network controlled by computer transmissions to mimic a
full duplex dual channel ham repeater with human controlled transmissions.
?
Chuck
Thank you for the reply Chuck. Here's the video I was referring to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kACv5GlawAA&ab_channel=CraigMullins In it, they talk about how the antennas are both horizontally and vertically polarized. My original assumption was each antenna was completely independent, so they could be pointed in opposite directions (NW and S for example). Which led to my second question.
The situation that we have is, we've got three nodes on a tower in our town. We're trying to connect to one other town for sure, maybe two. The Rocket will be on a tower in between them, which is why I asked the original question. In reality, we're going to need something else for a backbone, but this is our first attempt, so to speak. Our ultimate goal is to have a full network between a few towns that can provide voice, email, video of potential flood areas, and other services. Also, we may have a need for portable nodes throughout the area. That's long-term though. Right now, we're just trying to get things up and running to demonstrate the capabilities.
I hope that explains what I'm interested in doing. And if it needs an entirely new thread, I'll gladly start one and link back to this one for context.
Thanks, and have a great day. :)
Patrick.
Hi, Patrick:
So, we completely understand that the dual stream devices expect that the antennas are pointing the same direction.
'full' network?
Perhaps we should consider building a network between a few towns and, as a aside, include the three nodes that exist at one site.
Much of hsmm depends on RF paths.
It all but impossible to give good advice when one does not know what the those 3 nodes are or
the location of the sites of the few towns and the height above ground and distance between those undefined towns and sites.
Perhaps, if you looked at some existing networks, the concept of linking towns would be clearer.
https://www.arednmesh.org/forums/maps .
Any part of those existing network maps match anything like your few towns?
Chuck