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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:21 The game plan
2:10 The gear
2:35 Getting the gear onto the roof... with a rope
6:07 Mounting
9:02 Alignment
9:46 The AirFibre 60 XG
10:38 Wiring
13:50 It works!
14:20 But how fast?
15:50 The infamous wrench
16:40 Aligning the dishes
18:22 How fast? part 2

[_im_a_teapot]

Maybe consider also installing a postal tube for launching SSDs across. Load it up, pack it into a tube cartridge, *thwomp*, it's vacuumed over into the other building, unpack, plug it in, data transfer!

[gaugenick]

As a former tower tech and WISP guy, set the Tx to -4db and auto adjust power off. You'll get a better alignment that way, also some freaking HOT signals between the two lol. I'd also recommend getting a set of Cambium POE surge protectors. We use them on towers quite a bit and they have held up to literally lightning strikes over and over. Highly recommended.

Suggestion #2: During high winds them mounts ain't gonna hold 😂 you need a 6x6ft full of bricks with the mast in the center

Suggestion #3: Your LOS may be getting cut off by the parapet a bit, raise them about a foot or so higher and you'll get a significantly better quality in TX/RX.

[tejjaskaul]

Always love a networking-related video, especially miss the old server vlogs

[Folkstorm]

they need to be higher, or at least on the edge of the rooftop, the signal is affected by the Fresnel zone
Solution 1: a longer post.
Solution 2: bring them closer to the edge of the roof, thus avoiding signal bounces and interference due to the proximity of the ground

[markerichannelly]

The speed jumping to 1Gbit and then higher is probably the dishes jumping between 5GHz and 60Ghz. VHT160 5Ghz is about 800-950mbit. Probably look at getting both of the dishes mounted higher, likely the fresnel zone is getting cut off being so low to the roof.

[ghostv]

I am certain a lot of us was terrified for a second and then incredibly impressed at how Linus was holding that laptop on the corner alone....and still didn't drop it.

[dtemp]

Nothing I like more than a 20+ minute video with Jake and Linus installing networking gear, seriously

[djkommando]

Not tech related, but it shows he's gotta be a good boss when he takes responsibility for the wrench incident instead of blaming it on the person that threw it.

[Pete]

I could watch a whole channels worth of Jake and Linus' networking adventures, they're always the best videos lol

[samh]

Something to try. As backwards as it sounds, turn the broadcast power to the lowest setting, -4bd or so, since the distance is so short it could be distorting because it is too "hot"

[EmpathVibe]

This style of video is great to get from you guys sometimes. More laid back, some more bleeps, and messing around. Just a couple tech nerds yelling at each other while setting up tech. Loved it.

[JesseKreis]

I'm sure you guys know what you're doing so this info is maybe more useful to others that are installing PtP radios. I'd be curious what the signal gain is on the radio, -37dbi is quite high for that short of a link. Usually you'd want to aim for -50 to -60 if possible. You should make sure you aren't oversaturating the radios as too high output can cause the uplink and downlink to interfere with each other similar to someone shining a flashlight in your eye while trying to read words off a page. Also, performing a spectral analysis is a very useful step as well. The uplink and downlink carrier frequencies can't use the same frequency, so it's possible that one of those frequencies has more interference in the surrounding environment. You may be able to change to another channel to get closer to a 6G link and additionally choose a wider channel width if the interference in your area allows for it. Check to see what the MCS methods are for up and downlinks. If they aren't at 15 then you probably have an interference issue.

Look into "fresnel zones", as others have mentioned, the edge of the building may be causing a problem with the vertical signal.

Anyway I'm no expert but I've been installing Ubiquiti PtP for close to 5 years and that's just a few things I like to look into.

[annfranksus]

I work at a company where are core infrastructure is providing wireless internet options as a network provider. This solution is diffidently 1000% overkill, but I love it

[TimBertram]

I just wanted to note that that radio has an SFP+ port and they installed an ethernet module. While it works, given the opportunity I would have suggested using fiber modules instead. Lightning can't travel over fiber. You would still need to provide the 1G POE connection to power the radio but that is much easier to send off to an isolated switch and not plugged into the main network. Fiber is way better than any lightning/surge arrestor that has ever been made.

[devrandvar]

I installed a few older models of these a couple of years ago, not the 60 ghz one, but 5 ghz and 20 ghz. What I think is happening here is the 5 ghz is connecting well but the 60 is not. The 5Ghz is giving you the 1 gigabit and every now and then the 60 happens to connect and give you more. At that range the 60 beam would be so tight it would probably just be like 2-5 cm. The farther away you are the wider the beam spreads so being too close can make it harder to align. As you got 3 gigabit for a while you are probably really close to the 60 working, it just needs to be fine tuned. The dips below a gigabit that you were getting are probably from the Fresnel zone of the 5 ghz, it would be around 2 meters at that range, so it is bouncing off of the roof a bit. Ideally your dishes need to be a bit higher up, but that would not matter if the 60 was connecting solidly, as it's Fresnel zone would be less then .5 meters at that range.

To get the 60 aligned I would recommend to set up a script that keeps a constant file transfer going and a way for you to monitor the speed while you are on the roof, then to just turn the knobs on the dish a tiny amount at a time from both sides. Wait a bit to see if anything changes then keep doing it until you get it. Considering how tight a 60 ghz beam is it could take hours. I never worked with anything more then 20Ghz and even that was a pain sometimes. With 5 ghz you can usually just eye it and it is fine, but it can take hours to get a 20 lined up well, especially if you are too close. One time on a close 20 ghz link it took us 3+ hours to get it aligned and you guys are even closer and using 60, so it could be really tedious. I really wish that this sort of dish came with a perfectly aligned laser mounting point on them, so you could clip on a laser dot and just line up the dot to a target point on the other dish.

[NinjaForHire]

Mad props to Linus you the man pulling that up alot of people scared of roofs plus pulling something like that up feels like 5X the weight that it is and pulls you real hard. I did alot of HVAC and pulling a twin scroll compressor onto the roof the same ways is real tuff and scary at the point when you have to move to grab it up. You did a supreme job so props again. Love u guys

[darioampuy]

The antennas are too close to the roof, so there is a substantial reduction in signal quality because fresnel zone... I bet raising the antennas 3 more feet will make the connection even faster... Also since those antennas are rated for long ranged you should reduce the power to the bare minimum... I bet Ubiquiti can help tune them for you

[Riddler]

Seeing how everyone is getting more comfortable/confident being on camera from where they first started. Shows how much everyone is growing as individuals. Great to see everyone finding their true roles

[jimbo-dev]

As a server guy, please test the link speed with iperf. File transfers are always limited of disk speed and software limitations, but iperf is designed to be used as server to server speedtest, so shouldn’t have any such limits. And it is preinstalled on your TrueNas box. I believe that the sudden jump in speedtest net may be because the server you’re testing against has already some load and most people have higher download speed than upload so as the server likely has symmetric or fiber, there isn’t as much congestion in upload.

[danielemartire]

Just a tip for next time installing a wifi bridge, those thing need some clearance from the floor, technically you need to leave at least 80% of fresnel zone free (a imaginary elliptical tunnel), eyeballing the distance a bit at 60ghz is about 1 meter so a pole 1, 5 to 2 meter should do the job, with the backup frequency at 5ghz is about at 3, 6 meter. Also you should consider the reflection of the floor can inject into the wifi bridge but the irregular not metallic floor should be enough to ignore it. Hope it helps. Source? I installed few of those bad boys.