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>Got a good deal on some Tranzeo 5.8ghz equipment from a cable company and the learning experience commenced. Did you have to get a license to operate on 5.8gh

>Got a good deal on some Tranzeo 5.8ghz equipment from a cable company and the learning experience commenced. Did you have to get a license to operate on 5.8ghz in your country? If so, what was the process like to get one with permission to offer commercial service?

sbr464 8y ago
I didn't have to (USA). You were able to offer 900mhz, 2.4ghz, 5.8ghz without a license. There are regulations on total output power of a device, which comes from the antenna's dB gain and the output power of the wireless radio inside. I believe there are other higher bands that are unlicensed, but I didn't use those. I built a lot of the equipment using m0n0wall/soekris/pcengines gear.
- pathseeker 8y ago
  >I didn't have to (USA). You were able to offer 900mhz, 2.4ghz, 5.8ghz without a license. Ah, sorry brainfart on my part, I didn't realize you were doing standard wifi. I always think of 802.11A(C) space as just 5GHz when it covers basically all of 5-6GHz. (For anyone interested: this has a nice list of channels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels )
sbr464 8y ago
You can find a lot of info online, since it's one of the easiest way to start an ISP in a rural location. Google for WISP forums. If I did it again, in a very rural area, I would look into licensed 4G/5G vs traditional wifi.
- pathseeker 8y ago
  >If I did it again, in a very rural area, I would look into licensed 4G/5G vs traditional wifi. I was looking into this same thing (rural with low subscriber numbers) a few years ago. The costs of 4G and equipment for it were obscene compared to putting up ubiquiti equipment on 5g band.
  - sbr464 8y ago
    Have you checked out LimeSDR? There are a few software defined radio platforms that also have an open source community. I was thinking along those lines.

sbr464 8y ago

I didn't have to (USA). You were able to offer 900mhz, 2.4ghz, 5.8ghz without a license. There are regulations on total output power of a device, which comes from the antenna's dB gain and the output power of the wireless radio inside. I believe there are other higher bands that are unlicensed, but I didn't use those. I built a lot of the equipment using m0n0wall/soekris/pcengines gear.

pathseeker 8y ago
>I didn't have to (USA). You were able to offer 900mhz, 2.4ghz, 5.8ghz without a license. Ah, sorry brainfart on my part, I didn't realize you were doing standard wifi. I always think of 802.11A(C) space as just 5GHz when it covers basically all of 5-6GHz. (For anyone interested: this has a nice list of channels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels )

sbr464 8y ago

You can find a lot of info online, since it's one of the easiest way to start an ISP in a rural location. Google for WISP forums. If I did it again, in a very rural area, I would look into licensed 4G/5G vs traditional wifi.

pathseeker 8y ago
>If I did it again, in a very rural area, I would look into licensed 4G/5G vs traditional wifi. I was looking into this same thing (rural with low subscriber numbers) a few years ago. The costs of 4G and equipment for it were obscene compared to putting up ubiquiti equipment on 5g band.
- sbr464 8y ago
  Have you checked out LimeSDR? There are a few software defined radio platforms that also have an open source community. I was thinking along those lines.