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Since it’s in the 60GHz range, that means it would basically require line-of-sight to function, right? Not downplaying the significance, but I’m not sure we’ll

• C1sc0cat 7y ago
  Could be useful for backhaul though for mesh networks outdoors
  • datenwolf 7y ago
    Something something rain and fog.
    • C1sc0cat 7y ago
      Well 2.4 is effected by rain - I think with 60Ghz you would cut the trees down
• wil421 7y ago
  You could use it to extend range to a large campus, stadium, race track, farm or even between two office builds in close proximity. It’s somewhat niche but there is a use case for short line of sight connection.
• penagwin 7y ago
  These types of devices have existed for a while with a dish at least. You're right, at this frequency you need LOS and there's little forgiveness there. Current products don't really intend (to my knowledge) for you to connect a client directly to this antenna, rather they're meant for both to be in a fixed location properly aligned to each other, then they go to the access points for the clients. Like the other's mention, this is useful for many environments with multiple buildings, easy example is a shed out in your backyard. Obviously if you could run a copper/fiber connection out directly that'd be better, but these are for situations where you can't.