dgcarter
Well-Known Member
Can anyone recommend a decent WISP in Pretoria East (Elarduspark / Rietvalleirand), preferably one which supports the use of Mikrotik equipment?
I was involved in a lengthy discussion with Level-7 Wireless, and after having scanned myself with my Mikrotik equipment for their tower and sending screenshots of the scans, I was told that they are very sure it will work as they even have another client in my complex. So after spending time and money installing my equipment myself, their tech comes out and tells me Mikrotik won't work and I'll have to spend R2k on one of their Ubiquiti dishes.
Call me cheap, but I'm a little loathed to spend R2k on equipment when I already have a kit perfectly capable of achieving the same.
For my own knowledge, why are these so incompatible and which hardware is more commonly used for broadband wireless? My existing hardware used to be used on the WUG and worked very well until the highsite near me went down.
I was involved in a lengthy discussion with Level-7 Wireless, and after having scanned myself with my Mikrotik equipment for their tower and sending screenshots of the scans, I was told that they are very sure it will work as they even have another client in my complex. So after spending time and money installing my equipment myself, their tech comes out and tells me Mikrotik won't work and I'll have to spend R2k on one of their Ubiquiti dishes.
Call me cheap, but I'm a little loathed to spend R2k on equipment when I already have a kit perfectly capable of achieving the same.
For my own knowledge, why are these so incompatible and which hardware is more commonly used for broadband wireless? My existing hardware used to be used on the WUG and worked very well until the highsite near me went down.
