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laidbackfreaklaidbackfreak Member Posts: 991
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Anyone got some pointers for lasers ?

I've been given a project to look at connecting a new site to one of our existing ones via lasers if possible.
Surprisingly it's a new area for me and need to some reading so I'm looking for white papers etc.

Pro's cons etc

Personally I don't think it's going to be a viable option anyways but cant hurt to look at it icon_smile.gif
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    DevilsbaneDevilsbane Member Posts: 4,214 ■■■■■■■■□□
    laidbackfreak wrote: »
    Anyone got some pointers for lasers ?

    I've been given a project to look at connecting a new site to one of our existing ones via lasers if possible.
    Surprisingly it's a new area for me and need to some reading so I'm looking for white papers etc.

    Pro's cons etc

    Personally I don't think it's going to be a viable option anyways but cant hurt to look at it icon_smile.gif

    I've heard of it before but have no experience. Big con is that you need Line of Site.
    Decide what to be and go be it.
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    DevilWAHDevilWAH Member Posts: 2,997 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Devilsbane wrote: »
    I've heard of it before but have no experience. Big con is that you need Line of Site.

    Not if you send the laser down a fibre.... oh that's fibre optics. ;)

    laid back are you sure they don't mean running fibre optics between the sites?

    a heavy rain storm or heat haze would cause havoc with naked laser light.
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    ssampierssampier Member Posts: 224
    What's the bandwidth of laser?

    If you don't have right-of-way there are several decent wireless technologies that you can use depending on bandwidth requirements and distance.

    I think it's easier to use a DSL/cable Internet connection via VPN, but different strokes for different folks.
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    tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    What throughput are you looking for?
    Distance?
    Height?
    Any obstructions?
    What will you do if its raining heavily or foggy and the link goes down?

    knwminus would like to see it when it gets installed.
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    jovan88jovan88 Member Posts: 393
    Is something like this what you're looking for?
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    TheShadowTheShadow Member Posts: 1,057 ■■■■■■□□□□
    Here are a couple of my bookmarks.

    FASTLINKS | WIRELESS WIDE AREA NETWORKS


    I have heard of the distributor below before at the local watering holes. Should be what you are looking for or at least ammo on why not. Various models, downloadable PDF's etc.

    Enterprise FSO IR Laser Wireless Products
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