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Alvarion sent its BreezeNet B-100 radio. Motorola sent its PTP 600 radios, formerly known as the Orthogon Spectra 300, which won our Editor's Choice in the 2005 review. Not to be outdone, Proxim sent us three products: its entry-level Tsunami MP.11, along with two models from its higher-end Tsunami.GX series, the Tsunami.GX 90 and the Tsunami.GX 200.
Each system worked as advertised, with throughput results between 70 percent and 80 percent of maximum data performance. With the exception of a few glitches with Motorola's PTP 600 and Proxim's MP-11, all radios passed our tests with ease, and all make our shortlist.
Alvarion's BreezeNet B-100 radios solidly occupied the midtier of our lineup. They're ideal for companies needing near-100-Mbps Ethernet connections at an affordable price. Although we were a little disappointed that Alvarion offered no Web GUI, its menu-driven CLI was easy enough to use for configuration and management.
Motorola's PTP 600 radios were the best performers, suitable for backing up or supplanting optical fiber connections. The PTP 600 is also well-suited for installations that don't have perfect line of sight; because they use two antennas--one horizontally polarized, one vertically polarized--the radios can overcome environmental factors better than single-antenna solutions. PTP 600s don't come cheap, however.
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