I get confused with the terms and operation functions:
PtP, PtMP, Wi-Fi devices, brands, MIMOSA Cambium, Grandstream, Ubiquiti???
- Quick and easy: the main roads are 2.4 and 5 GHz; these roads are the most common; they are homologated and also saturated “that is the drawback.”
As a response to saturated roads in 2.4 and 5 GHz, there are options such as 11 GHz, 24 GHz, 60 GHz, etc. For example, “Mimosa’s B11 or B24.”
How does that work? Doesn’t Wi-Fi use the same roads?
- That is correct, this is why they’re saturated, same roads, but we speak DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, Wi-Fi is a universal language, Mimosa and Cambium speak their own language, the same as Ubiquiti.
I don’t understand how is Wi-Fi a universal language?
- It is like speaking English; brands such as Grandstream, Ruijie, Ubiquiti have manufactured devices that speak the universal language “Wi-Fi 802.11b / g / n / ac.”
Who speaks this universal Wi-Fi language?
- Cellphones, laptops, PCs, Tablets, IoT devices such as Alexa, Google Home, home routers, WISP routers, etc.
Why did brands start manufacturing Wi-Fi devices?
- There was a high demand, so these brands, with experience in the development of radios, antennas, etc, started creating APs that communicate in Wi-Fi 802.11xx, regardless of their PTP or PTMP equipment that speaks their own language for medium and long-range links and WIPS applications…
How do we determine or identify their Wi-Fi devices?
- Each brand has a different name to generate impact and market them: such as
Ubiquiti: calls it UniFi
Cambium: cnPilot
Grandstream: GWNxx Series
Remember, if it speaks Wi-Fi 802.11xx, these devices are to connect your smartphone, your laptop, tablet to the internet and give service in hotels, houses, and open areas such as parks, etc.