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This is a simple wireless network backhauling a 5Mbps DSL connection. I've implemented some pretty nifty features though:

Traffic shaping and
High-availability Internet connectivity among three ISP's; the secondary ISP is a fail-over peer. I provide fail-over for them as well.

Using sophisticated, modern computer technology, I present the network topology:

maxwell - server location * 6KM / \ 3KM <=== Mahon link Rockhurst / \ link ====> / mahon / / rockhurst

This is a point-to-point link between the two radios labeled rockhurst and maxwell:

Primary DSL connection
6KM link using 5.8 GHz radios
Prior to 1/12/2006, afternoon, a pair of 22dBi grid antennas. Next, a 22dBi at rockhurst and a 29dBi parabolic dish at maxwell. Now, around the second week in April, both points are using 29dBi parabolic antennas.
WRAP boards running custom DragonFly BSD - written by atrens; thank you!
Sep 2nd, 2010, we switched to Ubiquiti M2/M5 for testing. A pinetree grew taller and it interfered with our signal. The wee M2/M5's work very very well. We'll be upgrading the link with external antennas but all still from Ubiquiti. Their gear is quite awesome.

Two Senao CB3's are employed to create this link. One Senao is setup as an AP (not listed above) and the other as a client and resides at mahon:

Tertiary DSL connection
3KM link using 2.4 GHz radios
Two flat-panel antennas: 19dBi and 17dBi
Two Senao CB3's
Oct 1st, 2010 upgraded to `NanoBridge M2' at Mahon and a `NanoStation2 M2' at Maxwell.