1. Competitive Overview Strix Tropos BelAir Firetide Cisco Motorola
Mesh
Algorithm
Strix DMA™
IP Routing (WARP)
Spanning Tree
IP routing
Standard IP Routing and Spanning Tree
MeshConnex
High performance multi-radio mesh
Yes - dedicated radios for high performance backhaul
No dedicated radio (s) for backhaul shares single channel
Yes – requires manual configuration
No – Dual radio access, single radio backhaul
No – Dual radio, b/a only on single channel for mesh
Coverage
Metro-Scale Mesh & Transportation Systems
Metro-Scale Mesh
Outside-In Coverage
Hot Zones
Enterprise WLAN Extension
Modular Hardware
Yes No
Radio Technology
a, b, g, j, 4.9 (A & C mask)
a, b, g, 4.9 (A mask only)
a, b, g, 4.9 (A & C mask)
up to 6 Radios
Yes – up to 6
No – 2
Up to 4
No - 2
Technology for Mesh backbone
802.11a, b or g
802.11b or g
5GHz
802.11a
802.11b or a
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2. Competitive Overview Strix Tropos BelAir Firetide Cisco Motorola
Fully Integrated System
Yes
No– requires external wired backhaul every 3-5 nodes
No – requires two products for complete solution
No – Requires Cisco Centralized Gateway Product
No – requires Motorola Canopy gateway
-98 dBm Receive Sensitivity No
Non Line-Of-Site
EIRP
36dBm
(4 Watts EIRP) to 53 dBm
(200 Watts) depending on antenna technology
(EIRP includes antenna)
14-36dBm
(EIRP)
24 to 26dBm
36dBm (EIRP)
Lightening Protection
Maximum
Limited
Yes - B200
External Antenna Support
Yes - all types & intelligent sectorized
One 2.4vGhz , One 5.8
Limited 2.4 Ghz included
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3. Strix Systems Confidential
Competitive Overview
Strix
Tropos
BelAir
Firetide
Cisco
Motorola
Support Standard Wi-Fi Clients
Yes
Session Persistent Client Mobility No
Metro-Scale & High Speed Mobility
1000+ Node Scalability
Multi-Use Networks
Limited
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4. Competitive Overview Strix Tropos BelAir Firetide Cisco Motorola
Quality of Service
Yes
# VLANs supported
> 1000
<= 16
<=16
SpectraLink Voice over WLAN support
Yes- SVP implemented in Strix code No
Managed CPE
Yes – Managed CPE support with customer VLAN’s and Layer 2 NAT
Price (list)
OWS 2400
$4,500-$6,100
5210 $3,195
5210 $3,995
BA50c $2,795
BA100 $1,500-$4,000
BA200 $8,000
BA300 NA
6201 $2495
6202 $2995
4600 $995
( required)
$3,995 + controller required $3~$20k
MotoMesh (2.4) $1995
MotoMesh ( ) $2605
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