# ePMP 1000 Integrated Radio - Near LOS - 2.4GHz or 5GHz best?

**URL:** <https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/epmp-1000-integrated-radio-near-los-2-4ghz-or-5ghz-best/38366>\
**Category:** ePMP\
**Created:** [October 1, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/epmp-1000-integrated-radio-near-los-2-4ghz-or-5ghz-best/38366 "2014-10-01T02:26:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sajeewa\_Don](https://d10gw3vjmzyp8.cloudfront.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@Sajeewa\_Don](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/u/Sajeewa_Don)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/epmp-1000-integrated-radio-near-los-2-4ghz-or-5ghz-best/38366/1 "2014-10-01T02:26:40Z")

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I’m planning to setup link using ePMP 1000 Integrated Radio.  
  
Specifications:  
Distance 1Km  
Elevation 5m  
Near LOS Condition (1 tree and house in the path)  
Bandwidth requirement minimum 20mbps Down & 10mbps Up   
  
Just wondering 2.4GHz or 5GHz best suits my requirement?  
As this is a residential area there will be some 2.4GHz wifi interference from the houses around.

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**Author:** ![Cambium\_Sri](https://d10gw3vjmzyp8.cloudfront.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Cambium\_Sri](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/u/Cambium_Sri)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 10:09am UTC](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/epmp-1000-integrated-radio-near-los-2-4ghz-or-5ghz-best/38366/2 "2014-10-03T10:09:38Z")

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As you mentioned, 2.4 GHz in general is much noisier than 5 GHz. Also the 2.4 GHz band is very small relative to the 5 GHz band and you will have a better chance of finding a clean channel in 5 GHz. ePMP supports the entire 5 GHz band (5.1 - 5.9 but with restrictions based on regulation in each country). 2.4 GHz will theoretically perform better than 5 GHz in nLOS conditions but noise is a bigger factor and that should be your primary concern. Hence the recommendation to try 5 GHz first.

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**Author:** ![edwinoz2](https://d10gw3vjmzyp8.cloudfront.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@edwinoz2](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/u/edwinoz2)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/epmp-1000-integrated-radio-near-los-2-4ghz-or-5ghz-best/38366/3 "2014-12-10T19:41:53Z")

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tengo un requerimiento parecido a nuestro compañero....la distancia es de 1km y necesito de 5ghz...este radio ePMP integrated radio es la referencia indicada para este requerimiento?

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**Author:** ![Luis](https://d10gw3vjmzyp8.cloudfront.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/3e96dc/32.png) [@Luis](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/u/Luis)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 5:05am UTC](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/epmp-1000-integrated-radio-near-los-2-4ghz-or-5ghz-best/38366/4 "2014-12-11T05:05:56Z")

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Hola,

El radio integrado de 5GHz debe poder cubrir la distancia de 1km en condiciones con linea de vision sin obstrucciones. El rendimiento del enlace puede variar dependiendo de factores como&nbsp; el nivel de interferencia en la localidad y el canal de operacion escogido. Para tener una mejor idea, le recomiendo intentar nuestro LINK Planner ([http://www.cambiumnetworks.com/products/planning-tools/link-planner),](http://www.cambiumnetworks.com/products/planning-tools/link-planner),) que incluye simulaciones para la serie de radios ePMP y el ePMP Link Capacity Planner Calculator ([https://support.cambiumnetworks.com/files/epmp/),](https://support.cambiumnetworks.com/files/epmp/),) ambas herramientas disponibles sin costo.

Saludos,

Luis