# Hardware for short range (~2km) urban links with high speeds _Help · started by kabih on Sat, Oct 3, 2026 6:52 PM_ --- ## Original post **kabih** · Sat, Oct 3, 2026 6:52 PM Do you have recommendations for hardware for high speed links of about 2km in urban settings? I'd like to connect 3 places (A,B,C) and there is line of sight for A:B and B:C but not A:C. --- ## Reply 1 **Zenith** · Sat, Oct 3, 2026 6:57 PM Do A and B, and B and C have clear line of sight between each other with little to no obstructions? What does your environment look like? What do you mean by high speed? What throughput? What are your goals? B sounds like a good candidate for running as a transport --- ## Reply 2 **Mees electronics** · Sat, Oct 3, 2026 7:27 PM If you have true line of sight, you could use 5GHz PtP dishes between A-B and B-C. Like Zenith points out, configure B as a transport node and all nodes should be able to communicate with each other. You could expect speeds of 50-200 MBit/s I think. Edit: PtP links use ip, so it's all one ip network. A transport node in between is probably not even needed. --- ## Reply 3 **kabih** · Sat, Oct 3, 2026 8:05 PM Yeah, there's clear LOS between the buildings, just not between A and C. I was hoping for speeds higher than what LoRa could get here. This "triangle" would be the base for a city wide network, probably allowing access via LoRa for clients. I'm now looking for specific hardware recommendations for these backbone connections. --- ## Reply 4 **K8** · Sat, Oct 3, 2026 8:39 PM Point to point links are the way to go. At 2km with good line of sight I bet you'll be able to get pretty solid speeds with some of the newer 5Ghz gear, even in a city, though the denser the area the worse the interference will be. It will also depend a lot on how high you can get the antennas. You can find lots of used WISP equipment on eBay. Mikrotik is a good brand to start looking at for inexpensive gear, both new and used, like their LHG line. Used 2.4Ghz stuff is dirt cheap now and still useful. Some of the higher end radios can get very very expensive, even used, but you probably don't need anything fancy for 2km. I've been keeping an eye out for some of the very long range, high power, unlicensed PtP radios that are out there because I'm building networks in a very very remote area and need to cover a lot of distance with my backhaul links. --- ## Reply 5 **Mees electronics** · Sun, Oct 4, 2026 7:20 AM I use Ubiquiti powerbeam gear for bridging three networks and running Reticulum over it (Use the AutoInterface, no need to fully configure the ip stack, as long as ipv6 is enabled it should work). Mikrotik LHG dishes are also a good option. Ubiquiti is easier to setup. Mikrotik has more options, but also a steeper learning curve. ---