Wi-Fi on Mount Everest

Wi-Fi on Mount Everest What do climbers miss the most during their trips? Food, oxygen, heat? For many people the answer is friends and family. That’s why we are happy to see our devices as a part of the “Everest Link” success story – a reliable and accessible alternative for satellite communications at the Everest base camp. They provide ~30 local Wi-Fi modems to expeditions, their system can transmit around ~50 megabytes per second. Most climbers use this connection to talk to their loved ones.

Since this story has been featured by National Geographic, many people have asked – what setup would we recommend for such extreme environments? Well, while the options are endless, we suggest a strong and cost-effective combination of several SXT 2 CPE devices, a NetMetal 5 triple router, mANT30 antenna and a mANTBox 15s. This extensive setup will be easy to maintain and should last ages. The NetMetal router is both unbelievably sturdy and simple to use: it can even be opened and closed with one hand, which might come in handy in the mountains.

If you have an extreme or interesting MikroTik setup – feel free to share it with us!