Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-07-01 Thread Mike Hammett
v2, I'm pretty sure v3 does. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 12:50 AM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject:

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-07-01 Thread Michael Baird
Tranzeo's newer atheros based radios do support 5/10/20 mhz. Regards Michael Baird What 802.11 gear doesn't? Tranzeo maybe..? On 6/30/09, RickG rgunder...@gmail.com wrote: Thats a great idea! Of course, you gotta have equipment that supports smaller channels. Egads, another items for my

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-07-01 Thread Scott Reed
I think they call it cloaking Mike Hammett wrote: v2, I'm pretty sure v3 does. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-07-01 Thread Michael Baird
It does, in fact I'm pretty sure they were the first to have it, he calls it channel cloaking. Regards Michael Baird StarOS doesn't? Huh didn't see that one coming... On 7/1/09, RickG rgunder...@gmail.com wrote: WRAP/StarOSv2 On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Josh

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Recommendations

2009-07-01 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Do you have a calculator for signal levels? They are powerful tools. Lets say that we have an AP putting out 20dB into an 8dB omni. That's 28dB or roughly .6 watts. At the client end we'll use a 24dB grid with a 24dB radio output (max allowed under the 3 for 1 rule) for 48dB or 60 watts.

Re: [WISPA] HotSpot users and FCC Reporting

2009-07-01 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Hi Martha, I believe that they want the usage reported where it takes place. Not at the billing address. laters, marlon - Original Message - From: Martha Huizenga mar...@dcaccess.net To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 1:21 PM Subject: [WISPA]

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Recommendations

2009-07-01 Thread Michael Baird
My calculator says, -75 at 15 miles from the AP with a 20db transmit, 8 db antenna, and 24 db on the RX side, leaves you with a fade margin of -0.686 in perfect world conditions, not taking into account earth curvature, fresnel zone incursions, weather, or tower height which will all add loss,

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Recommendations

2009-07-01 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
That really depends Rick. The down side to an omni is that it picks up noise from all directions. In some places though, there isn't that much noise so it's no big deal. They are also low gain so they don't hear the noise as well. Here's a question for you. Which system will see more known

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Recommendations

2009-07-01 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Fade margin is a factor of radio sensitivity. Not just a random number. We are generally forced to ignore fresnel zone issues, customers won't put up the 100' antennas it takes to do this perfectly I've been bitten by this a few times, but only a handful are verifiable over the last 10 or

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-07-01 Thread RickG
It must be a v3 thing. I've never seen such that option with v2. -RickG On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 8:26 AM, Michael Bairdm...@tc3net.com wrote: It does, in fact I'm pretty sure they were the first to have it, he calls it channel cloaking. Regards Michael Baird StarOS doesn't?  Huh didn't see

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Recommendations

2009-07-01 Thread RickG
Your question was my next one! I'm told that properly set up, sectors should not see each other loud enough to hurt. I'm sure the quad-sector tower I mentioned earlier in this thread can see the other sectors. I cant tell because it has prism cards :( Guess which tower is going to get the first

[WISPA] Problem with an NS2 running the latest firmware

2009-07-01 Thread os10rules
Though I'd pass this along. I have an NS2 I'm running as AP (Station AP, Bridge) which has been running for almost two months. I upgraded to the latest firmware, v3.4rc and then the release version when it came out. The firmware that was in the unit when I got it (I think it was v2.???)

Re: [WISPA] Problem with an NS2 running the latest firmware

2009-07-01 Thread Michael Baird
3.4xx has problems in AP mode, connections will degrade over time. I'm running 3.3.2 right now on all my UBNT AP's, it's stable, except for the site survey bug (everyone reassociates on site survey) and the WPA settings bug, which I know about and avoid. Hit their forum's, they already have

Re: [WISPA] Problem with an NS2 running the latest firmware

2009-07-01 Thread Josh Luthman
except for the site survey bug (everyone reassociates on site survey) Are you sure that's a bug? How would an AP do a site survey while stay associated? I know MT is not capable of this. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 When you

Re: [WISPA] Problem with an NS2 running the latest firmware

2009-07-01 Thread richard sterne
I agree with Josh if you are doing a site survey you will lose AP function. You are changing the state of the radio. Richard WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] Problem with an NS2 running the latest firmware

2009-07-01 Thread Michael Baird
Hrm, maybe not, I thought I saw it was fixed somewhere, but I don't see it in the firmware revision history. Regards Michael Baird except for the site survey bug (everyone reassociates on site survey) Are you sure that's a bug? How would an AP do a site survey while stay associated?

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-07-01 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
Tranzeo gear supports 10mhz and 5mhz channels on their radios made in the last 2 years. I am using them in 10mhz channels talking to a Mikrotik AP and it works great! Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -Original Message- From:

Re: [WISPA] Problem with an NS2 running the latest firmware

2009-07-01 Thread RickG
Sorry for highjacking the thread but I've got an NS2 I'm testing with a customer that is in router mode. The customer was complaining the connection keeps dropping out and I traced it back to DHCP. The NS2 logs showed it was continuously providing a new ip address to his router. Once I swithed to

Re: [WISPA] Problem with an NS2 running the latest firmware

2009-07-01 Thread Charles Wyble
OpenWRT. :) I refuse to run stock firmware on my wifi gear. Roll my own image. http://luci.freifunk-halle.net/ is very cool. WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] Problem with an NS2 running the latest firmware

2009-07-01 Thread Charles Wyble
Josh Luthman wrote: If I have a bug and need a fix I like holding someone responsible, for business. Yeah that's great if they actually fix the bug in a timely manner. I love being able to pick up the phone, or jump on IRC and have a dev respond within hours. Plus open source

Re: [WISPA] Problem with an NS2 running the latest firmware

2009-07-01 Thread os10rules
I'm not sure that would offer total immunity from the manufacturer. I know from rolling some of my own firmware for the NS that some projects start with some code from the manufacturer's SDK and build upon that. I'm a bit surprised UBNT doesn't move a little faster on resolving some of

[WISPA] WE HAVE NOFA

2009-07-01 Thread Charles Wyble
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Re: [WISPA] Problem with an NS2 running the latest firmware

2009-07-01 Thread Jayson Baker
Plus open source implementation of TDMA from Berkely + UBNT gear running custom openwrt not a bad combination. What? Is there a custom openwrt from Berkely that supports TDMA? Please clarify. WISPA Wants

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-07-01 Thread Tom DeReggi
Yeah they were, but never understood why they called it cloaking instead of small channels. :-) Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Michael Baird m...@tc3net.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [WISPA] Nifty Outdoor Switch..

2009-07-01 Thread Scott Parsons
Not outdoor rated but alot less expensive. http://www.streakwave.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=TP-SW5 http://www.streakwave.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=TP-SW5eq=Tp= eq=Tp= Scott -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Michael Baird

Re: [WISPA] Problem with an NS2 running the latest firmware

2009-07-01 Thread Charles Wyble
Jayson Baker wrote: Plus open source implementation of TDMA from Berkely + UBNT gear running custom openwrt not a bad combination. What? Is there a custom openwrt from Berkely that supports TDMA? Please clarify. http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu/wiki/Wireless

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-07-01 Thread Josh Luthman
So you can use 10/5 mhz channels with Mikrotik (hopefully all cards?) Tranzeo Ubiquiti But not.. StarOS WARP Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be

Re: [WISPA] Problem with an NS2 running the latest firmware

2009-07-01 Thread Charles Wyble
Jayson Baker wrote: Plus open source implementation of TDMA from Berkely + UBNT gear running custom openwrt not a bad combination. Actually http://www.ab9il.net/wlan-projects/wifi1.html is a better page. Just search for 279km wireless link

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-07-01 Thread eje
All Atheros cards are capable of doing this. Just keep in mind that the 4th gen cards even if they are set in 5/10MHz mode for broadcast still listen to 20MHz wide channel. The 6th gen Atheros cards if set to 5/10MHz mode only listen to 5 or 10MHz. /Eje Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-07-01 Thread Josh Luthman
What about Prism cards? How does one know the generation of card? On 7/1/09, e...@wisp-router.com e...@wisp-router.com wrote: All Atheros cards are capable of doing this. Just keep in mind that the 4th gen cards even if they are set in 5/10MHz mode for broadcast still listen to 20MHz wide

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-07-01 Thread J. Vogel
What cards are 4th generation and which ones are 6th? How do you tell which is which? e...@wisp-router.com wrote: All Atheros cards are capable of doing this. Just keep in mind that the 4th gen cards even if they are set in 5/10MHz mode for broadcast still listen to 20MHz wide channel. The

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-07-01 Thread eje
Seem my previous post. SR2/5/9 cards are 4th XR2/5/9 are 6th CM9 4th NMP8602 6th What I recall of top of my head. /Eje Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: J. Vogel jvo...@vogent.com Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:37:48 To: WISPA General Listwireless@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] Problem with an NS2 running the latest firmware

2009-07-01 Thread Robert West
Sheeesh! Keep us posted.. I had no issue with the 3.1.1 firmware but that 3.3 was a nightmare. Took all the Ubiquiti radios to the 3.3, well, at least I TRIED, they seemed to lock up all the time while configuring and I had to TFTP one of the PowerStation2's just to bring it back to

Re: [WISPA] Nifty Outdoor Switch..

2009-07-01 Thread Mark Nash
That unit looks to be only 802.3af, but we have all of passive PoE devices that are not 802.3af compliant, so it wouldn't work. Would love a StarOS / Mikrotik version of this... Mark Nash UnwiredWest 78 Centennial Loop Suite E Eugene, OR 97401 541-998- 541-998-5599 fax

[WISPA] OSPF on RouterOS Vritual AP

2009-07-01 Thread Scott Reed
I have tried to setup OSPF on a Virtual AP in 2.9.49. I have not found a way to get it to forward the route. As soon as I put the address on the physical interface, the route propagates. Any one know if this can be made to work? If I upgrade to 3.23 or higher will it work? -- Scott Reed

Re: [WISPA] Nifty Outdoor Switch..

2009-07-01 Thread Michael Baird
It's not managed either, I want to be able to use the ethernet/poe switch to recycle AP's like a PDU. Regards Michael Baird That unit looks to be only 802.3af, but we have all of passive PoE devices that are not 802.3af compliant, so it wouldn't work. Would love a StarOS / Mikrotik version

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-07-01 Thread George Rogato
Josh Luthman wrote: So you can use 10/5 mhz channels with But not.. StarOS WARP Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Actually you can do 5 and 10 MHz channels with star and wraps, but not V2, only V3 . V3 is the

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-07-01 Thread Josh Luthman
So as long as you software upgrade your units you can do 5 and 10 mhz channels. That makes the list of equipment that can't do 5/10 mhz channels empty again, unless anyone else has something. No one say smartbridge =P Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-07-01 Thread Brian Rohrbacher
I have a lot of Demarc and Deliberant gear that will not, as well as older tranzeo. Brian Josh Luthman wrote: So as long as you software upgrade your units you can do 5 and 10 mhz channels. That makes the list of equipment that can't do 5/10 mhz channels empty again, unless anyone else

Re: [WISPA] OSPF on RouterOS Vritual AP

2009-07-01 Thread Jayson Baker
I'd upgrade, and start there. If I remember right, there were a lot of routing changes in 3.x. On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Scott Reed scottr...@onlyinternet.netwrote: I have tried to setup OSPF on a Virtual AP in 2.9.49. I have not found a way to get it to forward the route. As soon as

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-07-01 Thread Brian Rohrbacher
Is it possible to do a virtual ap in Mikrotik that uses the smaller channels so I can put new subs on that? Brian Kurt Fankhauser wrote: Tranzeo gear supports 10mhz and 5mhz channels on their radios made in the last 2 years. I am using them in 10mhz channels talking to a Mikrotik AP and

Re: [WISPA] OSPF on RouterOS Vritual AP

2009-07-01 Thread Dennis Burgess - LinkTechs.net
A virtual AP is another interface, so unless its bridged with something else, it will have to have an IP to communicate! * --- Dennis Burgess, CCNA, A+, Mikrotik Certified Trainer WISPA Board Member - wispa.org http://www.wispa.org/ Link

Re: [WISPA] OSPF on RouterOS Vritual AP

2009-07-01 Thread Scott Reed
Yep, that is what I said in the original post. Put the IP on the VirtualAP and no route prorogation. Put it on the physical and it propagates. So the question is, why does the route not propagate from the VirtualAP? And is that corrected in v3.x? I assumed the VirtualAP was just like any other

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-07-01 Thread Michael Baird
Deliberant 2.4 gear supports 5/10/20 mhz channel widths. Demarc supports it on their mini-pci cards, I would suppose they support it on their AP/CPE's also. Yes, older non-atheros tranzeo's don't support it, lots of old gear doesn't support 802.11g either. Regards Michael Baird I have a lot

Re: [WISPA] OSPF on RouterOS Vritual AP

2009-07-01 Thread Dennis Burgess - LinkTechs.net
Is something connected to the VAP? Why would it send if its on the physical unless the other end is connected to the physical ap vs the vap. * --- Dennis Burgess, CCNA, A+, Mikrotik Certified Trainer WISPA Board Member - wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] OSPF on RouterOS Vritual AP

2009-07-01 Thread Scott Reed
Nothing associated on the Virtual. The propagation was back out via the wire interface. I would not think it should matter if anything is connected. The interface is active, it has an address. That address range should be propagated by OSPF. I will be at the site tomorrow. I will connect to

Re: [WISPA] OSPF on RouterOS Vritual AP

2009-07-01 Thread Josh Luthman
If nothing was associated to the virtual AP then I'm thinking Dennis' idea is right - it has no reason to propagate information to an interface that is unplugged. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 When you have eliminated the

Re: [WISPA] OSPF on RouterOS Vritual AP

2009-07-01 Thread Scott Reed
Maybe. I will definitely try tomorrow at the site. I just tried on a wired interface that has nothing connected. Rather interesting. If the interface is enabled, it immediately propagates the route. If it is disabled when the address is moved it does not propagate. Leads me to believe when

Re: [WISPA] OSPF on RouterOS Vritual AP

2009-07-01 Thread Josh Luthman
It was all Dennis :) On 7/1/09, Scott Reed scottr...@onlyinternet.net wrote: Maybe. I will definitely try tomorrow at the site. I just tried on a wired interface that has nothing connected. Rather interesting. If the interface is enabled, it immediately propagates the route. If it is

Re: [WISPA] OT, pesky email stuff

2009-07-01 Thread John Thomas
I don't know about those, but Frontbridge got blacklisted once and they are an anti-spam provider John George Rogato wrote: How come Google, Yahoo, and Live.com don't get black listed. I'm pretty sure 1 million times more spam comes out of those domains than any small independent isp's

Re: [WISPA] OT, pesky email stuff

2009-07-01 Thread John Thomas
http://www.mxlogic.com/services/email-filtering/index.cfm they have done good by us. John George Rogato wrote: Wonder how much it is. Says it's based on qty of email addresses. RickG wrote: Cost? On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Pat O'Connorp...@inlandnet.com wrote: We're

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-07-01 Thread Brian Rohrbacher
Please show me where to setup 5/10 mhz channels on these five radios.. 2 of these don't even do G, so if they do 5 mhz channels, that is news to me. Deliberant 2100 Deliberant 2500 Demarc RWB-MCPE Demarc RWO Plus Demarc RWO Plus HPG Brian Michael Baird wrote: Deliberant 2.4 gear

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-07-01 Thread eje
If they are Atheros chipset based and don't do G then they are 2nd gen or older Atheros chip set radios and can not do it. 5/10Mhz option is first available with 4th gen Atheros chip set and not a option on any radio that don't do G because the signaling using is G based in 5/10MHz mode. /Eje

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-07-01 Thread Michael Baird
Current gear, plenty of old stuff doesn't support it, as I mentioned in the post you are responding to. Regards Michael Baird Please show me where to setup 5/10 mhz channels on these five radios.. 2 of these don't even do G, so if they do 5 mhz channels, that is news to me. Deliberant

Re: [WISPA] WE HAVE NOFA

2009-07-01 Thread RickG
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Re: [WISPA] Problem with an NS2 running the latest firmware

2009-07-01 Thread RickG
Same IP. Rather than cause the customer issues, I went for the sure thing and bridged it. I'll bench test another unit and see how it does. -RickG On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Josh Luthmanj...@imaginenetworksllc.com wrote: The DHCP provided by the NS2 was providing different IPs? I couldn't

Re: [WISPA] Problem with an NS2 running the latest firmware

2009-07-01 Thread RickG
Ubiquiti's OS is supposed to be good stuff. I do like the look feel. For support, warranty, and other reasons, you really should stick with what comes on the box. -RickG On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Charles Wyblechar...@thewybles.com wrote: OpenWRT. :) I refuse to run stock firmware on my

Re: [WISPA] Problem with an NS2 running the latest firmware

2009-07-01 Thread RickG
I also wish they would move faster on RMA's! Their return process is not very good and you cant reach them by phone. -RickG On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 1:31 PM, os10ru...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure that would offer total immunity from the manufacturer. I know from rolling some of my own firmware