Because we install 10, 15, sometimes 20 CPE a day.  It's a pain in the ass 
having to McGiver your way into them every time.   Sure we auto-configure a lot 
of it, but there are still have to get into them to look at signal strength and 
such during the install or when troubleshooting.

Mark

> On Dec 18, 2014, at 8:11 PM, Mike Hammett via Af <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Why do you need to access CPE that aren't directly accessible multiple times 
> a day?
> 
> 
> 
> -----
> Mike Hammett
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
> http://www.ics-il.com <http://www.ics-il.com/>
> 
> From: "Ken Hohhof via Af" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 7:06:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] ePMP proxy
> 
> But I don’t think he’s talking how a skilled person could MacGyver it, but 
> rather a session list right there in the GUI with every subscriber listed by 
> name, and you click on the name and shazzam, you are logged into that SM.
>  
> Like one of many things that pisses me off about my $10K Purewave basestation 
> is you can see a list of CPE MAC addresses by subscriber name, but if you 
> want to see any stats or change the config for that subscriber, you have to 
> find him by his MAC address, not by name.  The expensive piece of crap 
> equipment has all the information to make your life easy, but no, it acts 
> like a glorified MIB browser.  They even rolled out an NMS that I assumed 
> would add this level of intelligence, but no.
>  
> So yes in a pinch you could probably get there through some MAC telnet 
> tricks.  But with the AP proxy feature, it’s one click and boom.  If you 
> don’t find it useful, fine.  Most of us use it multiple times every day.  
> It’s a cool feature.
>  
>  
> From: Mathew Howard via Af <mailto:[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 6:50 PM
> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] ePMP proxy
>  
> If there's a mac-telnet package out there for linux, you kind of have to 
> wonder why it isn't already in airOS... and ePMP, for that matter. it seems 
> like it would be pretty simple to add and incredibly useful.
>  
> From: Af [[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>] on behalf of 
> Mike Hammett via Af [[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>]
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 6:45 PM
> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] ePMP proxy
> 
> I never really had a need for it. I now no longer have any PMP devices on my 
> network.
> 
> Now that I deploy any new Mikrotik wireless either, but if you can get to any 
> Mikrotik device on that layer 2 segment, you can get to the rest. Router, AP, 
> CPE, doesn't matter.
> 
> 
> 
> -----
> Mike Hammett
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
> http://www.ics-il.com <http://www.ics-il.com/>
> 
> From: "Steve D via Af" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> To: "af" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 6:01:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] ePMP proxy
> 
> Mike,  
>  
> You sound like you're trying to excuse it for not being there instead of just 
> embracing a good feature that works?  Yes, there are ways around, BUT, the 
> Canopy AP-SM proxy *just works*.  No thinking about how to get to that SM is 
> required, if you can get to the AP then you can get to the SM - end of story.
>  
> -Steve D
>  
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Mike Hammett via Af <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: 
> Use the CLI to fix whatever's wrong with accessing the GUI?
> 
> 
> 
> -----
> Mike Hammett
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
> http://www.ics-il.com <http://www.ics-il.com/>
> 
> From: "Bill Prince via Af" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 10:34:41 AM 
> 
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] ePMP proxy
> 
> Possibly a little simpler with similar results.  It gets you a CLI on the 
> target client.  The proxy is nice because you can run the web gui.
> --
> bp
> <part {dash} 15 {at} SkylineBroadbandService {dot} com>
> 
> On 12/18/2014 8:03 AM, Mike Hammett via Af wrote:
> With Mikrotik you can mac-telnet or mac-winbox to anything on that layer 2 
> segment. That sounds more useful than this proxy.
> 
> 
> 
> -----
> Mike Hammett
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
> http://www.ics-il.com <http://www.ics-il.com/>
> 
> From: "Vlad Sedov via Af" mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 9:11:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] ePMP proxy
> 
> One thing that makes it so bullet-proof on Canopy, is the internal network 
> between the AP and the SMs (169.254.101.x) which is what makes the proxy so 
> smooth. With ePMP and UBNT, you're still at the mercy of having the right IP 
> address set in the SM before you can manage it (even when connecting from the 
> AP).
> We sorely miss this feature in ePMP, and it makes NMS mapping a major 
> headache..  We don't pre-map SMs before they go out into the field, so with 
> ePMPs, I have to create a static ARP entry for the 192.168.0.2 address in the 
> closest Mikrotik router, and use the Tik proxy to get into the SM.. Change 
> IP, delete ARP, rinse, repeat.
> 
> Click-through is a cruel joke without the proxy. I really, really hope it 
> gets properly implemented.
> 
> Vlad
> 
> On 12/18/2014 7:18 AM, Josh Luthman via Af wrote:
> How are you doing it with Ubnt?  Can't the same be done with epmp?
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340 <tel:937-552-2340>
> Direct: 937-552-2343 <tel:937-552-2343>
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
> On Dec 18, 2014 8:06 AM, "Mark Radabaugh via Af" <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> For our install method proxy access (or some means of remote access to a 
> minimally configured CPE) is a must have.  The installers do NOT have to get 
> out a computer or otherwise access the device.  Power it up, point it at the 
> tower, listen for signal, call the office for a signal quality check and go.  
>  Everything regarding CPE programming can be done remotely.  
>  
> This can be done with Ubnt as well by SSH to the AP's and then to the CPE but 
> it's not as clean as Canopy.   
>  
> No way at all that I know of with ePMP.
>  
> Mark  
>  
>  
> On Dec 17, 2014, at 11:04 PM, Steve D via Af <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>  
> Use it all the time.  Between it and installer color code field techs can't 
> FUBAR an install.  When our larger networks were vlan'd years ago that made 
> the process super safe.
> One of the "best features" of the canopy platform in my book.  It annoys me 
> working on 802.11 crap when I see a tech has typo'd something like an IP or 
> vlan.
> On Dec 17, 2014 7:30 PM, "Bill Prince via Af" <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Me too.
> 
> I don't know how many times I've used it, but it's more than I have finger to 
> count on.
> 
> --
> bp
> <part {dash} 15 {at} SkylineBroadbandService {dot} com>
> 
> On 12/17/2014 7:08 PM, George Skorup (Cyber Broadcasting) via Af wrote:
> No, rather just have it.
> 
> On 12/17/2014 9:07 PM, Josh Luthman via Af wrote:
> Rather have it and not need it then need it and not have it.
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340 <tel:937-552-2340>
> Direct: 937-552-2343 <tel:937-552-2343>
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
> On Dec 17, 2014 9:55 PM, "Mike Hammett via Af" <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> I used it a couple times on my Canopy gear, but it was never a show-stopper 
> to not have it.
> 
> This brings me to a new post...
> 
> 
> 
> -----
> Mike Hammett
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
> http://www.ics-il.com <http://www.ics-il.com/>
> 
> From: "George Skorup (Cyber Broadcasting) via Af" <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>>
> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 8:30:14 PM
> Subject: [AFMUG] ePMP proxy
> 
> OK Cambium ePMP dudes and chicks, I am disappointed. I thought you guys 
> had Canopy-like SM "click-thru" access, aka LUID proxy. But this is not 
> the case on 2.3.3. All you give me is a URL with the IP of the SM. 
> Informational helpful, yes, operationally helpful, no.
> 
> I'm guessing you need an RF private network like exists on Canopy to 
> make this work. Please do it.
>  
> 
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