Its ok George someone around here thought I was 70  :) LOL!

On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 8:32 PM, George Skorup (Cyber Broadcasting) via Af <
[email protected]> wrote:
>
>  I just turned 30, guess I'm an old man because I use Canopy. I'm done
> arguing. Merry Christmas. Now get off my lawn.
>
> On 12/18/2014 8:23 PM, Mark Radabaugh via Af wrote:
>
> Um... who are you calling old?    Josh just started shaving last week.
> (Ok - I'm kidding, but I'm pretty sure he is under 30).
>
>  And dammit - I've earned the right to be a crotchety old man and screw
> it - I'm going to enjoy it.
>
>  Mark
>
>
>  On Dec 18, 2014, at 9:13 PM, Mike Hammett via Af <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>  Canopy guys seem to like it one way and one way only. Crotchety old
> men...
>
>
>
> -----
> Mike Hammett
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
> http://www.ics-il.com
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Josh Luthman via Af" <[email protected]>
> *To: *[email protected]
> *Sent: *Thursday, December 18, 2014 8:10:43 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] ePMP proxy
>
> What exactly is the problem with adding tools to make it easier to
> access???  Just add the features that people want, if you don't like 'em
> don't use 'em!
>
>  </thread>
>
>
>  Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 9:08 PM, Mark Radabaugh via Af <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>  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
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From: *"Ken Hohhof via Af" <[email protected]>
>> *To: *[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 <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, December 18, 2014 6:50 PM
>> *To:* [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]] on behalf of Mike Hammett via Af [
>> [email protected]]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, December 18, 2014 6:45 PM
>> *To:* [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
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From: *"Steve D via Af" <[email protected]>
>> *To: *"af" <[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]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Use the CLI to fix whatever's wrong with accessing the GUI?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----
>>> Mike Hammett
>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
>>> http://www.ics-il.com
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From: *"Bill Prince via Af" <[email protected]>
>>> *To: *[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
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From: *"Vlad Sedov via Af" mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>
>>> *To: *[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
>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>> Suite 1337
>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>> On Dec 18, 2014 8:06 AM, "Mark Radabaugh via Af" <[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]> 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]> 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
>>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>>>> Suite 1337
>>>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>>> On Dec 17, 2014 9:55 PM, "Mike Hammett via Af" <[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
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>> *From: *"George Skorup (Cyber Broadcasting) via Af" <[email protected]>
>>>>>> *To: *[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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