I have one at the office, I can take a picture...
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Feb 9, 2016 9:39 PM, "Bill Prince" <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah. Something like that. All I recall is it was ~~ 1/4" or so in
> diameter. Don't quote me on that. I am disavowing all knowledge.
>
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
>
> On 2/9/2016 6:37 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
>
> MCM as in MMC? Like MMCX?
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
> On Feb 9, 2016 9:34 PM, "Bill Prince" <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The Verizon cell extender (made by Samsung) has a little connector (don't
>> recall the type, but it's about the size of MCM or so). Put a wire on the
>> end of the coax, and you're there.
>>
>> bp
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>>
>> On 2/9/2016 10:33 AM, Josh Luthman wrote:
>>
>> How did you get a GPS antenna from the roof to the SCS box?
>>
>>
>> Josh Luthman
>> Office: 937-552-2340
>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>> 1100 Wayne St
>> Suite 1337
>> Troy, OH 45373
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 1:28 PM, samuel <sam...@plexicomm.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Verizon's Samsung SCS series 3G and 4G Network Extender is what I was
>>> dealing with. We had to run our own GPS antenna from the roof down to the
>>> basement to get the damn thing to sync properly.
>>>
>>> As an aside, I didn't realize the Low E windows were code now, and this
>>> is a very newly renovated building. Will keep that in mind!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- Sam Kirsch, Network Tech Support
>>> Plexicomm Internet Solutions
>>> Office: 1.866.759.4678 x109 <1.866.759.4678%20x109> | Fax:
>>> 1.866.852.4688
>>>
>>> sam...@plexicomm.net | Emergency Support: 1.866.759.9713
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: "Jaime Solorza" <losguyswirel...@gmail.com>
>>> To: "Animal Farm" <af@afmug.com>
>>> Date: 02/09/16 10:39 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Verizon "network extender"
>>>
>>> cell booster or gps booster?
>>>
>>> Jaime Solorza
>>> Wireless Systems Architect
>>> 915-861-1390
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 8:15 AM, Sam Kirsch <sam...@plexicomm.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Pull out a GPS App on your phone and make sure you can actually read
>>>> the satellites from behind the window (I used 'GPS Test' on Android). We
>>>> had to install one of these boosters and were troubleshooting why the damn
>>>> thing wasn't working when I noticed that my phone GPS receiver was working
>>>> in rooms where the windows were open and not working in rooms where the
>>>> windows were closed. Building management didn't even know they'd purchased
>>>> the windows with RF film.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *-- Samuel Kirsch, Network Support Plexicomm - Internet Solutions |
>>>> www.plexicomm.net <http://www.plexicomm.net> <http://www.plexicomm.net>*
>>>> * Office: 1.866.759.4678 x109 <http://tel:1.866.759.4678%20x109> | Fax:
>>>> 1.866.852.4688 <http://tel:1.866.852.4688>*
>>>> *Emergency Support: 1.866.759.9713 <http://tel:1.866.759.9713> |
>>>> <sam...@plexicomm.net>sam...@plexicomm.net <sam...@plexicomm.net>
>>>> <sam...@plexicomm.net>*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------ Original Message ------
>>>> From: "Adam Moffett" <dmmoff...@gmail.com>
>>>> To: af@afmug.com
>>>> Sent: 2/9/2016 9:50:42 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Verizon "network extender"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It might not be just a matter of getting the location. If they use the
>>>> 1pps clock from GPS to calibrate an oscillator before they start
>>>> transmitting, then it would legitimately take 20-30 minutes.
>>>>
>>>> Telrad BTS's are like that too. Pisses me off if I ever have to reset
>>>> the power.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2/9/2016 12:12 AM, Jason McKemie wrote:
>>>>
>>>> For whatever reason, the receivers that they use in some of these don't
>>>> seem to be "modern" at all. They frequently take an excessively long time
>>>> to get a lock.
>>>>
>>>> On Monday, February 8, 2016, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Modern GPS receivers work surprisingly well, if not very accurately,
>>>>> from inside a single floor wood framed house... My oneplus one will pick
>>>>> up
>>>>> 6 satellites while standing in a central hallway 15'+ from any window.
>>>>> Should be accurate enough to get a location within 75'.
>>>>>
>>>>> All bets are off if it is a concrete framed apartment building or
>>>>> something like that.
>>>>>
>>>>> I still find it amazing that anything works at -162 RSL. Thanks to
>>>>> tiny channel size and very basic modulation.
>>>>> On Feb 8, 2016 6:46 PM, "Bill Prince" <
>>>>> javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','part15...@gmail.com');> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Canopy NAT seems to break it with regularity. It might also fail if
>>>>>> the GPS location that it reports is not within a 1/4 mile of where the
>>>>>> customer address is.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also requires enough GPS (like near a window) to get a GPS lock.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> bp
>>>>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2/8/2016 3:34 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What are the typical reasons for these not to work?� From the user
>>>>>> guide it appears to use IPSEC, so I assume anything that prevents a VPN?
>>>>>> �
>>>>>> Verizon support told the customer they needed a Class A address.�
>>>>>> WTF?� Did they maybe mean it *can't* be a class A address?�
>>>>>> Customer uses 10.x.x.x addresses internally, behind Cisco ASA firewall
>>>>>> (which I don't manage).
>>>>>> �
>>>>>> I do see some udp/500 and udp/4500 packets, I think that means
>>>>>> something is using UDP for IPSEC NAT traversal?
>>>>>>
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