Re: [WISPA] stopgap for congested wi-fi channel

2008-11-29 Thread Rogelio
Leon Zetekoff wrote: > Is is just one channel or the entire band(s). What if you use 5 or 10 > mhz channels? That's what I'm going to go for. I was just hoping for something else to do in the interim, like tweaking RTS/CTS values or something. --

Re: [WISPA] stopgap for congested wi-fi channel

2008-11-29 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
NS5 - Original Message - From: "Jack Unger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "WISPA General List" Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 4:28 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] stopgap for congested wi-fi channel > Well, speaking as one of the most experienced wireless > interference-reduc

Re: [WISPA] stopgap for congested wi-fi channel

2008-11-29 Thread Leon Zetekoff
Is is just one channel or the entire band(s). What if you use 5 or 10 mhz channels? Leon Rogelio wrote: > When you have a noise floor of -30 dBm to -50dBm on a 2.4/5.8 11a/b GHz > Wi-Fi band, is there anything configuration related that you can do to > alleviate the problem other than switch ch

Re: [WISPA] stopgap for congested wi-fi channel

2008-11-29 Thread Jack Unger
Well, speaking as one of the most experienced wireless interference-reduction specialists in the broadband wireless industry (and also one of the most humble)... No, there's not much you can do except possibly to deploy more access points (or wireless nodes) closer to your end-users. You will h

Re: [WISPA] wireless mesh recommendations for extremeweatherconditions?

2008-11-29 Thread Rogelio
Mike Hammett wrote: > To quote Ron White... > > It's not THAT the wind blows, it's WHAT the wind blows. It doesn't > matter how many push ups you did that morning if the wind throws a Volvo > at you. That's actually a good point. So, if you're going to protect gear in a hurricane, it becomes

Re: [WISPA] wireless mesh recommendations for extremeweatherconditions?

2008-11-29 Thread Mike Hammett
To quote Ron White... It's not THAT the wind blows, it's WHAT the wind blows. It doesn't matter how many push ups you did that morning if the wind throws a Volvo at you. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com

[WISPA] stopgap for congested wi-fi channel

2008-11-29 Thread Rogelio
When you have a noise floor of -30 dBm to -50dBm on a 2.4/5.8 11a/b GHz Wi-Fi band, is there anything configuration related that you can do to alleviate the problem other than switch channels, use narrower beam antennas, etc. (I've got a situation where I have to make chicken salad out of chick

[WISPA] New Vendor Member - SecurAlign

2008-11-29 Thread Rick Harnish
I would like to welcome Layne Christenson and SecurAlign as our newest WISPA vendor member. Below is a company bio. Thanks, Rick Harnish SecurAlign began building the LT-18 solid reflector for Canopy radios in early 2003 under the name Layne Tool Company. Layne Tool was building the LT-18

Re: [WISPA] wireless mesh recommendations for extreme weatherconditions?

2008-11-29 Thread scubacuda
Marlon K. Schafer wrote: > I helped design a network that worked through a hurricane out on the > barrier islands near NC. We did NOT use adhoc but rather put in ptp or > ptmp stations. It was pretty amazing to see video feeds from inside the > hurricane. Cool stuff. > > We used mainly Zcoma

Re: [WISPA] Fw: [WISP] A NOTE FROM OUR SPONSOR - SecurAlign Special MAX Dish Pricing

2008-11-29 Thread CHUCK PROFITO
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Re: [WISPA] Dragonwave 200 Mb FD Link For Sale

2008-11-29 Thread Gino Villarini
Nop, 24 ghz is unlicensed Gino A. Villarini [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 3:19 PM To: [EMAIL

Re: [WISPA] wireless mesh recommendations for extreme weatherconditions?

2008-11-29 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
I helped design a network that worked through a hurricane out on the barrier islands near NC. We did NOT use adhoc but rather put in ptp or ptmp stations. It was pretty amazing to see video feeds from inside the hurricane. Cool stuff. We used mainly Zcomax gear at the time. Just off the she

Re: [WISPA] Dragonwave 200 Mb FD Link For Sale

2008-11-29 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
That's unlicensed isn't it? Why aren't you redepoying it elsewhere? marlon - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 2:12 PM Subject: [WISPA] Dragonwave 200 Mb FD Link For Sale >I have a Dragonwave 23 GHz Airpair all outdoo

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-29 Thread Mike Hammett
Right. I'm amazed at how many ISPs out there don't know who these providers are, or the carriers outside of the RBOCs, or what connectivity possibilities are in their areas. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-29 Thread Mike Hammett
Yeah, Limelight is one of the largest content delivery networks there is... their client list is a mile long. A significant number of downloads and streaming media come Limelight, Akamai, and similar networks. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com

Re: [WISPA] Antenna question

2008-11-29 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
I've also used bungee cords to hold things up while I'm putting the clamps together when I run out of hands. They have small hooks and allow for some freedom of movement with the item. marlon - Original Message - From: "Gino Villarini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-29 Thread Jason Hodge
Right, it is not. It is a embedded content provider for web sites. J Hodge 630.445.3779 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 11:53 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-29 Thread Mike Hammett
I'm not saying it's not possible, but I doubt that there is much much BitTorrent traffic coming from Limelight. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: "Jason Hodge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, N

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-29 Thread Jason Hodge
http://www.limelightnetworks.com/ It is online games and streaming video provider. From what I have read it is legit. J Hodge 630.445.3779 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 11:48

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-29 Thread Travis Johnson
Almost all is port 80 and the worst part is this rule comes after my "all-p2p" rule, so I'm missing at least that much in torrent traffic. :( Travis Microserv Jason Hodge wrote: Sounds like bit torrent. What ports is the traffic on? J Hodge 630.445.3779 -Original Message- Fro

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-29 Thread Jason Hodge
Sounds like bit torrent. What ports is the traffic on? J Hodge 630.445.3779 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 11:43 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth I

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-29 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, So I grabbed all of Limelight Networks' IP blocks and created a queue on my MT core router. I am currently seeing about 8-9Mbps upload with only a 500kbps download. Any idea why I would be seeing so much "upload" traffic (coming from 10-15 different customers)? Travis Microserv Mike Hamme

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-29 Thread Mike Hammett
208.111.168.6 - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com From: Travis Johnson Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:40 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information Do you happen to have the IP blocks it was coming from

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-29 Thread Michael Baird
I'm not sure they have a determined peering policy yet. I've had discussions with them in this area about an Akamai type relationship, which isn't typical for them. Regards Michael Baird > Since no one answered, I got NetFlix myself and added it to my XBox... the > bandwidth is coming from Lim

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-29 Thread Travis Johnson
Do you happen to have the IP blocks it was coming from? Travis Microserv Mike Hammett wrote: Since no one answered, I got NetFlix myself and added it to my XBox... the bandwidth is coming from Limelight Networks. Not quite as open as Youtube's "Yes, we will peer with you.", but they hav

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-29 Thread Mike Hammett
Since no one answered, I got NetFlix myself and added it to my XBox... the bandwidth is coming from Limelight Networks. Not quite as open as Youtube's "Yes, we will peer with you.", but they have an open peering policy that'll happen when you're generating 1000 Gbps of traffic. - Mi