Re: [WISPA] ARC Pilot 900MHz antenna - application question

2011-03-03 Thread Blair Davis
use a 900MHz bandpass filter... On 3/3/2011 7:25 PM, Tom Sharples wrote: > XR9's are not happy with co-located 2.4, so you'll want to separate the > antennas vertically and horizontally by as much as possible (at least 10 > feet). > > Tom S. > > - Original Message - > From: Scott Reed > To

Re: [WISPA] ARC Pilot 900MHz antenna - application question

2011-03-03 Thread Tom Sharples
Unfortunately those are even worse. Both use the 2.4Ghz band internally and down-convert to 900Mhz, resulting in interference both ways. - Original Message - From: Jerry Richardson To: Tom Sharples ; WISPA General List Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [WISP

Re: [WISPA] ARC Pilot 900MHz antenna - application question

2011-03-03 Thread Jerry Richardson
How about sr9? Sent from my iPhone On Mar 3, 2011, at 4:26 PM, "Tom Sharples" mailto:tsharp...@qorvus.com>> wrote: XR9's are not happy with co-located 2.4, so you'll want to separate the antennas vertically and horizontally by as much as possible (at least 10 feet). Tom S. - Original Mes

Re: [WISPA] Service request

2011-03-03 Thread Jerry Richardson
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[WISPA] Service request

2011-03-03 Thread Jerry Richardson
Who can hit this address? 110 East 9th Street Looking for bus class alternative to dsl. Sent from my iPhone WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] ARC Pilot 900MHz antenna - application question

2011-03-03 Thread Tom Sharples
XR9's are not happy with co-located 2.4, so you'll want to separate the antennas vertically and horizontally by as much as possible (at least 10 feet). Tom S. - Original Message - From: Scott Reed To: WISPA General List Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 4:16 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] ARC Pi

Re: [WISPA] ARC Pilot 900MHz antenna - application question

2011-03-03 Thread Scott Reed
Are you talking about the ARC-IP0910S01 Yes I use them. The package is entirely plastic.  The only holes are for 1/4" or so cable.  I have drilled one to accept an N connector, but I am not sure I would do it again. On 3/3/2011 6:58 PM, J

[WISPA] WOW ORLANDO!

2011-03-03 Thread Rick Harnish
Hey all WISPs The FISPA/WISPA Service Provider Summit has had some great additions this week. I really want to drive more WISP attendance this week and next. I know a lot of you wait until the last minute to commit to these things. Well the time has come, it is time to make your plans. *

[WISPA] ARC Pilot 900MHz antenna - application question

2011-03-03 Thread Jerry Richardson
Anyone using these? Spec'ing a small outdoor WiFi with trees so I'm looking at using 900MHz for BH and 2.4 for client access. Looks like there is plenty of room for an RB411UAHR + XR9 card and pigtails. What is not clear is if there is a place to mount a bulkhead N-Male connector for external

Re: [WISPA] I HATE Lightning!!!

2011-03-03 Thread Josh Luthman
Wow that is cheap! I'd gladly spend $1k to save my multiple $1k backhauls from lightning. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Mike Mattox wrote: > Don't exactly remember offhand, but I'm thinking it wa

Re: [WISPA] I HATE Lightning!!!

2011-03-03 Thread Mike Mattox
Don't exactly remember offhand, but I'm thinking it was around $700. Cheap insurance. - Original Message - From: Josh Luthman To: WISPA General List Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 4:25 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] I HATE Lightning!!! Wow that looks really good! Any idea ho

Re: [WISPA] I HATE Lightning!!!

2011-03-03 Thread Josh Luthman
Wow that looks really good! Any idea how much you spent on that stuff? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Mike Mattox wrote: > Here is a photo of mine, there are 3 curved ones that look like big pipe

Re: [WISPA] I HATE Lightning!!!

2011-03-03 Thread Mike Mattox
Here is a photo of mine, there are 3 curved ones that look like big pipe cleaners, 1 on each leg, then the one on the top which points out 4 directions. http://www.mcmsys.com/photos/tower.JPG - Original Message - From: Mike Mattox To: WISPA General List Sent: Thursday, March

Re: [WISPA] I HATE Lightning!!!

2011-03-03 Thread Mike Mattox
Yes. Mine is grounded with 2-ought copper wire running down each leg, bonded to a ring of ground rods (probably 15 total) circling the tower. I'll take a picture of mine and post it in a little bit. - Original Message - From: Josh Luthman To: WISPA General List Sent: Thurs

Re: [WISPA] I HATE Lightning!!!

2011-03-03 Thread Josh Luthman
Is the thing in my picture the "static dissipator" you're referring to? I don't think mine is very well grounded at all. I'll have to investigate that. I would love to put one of these up on every tower, ground it and never have problems again!!! Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-55

Re: [WISPA] I HATE Lightning!!!

2011-03-03 Thread Mike Mattox
The static dissipators need to be taller than the antennas, and VERY well grounded. They will provide a cone of protection around the equipment under them. I know of a radio station building that took a hit about every year. He installed these and has not been hit since, around 10 years. I h

Re: [WISPA] I HATE Lightning!!!

2011-03-03 Thread Scott Reed
The towers that survive the best for me are the ones that have lots of ground rods. minimum 7 8' rods in a 35' or more perimeter. All interconnected with large copper wire. For the ones I have installed we run a wire 35' out from each leg. One rod at 18', one at the end. All the 18' rods a

Re: [WISPA] Windows Upgrades

2011-03-03 Thread Josh Luthman
Are you sure about that? An upgrade went through and uninstalled Photoshop? Seems weird it would go out of the way to delete/uninstall Photoshop but leave Doom 2. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Forb

Re: [WISPA] Windows Upgrades

2011-03-03 Thread Forbes Mercy
Odd that they didn't mention that 7 wipes out most of XP programs like Photoshop. On 3/3/2011 1:09 PM, Cliff Leboeuf wrote: Early Friday fun… Guy installed every version upgrade of windows from V1.0 (on MS-Dos 5) to Windows 7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vPnehDhGa14

Re: [WISPA] I HATE Lightning!!!

2011-03-03 Thread Josh Luthman
I have one on the tower at the office. http://i.imgur.com/eaasg.jpg Doesn't seem to really change anything. Monday I lost one of the APs on it. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Jenco Wireless wrote:

Re: [WISPA] Windows Upgrades

2011-03-03 Thread Josh Luthman
That is too cool!!! Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Cliff Leboeuf wrote: > Early Friday fun… > > Guy installed every version upgrade of windows from V1.0 (on MS-Dos 5) > to Windows 7. > > http://w

[WISPA] I HATE Lightning!!!

2011-03-03 Thread Jenco Wireless
First storm of the year, early Monday morning (2-28), it wakes me up at 4 AM. It damaged a lot of gear on a grain leg. I remember a product that is like an upside-down, copper, "Chia-Pet" that you can put on the top of a tower to dissipate a lightning strike in to many smaller "hits". I am ready

[WISPA] Windows Upgrades

2011-03-03 Thread Cliff Leboeuf
Early Friday fun… Guy installed every version upgrade of windows from V1.0 (on MS-Dos 5) to Windows 7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vPnehDhGa14 WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup

Re: [WISPA] Slow list?

2011-03-03 Thread John Scrivner
Please forward the post to me that you sent that did not get through. We will research it to see if we have a problem. I do know we have had a few delays of getting mail through our spool due to a compromised email account that led to a bunch of spam going through our network. WISPA and my WISP sha

Re: [WISPA] non-802.3 rack mount poe switch

2011-03-03 Thread Chuck Profito
Add a battery, Duct tape and DURA CELL, or solder if you want to get fancy. Or when your nearby, change it out to a Lithium phone battery. I'm pretty sure that what Tim's been doing. From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Brad Belton Sent: Thursday, M

[WISPA] Scriv made the RUS page

2011-03-03 Thread Mike Hammett
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Re: [WISPA] non-802.3 rackmount poe switch

2011-03-03 Thread Brad Belton
Yep, even tried the serial port etc.nada.nothing. I'm willing to try the "new & improved" version with the LCD screen, but if one of those fails pre-maturely than we're done with them for good. Brad From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Cameron C

Re: [WISPA] non-802.3 rackmount poe switch

2011-03-03 Thread Mark Nash
I just called Digital Loggers. The guy on the phone (his name is Thai) told me that there may have been a problem on the older units but the newer ones did not have that problem. I asked him what identifies "older" and "newer" units. He said the "newer" units have the LCD screen. For those

Re: [WISPA] non-802.3 rackmount poe switch

2011-03-03 Thread Cameron Crum
If it looses it's ip then yes. Did you try the default ip? I always kept an address block in the DL default range on my routers just in case. Cameron On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Brad Belton wrote: > Hey Cameron, > > > > Yah, I remember this topic coming up before, but the failures we’ve ha

Re: [WISPA] non-802.3 rackmount poe switch

2011-03-03 Thread Brad Belton
Hey Cameron, Yah, I remember this topic coming up before, but the failures we've had (that come quickly to mind) are no access to the unit at all. Does the battery issue prevent the unit from working even when power is restored? Brad From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wirele

Re: [WISPA] non-802.3 rackmount poe switch

2011-03-03 Thread Gino Villarini
Same here, thetas why i don do it and use CTM units mostly Sent from my Motorola Startac... On Mar 3, 2011, at 1:44 PM, "Mark Nash" wrote: > Wow Gino... With respect (because I respect people who can do this)... I > try to stay out of Radio Shack when it comes to my business. I used to > h

Re: [WISPA] non-802.3 rackmount poe switch

2011-03-03 Thread Cameron Crum
Brad, A tip on the Loggers 8 port...there is a rechargeable battery inside that doesn't seem to last more than a year. Once it dies, you lose your config and if the device ever looses power, everything comes back in either all off state or all on state. I tossed one logger and then when it happene

Re: [WISPA] Slow list?

2011-03-03 Thread Forbes Mercy
Well this is the only list that's been slow, the members list has been hopping with well over a hundred a day. A quick reminder the General list is best used for help issues where people want to reach those who are AND are not members of WISPA, the hope is non-members will join and then they g

[WISPA] Alvarion VL 900 AU and SU

2011-03-03 Thread Cameron Kilton
Had a project fall through, trying to find this stuff a good home. Contact me off list. I have 15 AUS units and 100 CPE -- Thanks, Cameron Kilton Project Manager Midcoast Internet Solutions http://www.midcoast.com c...@midcoast.com (207) 594-8277 x 108

Re: [WISPA] non-802.3 rackmount poe switch

2011-03-03 Thread Mark Nash
Wow Gino... With respect (because I respect people who can do this)... I try to stay out of Radio Shack when it comes to my business. I used to have to do this, but not anymore. I have people who would love to do this, but I tell them to stay out of that store too...when it comes to the compa

Re: [WISPA] non-802.3 rackmount poe switch

2011-03-03 Thread Brad Belton
Agreed...but I have much better things to do with my time! Lol Brad -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Gino Villarini Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 11:38 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] non-802.3 rackmoun

Re: [WISPA] non-802.3 rackmount poe switch

2011-03-03 Thread Gino Villarini
With the Din Rail unit, some cat5 jacks a rack mount box, some diodes and some time you can hack yourself the perfect box Gino A. Villarini g...@aeronetpr.com Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. 787.273.4143 -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.

Re: [WISPA] non-802.3 rackmount poe switch

2011-03-03 Thread Mark Nash
Michael, I'm not talking about the PoE controller itself being POWERED by AC or DC... I'm talking about the unit itself having a couple AC ports that can power a router & switch as well as having PoE ports that can power all of the wireless devices at the site. On 3/3/2011 9:17 AM, m...@tc3net.

Re: [WISPA] non-802.3 rackmount poe switch

2011-03-03 Thread Mark Nash
I don't use the Web Power Switch. I use the Ethernet Power Controller...more expensive. Quantity discounts to $229. On 3/3/2011 8:52 AM, Philip Dorr wrote: > The Digital Loggers Web Power Switch III is ~$120. > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Mark Nash wrote: >> Kevin, >> >> On cost: With

Re: [WISPA] non-802.3 rackmount poe switch

2011-03-03 Thread Mark Nash
PoE controller is good, ONLY ONLY ONLY to clean up the PoE mess. Kevin's question was about price and what we would pay. I would not pay $450 per site just to have a cleaner looking installation, especially when I still have to pay for another AC power controller. On 3/3/2011 9:01 AM, Brad

Re: [WISPA] non-802.3 rackmount poe switch

2011-03-03 Thread mike
We use the inscape data switches/pdu/poe, they work very well can use AC or DC power. They are bit more then the target pricing (I get them for similar to $500). They do 12/18/24 and 802.3, but are limited to a 5 port only model. Regards Michael Baird - Original Message - From: "Brad Be

Re: [WISPA] non-802.3 rackmount poe switch

2011-03-03 Thread Mark Nash
as an alternate to the "ultimate box", YES!!! On 3/2/2011 7:52 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: What about making a simple chassis for Ubnt POEs? On Mar 2, 2011 10:39 PM, "Brad Belton" > wrote: > Hello Kevin, > > > > I'd be interested depending on how many ports you think this

Re: [WISPA] non-802.3 rackmount poe switch

2011-03-03 Thread Brad Belton
We've had more failures than successes with the Digital Loggers eight port rack mount rebooter. Granted they are the least expensive rebooter on the market at less than $300, but I would expect a better failure rate than what we've seen out of them the past several years. I noticed on Digital

Re: [WISPA] non-802.3 rackmount poe switch

2011-03-03 Thread Philip Dorr
The Digital Loggers Web Power Switch III is ~$120. On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Mark Nash wrote: > > Kevin, > > On cost:  With your model, we're still going to need to buy a device like a > Digital Loggers remote AC reboot device because we will need to reboot a > router or switch. > > If i

Re: [WISPA] non-802.3 rackmount poe switch

2011-03-03 Thread Mark Nash
Kevin, On cost: With your model, we're still going to need to buy a device like a Digital Loggers remote AC reboot device because we will need to reboot a router or switch. If it can have a couple of AC ports to power a Mikrotik router (x86-based) and a switch, we don't have to ALSO buy ano

[WISPA] Needed used 430 series Canopy OFDM 5.7 AP

2011-03-03 Thread Lew Evans
We are looking for one used 430 series Canopy OFDM 5.7 AP. Please contact me off list. Thanks Lew Surplus Wireless Gear l...@surpluswirelessgear.com 570-575-0212 WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org

[WISPA] Need Nanostation mounting bracket with extra degrees of freedom

2011-03-03 Thread Brough Turner
I'm looking for a way to mount a Ubiquiti Nanostation M5, indoors, looking out a window, with the mount attached to a wall that is perpendicular to the window. Space btwn radiator & glass w-plasterboard on the right If the picture comes through, the only surface I can screw to is the plasterbo