Re: [AFMUG] Fiber: Radisys

2024-04-26 Thread Joe Novak
This isn't exactly the first time I've heard of issues with getting quotes from Adtran, I had the same experience. We went with another vendor in the end, you can only chase around people for quotes for so long. On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 1:16 PM Jeff Broadwick - Lists wrote: > Matt and Nabeel

Re: [AFMUG] RF Cage for WIFI

2023-02-28 Thread Joe Novak
to $25/month. Unlimited data is > $35/month. > > On 2/28/2023 8:21 AM, Joe Novak wrote: > > In mid-split areas you will be downgraded to 100mbit upload if you move to > your modem right now. Plus, they make modem rental + unlimited data the > same price as unlimited data... they

Re: [AFMUG] RF Cage for WIFI

2023-02-28 Thread Joe Novak
ast modem plus a router. That's a sure solution. > > > bp > > > On 2/28/2023 6:10 AM, Joe Novak wrote: > > There is no turning it off anymore, it's a hidden SSID that forever > broadcasts. I'm fairly sure it's for techs to do diagnostics from the > company phone. The mod

Re: [AFMUG] RF Cage for WIFI

2023-02-28 Thread Joe Novak
There is no turning it off anymore, it's a hidden SSID that forever broadcasts. I'm fairly sure it's for techs to do diagnostics from the company phone. The modem is in the new 'mid split' area, there is a huge thread tracking it on dslreports. On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 7:10 PM Nate Burke wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] SMS from my Cell Number

2022-03-30 Thread Joe Novak
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/29/23001528/verizon-spam-texts-own-number-confirms-statement I haven't received any texts yet, but I saw this earlier today. Wonder what comes of it. On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 12:02 PM Harold Bledsoe wrote: > The news said this is a Russian attack.  > > > > I’m

Re: [AFMUG] OT: That time of year

2021-11-11 Thread Joe Novak
I have the same thing with my office area. I feel the pain. On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 3:53 PM Josh Luthman wrote: > Doesn't happen in those same 10 minutes 6 months later in the late morning? > > Josh Luthman > 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 >

Re: [AFMUG] Aviat WTM4200 Latency

2021-08-26 Thread Joe Novak
Test with anything other than a CCR2004. I'd be willing to bet on it being the problem. On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 2:05 PM Jason McKemie < j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: > Are you familiar with the Aviat radios? I cannot seem to find anywhere to > set flow control on the ethernet

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium Force 180

2021-03-06 Thread Joe Novak
Can you enable logging and see what the error is that's causing the drop? Usually it keeps some decent notes on why it disconnects. Joe On Sat, Mar 6, 2021, 2:58 PM Jaime Solorza wrote: > Hey gents: have a PTP short link with pair of Cambium radios which had > been solid for three years.

Re: [AFMUG] Starlink - First Blood

2021-02-10 Thread Joe Novak
Source? On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 6:37 PM Matt Hoppes < mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: > Probably not hard. > > That being said reports are now coming in that the constellation is > collapsing. > > Many reports of speeds down to 10-30mbps. Latency all over the place > 300+ms. > > On Feb

Re: [AFMUG] T-Vision Home

2020-11-19 Thread Joe Novak
TVision Home was probably based on Layer3 TV, the 'premium' streaming TV alternative before it was purchased. It was more quality over pricing, and targeted cable/fiber subscribers back in 2016-2018-ish. I'm guessing the new service has very little to do with the previous ecosystem layer3 built

Re: [AFMUG] The covid, again

2020-10-09 Thread Joe Novak
Do you want names of other contractors that aren't far from northern Illinois that can maybe send a crew to you? It may be a little bit more expensive, but it really doesn't sound like a good situation. On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 12:20 AM Steve Jones wrote: > We lost a primary sight in July during

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium epmp 1000

2020-09-26 Thread Joe Novak
You can't access the AP through the CPE by default like Josh had said. Configuration > Network > 'Advanced box' > Management Access - 'Ethernet and Wireless' has to be selected if you want to access via the wireless interface. Joe On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 5:27 PM Jaime Solorza wrote: >

Re: [AFMUG] Yunlink router?

2020-09-14 Thread Joe Novak
et Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/

Re: [AFMUG] Yunlink router?

2020-09-14 Thread Joe Novak
Well I'm glad that specific router isn't going for 6/per on alibaba. This looks just like it: https://yuncore.en.alibaba.com/product/60847306416-803098363/Realtek_Network_wireless_router_FR800_M1_With_Mesh_function_Router.html?spm=a2700.icbuShop.41413.20.3c006dca8hw5o8 I'm not sure what you do

Re: [AFMUG] Sports Streaming

2020-08-07 Thread Joe Novak
If he is using just Hulu Live TV, the quality of it in general sucks in my opinion. I tried it out last year when I had family over for thanksgiving so they could watch the games. I wasn't impressed. On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 1:58 PM Nate Burke wrote: > Worse are the people who move to the country

Re: [AFMUG] Backhaul links

2020-08-03 Thread Joe Novak
Who did you talk to at Aviat? Ken Ruppel is the main contact for WISPs. I can share his email off list if you want. We're mostly utilizing SIAE today. Working in a couple Aviat links soon just to have some vendor diversity. Both fall well within your budget. On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 12:29 PM Ken

Re: [AFMUG] Federated Wireless SAS outage?

2020-07-17 Thread Joe Novak
whatever just blipped on the internet probably caused it, authoritative servers at Cloudflare maybe? It's appears to be working again here via Comcast and work. On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 4:44 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > TTL on DNS record is 1 minute. Serial number is 1 which seems strange. > > > >

Re: [AFMUG] DC surge supression

2020-06-15 Thread Joe Novak
I was talking to Ken Ruppel w/ Aviat about this just last week, we are going to utilize the one they recommended for top of tower: https://www.streakwave.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=1101-1110 I may consider the din rail one for in the box. Joe On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 9:05 AM Josh Baird wrote: > For

Re: [AFMUG] Cat5 Stripper

2020-06-04 Thread Joe Novak
My favorite is still classic klein strippers: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Klein-Tools-7-1-8-in-Klein-Kurve-Wire-Stripper-Cutter-for-10-18-AWG-Solid-Wire-and-12-20-AWG-Stranded-Wire-11055/100630708 My uncle swears by the classic 'electricians scissors':

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Full Parking Lots

2020-05-20 Thread Joe Novak
It may be brand new inventory that is piling up. This is an older news post, but I remember reading about it. https://www.autonews.com/sales/near-record-inventories-pinch-dealers Joe On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 11:08 AM Nate Burke wrote: > Here in the western suburbs of Chicago, some parking

Re: [AFMUG] CNMaestro Relay Question

2020-04-22 Thread Joe Novak
I added a network, 'Customers'. Everything we have is nested under 'default' (our tower sites). This is where I nest all 'customer' related equipment. Just as an example. I prefer to handle it this way. [image: image.png] Joe On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 1:31 PM Steve Jones wrote: > yep, once

Re: [AFMUG] OT HDMI wireless

2020-04-06 Thread Joe Novak
It sounds simpler to buy another roku, to be honest. It'll probably cost you more in splitting equipment then it's worth, unless you really have to have it running off a single roku. HDMI has the digital handshake for copyright protection, as a general rule it makes it very expensive to split it.

Re: [AFMUG] AT microcells

2020-04-04 Thread Joe Novak
where. > > > bp > > > > On 4/4/2020 6:41 AM, Joe Novak wrote: > > My entire problem with Verizon by me is that they prefer their network so > much that wifi calling will only kick in when it absolutely has to, instead > of kicking in as the preferred source l

Re: [AFMUG] AT microcells

2020-04-04 Thread Joe Novak
My entire problem with Verizon by me is that they prefer their network so much that wifi calling will only kick in when it absolutely has to, instead of kicking in as the preferred source like Google-Fi. It drove me nuts, and I finally switched to Fi because my house has crap Verizon coverage. On

Re: [AFMUG] EPMP CNut Packages

2020-03-11 Thread Joe Novak
cnmaestro is the way of the future... On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 9:43 AM Nate Burke wrote: > Why isn't there a pkg3 file for every software release? I'm getting > ready to change some 1000 Ap's out to 3000 AP's and now I have to > manually log into and update every SM to bring it to the

Re: [AFMUG] Licensed radios

2020-01-15 Thread Joe Novak
AlfoPlus2 11ghz, 4096QAM @ 23 dBM output power, w/ 3 foot dishes, holding 4096QAM at about 10 miles without issues. On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 9:54 AM Erich Kaiser wrote: > Distance? > > Erich Kaiser > North Central Tower > er...@northcentraltower.com > Office: 815-570-3101 > > > > > > On Wed,

Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti AF-11x licensed links

2020-01-08 Thread Joe Novak
There seems to be a lot of people complaining about getting stock of spare parts, and it has seemed to be on going for the last 6 months or so. Not something I would want to worry about. On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 9:26 AM Nate Burke wrote: > We have several, about 2 dozen in place for about 2

Re: [AFMUG] mass GPS issues

2019-12-31 Thread Joe Novak
EPMP1000/2000 reporting GPS drops north central Illinois The devices are auto-recovering, we have a long hold off on all of them so we're just going to ride through it and see what happens. First alert went off at around 3:18 CST. On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 4:32 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > Or it

Re: [AFMUG] Gigabit speeds

2019-11-09 Thread Joe Novak
When I turn on LAG with my SB8200 I can reach into the 1.25gbps terrority on DOCSIS 3.1 w/ Comcast. On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 4:19 PM Mark Radabaugh wrote: > Yes, we have our server on a 10Gb port for precisely that reason. 940Mbps > is about the actual limit due to TCP overhead on a 1Gb link.

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Live TV Streaming

2019-11-08 Thread Joe Novak
Plex + hdhomerun quatro for locals. Sling for the few other channels I watch, and I can watch both of them anywhere. On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 6:58 PM Chuck McCown wrote: > Probably in a fringe area for youtubetv... > > -Original Message- > From: Robert Andrews > Sent: Thursday, November

Re: [AFMUG] Edgeswitch question

2019-10-05 Thread Joe Novak
That is probably the DHCP fallback IP, it may have pulled an address from your DHCP server. On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 5:17 PM wrote: > Replaced my flaky Nortel with a UBNT poe. Things are finally running > clean. > However, I can’t figure out how to get into the switch to config the POE. > > It

Re: [AFMUG] Chrome - AW SNAP!

2019-07-24 Thread Joe Novak
That sounds more like a DNS issue. On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 11:09 AM Steve Jones wrote: > Pages just sit for a while loading, they finally load, just slow, like > theres only two guys available in the chinese office of american internet > monitoring today > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 9:53 AM Bill

Re: [AFMUG] Chrome - AW SNAP!

2019-07-24 Thread Joe Novak
Version 75.0.3770.142 (Official Build) (64-bit) works fine for me. On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 9:12 AM Josh Luthman wrote: > No problems. Also 75.0.3770.142 (Official Build) (64-bit) > > Please contact your network administrator or Internet Service Provider. > > Josh Luthman > Office:

Re: [AFMUG] OT Bitcoin

2019-07-13 Thread Joe Novak
It's all about the altcoins now, mine and cash out before the crash IMO, lol. I made a stupid amount of BTC from a meme coin last year. I recently started up nicehash again with the recent BTC run up, because I don't care to research altcoins myself. Joe On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 9:18 PM Gino A.

Re: [AFMUG] RB4011iGS+5HacQ2Hnd

2019-06-25 Thread Joe Novak
I've seen the garbled console output when the baud rate doesn't match between clients, I'm not sure of the default setting of the RB4011 though. I am also using the non-wifi version at my house. Very happy with it. It's a workhorse. Another thing I would try is swapping the power supply, if you

Re: [AFMUG] akamai contact

2019-06-17 Thread Joe Novak
So something on the customer's network is requesting that data stream. I mean, personally, the process of elimination with the customer seems a whole lot easier then getting in contact with Akamai, but that is just me. I would go as far as changing the wireless credentials on the router, unplug

Re: [AFMUG] akamai contact

2019-06-17 Thread Joe Novak
Do you think this customer is getting a stream of data they did not request? On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 11:07 AM Mark - Myakka Technologies wrote: > Mike, > > Thanks, I'll give this a shot and see what I can get. Probably going to > regret going down this rabbit hole. > > > -- > Best regards,

Re: [AFMUG] Dumb duplex question

2019-06-06 Thread Joe Novak
" temporary benefit from a different negotiation until you can replace stuff." my last PMP100 900mhz has been running at 10mbit for the better part of two years. :P On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 12:42 PM Jon Langeler wrote: > Yep sometimes a radio Ethernet or particular duplex is fried...or

Re: [AFMUG] 11 & 18 GHz

2019-05-29 Thread Joe Novak
There can be chatter, but until there is a actual product does it actually exist? ;) On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 8:21 AM Gino A. Villarini wrote: > Sadly, no L1 aggregation > > > > *Gino* > *Villarini *Founder/President > @gvillarini > t: 787.273.4143 Ext. 204 > m: > [image: aeronet-logo]

Re: [AFMUG] 11 & 18 GHz

2019-05-28 Thread Joe Novak
The Alfoplus2 supports this now too, aggregating a low band radio with their 80Ghz radio. Looks like pretty cool stuff. https://www.siaemic.com/index.php/applications/multicarrier-link-aggregation Joe On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 1:51 PM Sean Heskett wrote: > As long as you build a backup 11 or

Re: [AFMUG] DSL Modem Recommendations

2019-05-22 Thread Joe Novak
we've started deploying SmartRG VDSL modems, they are also ADSL capable. Seem to work fairly well, even on ADSL. Very simple, straight forward modem. SR501 - https://www.smartrg.com/sr501 - so far we have not had a ton of problems with them, but we have only had 10 in the field for the last 5~

Re: [AFMUG] ePMP 3000 backwards compatibility

2019-05-20 Thread Joe Novak
t; > > *From:* AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Joe Novak > *Sent:* Friday, May 17, 2019 1:15 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] ePMP 3000 backwards compatibility > > > > It's been promoted to the current branch as &qu

Re: [AFMUG] ePMP 3000 backwards compatibility

2019-05-20 Thread Joe Novak
get > the same improvement (it's a 2x2 radio rather than 4x4, so no 3db uplink > gain, for example), but it should still be somewhat of an improvement, and > it'll let any AC SMs run at 256QAM. > > > > On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 1:03 PM Steve Jones > wrote: > > the AP swa

Re: [AFMUG] ePMP 3000 backwards compatibility

2019-05-17 Thread Joe Novak
It's been promoted to the current branch as "ePMP System Release 4.3.2.1 / 15-May-19" - no longer in the beta branch. ePMP-GPS_Synced-v4.3.2.1.tar.gz, ePMP-NonGPS_Synced-v4.3.2.1.tar.gz is the firmware for the EPMP1000/2000 radios, that will allow EPMP AC units to connect to EPMP1000/2000 APs.

Re: [AFMUG] OT ota dvr

2019-05-15 Thread Joe Novak
t appears they no longer have an offering without > subscription. > > *From:* Joe Novak > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 15, 2019 10:57 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT ota dvr > > Lifetime Plex + Hd Homerun ( > https://www.silicondust.com/

Re: [AFMUG] OT ota dvr

2019-05-15 Thread Joe Novak
Lifetime Plex + Hd Homerun ( https://www.silicondust.com/product/hdhomerun-quatro/). Start up cost is a bit high, considering you need to run Plex on a computer or NAS device that supports it. Also see: https://support.plex.tv/articles/226463767-frequently-asked-questions-dvr-live-tv/ - Full Roku

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Fiber SFP+

2019-05-14 Thread Joe Novak
YMMV, I've got a site sorta like you described with the CCR1036, and the box is mounted on the north side (no sun, pretty much all year). Using all 4 SFP ports - have not had any problems in the last 2-3 winters its been like that. Using 1 fiber SFPs and 3 copper SFPs. Utilizing the S-RJ01, which

Re: [AFMUG] Mean Well NDR 120-24 & NDR 120-48 for powering Packetflux Rack Injector?

2019-05-01 Thread Joe Novak
For you guys that are utilizing these, do you normally do a 48V and a 24V volt power supply for mixed sites? Or do you do what I think I saw Ken mentioned before - 48 to 24V converter for the few devices that may require 24v? On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 10:21 AM Sam Lambie wrote: > I have been

Re: [AFMUG] Inexpensive Surveillance Cameras

2019-05-01 Thread Joe Novak
wait, what?! lol. Are we sure we're not in a episode in south park about getting high with cats? My gripe with the old aircams is we had to replace all of them due to rebooting/locking up/generally not working. The office only has 12-15 cameras or something like that, and over half of them had

Re: [AFMUG] [BULK] Re: Nvidia Geforce Now

2019-03-27 Thread Joe Novak
I think the end game is to tap into that market of users that have generic intel/amd laptops on the lower end. This is a market that is harder to touch for these companies, because well they don't spend much on hardware, or don't have much to spend on hardware but still want to game. They seem

Re: [AFMUG] OT dog whistle

2019-03-21 Thread Joe Novak
> > > > -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] DoS-proof game network

2019-03-18 Thread Joe Novak
I think quite a bit of this is: 'we've finally diversified our edge network, and got closer to the client then we had previously.' It reminds me of https://qz.com/790208/how-the-company-behind-league-of-legends-rebuilt-its-own-internet-backbone-so-that-its-faster-for-gamers/ It's interesting

Re: [AFMUG] Zero Touch Config on Cambium

2019-03-07 Thread Joe Novak
Are you using your billing system to build the configs? Can you kind of give a work flow of provisioning a customer, just as a example? I've always been curious about this as well, but I never have fully understood it. On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 10:20 AM Seth Mattinen wrote: > On 3/7/19 8:05 AM,

Re: [AFMUG] OT Insurance Fraud?

2019-03-05 Thread Joe Novak
There is actually a estimation program built for the insurance industry for Fire/Flood rehab and remodeling. In my experience, the entire industry is very murky and the people ('General' contractors, as in the 'owner' of the job) are just as murky. I worked for a Contractor just out of high

Re: [AFMUG] Back from the dead.....

2019-03-05 Thread Joe Novak
As far as I know, yes. This is what I heard. I hope they pull through it. Competition is never a bad thing. On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 8:25 AM Ken Hohhof wrote: > Daniel, I was scratching my head trying to figure out who is the Jim you > referred to. Is this Jim Bertram, did Bertram Internet

Re: [AFMUG] Watchcomm expansion in Illinois

2019-02-15 Thread Joe Novak
Watchcomm must be the subsidy of Benton Ridge Telephone Co, if you google Benton they do have links to watchcomm. On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 1:36 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > OK, different colors, have to click on a tract to see the bidder. I see a > lot of AMG Technology Investment Group LLC, no

Re: [AFMUG] TR69 ACS for Calix GPON

2019-01-29 Thread Joe Novak
I always feel like if the price isn't published I won't be able to afford it.. On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 4:25 PM Ryan's Amplex wrote: > We felt the same about Calix let alone the poor communication. We went > with purchasing our own and hosting it locally. www.friendly-tech.com > > Ryan > >

Re: [AFMUG] International cell phone use

2019-01-24 Thread Joe Novak
Use wifi calling all the time now with Google Fi. Work, home, everywhere. It roams on and off it pretty damn well too. My experience with Verizon's implementation left a lot to be desired because they mostly preferred the cell phone network, even when you obviously didn't have a reliable

Re: [AFMUG] New server SSD vs HDD

2019-01-24 Thread Joe Novak
Something fun I remembered reading a few years ago, I wonder if anyone has ran a test like this again? https://techreport.com/review/27909/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-theyre-all-dead On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 11:44 AM Ken Hohhof wrote: > Not unless the alternative is hot-plug SAS drives. I

Re: [AFMUG] Dealing with Comcast Residential

2019-01-18 Thread Joe Novak
pre 1990 TV shows, all in 4x3. Other than the 5 O'clock > news, and wheel of fortune. > > On 1/18/2019 2:50 PM, Joe Novak wrote: > > Are they stuck with the 'new' brand Xfinity store or do they just have a > simple local office? > > The people at my local office are awesome. Su

Re: [AFMUG] Dealing with Comcast Residential

2019-01-18 Thread Joe Novak
Are they stuck with the 'new' brand Xfinity store or do they just have a simple local office? The people at my local office are awesome. Super easy to deal with, I would recommend it. The xfinity store gets to be less flexible, less nice and less time with each customer IMO. (my one

Re: [AFMUG] OT My 2018 Email Traffic

2019-01-08 Thread Joe Novak
Shrugs, email is a easy digest for me.. I can usually make it through the email threads in between other stuff, and there is less distraction then FB. On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 9:38 AM Chuck McCown wrote: > No idea. Maybe someone else does. > > *From:* Jeff Evans > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 08,

Re: [AFMUG] UBNT Rocket's

2018-12-28 Thread Joe Novak
I really like the pattern on the latest ePMP sector. We may or may not have had to replace a KP antenna or two with them because the KP stopped performing as expected. Old, Gen1/Gen2 5ghz stuff. Probably been in the air for 5 years at this point. Previous to the ePMP sector, I think RF Elements

Re: [AFMUG] OT - oven thermometer review

2018-12-14 Thread Joe Novak
DAVHSQ/ref=asc_df_B014DAVHSQ/?tag=hyprod-20=df0=167141575819=1o2=g=305848419693228897c===9022151=pla-306462004231=1 > > > This is what i use on my smoker, and oven. I love it, good range, super > accurate, bluetooth is for girls > > On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 12:53 PM Joe Nov

Re: [AFMUG] OT - oven thermometer review

2018-12-14 Thread Joe Novak
r reasonably priced Wifi or Bluetooth temp >> monitors? >> >> >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> David Coudron >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* AF *On Behalf Of * Joe Novak >> *Sent:* Friday, Dece

Re: [AFMUG] OT - oven thermometer review

2018-12-14 Thread Joe Novak
+1. My uncle gave me one of these things last year since I have been making use of his smoker. It's definitely a awesome instant read. https://www.thermoworks.com/Thermapen-Mk4?quantity=1=6 Man, I'm ready to fire up the smoker again... maybe we're going to have some brisket for Christmas On

Re: [AFMUG] Calix Gigacenters - how difficult to implement?

2018-11-16 Thread Joe Novak
+1 for Consumer connect being expensive. There is several other TR69 complaint router management vendors, that do have direct support for the Gigacenter. Affinegy.com is one we looked at, RNControl(ReadyNet) has the ability to also do a 'bring your own router' to their TR-069 platform. There is

Re: [AFMUG] PTMP Airfiber or LTU

2018-11-15 Thread Joe Novak
We have been using the AF5XHD as well. I'm happy with it as a PTP platform, but in a lot of our areas we are running 2 foot dishes for even the shorter hops to achieve the SNR for 1024QAM. It's kicking ass though, and these links probably should have been bigger dishes to begin with so it is what

Re: [AFMUG] PTMP Airfiber or LTU

2018-11-15 Thread Joe Novak
lol. But I thought it was going to solve world hunger, or something like that? Maybe I've been reading the UBNT forum too much. On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 11:35 AM Mike Hammett wrote: > IIRC, they fired a bunch of people on the team. I'd be surprised if it > came out any time soon in any sort

Re: [AFMUG] mac telnet from RouterOS to an ePMP, has anyone ever gotten this working?

2018-11-12 Thread Joe Novak
Same here. It for sure worked one or two versions back.. I mucked a gateway and had to fix it via mac telnet. On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 8:46 PM Josh Luthman wrote: > Well I can't mac-telnet to a 3.5.1 on the eth port...wonder why... > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343

Re: [AFMUG] Mobile in CBRS

2018-10-31 Thread Joe Novak
:* Re: [AFMUG] Mobile in CBRS > > > > That makes it easier for the carriers to stomp out the little GAA guys :) > > On 10/31/18 9:50 AM, Joe Novak wrote: > > I think it's more likely that they will have a licensed anchor channel and > only aggregate 3.65 in the

Re: [AFMUG] Mobile in CBRS

2018-10-31 Thread Joe Novak
I think it's more likely that they will have a licensed anchor channel and only aggregate 3.65 in the downlink, using different frequencies for uplink. Carrier aggregation is a whole different game of spectrum usage. On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 9:38 AM Adam Moffett wrote: > One thing that was

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik LTE antennas

2018-10-23 Thread Joe Novak
companies > out of business with blazing fast 5G everywhere: > > > https://www.cnet.com/news/in-rural-farm-country-forget-broadband-you-might-not-have-internet-at-all/ > > > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Joe Novak > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 23, 2018 9:02 A

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best free anti-virus software.

2018-10-23 Thread Joe Novak
Chrome/Firefox + uBlock Origin blocks a ton of the nasty stuff, too if it's your personal computer. On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 6:24 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > I am happy with ESET, it doesn’t cost enough to worry about free/freemium > vs paid. If you just get the basic AV version it’s $40/yr and $10

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik LTE antennas

2018-10-23 Thread Joe Novak
Trey, Any more information regarding the ones your using on T-Mobile? (like, is it a data only plan?) Sometimes I really wish I had a backup connection at home, they are the only tower that isn't blocked by land at my house. Thanks, Joe On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 1:18 PM Trey Scarborough wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] Interesting

2018-10-10 Thread Joe Novak
I don't think it's quite like that, more of this: https://www.marketscreener.com/UBIQUITI-NETWORKS-INC-9155775/news/UBIQUITI-NETWORKS-INC-Change-in-Directors-or-Principal-Officers-form-8-K-27228786/ On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 2:40 PM wrote: > Guess he doesn't like us anymore sniff > >

Re: [AFMUG] Bridgewave Navigator

2018-10-09 Thread Joe Novak
t some people have beta units.. I have also heard the price is > NOT what everyone thought it would be. > > > > On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 3:32 PM Joe Novak wrote: > > Everyone was talking about it at the Spring show. > > > > If it's not actually in the wild yet I

Re: [AFMUG] Bridgewave Navigator

2018-10-09 Thread Joe Novak
Everyone was talking about it at the Spring show. If it's not actually in the wild yet I start to question it's existence. Joe On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 2:23 PM Jason McKemie < j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: > I'm not sure if there are any out in the wild as of yet. > If so, is anyone

Re: [AFMUG] Improving WIFI coverage in homes

2018-10-01 Thread Joe Novak
We have not finalized how we are going to do this yet but we are utilizing the Calix Gigacenters, the thought is we will buy the mesh units and stock them, customer is on the hook for mesh unit cost, +$5/month after that. However... I just setup a the Comcast mesh for my grandmother. I think

Re: [AFMUG] Hulu IP blacklist

2018-09-29 Thread Joe Novak
I believe it was configuring the router as a open proxy and then hijacking DNS requests for the purpose of ads or crypto mining. I wonder if Hulu has a automated scan for open proxies and blacklists due to it? On Sat, Sep 29, 2018, 1:13 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > The Winbox hack was definitely

Re: [AFMUG] DC+ Fiber

2018-09-25 Thread Joe Novak
I'll take a CBRS control channel + LAA in 5ghz. I think it'd kick ass, not so much for the NLOS, but for the longer distance stuff more then anything. On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 12:47 PM Gino A. Villarini wrote: > The upside of LTE is Carrier Aggregation and LAA > > You can have a base 2.5 or

Re: [AFMUG] POE powered PC for monitoring

2018-08-28 Thread Joe Novak
PM Robert wrote: > >> Seems like a fan is defeating the whole purpose of a Pi board... >> >> On 8/27/18 12:38 PM, Joe Novak wrote: >> > I just saw this on slashdot: https://www.raspberrypi.org/ >> products/poe-hat/ >> > >> > >

Re: [AFMUG] POE powered PC for monitoring

2018-08-27 Thread Joe Novak
I just saw this on slashdot: https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/poe-hat/ On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 1:43 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > Ok, that makes more sense. > > My initial assumption was that you were doing some automated management at > the site,

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium PTP400 replacement

2018-08-17 Thread Joe Novak
m/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > -- > *From: *"Eric Muehleisen" > *To: *af@af.afmug.com > *Sent: *Friday, August 17, 2018 12:52:48 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Cambium PTP400 replacement > > > The 650 is EOL. Go with the 670 and

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium PTP400 replacement

2018-08-17 Thread Joe Novak
I wouldn't put up a AC EPMP/PTP550 and expect it to be trouble free yet... the firmware is still being ironed out. Tried and true would probably be PTP650/PTP450 like Colin said. On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:59 AM, Sam Lambie wrote: > If bandwidth isn't an issue, I have a whole bunch of PTP 100's

Re: [AFMUG] Moving Mikrotik Config from old firmware to new firmware

2018-08-07 Thread Joe Novak
what is the actual version of the old firmware? On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 9:18 AM, Timothy Steele wrote: > We Have a Mikrotik CloudCore Router running very old firmware (From 2015) > I have been tasked with getting the config with the latest stable firmware > > > I Have a Mikrotik on my test bench

Re: [AFMUG] Tower climbing

2018-07-05 Thread Joe Novak
Yeah, I would say it's low. I've heard of 70k+ a year for guys that can head a job. Starting out may be more like $20-25/hour. On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 11:30 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > Is it, though? I don't think those guys get paid all that much, given that > they're a dime a dozen. > > > >

Re: [AFMUG] baicells

2018-07-03 Thread Joe Novak
Not to mention the 8 character (no symbol) password limitation Gen2 UEs work so much better, though. We are still having gen1s build up moisture and signal dive, or do random unidentifiable stuff that make the customer experience terrible. (Even with weep holes). Replace with another UE