Re: [AFMUG] Fiber for tower (revisited)

2014-11-02 Thread Jeremy via Af
I ended up ordering a 50/125 MTP cable pre-terminated on one side with 12 LC connections and MTP on the other side. Then I purchased mtp to 12 LC adapters. I just decided forget it and went unarmored in conduit to a 1U rack mount junction/splice housing on one side and a splice/junction box

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber for tower (revisited)

2014-11-02 Thread Mike Hammett via Af
http://bit.ly/1o5mG0V Start there and go forward a couple pictures. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: Jeremy via Af af@afmug.com To: af@afmug.com Sent: Sunday, November 2, 2014 10:11:38 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [AFMUG] Test

2014-11-02 Thread Bill Prince via Af
Works in California. bp On 11/1/2014 8:08 AM, Tyler Treat via Af wrote: This thing on?

Re: [AFMUG] Cacti Template for ePMP?

2014-11-02 Thread Bill Prince via Af
Cacti won't install templates from another cacti that is newer than it is. And there are limits to how old it will go back as well. But usually, you can import templates from versions one or two back; sometimes more. Be careful with the UBNT cacti templates. They are sort of a mish-mash

Re: [AFMUG] Mailing List Behavior

2014-11-02 Thread David Milholen via Af
Mail list gripe.. The other thing I dont like is the threading of the subject lines. Seems a thread is started but when replies come in they are placed on a separate thread and sometimes forked. Very messy and some mails lost in translation. my 2cents On 10/31/2014 10:15 AM, tcidan via Af

[AFMUG] OT: LED bulbs at home

2014-11-02 Thread Tyler Treat via Af
Anyone using LED replacement bulbs in their house yet? Seems like a good idea for a couple lights I have that burn 24/7, but at $20/bulb and the CFL debacle, I want to get this right the first time. ___ Mangled by my iPhone. ___ Tyler Treat

Re: [AFMUG] OT: LED bulbs at home

2014-11-02 Thread Harold Bledsoe via Af
I've had good luck with Cree (no failures yet). They are under $10 typically for a 60w. -Hal On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Tyler Treat via Af af@afmug.com wrote: Anyone using LED replacement bulbs in their house yet? Seems like a good idea for a couple lights I have that burn 24/7, but at

Re: [AFMUG] OT: LED bulbs at home

2014-11-02 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account) via Af
I've been replacing cf bulbs with the Cree led bulbs for about a year now. Great bulbs, no failures yet. One challenge with all of these devices is heat buildup in the fixture. Enclosed or vertical fixtures trap the heat from the electronics, causing the bulb temperature to rise, causing

Re: [AFMUG] rocket ac lite performance

2014-11-02 Thread Mike Hammett via Af
Why would you pull half of the spark plugs on a Ferrari? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: Eric Kuhnke via Af af@afmug.com To: af@afmug.com Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 9:03:18 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG]

Re: [AFMUG] OT: LED bulbs at home

2014-11-02 Thread Ken Hohhof via Af
My limited experience is they may be brighter than you expect for the wattage, even the smallest bulbs put out a lot of light. Also the color is like a bright sunny day. So I'd buy a few to try before buying a ton of them, you might actually end up going down in wattage. I know someone who

Re: [AFMUG] OT: LED bulbs at home

2014-11-02 Thread Jason McKemie via Af
Don't go too cold temperature wise with them. I've had pretty good luck in commercial locations, doing a bathroom renovation at my house and using them as well - they're great if you get the high quality units (no eBay cheapies). On Sunday, November 2, 2014, Tyler Treat via Af af@afmug.com wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] rocket ac lite performance

2014-11-02 Thread Eric Kuhnke via Af
Because in an urban environment frequently the widest available clean channel you can find is a single 20 MHz of spectrum between two locations. All of the FDD-like features of the Mimosa radio are useless if one of the channels you want to use has a -82 noise floor. Very different use scenario

Re: [AFMUG] rocket ac lite performance

2014-11-02 Thread Jason McKemie via Af
You wouldn't, since it would cease to run :-) On Sunday, November 2, 2014, Mike Hammett via Af af@afmug.com wrote: Why would you pull half of the spark plugs on a Ferrari? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL

Re: [AFMUG] OT: LED bulbs at home

2014-11-02 Thread Chris Fabien via Af
I've been very happy the the CREE bulbs for table and desk lamps. We also got six of the flood bulbs for recessed cans in the living room, can't remember the brand. They have great color and a ton of light. However one has failed already after about a year, appears to be due to overheating

Re: [AFMUG] OT: LED bulbs at home

2014-11-02 Thread Jason McKemie via Af
Menards has some good deals on the LED inserts for can lights right now. It's an enclosed / integrated LED light and trim, so I'd think it would be less susceptible to overheating. -Jason On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Chris Fabien via Af af@afmug.com wrote: I've been very happy the the CREE

Re: [AFMUG] rocket ac lite performance

2014-11-02 Thread Mike Hammett via Af
I operate in suburban Chicago and touch at least 12 WISPs across my footprint. I've seen noise. One site has a -75 noise floor on my sectors (it actually even goes up to -50 once we go above 5850). I'd imagine doing anything other than their auto-everything will cripple your experience,

Re: [AFMUG] rocket ac lite performance

2014-11-02 Thread Eric Kuhnke via Af
Relative to a Rocket M5AC PTP setup, or Mikrotik 802.11ac boards good quality dishes (Jirous 32dB high performance), it is more expensive. However, as a 256QAM radio when compared to a PTP600 or PTP650 connectorized, it's much less expensive. I guess the question cannot really be answered yet,

Re: [AFMUG] rocket ac lite performance

2014-11-02 Thread Ken Hohhof via Af
If you don’t need a wide channel, it’s not clear you should use a wide channel. People tend to forget that both the external interference and the receiver noise floor go up as the channel width increases. I see this all the time with home routers. People get talked into a $200 AC router and

Re: [AFMUG] OT: LED bulbs at home

2014-11-02 Thread Chuck McCown via Af
I built LEDs into the ceiling of my family room when the house was built 5 years ago. Ceiling is up about 25 feet, never wanted to have to get up there. It will take scaffolding if it ever becomes necessary. Have changed out almost all the rest too as the CFLs have died. I have 10 kW of

Re: [AFMUG] Accuracy of on cable foot markings

2014-11-02 Thread Carlos Alcantar via Af
+1 on this we have actually complained enough about this the vendor that we usually buy most of our cable from give us an extra 20’. We have also refused 20k feet of fiber as the shipping company laid the spool on it’s side. Carlos Alcantar Race Communications / Race Team Member 1325 Howard

[AFMUG] SNMP auto discovery

2014-11-02 Thread TJ Trout via Af
For the guys who you linux based monitoring (Cacti, Zabbix, etc) do you have something setup where it can auto discover all new equipment on the network and know all of the correct OID's for each type of radio? Or is every single customer added manually??

Re: [AFMUG] Accuracy of on cable foot markings

2014-11-02 Thread Darin Steffl via Af
Why can't you lay a fiber spool on its side? On Sunday, November 2, 2014, Carlos Alcantar via Af af@afmug.com wrote: +1 on this we have actually complained enough about this the vendor that we usually buy most of our cable from give us an extra 20’. We have also refused 20k feet of fiber

[AFMUG] Random Oberservation

2014-11-02 Thread Rory Conaway via Af
How come my Nissan Leaf boots up faster than any computer I've ever had? That thing is ready to drive in like 5 seconds and it has multiple computers. Rory Conaway Triad Wireless 4226 S. 37th Street Phoenix, Az. 85040 602-426-0542 r...@triadwireless.net www.triadwireless.net

Re: [AFMUG] Random Oberservation

2014-11-02 Thread Todd Mitchell via Af
As with any car when it is switched off, some of the Leaf’s 12-volt accessories continue to consume power. Everything from the alarm to the battery monitoring and telematics systems consume power when the Leaf is switched off. That allows many of the systems to 'boot' near instantaneously. On Nov

Re: [AFMUG] Random Oberservation

2014-11-02 Thread Ryan Ray via Af
Ram is a beautiful thing. Sent while mobile On Nov 2, 2014, at 6:09 PM, Rory Conaway via Af af@afmug.com wrote: How come my Nissan Leaf boots up faster than any computer I’ve ever had? That thing is ready to drive in like 5 seconds and it has multiple computers. Rory Conaway Triad

Re: [AFMUG] Accuracy of on cable foot markings

2014-11-02 Thread Chuck McCown via Af
Never lay any reel of cable on its side. The layers and the reel ends will slip and shift and compress. You can have crushing and abrasions, especially when a layer comes to the end and is up against the reel end. We always refuse any reel that comes in on its side. This a a very long

Re: [AFMUG] OT: LED bulbs at home

2014-11-02 Thread Chris Fabien via Af
The flood that failed on me was an ecosmart brand from Home Depot, FYI. I was just there today, and they had some on sale for under $5 a bulb. They also had some new 100W equivalent ones that would probably be great for a garage, shop or someplace else that needs a lot of light and maybe isn't

Re: [AFMUG] Accuracy of on cable foot markings

2014-11-02 Thread Jaime Solorza via Af
No te aguantas Chuck. Lol Jaime Solorza On Nov 2, 2014 9:29 AM, Chuck McCown via Af af@afmug.com wrote: Was it cold... *From:* Ken Hohhof via Af af@afmug.com *Sent:* Saturday, November 01, 2014 4:10 PM *To:* af@afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Accuracy of on cable foot markings

Re: [AFMUG] Random Oberservation

2014-11-02 Thread Rory Conaway via Af
It’s the irony of it. I remember when Bill Gates was bragging about how great the auto industry if they innovated as fast as the computer industry. I should send him a video of my car booting up. At the same time, my car boots faster than my Samsung TV too. Rory From: Af

Re: [AFMUG] OT: LED bulbs at home

2014-11-02 Thread Nate Burke via Af
I just replaced 3 Dusk-Dawn Dimable ouside fixtures from 100w incandescent to the 100w cree LED's. I'm only monitoring my Whole home Current, but it looks like it's saved about 1A draw in the overnight hours. The LED's are much brighter than the Incadecents were. Interestingly enough, I put

Re: [AFMUG] Accuracy of on cable foot markings

2014-11-02 Thread Ken Hohhof via Af
tortuga asustada From: Jaime Solorza via Af Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2014 8:42 PM To: Animal Farm Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Accuracy of on cable foot markings No te aguantas Chuck. Lol Jaime Solorza On Nov 2, 2014 9:29 AM, Chuck McCown via Af af@afmug.com wrote: Was it cold... From: Ken

Re: [AFMUG] Accuracy of on cable foot markings

2014-11-02 Thread Ken Hohhof via Af
Uh-oh. Other than the big Superior-Essex reels, I have them all stored that way. Stacked in fact. Otherwise they roll around. I guess I’ll have to change that. From: Chuck McCown via Af Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2014 8:24 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Accuracy of on cable foot

Re: [AFMUG] Accuracy of on cable foot markings

2014-11-02 Thread Jason McKemie via Af
Not as big of a deal with smaller reels. On Sunday, November 2, 2014, Ken Hohhof via Af af@afmug.com wrote: Uh-oh. Other than the big Superior-Essex reels, I have them all stored that way. Stacked in fact. Otherwise they roll around. I guess I’ll have to change that. *From:* Chuck

Re: [AFMUG] Random Oberservation

2014-11-02 Thread Chris Fabien via Af
Because it's designed to. Having worked on software for an auto electronics supplier (electric assist steering) start-up time was a defined specification we had to meet, as I recall it was well under a second from ignition on to fully functional. The CPUs used in vehicles and the operating system

Re: [AFMUG] OT: LED bulbs at home

2014-11-02 Thread Ken Hohhof via Af
Regarding the garage door opener interference, remember that LED bulbs have a switchmode power converter in the base, see for example http://www.nxp.com/documents/data_sheet/SSL21082T.pdf which gives the typical conversion frequency for that particular chip as 100 kHz. From: Nate Burke via Af

Re: [AFMUG] Accuracy of on cable foot markings

2014-11-02 Thread Nate Burke via Af
Wouldn't the weight of the cable have something to do with it as well? There's not as much weight with a cat5 vs a 144 armored fiber pushing on the cables below it. I guess if you have 50k of cat5 on an 8' spool, but I can't imagine there's enough weight with 5k to hurt anything. The whole

Re: [AFMUG] Random Oberservation

2014-11-02 Thread Josh Reynolds via Af
You joke, but one of our customers does a *lot* of systems design work for the auto industry. He runs his own company from homevia skype with 2-3 other developers. It's all linux. Josh Reynolds, Chief Information Officer SPITwSPOTS, www.spitwspots.com http://www.spitwspots.com On 11/02/2014