Re: [AFMUG] Wifi for large houses

2014-11-06 Thread RioSat SL via Af
Hi All When we have a large house and using PMP100 in nat mode we tend to put in a switch and then just cable routers to the switch giving each router a different static IP on the WAN and then DHCP on the lan normally with a different SSID and different channel but I have seen other articles

Re: [AFMUG] Carnival Cruises enhances Wifi @ Sea

2014-11-06 Thread Rory Conaway via Af
I submitted a design for this about 5 years ago for a cruise line that was working along the coast line. A Bats system is necessary due to the range, 35 miles off the cost. The one I was working with was designed specifically for the PTP600. The cost of the towers and land acquisition was

Re: [AFMUG] IP Camera Recommendations

2014-11-06 Thread Craig Schmaderer via Af
Videoinsight.comhttp://Videoinsight.com + their white label advidia.comhttp://advidia.com cameras. Best software out there. Nuff said. :) On Nov 5, 2014, at 10:10 PM, Jaime Solorza via Af af@afmug.commailto:af@afmug.com wrote: HiKvision has some new IP series with WDR and infrared built

Re: [AFMUG] New Toy

2014-11-06 Thread Chuck McCown via Af
SAF logo, makes you think of Santa Clause. AnimalFarm == Christmas! From: Daniel White via Af Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2014 7:12 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] New Toy Very soon I hope. With the holidays coming, I won’t be surprised if we are announcing it at Animal Farm

Re: [AFMUG] New Cambium setup

2014-11-06 Thread Ben Royer via Af
One guy drives a Dodge, the other a Chevy... and the third guy a Hybrid they all make it to the bank to cash their check. Everyone has their flavor, just thought I’d share that the site was out there because in my experience Cambium has become a new, better company since the Moto days. I

Re: [AFMUG] IP Camera Recommendations

2014-11-06 Thread Chuck McCown via Af
video-insight? What do the cameras cost? What does the software cost? From: Craig Schmaderer via Af Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 6:49 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] IP Camera Recommendations Videoinsight.com + their white label advidia.com cameras. Best software out there.

Re: [AFMUG] New Cambium setup

2014-11-06 Thread Jaime Solorza via Af
Duh ..Pera came from.Apple. (thats funny to the cognus scenti) any way. He invented or developed Airport series for Apple didnt he ? Jaime Solorza On Nov 5, 2014 9:10 PM, Jason McKemie via Af af@afmug.com wrote: IMO, comparing Ubiquiti to Apple is a bit insulting...to Ubiquiti. The way

Re: [AFMUG] New Cambium setup

2014-11-06 Thread Jaime Solorza via Af
Of course you can’t replace the AF list, ... SO IT IS WRITTEN. SO IT SHALL BE!All other lists are just wanna bes!!!LOL Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 7:19 AM, Ben Royer via Af af@afmug.com wrote: One guy drives a Dodge, the other a

Re: [AFMUG] Telrad LTE vs 450 3.65GHZ

2014-11-06 Thread Matt via Af
If I have a great deal of interference in the the 3.65 band will LTE or 450 do better against it? Say the interference is mostly wimax?

[AFMUG] Internet for Old Folks

2014-11-06 Thread Nate Burke via Af
Looking for recommendations on a connection for 'Old Folks' Who are extremely not technical (read parents). The are in a semi-urban setting, but Comcast is their only wired internet option, no DSL, no Close WISPS's. They're on the triple play now, but it's expensive for what they use. They

[AFMUG] Source for used Smart UPS XL

2014-11-06 Thread Josh Luthman via Af
Looking for another rack mountable unit and I want to throw in some bigger batteries. The old unit just doesn't have the battery capacity and I'm afraid of asking too much of the little charger. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373

Re: [AFMUG] Cacti

2014-11-06 Thread Garrett Fosmark via Af
I have around 1800+ SMs on there -Garrett From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Spott via Af Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 6:40 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cacti What is are you running it on? It does make a difference. ryan -- D. Ryan Spott | Iron Goat

Re: [AFMUG] Source for used Smart UPS XL

2014-11-06 Thread Josh Baird via Af
We buy from excessups.com and refurbups.com. Call them to get your pricing, it will be better than what is shown on their websites. Josh On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Josh Luthman via Af af@afmug.com wrote: Looking for another rack mountable unit and I want to throw in some bigger

Re: [AFMUG] Internet for Old Folks

2014-11-06 Thread Darin Steffl via Af
You can go prepaid hotspot for them. Straight talk has a 3G hotspot out today but there's also some 4G LTE version at Walmart just coming out. For phone, get straight talk home phone which is about $17 after taxes. Otherwise check the cell carriers for data only hotspot options. Sprint does 3GB

Re: [AFMUG] Wifi for large houses

2014-11-06 Thread Bill Prince via Af
Absolutely put a router in there instead of the switch. Especially if they have any Apple devices (iphones, airports, Mac computers). They have a nasty habit of opening connections, and never closing them. I have watched them fill the NAT table in less than a half hour. So if you are using

[AFMUG] Cheap and dirty bonding

2014-11-06 Thread Chuck McCown via Af
Any ideas of how to bond a wireless connection to a DSL connection for more bandwidth and redundancy? I have control over both ends of both circuits. Same IP space etc. Just don’t know if there is a low cost solution that could be applied to only the customer’s end.

Re: [AFMUG] Internet for Old Folks

2014-11-06 Thread Mike Hammett via Af
FreedomPOP? Republic Wireless? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: Nate Burke via Af af@afmug.com To: Animal Farm af@afmug.com Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 10:10:16 AM Subject: [AFMUG] Internet for Old

Re: [AFMUG] Cheap and dirty bonding

2014-11-06 Thread Mike Hammett via Af
Mikrotik. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: Chuck McCown via Af af@afmug.com To: af@afmug.com Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 10:18:12 AM Subject: [AFMUG] Cheap and dirty bonding Any ideas of how to

Re: [AFMUG] New Cambium setup

2014-11-06 Thread Bill Prince via Af
Well, Mr. Pera did start out at Apple. No clues about the Cambium thing. bp On 11/5/2014 5:43 PM, Ken Hohhof via Af wrote: Why does it feel like Cambium=Microsoft and Ubiquiti=Apple?

Re: [AFMUG] Cheap and dirty bonding

2014-11-06 Thread Chuck McCown via Af
Yeah, I anticipated that answer. I have next to zero experience with MT. Not to say I am not willing to learn. So, what exactly would it take? Just the router? Do those things come in nice consumer grade cases? Seems to me the last time I had one it was a bare PCB. (Back in 2003)...

Re: [AFMUG] Cheap and dirty bonding

2014-11-06 Thread Mike Hammett via Af
Is Luthman here? I bet if you bought him a Giordano's pizza, he'd do it. :-p www.routerboard.com They have everything from $50 SOHO style routers on up to $1,200 Dual SFP+ (and others) boxes. How networking knowledgeable are you? http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Load_Balancing There's a

Re: [AFMUG] Cheap and dirty bonding

2014-11-06 Thread Rory Conaway via Af
Get a used Peplink off ebay. I’ve got a couple of older ones I’ll sell you but they are limited to 10-15Mbps. rory From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett via Af Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 9:26 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cheap and dirty

Re: [AFMUG] Cheap and dirty bonding

2014-11-06 Thread Chuck McCown via Af
Need to probably hit 50 Mbps. From: Rory Conaway via Af Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 9:29 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cheap and dirty bonding Get a used Peplink off ebay. I’ve got a couple of older ones I’ll sell you but they are limited to 10-15Mbps. rory From:

Re: [AFMUG] Source for used Smart UPS XL

2014-11-06 Thread Robbie Wright via Af
X2 for refurbups.com. On Nov 6, 2014 8:16 AM, Josh Baird via Af af@afmug.com wrote: We buy from excessups.com and refurbups.com. Call them to get your pricing, it will be better than what is shown on their websites. Josh On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Josh Luthman via Af af@afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Cheap and dirty bonding

2014-11-06 Thread Chuck McCown via Af
But if I want to do 100 of these, with a NOC and 100 subs, I don’t want to have discrete devices on both ends of each circuit. Prefer to use link aggregation of some sort that would function kinda like a PMP radio protocol. So one big something at the NOC that can know how to handle dual

Re: [AFMUG] Cheap and dirty bonding

2014-11-06 Thread Bill Prince via Af
Mikrotik. You could do all sorts of fancy things. OSPF if you just want to split the load. Policy routing if you want to direct traffic based on the capabilities of the connection or whatever. bp On 11/6/2014 8:18 AM, Chuck McCown via Af wrote: Any ideas of how to bond a wireless

Re: [AFMUG] Cheap and dirty bonding

2014-11-06 Thread Rory Conaway via Af
http://www.peplink.com/products/balance/ From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via Af Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 9:46 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cheap and dirty bonding Thanks, lots to digest. From: Rory Conaway via Af mailto:af@afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] CNS 1.2 Beta

2014-11-06 Thread Jordan Stipati via Af
Mike, The errors.log looks normal and Apache is up and running so you should be able to at least see the login or an error page. Postgres and the CNS service look OK as well. Shoot me an email at jordan.stip...@cambiumnetworks.commailto:jordan.stip...@cambiumnetworks.com and I’ll get you in

Re: [AFMUG] Cheap and dirty bonding

2014-11-06 Thread Jon Bruce via Af
See if Multapplied Networks has a reseller in your area. True bonding, load balancing, failover, QoS, etc. On 2014-11-06 11:29 AM, Chuck McCown via Af wrote: Need to probably hit 50 Mbps. *From:* Rory Conaway via Af mailto:af@afmug.com *Sent:* Thursday, November 06, 2014 9:29 AM *To:*

Re: [AFMUG] Cheap and dirty bonding

2014-11-06 Thread Adam Moffett via Af
I assume the DSL and wireless links are not the same size? That would make it way too easy. But if I want to do 100 of these, with a NOC and 100 subs, I don’t want to have discrete devices on both ends of each circuit. Prefer to use link aggregation of some sort that would function kinda

Re: [AFMUG] Source for used Smart UPS XL

2014-11-06 Thread Christopher Tyler via Af
X3 for refurbups.com, they are really good people to work with. Our sales rep emails me when they get more of the particular model that we like in stock. Had a couple RMA's on management cards and there were no questions asked, even a few where they paid the shipping both ways. -- Christopher

Re: [AFMUG] Cacti

2014-11-06 Thread Bill Prince via Af
He was asking about your cacti platform. Linux, Windows, hardware, etc. bp On 11/6/2014 8:12 AM, Garrett Fosmark via Af wrote: I have around 1800+ SMs on there -Garrett *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Ryan Spott via Af *Sent:* Thursday, November 06, 2014 6:40 AM

Re: [AFMUG] Cacti POLL

2014-11-06 Thread Bill Prince via Af
Isn't there a way to merge multiple cacti instances from multiple hosts? bp On 11/5/2014 7:21 PM, David Milholen via Af wrote: It has to do with the Hosts page which is a quick snapshot of all things green or red. For ever we have always had a single cacti service running to handle both

Re: [AFMUG] Cacti

2014-11-06 Thread Garrett Fosmark via Af
Oh, haha Centos 6.5 -Garrett From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince via Af Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 10:55 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cacti He was asking about your cacti platform. Linux, Windows, hardware, etc. bp On 11/6/2014 8:12 AM,

Re: [AFMUG] Cheap and dirty bonding

2014-11-06 Thread Adam Moffett via Af
Yeah that's a tough one. The simple methods won't work right. I hate sharing unequal paths because it takes a simple job and makes it a hard one. I don't know what those Peplink things cost, but if Dennis can do it with Mikrotik and supply you a configuration script to run on the CPE then

Re: [AFMUG] Cheap and dirty bonding

2014-11-06 Thread Bill Prince via Af
If you own all ends of the links, you should be able to do this with some RB750s. Less than $50 a piece. The stuff at your NOC end(s) probably would not need to change. If the plastic case on the RB750 turns you off, then the RB2011 would do the trick for about double the price. bp On

Re: [AFMUG] development platform for data/control system

2014-11-06 Thread Cameron Crum via Af
How many IO connections? I use a BCS-460 for my little brewery. It was designed with brewers in mind, but could be used for any application needing web based control for relays and such. There are a couple models with different numbers of inputs and outputs, has a built in web server for

Re: [AFMUG] development platform for data/control system

2014-11-06 Thread Keefe John via Af
Ubiquiti Mfi On 11/6/2014 2:14 PM, Ty Featherling via Af wrote: I have been asked what the feasibility is of us developing a controller that can control some servos and relays to control a few things in a comm building. Basically be able to turn the lights on and off, monitor the

Re: [AFMUG] development platform for data/control system

2014-11-06 Thread Chuck McCown via Af
You could do much of this with a site monitor. From: Cameron Crum via Af Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 1:26 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] development platform for data/control system Sorry, forgot the link http://www.embeddedcontrolconcepts.com/products.html On Thu, Nov 6,

Re: [AFMUG] development platform for data/control system

2014-11-06 Thread Ty Featherling via Af
Good point Chuck. Just use SNMP for the data. Keefe, I'm sorry but I have zero faith that mFi will be around for all that long. How long since launch and it hasn't been updated or spoken of again? You can only just now get parts without months of waiting. Cameron, I will look into that thanks.

Re: [AFMUG] development platform for data/control system

2014-11-06 Thread Bill Prince via Af
Ever look at the X10 home automation system? Maybe not enough doodads for what you're looking for,but there are a lot of capabilities built into it. http://www.x10.com/x10-home-automation.html bp On 11/6/2014 12:14 PM, Ty Featherling via Af wrote: I have been asked what the feasibility

Re: [AFMUG] development platform for data/control system

2014-11-06 Thread Chuck McCown via Af
You could use a PLC. I have used microcontrollers for years but am too lazy these days. If you don’t like sitemonitor, RMS makes a nice telemetry board too. From: Ty Featherling via Af Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 1:44 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] development platform for

Re: [AFMUG] development platform for data/control system

2014-11-06 Thread josh--- via Af
Check out click PLCs, I think automationdirect sells them On November 6, 2014 12:19:03 PM AKST, Chuck McCown via Af af@afmug.com wrote: You could use a PLC. I have used microcontrollers for years but am too lazy these days. If you don’t like sitemonitor, RMS makes a nice telemetry board too.

[AFMUG] CMM4 Sats tracked issue

2014-11-06 Thread Timothy D. McNabb via Af
I have a CMM4 running 8 AP's (3 450 5.4/5.7, 5 FSK @ 5.7) and experiencing an odd issue. Satellites seen stays up, fluctuating between 7-9 sats but the tracking has trouble fluctuating between 5-1. It spends most of its time in 2D fix, will 3D fix when it's tracking 4 sats and will report bad

Re: [AFMUG] CMM4 Sats tracked issue

2014-11-06 Thread David via Af
I thought the CMM4 has an external GPS. I would either check voltage to GPS or replace pigtail Moving doesnt hurt if the ant does not have a clear Northern view On 11/06/2014 03:57 PM, Timothy D. McNabb via Af wrote: I have a CMM4 running 8 AP�s (3 450 5.4/5.7, 5 FSK @ 5.7) and

Re: [AFMUG] Cacti POLL

2014-11-06 Thread David via Af
Yeah, We currently have one instance that only does Infrastructure and the other doing everything else. I want to eliminate one and have just the one portal. This has been discussed before in the forums and there were some plugins that sorted some host in another tab but thats not what I want

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber up the tower questions.

2014-11-06 Thread George Skorup (Cyber Broadcasting) via Af
If I had to do fiber + DC, I would want each radio on its own pair of fiber and power conductors coming all the way down. So far it's been easier, cheaper and faster to run cat5. Just my opinion. It would be nice to find 4 strand single or multi-mode + 4 #14 stranded conductors in a single

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber up the tower questions.

2014-11-06 Thread Mike Hammett via Af
As far as the power, I guess I'd just put the PacketFlux devices up at the top so I could do the independent control. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: George Skorup (Cyber Broadcasting) via Af af@afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber up the tower questions.

2014-11-06 Thread Daniel White via Af
http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/NA_Communication_Technologies/Home/Products/~/3M-Fiber-Dome-Stubbed-Terminal-FDST?N=7569752+3294492387

Re: [AFMUG] Favorite SFP vendors

2014-11-06 Thread Jason McKemie via Af
Interesting. Do you know how these compare to the ones offered at fiberstore.com? On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 7:10 PM, Mike Hammett via Af af@afmug.com wrote: Now I have Baltic's MaxxWave and Mikrotik SFPs, but I'll probably be buying from Gigalight going forward. A friend of mine likes them

Re: [AFMUG] AF5/24 errors

2014-11-06 Thread timothy steele via Af
Is there a bug with microtik switches? — Sent from Mailbox On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 5:59 PM, George Skorup (Cyber Broadcasting) via Af af@afmug.com wrote: Found this interesting. I have some AF24's on 2.0 and AF5's on 2.2-beta3. They work fine. If I do a Tools Discovery, the MT ethernet

Re: [AFMUG] AF5/24 errors

2014-11-06 Thread Chuck Macenski via Af
It was just a question... On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 9:08 PM, timothy steele via Af af@afmug.com wrote: Is there a bug with microtik switches? — Sent from Mailbox https://www.dropbox.com/mailbox On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 5:59 PM, George Skorup (Cyber Broadcasting) via Af af@afmug.com wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] AF5/24 errors

2014-11-06 Thread George Skorup (Cyber Broadcasting) via Af
I have not. These are PTPs between routed interfaces. Traffic goes over the link without a problem. Routed management traffic (in-band only) to the radios doesn't generate any errors. It's only radio to radio packets that seems to trigger it. I can run a ping, telnet or ssh session between the