Re: [AFMUG] AC power redundancy splitter

2016-01-10 Thread Sterling Jacobson
: Re: [AFMUG] AC power redundancy splitter How about this? http://www.zonit.com/products/micro-ats/ > On Jan 9, 2016, at 8:24 PM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net> wrote: > > I have a switch I want to use, but it only has one AC power plug. > > Most of my equipment

[AFMUG] AC power redundancy splitter

2016-01-09 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I have a switch I want to use, but it only has one AC power plug. Most of my equipment has dual power input, one plugged into UPS and the other into non-ups regular AC power. I like it that way so I can change things around with the UPS and AC power without interruption. Plus sometimes UPS

Re: [AFMUG] AC power redundancy splitter

2016-01-09 Thread Sterling Jacobson
a battery (and vice versa). Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 10:24 PM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net<mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote: I have a switch I want to use, but it only has one AC p

Re: [AFMUG] TP-Link Talon AD7200 first AD router

2016-01-08 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Yeah, I don’t think 60GHz is much good outside the room? Even with objects in the room might be a problem? Maybe not with MIMO Would it be possible to ‘extend’ the 60GHz through RG coax to wall ports in other rooms? From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Mathew Howard Sent:

Re: [AFMUG] Looking to swap DNS VMs

2016-01-06 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Maybe, I'm not sure what the advantage is we are offering each other? From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Paul McCall Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 8:01 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Looking to swap DNS VMs Anybody want to host a simple DNS VM in exchange for the same?

Re: [AFMUG] Average Bandwidth per Sub

2016-01-06 Thread Sterling Jacobson
A few years ago we were at 1Mbps per customer on that metric. Now on fiber we are at 2Mbps per customer. I think it might be just the times, or your area? We don’t sell a price plan below $50 generally, so it’s not even the lower bandwidth guys. I wonder if you could market your plan rates

Re: [AFMUG] OT - bad dream

2016-01-02 Thread Sterling Jacobson
That's what I had for a while, a Mikrotik 2011 series and a UBNT AC AP commercial grade connected to their top of the line UBNT 48 port PoE switch. In theory it worked well, in practice the AP failed at least once a month and the coverage was sucky. I replaced it with a Nighthawk X6 and

Re: [AFMUG] OT - bad dream

2016-01-02 Thread Sterling Jacobson
r and over with the amazing results. I've never found a router I've liked as much and felt confident enough to sell to my clients. And it's not any more expensive than anything you can buy for the major vendors. Just here to share my experience etc. 2 cents On Saturday, January 2, 2016, Sterling Jacobs

Re: [AFMUG] OT - bad dream

2016-01-01 Thread Sterling Jacobson
For $200? From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Sean Heskett Sent: Friday, January 1, 2016 2:24 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - bad dream Calix can do all that and a whole lot more sterling On Friday, January 1, 2016, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.

Re: [AFMUG] OT - bad dream

2016-01-01 Thread Sterling Jacobson
- bad dream $149 On Friday, January 1, 2016, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net<mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote: For $200? From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','af-boun...@afmug.com');>] On Behalf Of Sean Heskett Sent: Friday, January 1, 2

Re: [AFMUG] OT - bad dream

2016-01-01 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I hear you. My new year's goal is to find a better solution for my customers. Unfortunately, at 100-1000Mbps, the pickings are still slim. I would like to use MikroTik and manage the routing, but I'm finding that it's still best to get a really nice $100-$300+ single Wireless AC router and

Re: [AFMUG] Thanks Gino!

2015-12-30 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Doesn’t surprise me. I would work for Gino! From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of can...@believewireless.net Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 2:17 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Thanks Gino! Gino was kind enough to show me around his operation in Puerto Rico. Looks like a

Re: [AFMUG] Long haul SFP for mikrotik

2015-12-29 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Those are cool. Add in 10Gbps modules as well if needed. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Trey Scarborough Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 7:00 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Long haul SFP for mikrotik Just buy two different channels of

Re: [AFMUG] Airfiber 24 HD

2015-12-27 Thread Sterling Jacobson
signal level it's on the Main screen of the GUI as "Ideal". It uses the GPS data to calculate FSL and assumes clear LOS. On 12/26/2015 11:46 AM, Sterling Jacobson wrote: > Ok, cool. > > -Original Message- > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of C

Re: [AFMUG] Airfiber 24 HD

2015-12-26 Thread Sterling Jacobson
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Re: [AFMUG] What we learned about 5G in 2015 | ITworld or I want my fast 5 G sung by Sting...

2015-12-23 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Five years out, but it looks exciting! Gigabit speeds and services for IoT devices on super low power. I can see them using home or neighborhood nodes for this, dumping or transporting across wired networks more and more. So you’ll take a 5G device and peer it with your cell phone provider and

Re: [AFMUG] Switch powered by PoE IN on any port

2015-12-22 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I wish the Mikrotik CSR series had that. But it can handle PoE in on port one and DC in simultaneously. So if possible on MDU I plug in DC power locally and also set the customer on port one up with PoE so I have redundancy. I usually give the customer a UPS as well, so that’s how I do battery

Re: [AFMUG] Cox raising rates

2015-12-22 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Comcast cracks me up. In Utah they have the 2Gbps exactly where Google Fiber is or is going to be. Only where their monopoly is threatened. Why don’t they just carve out their own territory for high speeds and let Google decide to come in (unlikely)? From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On

Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review

2015-12-19 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Just saw it, and for someone that stood in line for the first trilogy in the 80s, I think it was very good and more true to those than I thought they could ever get it! The humor was great, the nostalgia was on overload :) The story tied up a lot more than I thought it would given that two

Re: [AFMUG] OT - fiber digs create mess

2015-12-17 Thread Sterling Jacobson
It’s more fun when you hit a gas line. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 7:24 PM To: Animal Farm Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - fiber digs create mess Making messes On Dec 17, 2015 7:04 PM, "Chuck McCown"

Re: [AFMUG] MDU deployments. Can you make any money on them?

2015-12-16 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I know a few guys that do solely MDU's. They appear to just buy the line/bandwidth coming in to the place at wholesale, then using fixed line mostly Ethernet or VDSL to each unit. It's just math I guess, if there are enough units paying to cover the cost of bandwidth and support and some on

[AFMUG] TV

2015-12-09 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Anyone use these guys for TV? http://www.realchoice.tv/mdu/

Re: [AFMUG] Wise to sell colo services?

2015-12-08 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I've got a rack I'm selling some small amount of colo with other services. There is space, so I'll sell it. But the downside is having to maintain access to it, paying/charging for power and backup/redundancy etc. Not really a downside if you price all of that, just be aware that it is

Re: [AFMUG] Win 10

2015-12-02 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I upgraded everything but one of my machines to Win 10 earlier this year. I like it a lot better, no problems for me so far on a few tablets, laptops and desktops. The only machine I didn't upgrade yet was a Win 7 Pro running SoftXPand with four stations. SoftXPand hasn't finished their Win 10

Re: [AFMUG] separating provider roles

2015-12-01 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I would say treat them separate internally, because some day you may want to outsource that yourself, or split and sell parts of your company etc. Especially if you already have outside help like we do, it makes sense to try to keep them separate so you can ‘move’ items/responsibility outside

Re: [AFMUG] Ceragon IP20 1Gbps License Question

2015-11-30 Thread Sterling Jacobson
- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of SmarterBroadband Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 6:52 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Ceragon IP20 1Gbps License Question 2 x 80 -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Sterling Jacobson Sent: Monday

Re: [AFMUG] Ceragon IP20 1Gbps License Question

2015-11-30 Thread Sterling Jacobson
. > On Nov 30, 2015, at 7:12 PM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net> wrote: > > Question about this Ceragon IP20 I have. > > If I want the full 1Gbps out of it, according to these charts, I should use > two 30MHz channels per polarity, right? > That would be for the 2

Re: [AFMUG] Ceragon IP20 1Gbps License Question

2015-11-30 Thread Sterling Jacobson
would allow. I think you mentioned frequency congestion and that certainly would make XPIC or a 2nd pair that much more difficult to get. From: Af [af-boun...@afmug.com] on behalf of Sterling Jacobson [sterl...@avative.net] Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 8

[AFMUG] Ceragon IP20 1Gbps License Question

2015-11-30 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Question about this Ceragon IP20 I have. If I want the full 1Gbps out of it, according to these charts, I should use two 30MHz channels per polarity, right? That would be for the 2+0 DP (2 x 500Mbps) Ceragon configuration. And when I go to license it, I ask the coordinator to allocate a 60MHz

Re: [AFMUG] OT Ebay

2015-11-29 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I didn't win, but I was close with verified Oct 05, 1998! -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 7:35 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Ebay I started my PayPal account in April 1999. They became a

Re: [AFMUG] Light Based Internet Li-Fi Could One Day Replace Wi-Fi STGIST

2015-11-29 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Bah, three letters for what’s wrong with that, LOS (lol!) From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 11:39 PM To: Animal Farm Subject: [AFMUG] Light Based Internet Li-Fi Could One Day Replace Wi-Fi STGIST

Re: [AFMUG] Ceragon 1Gbps 11Ghz link for sale

2015-11-24 Thread Sterling Jacobson
speed, if you install ETSI Class 4 antennas? 68-70 dB f/b ratio and much tighter RPE for sidelobes compared to FCC CatA or CatB. Typically 6 week lead time to get them from Commscope (Andrew) depending on diameter. On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 7:07 PM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.

Re: [AFMUG] Ceragon 1Gbps 11Ghz link for sale

2015-11-24 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:42 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com<mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote: Just use it. Whose gonna know? -Original Message- From: Sterling Jacobson Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 8:07 PM To: 'af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>' Subject: [AFMUG] Ceragon 1

[AFMUG] Ceragon 1Gbps 11Ghz link for sale

2015-11-23 Thread Sterling Jacobson
11GHz licensing is a joke. I pulled my Ceragon 1Gbps link because of the inability to get the full license for the full spectrum needed for this radio link. I think it was over $40k when I bought it. Does anyone want it for some reasonable price? I think the dishes were 3'. Ceragon IP20c 11G

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Vmware Vs Xen

2015-11-20 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I’ve thought about KVM host. But since I keep my windows 10 desktop on all the time I’m going to just experiment with Microsoft VM stuff. My goal this year was to remove all but one computers in my house, except the mobile/laptops. I’m almost there. I have one Windows box running four

Re: [AFMUG] 5 Wifi Extenders

2015-11-17 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I never recommend them. The only acceptable ‘extender’ scenario I’ve encountered was with Apple router and extender, but the extender was wired back to the router. Can’t see how a wirelessly connected extender is going to help much with speed. Maybe it’s antenna is better than the client

Re: [AFMUG] 1000BaseT to SFP media converter watt load

2015-11-14 Thread Sterling Jacobson
If I’m reading my UBNT meter correctly, a RB260GS module with 1Gbps SFP is pulling about 1.15 watts, mostly idle. My Dell 6224F 24 port SFP switches pull about 100 watts combined AC/DC per switch fully loaded with a SFP+ modules loaded in the back. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On

Re: [AFMUG] Franchise Agreements with the city

2015-11-10 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Uh, I doubt they could enforce a franchise on you for a wireless company. I have a franchise agreement for fiber within the city I work in, but even then, it was illegal for them to charge any sort of per customer fee. My lawyer talked to their legal and straightened that out really quick. So

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Testing APC units - probably a dumb question

2015-11-02 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Yes, they probably do need the batteries to even respond. At least the few that I've used over the years, they don't do anything, even if plugged in, if the batts are dead or removed. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Paul McCall Sent: Monday, November 2, 2015 12:47 PM To:

Re: [AFMUG] new star trek series annouced.....where? streaming only...

2015-11-02 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Yeah, that. Are there stats for how much each part of the ‘chain’ is making off a movie or TV episode/series sales? I buy a movie in HD for $5 from Amazon prime. How much of that goes to Amazon, and how much of that goes to the production company? Same with a series, it’s like $19-$40

Re: [AFMUG] new star trek series annouced.....where? streaming only...

2015-11-02 Thread Sterling Jacobson
It’s a bunch of different streaming services allowing a pass through of the content revenue right now. What will eventually happen, IMO, is content providers will get sick of all the middle men, get together with the device guys and create a universal protocol(s). Content will be directly

Re: [AFMUG] Security cameras

2015-10-31 Thread Sterling Jacobson
That’s my complaint too. That cost is coming way down, so for less than $100 I can stick one of those UBNT micro cameras all over inside the building and even cabinets. But then, people just show up in masks. I thought about moving the cameras out more along the perimeter of the property too,

Re: [AFMUG] Anyone seen this, Mikrotik VLAN leakage of Neighborhood protocol?

2015-10-30 Thread Sterling Jacobson
, October 16, 2015 8:52 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Anyone seen this, Mikrotik VLAN leakage of Neighborhood protocol? You should only be bridging the VLANs. So, put a VLAN on both Interfaces and then just bridge the VLANs. On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Sterling Jacobson <st

Re: [AFMUG] Airfiber 24 HD

2015-10-29 Thread Sterling Jacobson
t. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 6:13 PM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net<mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote: Sorry, this was the picture of the link in question. What should I be seein

[AFMUG] Airfiber 24 HD

2015-10-29 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Is there a good link estimation utility for the Airfiber 24 HD? I like the UBNT online link calculator, but it doesn't work with 24Ghz? This is the link I just put up, shouldn't the chains all be about equal dB? What does it mean when the second chain is so much different from the first on

Re: [AFMUG] Airfiber 24 HD

2015-10-29 Thread Sterling Jacobson
305 663 5518 x 232<tel:305%20663%205518%20x%20232> Help-desk: (305)663-5518<tel:%28305%29663-5518> Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net<mailto:supp...@snappytelecom.net> From: "Sterling Jacobson" <sterl...@avative.net&l

Re: [AFMUG] New Speedtest.net server for us

2015-10-28 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Ok, that’s nice to know, thanks!! From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Peter Kranz Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 12:15 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] New Speedtest.net server for us Got this from my desktop. [http://www.speedtest.net/result/4784525000.png] Peter

Re: [AFMUG] New Speedtest.net server for us

2015-10-27 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Oct 27, 2015 at 8:31 PM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net<mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote: Ok, I think we got it fixed. http://avative.speedtest.net/ This should come up with a speedtest.net<http://speedtest.net> screen that has the button Begin Test, Your Preferre

[AFMUG] Force10 software upgrade

2015-10-27 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Anyone have the latest Dell branded Force10 firmware image? I've got one still under warranty, but I can't seem to figure out how to get support for it. I've also got a few Force10 'before-Dell' switches. I hear the latest/last firmware version(s) for those are free, but again, I can't find

Re: [AFMUG] New Speedtest.net server for us

2015-10-27 Thread Sterling Jacobson
...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Sterling Jacobson Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 9:48 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] New Speedtest.net server for us Nothing special, this was the parts list, used: HP DL360 G5, 8GB RAM, Dual 2.5GHz Quad core, 3 146GB drives(1 hot spare), redundant PSUs - $200 Intel

[AFMUG] New Speedtest.net server for us

2015-10-26 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I 'moved' our speedtest.net server to our 10Gbps network. It's actually on a 1U rack server now instead of a VM at the datacenter. I can get about 2500Mbps by 7800Mbps locally from it. Can any of you get over 1Gbps to it? http://avative.speedtest.net/

Re: [AFMUG] New Speedtest.net server for us

2015-10-26 Thread Sterling Jacobson
kind of CPU did you need for 10GB interface? Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 26, 2015, at 5:21 PM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net> wrote: > > I 'moved' our speedtest.net server to our 10Gbps network. > It's actually on a 1U rack server now instead of a VM at the datacent

Re: [AFMUG] open btest servers?

2015-10-26 Thread Sterling Jacobson
50.114.231.72 Let me know how it goes. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 1:48 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] open btest servers? mikrotik btest. On 10/23/2015 3:36 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: Mikrotik? Or Speedtest. Net?

Re: [AFMUG] Apparently we are "Over the Hill" at 24

2015-10-21 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Don’t temp me! I’m already playing catch up on email this week, lol! From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Joe Novak Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 7:14 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Apparently we are "Over the Hill" at 24 the new UT alpha is feeling a lot like the

Re: [AFMUG] Apparently we are "Over the Hill" at 24

2015-10-20 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Haha! I used to be the champion at Unreal Tournament (the original). In my 20’s. Now I play Starcraft II competitively 2v2 every week for a few hours. The metric they use to gauge ‘fastness’ is APM or Actions Per Minute. Mine is around 38. I’m in my 40’s. Usually the people we play that are

[AFMUG] Anyone seen this, Mikrotik VLAN leakage of Neighborhood protocol?

2015-10-16 Thread Sterling Jacobson
When I assign a VLAN to an interface and bridge it to another interface/bridge, I can suddenly see devices on the 'other' side in Neighborhood view. Is this a bug? In my mind that should not be happening. And if it's leaking Neighborhood protocols, what else is it leaking? I does separate

Re: [AFMUG] 10Gbps FTTH

2015-10-16 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Unless you a Utahn, then you always pick the bottom plan and complain that it doesn’t deliver the top plan performance. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 11:15 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 10Gbps FTTH That is a golden

Re: [AFMUG] 10Gbps FTTH

2015-10-16 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I just had a customer on our 1Gbps service keep complaining that his wireless was only 250Mbps on his iPhone. He was asking why he even bothers paying $70 for 1000Mbps when he only sees 100-250Mbps. This guy has an netgear router that isn’t even connected to anything. It’s all wireless. I

Re: [AFMUG] the new airlink

2015-10-14 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Yeah! It’s like it isn’t 1999 anymore or something. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 10:07 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] the new airlink https://airlink.ubnt.com/#/ wow, this one is very elegant compared to the

Re: [AFMUG] Did I miss Chucks opinion on Ubnt SunMax

2015-10-14 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Yeah, they said $1.50 a watt purchased, but do it yourself installed. I guess it’s nice having it converted on panel to AC. But what’s this price vs. buying panels yourself and running DC to a battery bank? I want both. I want the panels and the battery with a decent inverter. I don’t care so

[AFMUG] Wireless AC router with DUAL WAN

2015-10-14 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Is there such a thing as a decent Wireless AC router with dual Wan ports for provider redundancy? Can't seem to find anything.

Re: [AFMUG] Did I miss Chucks opinion on Ubnt SunMax

2015-10-14 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 7:46 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Did I miss Chucks opinion on Ubnt SunMax $1 per watt for DIY systems. That is without battery. A full battery system is going to cost you 3 times that or more. From: Sterling Jacobson<mailto:sterl...@avative.net>

Re: [AFMUG] Wireless AC router with DUAL WAN

2015-10-14 Thread Sterling Jacobson
, 2015 8:13 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Wireless AC router with DUAL WAN I can't comment about other brands, but I know the Asus lineup supports dual wan. On Wednesday, October 14, 2015, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net<mailto:sterl...@avative.net&g

Re: [AFMUG] Take down notices/Copyright infringement notices..

2015-10-13 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Has anyone ever actually had any of their customers involved in a court battle? Or even had action taken against them aside from the email mill of notices? From what I gather from my customers in over a decade of these things, no one has ever gotten sued. But I have had my customers tell me

Re: [AFMUG] CRS109-8G-1S-2HnD-IN vs RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN

2015-10-12 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Yeah, I ignore the model numbers in comparisons. Basically if you are switching only, the CRS are ok. If you are routing, you need CPU power for connection tracking etc. So look at the CPU(s) of each model instead. The cheaper CRS units switching chips will do full line speed and high aggregate

Re: [AFMUG] AirFiber Link Calc

2015-10-12 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Not to hijack this thread, but also, is there a Airfiber 24HD specific link calculator? The link I found didn't seem to understand Airfiber 24GHz radios, only the 5Ghz. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Justin Marshall Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 1:49 PM To: af@afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Consumer routers?

2015-10-07 Thread Sterling Jacobson
This is my biggest gripe right now. The more internet you provide to them, the worse this problem is. I think my contractors are selling mid-range $100 linksys routers. I'm not sure that's the best thing. I too need to find a handful of routers that really get the job done right. I've noticed

Re: [AFMUG] And you thought gamers were grumpy about Latency Before

2015-10-02 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Yeah, that is the future right there. The high requirements on video gaming are due to a complete shift in the approach. Instead of the local machine rendering everything, you are basically just throwing pure video at the end device. All game processing is on the server end. Games are the

Re: [AFMUG] Fall colors

2015-10-02 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Nice! From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Sean Heskett Sent: Friday, October 2, 2015 11:29 AM To: af@afmug.com; memb...@wispa.org Subject: [AFMUG] Fall colors I thought y'all might enjoy these pics :)

Re: [AFMUG] simple online traceroute monitoring

2015-10-02 Thread Sterling Jacobson
That would be cool to check from the outside, but wouldn’t that require their router to have ICMP open? That’s not often the default on most home routers, right? It’s so simple to provision and use a hosted VM these days, that it’s probably just the way to go. I mean for $50 a month you can

Re: [AFMUG] 50mbps is faster than 85% of the rest of the country?

2015-09-30 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I totally agree! There are huge areas of opportunity for wireless to get these speeds into the country and 'level up'. I think one of the bottlenecks is still getting that backhaul and middle mile fiber connectivity for cheaper to feed this. If the FCC could open more PTP frequency space in

Re: [AFMUG] 50mbps is faster than 85% of the rest of the country?

2015-09-30 Thread Sterling Jacobson
??? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net<mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote: I totally agree! There are huge areas of opportunity for wireless to get

Re: [AFMUG] New ISP Billing Solution: Sonar

2015-09-29 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Wow, why not just write it in Modula II? -Sterling -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 9:49 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] New ISP Billing Solution: Sonar COBOL, bad flashback bad

Re: [AFMUG] New ISP Billing Solution: Sonar

2015-09-29 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Also, import from Platypus? -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 2:24 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] New ISP Billing Solution: Sonar This should be an interesting answer -Original

Re: [AFMUG] 1080p Multicast h.264

2015-09-25 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I'm not sure if Justaddpower can do that, but it's pretty cool. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Burgess Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 6:26 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] 1080p Multicast h.264 Ok, looked around and found stuff at around $1800 bucks, but

Re: [AFMUG] Whole Office UPS

2015-09-21 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Get two or three of the 10kW Powerwalls tied together? http://www.teslamotors.com/powerwall From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of can...@believewireless.net Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 12:32 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Whole Office UPS We have a 22kW generator for

Re: [AFMUG] compact switch with a 10GB uplink?

2015-09-17 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Just for switching? How many ports? I use the Mikrotik CRS 8 port GigE 2 port SFP+ a lot. It's not tiny, but it's compact and does well as a switch. Just don't use it as a router and expect much. -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jon Langeler Sent:

Re: [AFMUG] Users need at least 10Mbps

2015-09-15 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Well, I think 10Mbps is probably average now. That is a 10Mbps available during peak hours. Per 100 customers that is 1Gbps available. That is where I think we need to concentrate more efforts. I would like the focus to shift from the end mile to the middle mile and back end. Every one of us

[AFMUG] Cat5e/6 outdoor splice

2015-09-06 Thread Sterling Jacobson
So what's the best way to splice two Cat5/6 cables together in an small outdoor enclosure? The options apparently are the following: RJ45 Male/Female join Punch down Connection block Scotch lock pair connectors That's about the most lossless ways I could come up with. I am currently use the

Re: [AFMUG] bigcommerce

2015-09-04 Thread Sterling Jacobson
>From what platform to what platform? From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Friday, September 4, 2015 12:04 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] bigcommerce Wow, I am almost done. Bulk import my old site. Bulk import all the photos. I am sure I will be

Re: [AFMUG] Gigabit test via Mikrotik

2015-09-01 Thread Sterling Jacobson
t;mailto:geo...@cbcast.com>> wrote: What type/provider is your circuit? On 8/31/2015 8:07 PM, Ty Featherling wrote: I saw 788/440 UDP. I have suspicions this link isn't performing at gigabit so thanks for the test. -Ty On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avativ

Re: [AFMUG] Gigabit test via Mikrotik

2015-09-01 Thread Sterling Jacobson
P. I have suspicions this link isn't performing at gigabit so thanks for the test. -Ty On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net<mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote: Yeah, try me at 108.165.31.1, let me know if you can get in and what you see. It’s

Re: [AFMUG] Gigabit test via Mikrotik

2015-08-31 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Yeah, try me at 108.165.31.1, let me know if you can get in and what you see. It’s a CCR on a 10Gbps connection. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ty Featherling Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 1:10 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Gigabit test via Mikrotik Anyone have a

Re: [AFMUG] The Dude. Is it still being updated?

2015-08-27 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I hope not. I need them to fix it for 10Gbps interfaces. Seems like they would do that since they now have product with SFP+. Probably some variable size wasn’t high enough to track that, lol! From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 3:43

Re: [AFMUG] Platypus question

2015-08-24 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Uh, so you still use a BMU/Management platform similar to Platypus. You didn’t ‘ditch’ it for QB, you replaced it with Powercode and associated hardware. We use QB in purely accounting mode, letting it track the chunk payments from Platypus. It can even be reconciled that way with QB but I

Re: [AFMUG] Platypus + paperless

2015-08-24 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Ok, I’m going to tell you all what I want to program. I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time now, and I hope to start it this year (with Platypus integration). I want a simple web site AND an app that pretty much does the same thing. The interested customers goes to web site and

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-19 Thread Sterling Jacobson
networking before we realized it was limited. It recognizes a 10gb adapter now, and shows negotiation at 10gb.. so I am sure it'll come along fine. On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 4:54 PM, Sterling Jacobson sterl...@avative.netmailto:sterl...@avative.net wrote: Oh, that would be nice. I have a CHR already

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-19 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Oh, that would be nice. I have a CHR already loaded as an image on nearly bare metal at my hosting company. Wasn’t too hard, but I’m sure the drivers and stuff don’t take advantage of the ability to dynamically add/remove CPU, Memory and HD space. Let alone the 10Gbps networking. So that

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Probably two laptops, doesn't need to be anything fancy, my 2006 Lenovo X60 with GigE port does the full 950Mbps TCP. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 1:52 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] GigE Testing Demand for our GigE surge

Re: [AFMUG] ROW conflict

2015-08-14 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Ah, I’ve talked to Brett already. A lawyer is the best way to go. Wisp moving to fiber is a tall challenge that I honestly couldn’t achieve. Instead I rolled the sale of the WISP to a fiber company and it cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Good luck Brett and others! I’m sure it could be

Re: [AFMUG] Solar payback

2015-08-11 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Get a couple of Tesla batteries and your setup will be complete! From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 9:39 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Solar payback 10kW but yes about $10K for the whole system, grid tie inverter etc. No

Re: [AFMUG] Another neighborhood on fiber, sexy sexy!

2015-08-08 Thread Sterling Jacobson
! GPON does all that in one nice switch ;) Actually happy for residential that we made the switch. Regards, Chuck On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Sterling Jacobson sterl...@avative.netmailto:sterl...@avative.net wrote: I guess the list doesn't like 2MB file attachments, lol! -Original

Re: [AFMUG] Routed vs bridge with a twist

2015-08-08 Thread Sterling Jacobson
routes in the primary table – provides for a nice level of separation between your routes From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Sterling Jacobson Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2015 11:13 PM To: af@afmug.commailto:af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Routed vs bridge with a twist MPLS

Re: [AFMUG] Another neighborhood on fiber, sexy sexy!

2015-08-08 Thread Sterling Jacobson
gear switching takes over PON. On Fri, Aug 7, 2015, 4:35 PM Sterling Jacobson sterl...@avative.netmailto:sterl...@avative.net wrote: This time I used a super dense 4U LC fiber panel that can connect up to 576. I've got about 370 of it loaded with fiber, about a third of that will be connected

Re: [AFMUG] Another neighborhood on fiber, sexy sexy!

2015-08-08 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Jacobson sterl...@avative.netmailto:sterl...@avative.net wrote: I guess the list doesn't like 2MB file attachments, lol! -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.comjavascript:;] On Behalf Of Sterling Jacobson Sent: Friday, August 7, 2015 3:35 PM To: 'af@afmug.comjavascript

Re: [AFMUG] Another neighborhood on fiber, sexy sexy!

2015-08-08 Thread Sterling Jacobson
it need cooling? Tushar On Aug 8, 2015, at 2:34 PM, Tushar Patel tpa...@ecpi.commailto:tpa...@ecpi.com wrote: Where is that rack sitting? Curb side? Tushar On Aug 8, 2015, at 2:28 PM, Sterling Jacobson sterl...@avative.netmailto:sterl...@avative.net wrote: The rack company sells trays with precut

Re: [AFMUG] Routed vs bridge with a twist

2015-08-08 Thread Sterling Jacobson
-route times. *shrugs* - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com From: Sterling Jacobson sterl...@avative.netmailto:sterl...@avative.net To: af@afmug.commailto:af@afmug.com Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2015 10:44:06 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG

Re: [AFMUG] Another neighborhood on fiber, sexy sexy!

2015-08-08 Thread Sterling Jacobson
being readily available. Regards, Chuck On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 11:03 PM, Sterling Jacobson sterl...@avative.netmailto:sterl...@avative.net wrote: At what cost, and 10Gig synchronous? From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.commailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Gino Villarini Sent: Saturday

Re: [AFMUG] Routed vs bridge with a twist

2015-08-08 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com From: Sterling Jacobson sterl...@avative.netmailto:sterl...@avative.net To: af@afmug.commailto:af@afmug.com Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2015 10:22:24 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Routed vs bridge with a twist I didn’t want to have

[AFMUG] Another neighborhood on fiber, sexy sexy!

2015-08-07 Thread Sterling Jacobson
This time I used a super dense 4U LC fiber panel that can connect up to 576. I've got about 370 of it loaded with fiber, about a third of that will be connected here. It requires the thinner mil cable which is the only PITA about this setup really. It's using 24 port 1U fiber switches, but

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