[AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why?

2015-06-23 Thread Nate Burke
We just had a new public library built here in town. The entire LAN infrastructure is built on PON using the Tellabs ONT's. http://www01.tellabs.com/products/tellabs1100ont.shtml I've briefly looked around their site, and read some case studies, but Why would you choose PON infrastructure in

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why?

2015-06-23 Thread Caleb Knauer
The sales pitches I've seen push the green aspect, you use a lot less power with PON than you do running a bunch of SFP switches, plus reduced install costs and cable management without all the full home runs. But you only save money with really big installs from what I've seen. -- IgniteNet

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why?

2015-06-23 Thread Paul Stewart
It's probably part of a standard product delivery .. the GPON ends up being a demarcation point to the customer. -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Nate Burke Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 10:49 AM To: Animal Farm Subject: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why? We

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why?

2015-06-23 Thread Nate Burke
But Why? I understand Long haul PON for FTTH, to conserve miles and miles of trunk fiber, but why in a building? Instead of having a single device (a switch) you now have active hardware all over the building to manage and maintain (And power). On 6/23/2015 10:08 AM, Mike Hammett wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why?

2015-06-23 Thread Nate Burke
If the Desktop NIC can talk directly to the PON, that totally makes sense. But why run PON to the wall/Cube just to terminate into RJ45 that you still have to power? And you're still going to have Wifi AP's/VoIP handsets that will require power at the endpoint (one could argue, at every desk

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why?

2015-06-23 Thread Ken Hohhof
Was it done with E-Rate money? Is the service provider managing the internal network? Maybe this is their MTU architecture. From: Nate Burke Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 10:44 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why? If the Desktop NIC can talk directly to the PON, that

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why?

2015-06-23 Thread Mike Hammett
PON looks to be where people are going for fiber to the desktop. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com - Original Message - From: Nate Burke n...@blastcomm.com To: Animal Farm

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why?

2015-06-23 Thread Chuck Hogg
The more PON we do, the more I like it. Regards, Chuck On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 11:26 AM, Mike Hammett af...@ics-il.net wrote: PON to the desktop would only have active gear in the NOC and in the device. Everything between is passive. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions

Re: [AFMUG] Illinois storms.

2015-06-23 Thread Ken Hohhof
At least their website is back up. Mark were these antennas for storm repair, or something already in the works? I could run stuff down to them if they are needing it for repairs. According to the news though, they are not letting traffic into Coal City. From: Super WISP Sent: Tuesday, June 23,

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why?

2015-06-23 Thread Gino Villarini
Hmm no distance limit , no distributed switches On Tuesday, June 23, 2015, Mike Hammett af...@ics-il.net wrote: PON looks to be where people are going for fiber to the desktop. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL

Re: [AFMUG] Illinois storms.

2015-06-23 Thread Super WISP
Haven’t heard from them yet. Ceasar was supposed to come by and pick up some antennas today, but I’m sure they are really busy. I was on the northern fringe about 30 miles north of the storms last night in Plainfield/Joliet and could see constant lightning going on for quite a while. Heard

[AFMUG] Mikrotik VLAN problems

2015-06-23 Thread Larry Smith
Ok, have a VLAN issue I cannot seem to beat. Am at the point of willing to pay someone more expreienced than me to resolve this so I can move forward. I have quite a few VLANs going to a Cisco 7206VXR and all those are working fine (even the ones coming through/from mikrotik boxes). This one is

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why?

2015-06-23 Thread Mike Hammett
PON to the desktop would only have active gear in the NOC and in the device. Everything between is passive. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com - Original Message - From: Nate Burke

[AFMUG] Looking for some 5.7 pmp 100 sms

2015-06-23 Thread Craig Schmaderer
I think I am over paying for these. I only buy 10 at a time, but I am paying $55 a piece. Anyone want to get rid of 10 of them for cheaper? Craig R. Schmaderer CEO | Skywave Wireless, Inc. Ph: 402-372-1975 | Fax: 402-372-1058 Direct: 402-372-1052

[AFMUG] FCC ULS broken?

2015-06-23 Thread Bill Prince
Tried to get in this morning, and I get a page with this: *An Error has occurred. Please contact Technical Support* http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls/support/index.html Phone (877) 480-3201 TTY (717) 338-2824 And report the following information. Error at Tue, Jun 23 at 11:52:56

Re: [AFMUG] FCC ULS broken?

2015-06-23 Thread Hardy, Tim
It is extremely SLWWW today.. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 12:08 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] FCC ULS broken? I was getting that just trying to log in. bp part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com On 6/23/2015 8:59 AM, Hardy,

[AFMUG] Verizon Hotspot External Antenna

2015-06-23 Thread Mike Hammett
A customer of mine has a couple hundred Verizon hotspots and is looking at external antenna solutions. The adapter cable and window mount antenna from Verizon look like a shitty solution. The connector on the hotspot looks like MMCX, but poking around on some sites it looks like it could be an

Re: [AFMUG] FCC ULS broken?

2015-06-23 Thread Hardy, Tim
Its working for me, but I just searched for a license. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:55 AM To: Motorola III Subject: [AFMUG] FCC ULS broken? Tried to get in this morning, and I get a page with this: An Error has occurred. Please

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why?

2015-06-23 Thread Cassidy B. Larson
Are you scared of vendor lock-in with PON? That’s what scares me. Calix jacking up their rates without any recourse but swapping equipment on both sides. On Jun 23, 2015, at 10:08 AM, KevinR gol...@genevaonline.com wrote: Chuck, Can you tell us what vendors are working for you? I

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why?

2015-06-23 Thread Mike Hammett
Do they have just a standard PON box at each desktop? If so, that's critically stupid. PON to the wall is friggin dumb. PON to an SFP in the machine is what they should be doing. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange

Re: [AFMUG] FCC ULS broken?

2015-06-23 Thread Bill Prince
I was getting that just trying to log in. bp part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com On 6/23/2015 8:59 AM, Hardy, Tim wrote: Its working for me, but I just searched for a license. *From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Bill Prince *Sent:* Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:55 AM *To:* Motorola III

Re: [AFMUG] Verizon Hotspot External Antenna

2015-06-23 Thread Josh Luthman
Tessco or Wilson would be my first call Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Mike Hammett af...@ics-il.net wrote: A customer of mine has a couple hundred Verizon hotspots and is looking at external

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why?

2015-06-23 Thread Nate Burke
I did not see any pon to desktop. Only ONT's in the wall where normally you would have ethernet drops, or the 4port model with a wallwort to run voip handsets mounted on the wall. On June 23, 2015 11:01:38 AM CDT, Mike Hammett af...@ics-il.net wrote: Do they have just a standard PON box at

Re: [AFMUG] Illinois storms.

2015-06-23 Thread Super WISP
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Re: [AFMUG] FCC ULS broken?

2015-06-23 Thread Bill Prince
It's letting me in now. bp part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com On 6/23/2015 9:11 AM, Bill Prince wrote: That part is normal. bp part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com On 6/23/2015 9:09 AM, Hardy, Tim wrote: It is extremely SLWWW today.. *From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Bill Prince

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why?

2015-06-23 Thread Chuck McCown
I agree. Does such a creature exist? From: Mike Hammett Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 10:01 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why? Do they have just a standard PON box at each desktop? If so, that's critically stupid. PON to the wall is friggin dumb. PON to an SFP in the

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why?

2015-06-23 Thread Chuck McCown
I think Calix has come down over time. From: Cassidy B. Larson Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 10:33 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why? Are you scared of vendor lock-in with PON? That’s what scares me. Calix jacking up their rates without any recourse but swapping

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why?

2015-06-23 Thread Jason McKemie
Their support certainly has not. On Tuesday, June 23, 2015, Chuck McCown ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: I think Calix has come down over time. *From:* Cassidy B. Larson javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','c...@infowest.com'); *Sent:* Tuesday, June 23, 2015 10:33 AM *To:* af@afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why?

2015-06-23 Thread KevinR
Chuck, Can you tell us what vendors are working for you? I know you have said you have tried a few. On Jun 23, 2015, at 10:33 AM, Chuck Hogg ch...@shelbybb.com wrote: The more PON we do, the more I like it. Regards, Chuck On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 11:26 AM, Mike Hammett

Re: [AFMUG] FCC ULS broken?

2015-06-23 Thread Bill Prince
That part is normal. bp part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com On 6/23/2015 9:09 AM, Hardy, Tim wrote: It is extremely SLWWW today.. *From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Bill Prince *Sent:* Tuesday, June 23, 2015 12:08 PM *To:* af@afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] FCC ULS broken? I

Re: [AFMUG] FCC ULS broken?

2015-06-23 Thread Ken Hohhof
Must be your ISP. Complain to the FCC. From: Hardy, Tim Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:09 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] FCC ULS broken? It is extremely SLWWW today.. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 12:08 PM To:

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why?

2015-06-23 Thread Gerard Dupont III
When we were at the FTTH show a couple years ago they were showing these for enterprise. https://svnw1.tellabs.com/library/enterprise/products/ont-series/Tellabs_100_Series_Mini_Optical_Network_Terminals_(ONTs).pdf On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Chuck McCown ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: I

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why?

2015-06-23 Thread Paul Stewart
Calix is very widely deployed in areas I’ve dealt with … also Adtran TA5000 with PON is gaining traction with lots of customers… both have pros/cons in my opinion… From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 12:47 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject:

Re: [AFMUG] Illinois storms.

2015-06-23 Thread George Skorup
It's the new south fire station that the Nov 17th tornado just missed. I heard their 180 foot Pirod collapsed on the building while they were all inside taking cover last night. Haven't been down there to see it yet. I have no idea how we still have an office. Buildings right across the

Re: [AFMUG] Illinois storms.

2015-06-23 Thread Mike Hammett
It looks like around 9:43 last night their routing advertisements shifted from being almost solely TINet to being almost solely ATT by 9:46. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com - Original

Re: [AFMUG] miktroik question

2015-06-23 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
FYI, If you wanted to run BGP, you would need the following:- 1) An ASN from ARIN 2) Your upstream providers agreement to change your connection to BGP. 3) Hardware (Router(s)) capable of running BGP. 4) If your ip blocks are /24 or smaller prefix (i.e. blocks of Class C), you can ask your

Re: [AFMUG] FS: 100 x 5.4 Ghz PMP 100,7 MBit SM 450$

2015-06-23 Thread That One Guy /sarcasm
Just out of curiousity what exactly was sold. I would have bought 100 units for 450 myself just to resell on ebay On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 12:49 AM, Daniel Gerlach danielgerl...@gmail.com wrote: they are sold 2015-06-22 16:43 GMT+02:00 Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com: 100 count 5.4

Re: [AFMUG] FS: 100 x 5.4 Ghz PMP 100,7 MBit SM 450$

2015-06-23 Thread Daniel Gerlach
you can 100 more for the same price,, if you want. But i takes some time.. 2015-06-23 8:11 GMT+02:00 That One Guy /sarcasm thatoneguyst...@gmail.com: Just out of curiousity what exactly was sold. I would have bought 100 units for 450 myself just to resell on ebay On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 12:49

Re: [AFMUG] FS: 100 x 5.4 Ghz PMP 100,7 MBit SM 450$

2015-06-23 Thread That One Guy /sarcasm
Ill buy pmp100 all day for 4.50 a piece if anyone is selling them On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 1:40 AM, Daniel Gerlach danielgerl...@gmail.com wrote: you can 100 more for the same price,, if you want. But i takes some time.. 2015-06-23 8:11 GMT+02:00 That One Guy /sarcasm thatoneguyst...@gmail.com

Re: [AFMUG] fiber fiber fiber .... yes fiber please

2015-06-23 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Here is my opinion based on my very limited experience so far. Banks around here won't loan on anything but collateral. Period. You can have the best business plan in the world, but they want to see the venture already running with your own stake already in the game. And even then they take ALL

Re: [AFMUG] fiber fiber fiber .... yes fiber please

2015-06-23 Thread CBB - Jay Fuller
Thanks sterling ! Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone - Reply message - From: Sterling Jacobson sterl...@avative.net To: af@afmug.com af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] fiber fiber fiber yes fiber please Date: Tue, Jun 23, 2015 10:58 PM Here is my opinion based on my very

[AFMUG] fiber fiber fiber .... yes fiber please

2015-06-23 Thread CBB - Jay Fuller
Greetings everyone. My mission this week (this month?) is to put together a presentation to talk with local banks with to fund our fiber dreams. Those of you who have built and have statistics available - could you answer these two questions please? What is your take rate? (30%? 50%?

Re: [AFMUG] Illinois storms.

2015-06-23 Thread CBB - Jay Fuller
:( - Original Message - From: George Skorup To: af@afmug.com Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 7:29 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Illinois storms. Oh wait, I forgot the 'kill me'. On 6/22/2015 11:36 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: Oh hell... Josh Luthman Office:

Re: [AFMUG] Has anyone used TVWS?

2015-06-23 Thread Sean Heskett
Channels are to narrow to do much more than 5-10mbps aggregate. Have you tried Telrad 3.65 LTE? Works great for us. -Sean On Tuesday, June 23, 2015, Mathew Howard mhoward...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone here have any experience with any TV white space gear? We have an area which we are

Re: [AFMUG] Has anyone used TVWS?

2015-06-23 Thread Mathew Howard
Not from the pricing I've seen... much less capacity though. On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 6:23 PM, Adam Moffett dmmoff...@gmail.com wrote: TVWS might actually cost *more* than Telrad. On 6/23/2015 7:22 PM, Mathew Howard wrote: We've been considering trying Telrad, but I'm not sure we would be

Re: [AFMUG] Has anyone used TVWS?

2015-06-23 Thread Sean Heskett
FCC doesn't currently allow channel bonding (as far as I know) On Tuesday, June 23, 2015, Mike Hammett af...@ics-il.net wrote: Runcomm talks about ~20 meg per channel, two channels. Real throughput. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com

Re: [AFMUG] Has anyone used TVWS?

2015-06-23 Thread Jaime Solorza
Bad units..two base systems. On Jun 23, 2015 4:24 PM, Jon Langeler jon-ispli...@michwave.net wrote: Like didn't work or got fried? Sent from my iPhone On Jun 23, 2015, at 6:14 PM, Jaime Solorza losguyswirel...@gmail.com wrote: Condor Communications lost 25 k in bad gear On Jun 23, 2015

[AFMUG] miktroik question

2015-06-23 Thread Tim Reichhart
Hey all I have an miktroik question to ask you all to see if this would be able to work on MK lets say I have 2 different ISP's going into MK and I want to have an failover connection encase one fiber connection go downs and I have an back up would this work:

Re: [AFMUG] miktroik question

2015-06-23 Thread Josh Luthman
What are your upstream connections? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Jun 23, 2015 9:10 PM, Tim Reichhart timreichh...@hometowncable.net wrote: Hey all I have an miktroik question to ask you all to see if this would be able to

Re: [AFMUG] miktroik question

2015-06-23 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Are you just masquerading? If so, then something like that should work well enough. If you are routing public space behind your router, then it won't work. You would need BGP or temporary masquerading of the public block on the non-native route or something like that. -Original

Re: [AFMUG] miktroik question

2015-06-23 Thread Tim Reichhart
Sterling I got 2 different IP blocks from 2 different providers and I dont have my own IP space yet but looking to do something soon. I dont have have BGP setup or anything like that. I just have stock MK setup right now. Tim -Original Message- From: Sterling Jacobson

Re: [AFMUG] Has anyone used TVWS?

2015-06-23 Thread Jon Langeler
Like didn't work or got fried? Sent from my iPhone On Jun 23, 2015, at 6:14 PM, Jaime Solorza losguyswirel...@gmail.com wrote: Condor Communications lost 25 k in bad gear On Jun 23, 2015 4:12 PM, Jaime Solorza losguyswirel...@gmail.com wrote: Run away from Runncom On Jun 23, 2015

Re: [AFMUG] Has anyone used TVWS?

2015-06-23 Thread Adam Moffett
TVWS might actually cost *more* than Telrad. On 6/23/2015 7:22 PM, Mathew Howard wrote: We've been considering trying Telrad, but I'm not sure we would be able to add enough customers on this particular site to justify the cost. I'm mainly looking for a way to fix 10-15 customers who's

Re: [AFMUG] Has anyone used TVWS?

2015-06-23 Thread Mike Hammett
Runcomm talks about ~20 meg per channel, two channels. Real throughput. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com - Original Message - From: Sean Heskett af...@zirkel.us To: af@afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] miktroik question

2015-06-23 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Well, if you are worried about your own router going out, then you could set up VRRP between the two routers and one will fail over for the other. You could apply for ARIN ID number and have your providers SWIP the blocks to you if they are /24 or larger. Not sure they would be willing to hand

Re: [AFMUG] Has anyone used TVWS?

2015-06-23 Thread Jaime Solorza
Run away from Runncom On Jun 23, 2015 4:07 PM, Mathew Howard mhoward...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone here have any experience with any TV white space gear? We have an area which we are having difficulty covering because of tree issues and TVWS seems like it might be viable. The only

Re: [AFMUG] Has anyone used TVWS?

2015-06-23 Thread Jaime Solorza
Condor Communications lost 25 k in bad gear On Jun 23, 2015 4:12 PM, Jaime Solorza losguyswirel...@gmail.com wrote: Run away from Runncom On Jun 23, 2015 4:07 PM, Mathew Howard mhoward...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone here have any experience with any TV white space gear? We have an area

Re: [AFMUG] Has anyone used TVWS?

2015-06-23 Thread Mathew Howard
We've been considering trying Telrad, but I'm not sure we would be able to add enough customers on this particular site to justify the cost. I'm mainly looking for a way to fix 10-15 customers who's signals have gotten too weak on 2.4ghz. On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Sean Heskett

[AFMUG] Has anyone used TVWS?

2015-06-23 Thread Mathew Howard
Does anyone here have any experience with any TV white space gear? We have an area which we are having difficulty covering because of tree issues and TVWS seems like it might be viable. The only realistic looking options I see are Carlson and Runcomm, but I have absolutely no experience with

[AFMUG] Airport noise and wave mechanics

2015-06-23 Thread Bruce Robertson
I thought this might be interesting to y'all... http://gizmodo.com/how-this-simple-landscaping-project-quiets-an-airports-1711815936

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor GPON - Why?

2015-06-23 Thread Chuck Hogg
I'm working on a new one right now (ZTE), but I will say we have had issues with Dasan. I would love to talk to someone who has deployed ZTE. We're also evaluating Alphion. Regards, Chuck On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 12:08 PM, KevinR gol...@genevaonline.com wrote: Chuck, Can you tell us what

Re: [AFMUG] Illinois storms.

2015-06-23 Thread George Skorup
Oh wait, I forgot the 'kill me'. On 6/22/2015 11:36 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: Oh hell... Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Jun 23, 2015 12:30 AM, Ken Hohhof af...@kwisp.com mailto:af...@kwisp.com wrote: I’m seeing reports