Re: [AFMUG] OT TV Show

[D. Ryan Spott]

It’s like adult children of alcoholics therapy live in TV!

ryan

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> On Jun 1, 2018, at 23:09, Chuck McCown  wrote:
> 
> American Chopper is back.  Mondays.  Watched the first two episodes tonight.  
> Philo.  $16/month

Re: [AFMUG] Solar panel capacity

[D. Ryan Spott]

Just find the crappiest, loudest generator you can then remove the muffler. 
Have it run 48 hours per fuel refill or drop a 55gal drum there. 

If they are onsite in a trailer they will be begging for an extension cord, 
conduit or other alternative.

Hrm, maybe my Seattle passive aggressive is sneaking out. 

ryan

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> On Jul 11, 2017, at 13:13, Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
> 
> Only if I can repurpose the laser later for "Master of the Universe" purposes.
> 
> 
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
> 
>> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 2:43 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
>> Steam line, air line, rotating shaft.
>> Chain or belt and pulley system.
>> Natural gas pipeline and thermoelectric generator
>> Fire hose spraying against a water wheel.
>> Ditch and water wheel
>> High intensity laser. 
>> 1 kW magnetron into a high gain antenna with a similar antenna at the other 
>> end.
>>  
>>  
>> From: Chuck McCown
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:40 PM
>> To: af@afmug.com
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Solar panel capacity
>>  
>> Run a water line an install a micro turbine..
>>  
>> From: Forrest Christian (List Account)
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:39 PM
>> To: af
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Solar panel capacity
>>  
>> This sounds like he just doesn't want anything in the ground.   But,  Does 
>> no wires extend to extension cords? 
>>  
>> I've at least once stuck a nonpen on the ground and ran an extension cord to 
>> it.  or for longer distances so cord.
>>  
>> On Jul 10, 2017 1:21 PM, "Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
>> Land owner said no.  I could easily trench and conduit but when the land 
>> owner says "no wires" they mean absolutely no wires =(
>>  
>>  
>> Josh Luthman
>> Office: 937-552-2340
>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>> 1100 Wayne St
>> Suite 1337
>> Troy, OH 45373
>>  
>>> On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Chuck Hogg <ch...@shelbybb.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Josh, I get electric turned up around here for about $1000, then 
>>> $15-20/mth.  No offense, but I'd probably look at just getting a new 
>>> service put in.
>>>  
>>> Regards,
>>> Chuck
>>>  
>>>> On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 3:13 PM, Josh Luthman 
>>>> <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
>>>> Tycon has an all inclusive kit that Streakwave is suggesting - it's about 
>>>> $900 before shipping.  This is an 80w panel, battery, charge controller, 
>>>> enclosure, etc.  Battery capacity is 1248 watt hours.
>>>>  
>>>> Is it worth spending the time shopping for parts individually?
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> Josh Luthman
>>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>>> Suite 1337
>>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 2:43 PM, Chuck McCown<ch...@wbmfg.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 200+ watts.  So one panel.
>>>>> And at least 5 days of battery autonomy.  That is minimal.
>>>>> 10x24x5=1200 watt hours.  100 amp hours for 12 volts, 50 amp hours for 24 
>>>>> volts. 
>>>>>  
>>>>> From: Josh Luthman
>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2017 12:40 PM
>>>>> To: af@afmug.com
>>>>> Subject: [AFMUG] Solar panel capacity
>>>>>  
>>>>> Never thought I'd see the day where I had to deal with this, but I have a 
>>>>> site where they're taking down the house/power and living in a trailer.  
>>>>> Trailer has to have Internet but can't provide the power (sigh).
>>>>>  
>>>>> The objective now is to have a Force200+Nano5 on a pole out in the yard 
>>>>> for service.  Figure this is about 10 watt load.  How much panel/battery 
>>>>> do I need?  This is not mission critical and only needs to run for 
>>>>> months, so we don't have to deal with winter nights.
>>>>>  
>>>>> Is there a place we can get panels ordered/shipped in the next day or two?
>>>>>  
>>>>> Josh Luthman
>>>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>>>> Suite 1337
>>>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>> 
>>>  
>> 
>>  
>>  
> 

Re: [AFMUG] space x satellites

[D. Ryan Spott]

I'm paying $1 per mb for 250mb per month now. Max speed = 1.5 down 256 up. 
$2/mb for overages. $0.39 per minute for phone calls. 

Works until just west of Hawaii. CPE was $12K. 

I could pay 0.50 per megabyte but I have to commit to $1000 spend per month. 



ryan

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> On May 3, 2017, at 14:25, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
> 
> Bet this will be spendy service.
> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/spacexs-falcon-9-rocket-will-launch-thousands-of-broadband-satellites/

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Airplane Carryon Electronics Ban

[D. Ryan Spott]

Flight from LaPaz -> LAX -> SEA. I got marked with the SSS of selected death. 

Mexican authorities swiped my carry on and checked it with the explosives 
sniffer. 

LAX customs was fine but then you have to go back through TSA. TSA saw the SSS 
and the next thing you know they were unpacking my bags and checking seams in 
my packed underwear and the underwear I was wearing TWICE!

When they took out my laptop they asked me to turn it on. Nope, batteries are 
dead. When I offered to plug it in to charge it, it was like I offered to light 
a fuse!

90 minutes of complete security theater. Shared swabs between people's bags, 
multiple security people in the close in inspection area eating and wandering. 

At one point they wanted to pat down a Chinese man. The TSA agent was nervous 
and just said the same statement about touching his genitals louder to the 
Chinese man. I offered google translate and the TSA guy was super relieved. He 
said he was clocked by another non-English speaker as he felt him up. (Hell, if 
some guy speaking a foreign language touched me like that without warning I'd 
probably clock him too!)

The US Airlines will probably figure out a way of clearing your laptop to be 
used on board. They already have precheck, clear, special first class lines etc.

Pissed business customers that figure out that video conferencing works just as 
well once you get used to it mean a loss of spectacular revenue to the airline. 
They will fight this tooth and nail. Even Saudi based airlines let their first 
and biz customers use their laptops up until just before takeoff. 

ryan

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> On Apr 25, 2017, at 09:01, Forrest Christian (List Account) 
> <li...@packetflux.com> wrote:
> 
> We've been remarkably politics free, and I want to keep it that way.  I know 
> the answer to what I'm about to ask could devolve toward that direction.  I'd 
> prefer we don't go down that path.
> 
> What I'm curious about is this:
> 
> The US is implementing various bans on electronics larger than a cell phone 
> being carried onboard the aircraft into the cabin.  Today it's limited to a 
> few countries, but it sounds like it's going to get expanded greatly.  Note 
> that this doesn't mean you can't take say a laptop with you, but instead that 
> it has to be checked so it's in the luggage hold instead of accessible to you 
> through the flight.
> 
> So the question I have is what threat this is supposed to eliminate?  The 
> obvious concern is some sort of explosive making it's way into the passenger 
> cabin, but a wireless trigger for an explosive device is so simple to rig 
> nowadays that I don't think the physical separation of a potential terrorist 
> from their explosive is going to make a bit of difference. 
> 
> I can think of several other potential threats, but with the way that they're 
> implementing this ban, I sure can't see how any of them are affected.   
> Especially since you can apparently carry your larger electronics all of the 
> way to the gate, then have them gate check them to be returned to you airside 
> at your destination.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas what threat they might be trying to eliminate?   
> Personally, I'm far more concerned about the risk of a lithium battery fire 
> in the cargo hold
> 
> -- 
> Forrest Christian CEO, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.
> Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602
> forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com
>   
> 

Re: [AFMUG] Sitemonitor question - different voltages

[D. Ryan Spott]

I have 2 differ t voltages on mine. 

On a 24VDC site I have Up to 31VDC on one input. It powers the unit and I 
monitor the sites status with it. 

Power supply 2 is a wall watt plugged into my remote genset. When the genset 
comes on I get 24.3VDC on that power input. This tells me the genset is 
running. 

ryan

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> On Mar 20, 2017, at 05:24, Paul McCall <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote:
> 
> Can the sitemonitor have two different voltages on the 2 inputs that it 
> monitors / powers from?
>  
> We have a lot of them setup in the field with a 110vac – 24v wall wart to 
> monitor commercial power.  And, the 2nd input is off the 24v battery array. 
> Batteries are all 48v now, so wondering if I need to buy a bunch of similar 
> 48v wall warts or whether the SiteMonitor can deal with the 2 different 
> voltages and I don’t need to buy anything 
>  
> Paul McCall, President
> PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc.
> 658 Old Dixie Highway
> Vero Beach, FL 32962
> 772-564-6800 
> pa...@pdmnet.net
> www.pdmnet.com
> www.floridabroadband.com
>  
>  

Re: [AFMUG] i am vetting windstream....

[D. Ryan Spott]

We used to do this at school in Fairbanks, AK. That and blow soap bubbles so 
they could freeze and shatter like glass. 

It was 90 here today, had to go to a movie to get out of the heat!

ryan

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> On Jan 6, 2017, at 10:25, <ch...@wbmfg.com> <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
> 
> It was a bit warmer when I did it in Illinois.  Perhaps –20 and the droplets 
> did make a shattering sound when they hit the ground. 
>  
> From: Bill Prince
> Sent: Friday, January 6, 2017 10:22 AM
> To: af@afmug.com
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] i am vetting windstream
>  
> Colder.
> 
> At about -45 to -50 It will freeze before it hits the ground
> 
> At about -70 to -75 it will freeze shortly after hitting the air, sometimes 
> explode in the air.
> 
> I tried this when I experienced -55 when I lived in Minnesota. You could 
> spit, and the spittle would make a tinkling sound as the frozen bits hit the 
> ground.
> 
>  
> 
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
> 
>> On 1/6/2017 8:38 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
>> My wife was asking if it was cold enough to throw a pan of hot water in the 
>> air and have it freeze before hitting the ground.� We have an employee 
>> from Texas that has never seen this.� I told her I thought it needed to be 
>> �15 or colder for that to happen.� It has been a long time since I have 
>> done it.�
>> �
>> From: Travis Johnson
>> Sent: Friday, January 6, 2017 9:32 AM
>> To: af@afmug.com
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] i am vetting windstream
>> �
>> -12F at my house this morning. School has been canceled here the last two 
>> days.
>> 
>> Travis
>> 
>> 
>>> On 1/6/2017 9:22 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
>>> -7 at my house this morning.� Snappy!
>>> �
>>> From: CBB - Jay Fuller
>>> Sent: Friday, January 6, 2017 9:16 AM
>>> To: af@afmug.com ; memb...@wispa.org
>>> Subject: [AFMUG] i am vetting windstream
>>> �
>>> �
>>> Good morning everyone.
>>> �
>>> I'm looking at upstream providers as the contract with my current (not so 
>>> happy) provider is nearly up.� I got an unsolicited quote from windstream 
>>> this morning that looked pretty good for 10 gig wave.� As as we 
>>> considering fiber to the home in the near future I thought I'd give this a 
>>> second look.� Glancing through list archives and the web, I've seen 
>>> windstream has had problems delivering committed bandwidth in the past.� 
>>> I've also read they did a lot of buying and may not have integrated very 
>>> well.�
>>> �
>>> Recently I saw a post from Chuck Hogg explaining several WISPA folks had 
>>> gotten together with windstream folks and got a list of tower lit locations 
>>> which I think is pretty good.� We are also looking at several options - 
>>> I'm just looking at price + value + our future needs - knowing all of this 
>>> changes dramatically every time we look at it.
>>> �
>>> Finally I know windstream recently purchased earthlink  which a few 
>>> years ago purchased ITC Deltacom which had a pretty extensive network in 
>>> Alabama.� We may also need connectivity in centurylink areas - so this 
>>> may be a better option for us than trying to do some kind of ATT ASE 
>>> circuit - i just don't know yet.
>>> �
>>> So - please - let me know your thoughts on windstream.� Is anyone using 
>>> them now and unhappy?� If so, why?
>>> �
>>> I'm also headed out for a few hours so i won't get a chance to reply to 
>>> your comments until later this afternoon when Alabama's semiannual 
>>> snowmagedden event begins - so we'll all be trapped in our homes for 24-48 
>>> hours starting about 3 pm :)
>>> �
>>> Happy Friday!
>>> �
>>> �
>> 
> 

Re: [AFMUG] Unifi switches?

[D. Ryan Spott]

Not so much:

"There was an error registering credentials. Cloud access is not 
compatible with this OS architecture."



ryan

On 7/19/16 2:03 PM, Josh Reynolds wrote:

You can attach the controller to a forum account, and it will create a
reverse tunnel for login.

On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 11:55 AM, D. Ryan Spott <rsp...@ngc457.com> wrote:

I just installed 120 of them for a school district. After 3 months they seem
to be plugging along.

The cloudkey choked and died after 30 devices. Had to go wintel for the
controller, now I can't access the controller from the cloud. :(

ryan


On 7/19/16 8:30 AM, Josh Baird wrote:

Anyone used these?  Looking at the US-8-150W to power some UniFi AP's (and
maybe some ePMP).  I heard nothing but horror stories for the ToughSwitch
line, so I want to make sure these don't have the same problems.

Josh


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Re: [AFMUG] Unifi switches?

[D. Ryan Spott]

I just installed 120 of them for a school district. After 3 months they 
seem to be plugging along.


The cloudkey choked and died after 30 devices. Had to go wintel for the 
controller, now I can't access the controller from the cloud. :(


ryan

On 7/19/16 8:30 AM, Josh Baird wrote:
Anyone used these?  Looking at the US-8-150W to power some UniFi AP's 
(and maybe some ePMP).  I heard nothing but horror stories for the 
ToughSwitch line, so I want to make sure these don't have the same 
problems.


Josh


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360-499-2164

Re: [AFMUG] Downtilt Calculator

[D. Ryan Spott]

I use this as a cheat for coverage data:

http://www.proxim.com/products/knowledge-center/calculations/calculations-downtilt-coverage-radius

ryan


On 6/11/16 10:55 AM, David Milholen wrote:


/I like this one/

/http://www.gyokovsolutions.com/G-NetTilt/G-NetTilt.html/



On 6/10/2016 12:37 PM, Brandon Yuchasz wrote:


Looking for a very simple down tilt calculation tool and I am 
wondering what most of you guys are using. There has to be an easier 
way then using math and my brain every time.


�

�

Best regards,

Brandon Yuchasz

GogebicRange.net

www.gogebicrange.net 

�



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Re: [AFMUG] Session Counts in ePMP

[D. Ryan Spott]

Brandon,

As you grow you will need to move to something like Powercode. Knowing 
how your network works Powercode will really help you. You want to drop 
the monies now before you are so busy you can't stop to implement it. :)


Before powercode:

+1 on cacti.

   https://github.com/m0sia/cacti-ePMP

   
http://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t5/ePMP-2000-and-1000/ePMP-OIDs/td-p/40233

   http://unidata.com.ua/epmp/add/files/sr2.6/CAMBIUM-ePMP-2.6-MIB.txt

and a +1 on Nagios.

Let me know if you would like any help,


ryan


On 6/14/16 11:23 AM, Josh Luthman wrote:
At Powercode?  User since 2008, if you're still interested contact me 
offlist and I'll make sure you're taken care of.


Are you using any software at all?  If not, you'll want to pick 
something up to do SNMP.  CactiEZ would get things started, but if it 
were me I'd get Powercode/VISP/Wispmon/etc to do everything once (one 
place for billing, customer equipment, monitoring, etc).



Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 11:20 AM, Brandon Yuchasz 
> wrote:


Who did you ask and how loudly?  No powercode here I will have to
find a different option.

How does Ubiquiti handle this type of thing? We are 100% cambium
in our network and only recently started in with the ePMP.

Best regards,

Brandon Yuchasz

GogebicRange.net

www.gogebicrange.net 

*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com
] *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 14, 2016 9:36 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com 
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Session Counts in ePMP

I've asked for this stuff.  For now the signal and session are
graphed in Powercode.

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340 
Direct: 937-552-2343 
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Jun 14, 2016 10:25 AM, "Brandon Yuchasz"
> wrote:

Since I came from a FSK background and then started in on the 450
platform I am having a few issues troubleshooting customers on
ePMP. In FSK and 450 you can log into the AP pull up the Session
Status tab and then scroll through looking at the session counts,
re-registrations, power levels and even see the SMs that are idle.
So if you are looking up a customer that “hasn’t has internet
since Monday” and you see they went idle with only one session
count and a  -62 at the time. You can assume the power supply got
damaged in the storm Monday afternoon. A little on the phone
support and they verify no green light.  On the other hand now
that the leaves are on the trees and nice and thick we can scroll
through the session counts and find customers that have been up
for 8 years that are now having issues with the tree cover. 568
session counts in 24 hours. Yep best put them in the schedule and
get out at take a look.

So…. Where the heck do I find similar information in ePMP. I can’t
even find if a session is idle.  I can find how many SMs have
registered to the AP but no specifics about which SM it was or if
all the extras are one SM , guys doing site surveys or a combo of
both. So how are you guys troubleshooting the ePMP platform? I
feel blind using this stuff.

Best regards,

Brandon Yuchasz

GogebicRange.net

www.gogebicrange.net 




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Re: [AFMUG] easy logging server

[D. Ryan Spott]

rsyslog with loganalyzer as a 'front end':

https://ciscoskills.net/2014/06/11/install-rsyslog-loganalyzer-on-centos-6-5/

The boss/spouse loves this.

ryan


On 6/14/16 11:06 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote:
what is an easy server to set up and get reports from for catching 
logs. I set everything on centOS and dont know how to write simple 
scripts. Looking for something I can point the 60 billion devices we 
only need to look at logs on once every el nino and otherwise will 
forget about. If there is a good webmin based module that would just 
tickle me like a fresh kitten


--
If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your 
team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.


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360-499-2164

Re: [AFMUG] New hold music for telemarketers and unsolicited sales calls

[D. Ryan Spott]

We used to have one that went like this:

   Press 1 to speak with sales.

   Press 2 to speak with accounting

   Press 3 to speak with technical support

   However, if you:

   pressed 4 you would hear a duck quack.

   pressed 5 you would hear "5?! Why did you press 5?!? Back to the
   main menu!"

   pressed 6 you would hear silence for 10 seconds and then 3 phone
   rings and then a repeat.

4, 5 and 6 were in response to a customer that would call over and over 
to try to find random extensions to complain to when billing occurred.


ryan


On 6/7/16 7:31 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:

On my PBX:

Call 1-778-819-8465

As soon as it picks up, enter  to get the extension

It's the ultimate terrible hold music...  Or you can listen to it 
here: https://soundcloud.com/user-237714155/sales-call-abyss





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360-499-2164

Re: [AFMUG] Electronics question

[D. Ryan Spott]

Yes. You can do this.

Just look at the ratings of the relay in question.

ryan

On 6/3/16 9:43 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:

Can I use the DC relay in a site monitor base unit to trigger an AC relay?
Can I use the relay in a site monitor to directly switch an AC load?
What I want to do is trick the utility power sensor in a standby 
generator so I can make it start when I want it to.  So an NC relay 
in-line with that sensor, and I'll open it to make the genny start.


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Re: [AFMUG] Photovoltaic charge controllers and SNMP

[D. Ryan Spott]

+1 for the sitemonitor monitoring. The web interface ***of the 
charge controller*** is in no way protected. I would not trust it on a 
network even if I had it behind a firewall.


Whoops.

ryan

On 5/10/16 11:03 AM, D. Ryan Spott wrote:
Make sure you have the most recent firmware for the charge 
controllers. There is a memory leak in older (5 years+) versions that 
would knock out monitoring. Charging would happen like normal but 
details about that charging were just static numbers.


The new firmware now only leaks enough to freak out every 2 years or 
so. Just bounce the charge controller during your yearly maintenance 
and you should be good.


+1 for the sitemonitor monitoring. The web interface is in no way 
protected. I would not trust it on a network even if I had it behind a 
firewall.


ryan

On 5/9/16 7:12 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
How are you retrieving the data from the morningstar to feed into the 
program? http interface?


I'm fine with using curl, sed, regex in a shell script to graph 
arbitrary data from things that present more information via a 
non-SNMP interface...  Been doing that for a while with external 
sources like weather data, I-5 traffic, etc.




On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Robert Andrews 
<i...@avantwireless.com <mailto:i...@avantwireless.com>> wrote:


I actually have a few C programs that can be used to query any
values you want from a Morningstar with ethernet.   I use them to
feed MRTG with the actual voltages and currents through my
Morningstars.   One less piece of hardware and one less cable to
deal with and one less voltage vampire on my solar sites...

On 05/09/2016 04:38 PM, Sean Heskett wrote:

if you hook up a packetflux to the serial port than you can get
everything you could ever want to monitor via SNMP. The built
in SNMP
is pretty limited.

here's a screenshot of the packetflux web interface, all
these values
can be obtained via SNMP.
Inline image 1

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Eric Kuhnke
<eric.kuh...@gmail.com
<mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com
<mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com>>> wrote:

Any chance you could snmpwalk one starting from the root OID,
numeric, and copy/paste the results back to the mailing
list?  I'm
curious what it exposes.

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Sean Heskett <af...@zirkel.us
<mailto:af...@zirkel.us <mailto:af...@zirkel.us>>> wrote:

We use Morningstar tri-star controllers.  They have a web
interface and snmp support via an Ethernet
connection.  You can
also hook up to the serial port a packetflux module
designed for
the Morningstar controllers.

-Sean


On Monday, May 9, 2016, Eric Kuhnke
<eric.kuh...@gmail.com
<mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com
<mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com>>> wrote:

Is there anything new on the market in the last 2
years or
so that speaks SNMP over IP and Ethernet?

Specifically I'm trying to figure out how to
integrate
OpenNMS and Cacti with OIDs for integer values
like charging
amperage, input current from PV, current battery
string
voltage, etc. Temperature monitoring would be
nice too.







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PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294
360-499-2164


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Community Networking Solutions
PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294
360-499-2164

Re: [AFMUG] Photovoltaic charge controllers and SNMP

[D. Ryan Spott]

Make sure you have the most recent firmware for the charge controllers. 
There is a memory leak in older (5 years+) versions that would knock out 
monitoring. Charging would happen like normal but details about that 
charging were just static numbers.


The new firmware now only leaks enough to freak out every 2 years or so. 
Just bounce the charge controller during your yearly maintenance and you 
should be good.


+1 for the sitemonitor monitoring. The web interface is in no way 
protected. I would not trust it on a network even if I had it behind a 
firewall.


ryan

On 5/9/16 7:12 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
How are you retrieving the data from the morningstar to feed into the 
program? http interface?


I'm fine with using curl, sed, regex in a shell script to graph 
arbitrary data from things that present more information via a 
non-SNMP interface...  Been doing that for a while with external 
sources like weather data, I-5 traffic, etc.




On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Robert Andrews > wrote:


I actually have a few C programs that can be used to query any
values you want from a Morningstar with ethernet.   I use them to
feed MRTG with the actual voltages and currents through my
Morningstars.   One less piece of hardware and one less cable to
deal with and one less voltage vampire on my solar sites...

On 05/09/2016 04:38 PM, Sean Heskett wrote:

if you hook up a packetflux to the serial port than you can get
everything you could ever want to monitor via SNMP.  The built
in SNMP
is pretty limited.

here's a screenshot of the packetflux web interface, all these
values
can be obtained via SNMP.
Inline image 1

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Eric Kuhnke

>>
wrote:

Any chance you could snmpwalk one starting from the root OID,
numeric, and copy/paste the results back to the mailing
list?  I'm
curious what it exposes.

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Sean Heskett

>> wrote:

We use Morningstar tri-star controllers.  They have a web
interface and snmp support via an Ethernet
connection.  You can
also hook up to the serial port a packetflux module
designed for
the Morningstar controllers.

-Sean


On Monday, May 9, 2016, Eric Kuhnke

>> wrote:

Is there anything new on the market in the last 2
years or
so that speaks SNMP over IP and Ethernet?

Specifically I'm trying to figure out how to integrate
OpenNMS and Cacti with OIDs for integer values
like charging
amperage, input current from PV, current battery
string
voltage, etc. Temperature monitoring would be nice
too.







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Ryan Spott | NGC457, llc
Community Networking Solutions
PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294
360-499-2164

Re: [AFMUG] Gino, can you get this? :)

[D. Ryan Spott]

I may have done that once back in 2000ish. Sorry east coast.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

ryan

On 5/4/16 2:51 PM, Josh Reynolds wrote:

Like they are the default route for ALL OF THE THINGS? :)

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Chuck McCown  wrote:

Remember back in the early days of the net when mis-configured routers would
sometimes announce themselves to the world, for everything?

From: Eric Kuhnke
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 3:44 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Gino, can you get this? :)

My favorite of all time is when Pakistan's PTCL (an entity functionally
equivalent to Centurylink or Verizon, they're the LEC) decided to announce
Youtube's ipv4 prefixes... Not only did they mess things up for everyone but
they also DDoSed themselves at their international transport capacity in and
out of Karachi via submarine routes.

http://www.cnet.com/news/youtube-blames-pakistan-network-for-2-hour-outage/



On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Josh Reynolds  wrote:

Well, there is a lot of single homed stuff out there for sure.

It doesn't get much better the higher up you go in the OSI model
though. There's also a lot of incompetent operators out there as well.

http://www.bgpmon.net/large-hijack-affects-reachability-of-high-traffic-destinations/
https://twitter.com/bgpstream?lang=en

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Eric Kuhnke  wrote:

It's not, really, it's the fragility of layers 1 and 2...  all the BGP
sessions in the world and diverse upstreams won't help you if you're not
diverse and suffer backhoe fade, tornado, raccoon chew, drunk guy in a
semi
truck taking out an entire utility pole, 40 pound chunk of ice falling
on a
dish+radio, etc etc

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Josh Reynolds 
wrote:

... or how fragile BGP is :)

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Eric Kuhnke 
wrote:

If the average person knew to what extent the internet is held
together
with
duct tape and twine, they'd be scared. Splice canisters for backbone
lines
carrying  40-channel WDM systems going through handholes that are
also a
residence of a family of angry raccoons.

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Josh Reynolds 
wrote:

Some may laugh, but that's, sadly, quite plausible.

That said, at least a few years ago one could making a killing
replacing light bulbs at AT shelters. $800/bulb.

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Eric Kuhnke 
wrote:

somebody in a cell site shelter tripped over an orange extension
cord
and $5
power strip probably...



On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:19 PM, Gino Villarini

wrote:

yeap, we are being affected, outage is related to Mobile Network.
No
official word yet, there was a earlier rumor about a circuit
breaker
being
accidentally turned off.  But my inside sources debunked it.  I
believe
its
a Issue with EPC

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:41 PM, Josh Reynolds

wrote:

Bit AT PR outage. Over 1 million cusomers down for 8+ hours
now.

Were you effected? Any idea what caused it?










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Community Networking Solutions
PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294
360-499-2164

Re: [AFMUG] How would you address this?

[D. Ryan Spott]

Years ago my mom had internet service from her cableco. She told me the deal 
was a phone (VoIP) and Internet. 

I was trying to support her remotely and it was terrible. I called the cableco 
and she was getting the basic triple play: 
Basic Cable
Phone
Internet... 80kbps!

I wanted mom to upgrade so I could help her when needed. She said no; Facebook 
and email worked just fine. 

This deal offered by the cableco damn near killed the local telco. 

ryan

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broadband | telco | colo | communities
PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294
425-939-0047

> On Apr 26, 2016, at 12:22, That One Guy /sarcasm <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> dsl to our customer base is never reliable over about 300k. Id say ten bucks 
> a month for 300k is fair.
> 
>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 2:06 PM, Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> 
>> wrote:
>> Hope he's doing OK.  Reminds me of Monty Python - perhaps he died while 
>> writing it!
>> 
>> Personally I'd have a hard time justifying $9.95 for any kind of unlimited 
>> service.  If he can get DSL at that price, have at it.  If it's not 
>> available, maybe we can help.
>> 
>> 
>> Josh Luthman
>> Office: 937-552-2340
>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>> 1100 Wayne St
>> Suite 1337
>> Troy, OH 45373
>> 
>>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Rory Conaway <r...@triadwireless.net> 
>>> wrote:
>>> We got hit with this a few weeks ago.  They get internet for $9.95 per 
>>> month for 1.5Mbps with DSL.  We match this.
>>> 
>>> Rory
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Head
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 12:03 PM
>>> To: af@afmug.com
>>> Subject: [AFMUG] How would you address this?
>>> 
>>> This is a copy/paste of an inquiry submission we received on our website. 
>>> What is this guy asking for? Discounted service possibly? As a WISP we 
>>> certainly don't feed from the public trough, are we "required"
>>> to do some kind of discounted service here? Having said all that I would 
>>> mention that as a practice we do discount/waive the installation fee for 
>>> veterans as taken on a case-by-case basis. Yes it is incomplete and we are 
>>> not sure why he did not finish it
>>> 
>>> 
>>> "I am wondering if your company participates in the Rural Broadband 
>>> Initiative? I live on a fixed income and it was suggested by a friend I 
>>> research the program.
>>> 
>>> My retirement is more than adequate under normal circumstances but my 
>>> medical cost not covered by the VA eats up much of my income. This makes it 
>>> necessary to budget my expenses.
>>> 
>>> I need internet service right away and I am"
>>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as 
> part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.

Re: [AFMUG] Surface mount 8 or 12-port keystone patch panel?

[D. Ryan Spott]

Graybar is pretty local to you. (I think you are in SEA/BLI/YVR?)

I like the surface mount boxes as they tend to take up less space.
http://www.graybar.com/store/en/gb/mini-com-multi-media-fiber-surface-mount-box
http://www.graybar.com/store/en/gb/surface-mount-outlet-box-6-port-versatap-shuttered

They also have these:
http://www.graybar.com/store/en/gb/patch-panels?cm_cr=DataComm-_-Web+Activity-_-Cat_DatCom_d-_-GB5052_ftcat_d-_-Patch+Panels-productImageLink
http://www.graybar.com/store/en/gb/quickport-field-configurable-patch-block-96004271

ryan

On 4/12/16 7:17 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:

Argh, wrong URL.

http://www.showmecables.com/product/Keystone-Blank-Patch-Panel-High-Density-Style-12-Port.aspx



On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 7:17 PM, Eric Kuhnke > wrote:


Hey all,


Does anyone have a favorite 8 or 12-port surface mount keystone
patch panel?

I'm looking for something that would be suitable to mount on a
plywood backboard in an IDF of a building, or on the aluminum rear
plate commonly found in, for example, an 18"x20" NEMA4 outdoor
plastic box.

Keystone because I would like to be able to individually punch
down and terminate shielded/ground wire connections and might need
to mix and match with regular UTP cable in some circumstances.

http://www.showmecables.com/category/Keystone-Patch-Panels.aspx

Anything better than that?

Re: [AFMUG] Tesla Model 3... who else is getting one?

[D. Ryan Spott]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0-sHtlCZ7M

ryan

On 3/31/16 9:06 PM, Mike Hammett wrote:
You know never stopping to fuel up is a bunch of bullshark. Gas up has 
just been replaced with charge up. Sure the fuel is cheaper, but is a 
step backwards in convenience as Mr. May said in the video. A plug in 
car would be okay as a second car.




-
Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions 

Midwest Internet Exchange 

The Brothers WISP 





*From: *"Chuck McCown" 
*To: *af@afmug.com
*Sent: *Thursday, March 31, 2016 11:03:19 PM
*Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Tesla Model 3... who else is getting one?

Silent neck  snapping acceleration and never stopping to gas up...
If your daily trips are fairly short, you would only have to plug in 
once a week.

There is nothing but upside here.
*From:* Josh Luthman 
*Sent:* Thursday, March 31, 2016 10:00 PM
*To:* af@afmug.com 
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Tesla Model 3... who else is getting one?

Even if it were 5 seconds that would be more time every two weeks than 
what I spend at a gas station.  Then I have to pay for power anyway...


Not a fan of the front end duck bill.  The rear has too much Prius.  
Side looks great.  Interior looked unfinished or space aged.


115k preorders for something you won't see in two years, though?  Woof.

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Mar 31, 2016 11:34 PM, "Chuck McCown" > wrote:


It takes 5 seconds to plug in and you wave at every gas station as
you pass it.
*From:* Josh Luthman 
*Sent:* Thursday, March 31, 2016 9:02 PM
*To:* af@afmug.com 
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Tesla Model 3... who else is getting one?

No interest really.  Plugging in every time I get home?  Yuck.  I
love the updates they do with the Model S and the API power is
really awesome, but I'm more for NA over boost, let alone electric.

I saw the website and thought "Who's going to preorder a car that
won't be announced for another hour?". IPhone users :P

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340 
Direct: 937-552-2343 
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Mar 31, 2016 10:57 PM, "Simon Westlake" 
wrote:

One day!

On 3/31/2016 9:54 PM, Chuck Hogg wrote:

Gerard and I just put our pre-orders in..anyone else?

Regards,
Chuck


-- 
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Skype: Simon_Sonar
Email: simon@sonar.software
Phone: (702) 447-1247 
---
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The next generation of ISP billing and OSS
https://sonar.software

Re: [AFMUG] Lumina WTF

[D. Ryan Spott]

Wasn't there a CPE manufacturer back in the day that required a reboot 
daily?


What is old is new again I guess.

ryan

On 3/31/16 5:00 AM, Jon Bruce wrote:

I've had the same problem with my 6GHz Lumina, several times.

The answer from support was "reboot it". No indication if this would 
happen again, what I could do to fix it, or what might have caused it.


At this point I have a 1+1 Lumina plus a 5GHz backup link for when the 
SAF drops.


I haven't had a problem with it for a while, however now that I've 
said something ...




On 3/31/2016 2:53 AM, George Skorup wrote:
So I have a 6GHz Lumina configured for 56MHz/256QAM ACM weak FEC. We 
are coordinated for variable power and it is active. It's a ~30 mile 
path on horns. Apparently the link took some fade yesterday morning. 
One side was stuck on 32QAM strong FEC. I figured meh, it'll clear. 
Well I just looked again and it didn't. I had to reboot (power-cycle 
was easier) both ends to get it unstuck. Came right back up at 256QAM 
both directions. Anyone else seen this before? Is ACM on these just 
stupid?


SAF, WTF, I should not have to reboot a $6k pair of radios! And yes, 
these were shipped with the latest firmware.

Re: [AFMUG] Full disclosure

[D. Ryan Spott]

Who cares... ya big jerk.

:)

ryan

On 3/17/16 4:55 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote:


The bossman was at the show. He didn't do a lot of networking, though 
he did do some. I would like to be clear about something, my antics 
here on this list are not reflective of my employer, I specifically do 
not identify my company by name, nor do I use my company email here. 
This is the only industry list that I present myself in such a lax 
professional manner. So if you did exchange information with him and 
made a correlation to me, please do not let my grade school behavior 
impact any decisions to follow up on any communications, believe it or 
not I am actually very professional in my day to day, normally.


Back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Re: [AFMUG] Cacti Users poll

[D. Ryan Spott]

I have quite a bit of experience with cacti and other monitoring systems. 

I would've glad to host both templates and an external cacti, nagios or other 
monitoring service for folks. 

ryan

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broadband | telco | colo | communities
PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294
425-939-0047

> On Mar 18, 2016, at 11:10, SmarterBroadband <li...@smarterbroadband.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> A number of us are cacti users.
>  
> Who would be interested in forming a group, where we all pay a small monthly 
> fee to have a “company” build and manage a cacti template library for us?  We 
> would specify our template requirements.
>  
> They would be expected to;
>  
> Create templates as requested.
> Update templates for new firmware.
> Keep a library of all templates.
>  
> I don’t know what company yet.
>  
> What do you think?
>  
> Adam
>  
>  

Re: [AFMUG] OT: And it just gets funnier by the minute.....Trump takes a step toward supporting violence by supporters, says he may pay legal fees - LA Times

[D. Ryan Spott]

Thanks Obama: for Rory.

?

:)

ryan

On 3/14/16 9:29 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
I think maybe Rory has been reading WND again, and is talking about 
this guy who definitely appears not to still be in jail.  Well, he is 
in the 2013 WND article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakoula_Basseley_Nakoula
Rory is a big Benghazi conspiracy theorist, judging from past posts.  
Oh, and “Obama”.

*From:* Jaime Solorza 
*Sent:* Monday, March 14, 2016 11:14 AM
*To:* Animal Farm 
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: And it just gets funnier by the 
minute.Trump takes a step toward supporting violence by 
supporters, says he may pay legal fees - LA Times
Interesting choice of words, "Obama and Hillary had a guy who made a 
video arrested on a _trumped_ up charge and he is still in jail."


What is this video or guy you are talking about?
Jaime Solorza
Wireless Systems Architect
915-861-1390
On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 10:06 AM, Rory Conaway > wrote:


This isn’t like he charged at some poor slob on the street, Trump
is a presidential candidate.  If this was Hillary, the FBI would
be holding him for several days and assigned 60 FBI agents to tear
his life apart.  Obama and Hillary had a guy who made a video
arrested on a trumped up charge and he is still in jail.

Rory

*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com
] *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof
*Sent:* Monday, March 14, 2016 9:03 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com 
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: And it just gets funnier by the
minute.Trump takes a step toward supporting violence by
supporters, says he may pay legal fees - LA Times

He posted bond.  He has a court date, I think today or tomorrow,
pending charges disorderly conduct and inducing panic.  That’s the
system. Geez, if you don’t know, you could Google it.

*From:*Rory Conaway 

*Sent:*Monday, March 14, 2016 10:52 AM

*To:*af@afmug.com 

*Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] OT: And it just gets funnier by the
minute.Trump takes a step toward supporting violence by
supporters, says he may pay legal fees - LA Times

I’m still confused how thugs attack police in Chicago and St.
Louis and try to attack Trump on stage and that’s Donald Trump’s
fault.  One guy punches some protestor who shouldn’t have been
there in the first place but that gets more press than hitting
policemen and it’s Trump supporters who are blamed.  My question
is why the guy charging Trump on the stage was let go after 1 day
without a more thorough investigation?

Rory

*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Jeremy
*Sent:* Monday, March 14, 2016 8:47 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com 
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: And it just gets funnier by the
minute.Trump takes a step toward supporting violence by
supporters, says he may pay legal fees - LA Times

He and his family have now been receiving death threats too.

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Josh Reynolds
> wrote:

Had not seen this... wtf


http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/mar/13/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrongly-links-campaign-event-proteste/


On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Jaime Solorza
> wrote:
> Yes   I had students at UTEP from Iran...most wanted the Shah
out but didn't
> want Khomeni or religious fanatics to get power... careful what
you ask
> for...you might get it...
> I read a really good book by writer from Afghanistan about the
Russian
> occupation and the different Mujahadin that drove them out. 
Lots of what is

> covered about history of this  area with American and British
presence
> really opened my eyes to mistakes made long ago which affect us
today  We
> meddled and disabled the status quo.   Don't get me wrong crazy
is crazy
> and terrorism is  wrong but if western nations had not
interfered way back
> to then in search for oil, how different the middle east might
beit is a
> very complex question which I try to learn about... maybe some
of you whose
> dad were engineers or consultants back then can illuminate me.

Re: [AFMUG] This is all your fault Jaime S

[D. Ryan Spott]

We are all watching his figure.. From space! :)

ryan

On 3/13/16 7:21 PM, Josh Reynolds wrote:


I am trying...

On Mar 13, 2016 9:15 PM, "Jaime Solorza" > wrote:


Hawatch the that figure

On Mar 13, 2016 7:06 PM, "Josh Reynolds" > wrote:

So I paid attention to Jaime's Mexican steak recipe a few
weeks ago.

I made tacos and fajitas tonight, green peppers, onion, fresh
garlic, salt, pepper, homemade taco seasoning, hand made flour
tortillas, cayenne pepper and lime on everything, lettuce, 4
cheese blend, refried beans, Mexican rice, sour cream...

My problem though is my wife made 2 dozen homemade chocolate
chip cookies yesterday, and over 120 butter cookies.

I'm too fat to eat more, and they all look too good to not eat!

Thanks Jaime! :)

Re: [AFMUG] Displaying backhaul traffic on a map live

[D. Ryan Spott]

I have made some of these maps for 48 and 96 port switches pointing to 
individual hadoop cluster members. Pointy-haired bosses LOVE them.




ryan

On 3/11/16 10:19 AM, George Skorup wrote:

Yeah, that's nice. Sorry, I meant *my* map is not so pretty.

On 3/11/2016 8:27 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:

Could be prettier?  That example Ryan posted is pretty enough for me.
*From:* George Skorup <mailto:geo...@cbcast.com>
*Sent:* Friday, March 11, 2016 1:06 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Displaying backhaul traffic on a map live
I'm using Network Weathermap integrated w/ Cacti. Makes it easy to 
visualize traffic flow on the network. Could be prettier, but it works.


On 3/10/2016 11:51 PM, D. Ryan Spott wrote:

Network weather map. It is a PITA to configure but the results are nice:

http://weathermap.sw.alaska.edu/ (hover over links for more info)

I had something like this on a large screen in a former 
life/company. I added a lower frame that auto refresh through 
important graphs.


ryan

On 3/10/16 4:57 AM, Andreas Wiatowski wrote:
I’m wondering if anyone can suggest a method to display a live map 
of traffic on Google or Bing Map?  We use THE DUDE for our network 
mapping / topology, but the built in web server crashes when we use 
an android box / software to display the map on a TV.

Cheers,

Andreas Wiatowski, CEO
Silo Wireless Inc.
519-449-5656 x-600

Re: [AFMUG] Displaying backhaul traffic on a map live

[D. Ryan Spott]

Network weather map. It is a PITA to configure but the results are nice:

http://weathermap.sw.alaska.edu/ (hover over links for more info)

I had something like this on a large screen in a former life/company. I 
added a lower frame that auto refresh through important graphs.


ryan

On 3/10/16 4:57 AM, Andreas Wiatowski wrote:
I’m wondering if anyone can suggest a method to display a live map of 
traffic on Google or Bing Map?  We use THE DUDE for our network 
mapping / topology, but the built in web server crashes when we use an 
android box / software to display the map on a TV.



Cheers,

Andreas Wiatowski, CEO
Silo Wireless Inc.
519-449-5656 x-600

Re: [AFMUG] iphone wifi speedtest

[D. Ryan Spott]

Are you doing heatmaps or just proving speed in each room?

Risking sounding like a shill, use the pro version of this: 
www.netspotapp.com/ The active scanning is pretty neat.


ryan

On 3/10/16 10:01 AM, David wrote:

Ok,
 What is everyone using on their iphone for a WEE FEE speed test that 
doesnt choke.
We were doing some hotel testing and it seems we get expected rates 
using a laptop or android phone but

iphone is just baaad.
Anyone ever seen that before?


--

Re: [AFMUG] Safe or Not - Working Near Mobile Phone Systems

[D. Ryan Spott]

Radar-Alaska

Story fun.

The Cobra Dane.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_Dane

My older brother is an FAA engineer. He was installing a radar system on 
Shemya and had to have some parts flown in. Through an odd turn of 
events my sister rode out on the jet delivering the parts.


My sister worked for the local coffee roaster Kaladi Brothers. They used 
to have a contest for the most extreme place to have a cup of their 
coffee.  So while she was on the runway she snapped a picture holding 
her her cup of coffee. She had no idea what the big boxy thing in the 
background was.


A few weeks later my brother looked up while standing in line to see my 
sister's winning entry in a frame above the counter. He asked her to 
take it down as the array was still classified at that time.


Whoops!

My older brother also told me of warming his lunch on the klystron tube.

ryan


On 3/1/16 3:17 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote:


North Warning System and DEW line as well, though some of those came 
later.


On Mar 1, 2016 3:16 PM, "Josh Reynolds" > wrote:


White Alice

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Alice_Communications_System

There was one in Homer, AK I went poking around in a year or two
ago :)

On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 5:14 PM, Eric Kuhnke
 wrote:
> With very early post-ww2 radar installations in Alaska guys
would go out and
> stand in front of the dish to get warm
>
> On Mar 1, 2016 2:21 PM, "Chuck McCown"  wrote:
>>
>> A quick and dirty method is whether or not you can feel warmth
or heat.
>> If so you may be getting damaged.  I feels like a heat lamp. 
If you feel

>> any warmth from the antennas come back down.
>>
>> It isn’t an emergency your are going to die go to the ER type
of thing,
>> but certain parts of your body are more susceptible to
biological heating
>> than others.  I still cannot find backup for this, but I was
told many years
>> ago that the lens of your eye is one of the most susceptible
organs.
>>
>> As I recall the story, WWII Sailors would get warm in front of
radar
>> antennas while standing watch.  They later developed cataracts.
>>
>> From: Christopher Gray
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2016 1:02 PM
>> To: af@afmug.com 
>> Subject: [AFMUG] Safe or Not - Working Near Mobile Phone Systems
>>
>> I'm hoping to do some work in a steeple that has cell phone
equipment. I
>> understand there are currently 6 sectors, and will soon be 9
sectors for
>> mobile phone service located behind the louvers.
>>
>> I would like to assess which work locations require disabling
the mobile
>> system (if any), and if there are specific exposure times
associated with
>> such work locations.
>>
>> 1 - Level above existing installation.
>> 2 - Same level as mobile system, but behind sectors.
>> 3 - In front of sectors, outside the structure.
>>
>> I appreciate any help or guidance. Thank you - Chris

Re: [AFMUG] Safe or Not - Working Near Mobile Phone Systems

[D. Ryan Spott]

Safety is safety. (period)

I just call the number for the NOC on the fence. I ask that they turn 
the power down for that site.


I usually have to escalate the issue (safety, safety, *if you don't turn 
it down I am cutting the power at the breaker and you'll have to send 
someone out! safety, safety!)


Eventually they get the local regional manager to call me via his cell.

I tell the local regional manager guy that if it was his guys on the 
site I would turn the power down on my gear too. I tell him how long 
I'll be on the tower and that I'll call him with lots of lead time the 
next time I have to do something so he knows what is going on.


So far there has only been one regional manager that I have had to deal 
with. I have his email address. I saw him behind me in Starbucks once. I 
bought his coffee for him.


The tower owner does not care about squabbles between the tenants as 
long as they keep paying. They keep paying because they have a lease 
just like you. You do have a written lease... right?


YMMV. This worked for me.

ryan

On 3/1/16 4:01 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote:
Yeah, but calling that number is always a colo risk. Cell is almost 
definitely paying a more substantial rent, piss them off they talk to 
the landlord. we are colocated at a verizon beta testing location, I 
assume we are getting cooked there and have a meter lined up for next 
time we go up. Thats a telephone number i dont want to call if i dont 
have to


On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Jaime Solorza 
> wrote:


The site should have a RF Safety warning sticker somewhere before
you enter area by law.

On Mar 1, 2016 1:02 PM, "Christopher Gray"
>
wrote:

I'm hoping to do some work in a steeple that has cell phone
equipment. I understand there are currently 6 sectors, and
will soon be 9 sectors for mobile phone service located behind
the louvers.

I would like to assess which work locations require disabling
the mobile system (if any), and if there are specific exposure
times associated with such work locations.

1 - Level above existing installation.
2 - Same level as mobile system, but behind sectors.
3 - In front of sectors, outside the structure.

I appreciate any help or guidance. Thank you - Chris




--
If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your 
team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.

Re: [AFMUG] Outsourced Email

[D. Ryan Spott]

My understanding is that it was designed to handle the load of AOL back in the 
day. There is clustering built into it and obviously AOL did use a custom 
system. 

When I really admin-ed it, we handled 10s of thousands of email accounts with 
it on thousands of hosted domains. It just hummed along on OSX and FreeBSD. 

Tandem, cool cool stuff. 

ryan

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> On Jan 19, 2016, at 09:00, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The AOL email system ran on a network of Tandem NonStop systems back in the 
> day. It was all custom at that time.
> 
> I worked at Tandem at the time, and we had regular weekly shipments of 
> machines going to AOL.
> 
> I think the sales rep retired on the commissions.
> 
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
> 
>> On 1/19/2016 8:54 AM, Paul Stewart wrote:
>> It is a pretty slick system (and expensive) .. I never seen a communigate 
>> pro system though that was scaled up.  I'm assuming this 'spec' was for AOL 
>> when they first started out back in the day?  There's no way you can run a 
>> system of that size on a single server ;)
>> 
>> -----Original Message-
>> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of D. Ryan Spott
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 11:13 AM
>> To: af@afmug.com
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Outsourced Email
>> 
>> I believe the original spec for Communigate was to run all of AOLs email on 
>> 1 server. I would believe it. Bomb proof.
>> 
>> The Russian guy that does most of the code is a freaking genius.
>> 
>> It is as expensive as Exchange but so stable you will never touch it.
>> 
>> Reselling hosted domains is trivial. You can give admins for your hosted 
>> domains full reign of their domain and never have to worry about them.
>> 
>> Pretty cool stuff.
>> 
>> ryan
> 

Re: [AFMUG] Outsourced Email

[D. Ryan Spott]

I believe the original spec for Communigate was to run all of AOLs email on 1 
server. I would believe it. Bomb proof. 

The Russian guy that does most of the code is a freaking genius. 

It is as expensive as Exchange but so stable you will never touch it. 

Reselling hosted domains is trivial. You can give admins for your hosted 
domains full reign of their domain and never have to worry about them. 

Pretty cool stuff. 

ryan

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425-939-0047

> On Jan 19, 2016, at 05:16, Stefan Englhardt <s...@genias.net> wrote:
> 
> We run http://communigate.com/ for years now. Runs very stable and efficient 
> in a VM.
> Integrates with Outlook and is webmanagable.
> Not cheap and you need some time to learn all the settings but a real 
> professional system.
> 
> 
> 
> -Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
> Von: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] Im Auftrag von Paul Stewart
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. Januar 2016 14:10
> An: af@afmug.com
> Betreff: Re: [AFMUG] Outsourced Email
> 
> How many mailboxes?
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Matt
> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 7:07 PM
> To: af@afmug.com
> Subject: [AFMUG] Outsourced Email
> 
> Since Gmail for ISP's went away are there any new affordable options?
> 
> 
> 
> 

Re: [AFMUG] powercode custom report - customer groups

[D. Ryan Spott]

Totally safe. It's from Scrubs. 

ryan

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> On Jan 12, 2016, at 18:26, Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
> 
> Ya uhm not sure I'm clicking that...
> 
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
> 
>> On Jan 12, 2016 9:13 PM, "D. Ryan Spott" <rsp...@ngc457.com> wrote:
>> http://45.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5658arTRD1qcmtopo1_250.gif
>> 
>> ryan
>> 
>> 
>>> On 1/12/16 3:39 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
>>> <3
>>> 
>>> Josh Luthman
>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>> Suite 1337
>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 12, 2016 6:14 PM, "That One Guy /sarcasm" 
>>>> <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I love you josh
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 5:08 PM, Josh Luthman 
>>>> <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
>>>>> You know those are all in Data Export?  If you can do a CSV export you 
>>>>> can delete the excess columns.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Josh Luthman
>>>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>>>> Suite 1337
>>>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 6:06 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm 
>>>>> <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> the built in reports list everything ither than the "none" group and the 
>>>>>> "all" group. Anybody know the ID for group in the custom reports, and 
>>>>>> maybe the syntax I need? Customer Id, Name, Group, Status would be a 
>>>>>> great report. Powercode did not get back to me
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team 
>>>>>> as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team 
>>>> as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> D. Ryan Spott | NGC457, llc
>> broadband | telco | colo | communities
>> PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294
>> 425-939-0047

Re: [AFMUG] powercode custom report - customer groups

[D. Ryan Spott]

http://45.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5658arTRD1qcmtopo1_250.gif

ryan


On 1/12/16 3:39 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:


<3

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Jan 12, 2016 6:14 PM, "That One Guy /sarcasm" 
<thatoneguyst...@gmail.com <mailto:thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>> wrote:


I love you josh

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 5:08 PM, Josh Luthman
<j...@imaginenetworksllc.com <mailto:j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>>
wrote:

You know those are all in Data Export? If you can do a CSV
export you can delete the excess columns.


Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340 
Direct: 937-552-2343 
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 6:06 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm
<thatoneguyst...@gmail.com <mailto:thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>>
wrote:

the built in reports list everything ither than the "none"
group and the "all" group. Anybody know the ID for group
in the custom reports, and maybe the syntax I need?
Customer Id, Name, Group, Status would be a great report.
Powercode did not get back to me

-- 
If you only see yourself as part of the team but

you don't see your team as part of yourself you
have already failed as part of the team.





-- 
If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see

your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of
the team.




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425-939-0047

Re: [AFMUG] MatrixStream IPTV

[D. Ryan Spott]

Have they actually given you the name of _any_ of their customers?

ryan

On 1/8/16 10:22 AM, Tim Reichhart wrote:
stay way from matrixstream because I have been in talks with them for 
few weeks again and they wont talk to small wisps they are into larger 
telcos and they are only at 40 channels and they dont have any local 
channels and if you want to add local channels you have to get 
retransmission's rights and they said I would have to spend 24k just 
to do this then you have to have 75k to 100k servers from them to do 
this. I am also in talks with somebody local who does IPTV they said 
they can do standard IPTV with 3meg and HD with 6megs with vlan setup.


Tim


-Original Message-
From: "D. Ryan Spott" <rsp...@ngc457.com>
To: af@afmug.com
Date: 01/07/16 09:23 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] MatrixStream IPTV

Not realchoice.

MatrixStream. Do you have a MatrixStream IPTV system working that
I can see?

ryan


On 1/7/16 6:07 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:

Oh, I will gladly take your $5K...
Realchoice really does work and it is the solution. Transport is
an issue.
And I am leaning on them to add a feature.
    *From:* D. Ryan Spott <mailto:rsp...@ngc457.com>
*Sent:* Thursday, January 07, 2016 6:51 PM
*To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] MatrixStream IPTV
I offered $5000 to them to show me ANYONE with a working system
that I could look at ANYWHERE or just talk to. NOTHING.

Aaron? STILL contacts me over 5 years after I originally inquired
on this system/device.

I stopped by 2 of their offices in San Francisco about 2 years
ago. One was a Regus building and the other was a cheap tilt-up
building.

The Regus reception said there was no one of that company in her
records. She may have been trained to say that.

The tilt up building in S. San Francisco had a few people in it
that tried selling me odd LED keychains and other Chinese 'new to
market' items.

One of the folks in the back carried out a matrixstream device
covered in dust. They did not know what it was for or what it
did. We plugged it into the TV with no response. We opened the
device. It was pretty much a plastic shell.

Not impressed. RUN.

And yes, you have to negotiate all your media / retransmit contracts.

ryan


On 1/7/16 3:31 PM, Josh Corson wrote:

Anyone ever use them? I've looked into this in the past but
wasn't sure if they provided the content or if we had to do all
the legwork and then use their pretty little boxes..

https://www.matrixstream.com/


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Call
Send SMS
Call from mobile
Add to Skype
You'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype

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425-939-0047

Re: [AFMUG] MatrixStream IPTV

[D. Ryan Spott]

Not realchoice.

MatrixStream. Do you have a MatrixStream IPTV system working that I can see?

ryan


On 1/7/16 6:07 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:

Oh, I will gladly take your $5K...
Realchoice really does work and it is the solution. Transport is an issue.
And I am leaning on them to add a feature.
*From:* D. Ryan Spott <mailto:rsp...@ngc457.com>
*Sent:* Thursday, January 07, 2016 6:51 PM
*To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] MatrixStream IPTV
I offered $5000 to them to show me ANYONE with a working system that I 
could look at ANYWHERE or just talk to. NOTHING.


Aaron? STILL contacts me over 5 years after I originally inquired on 
this system/device.


I stopped by 2 of their offices in San Francisco about 2 years ago. 
One was a Regus building and the other was a cheap tilt-up building.


The Regus reception said there was no one of that company in her 
records. She may have been trained to say that.


The tilt up building in S. San Francisco had a few people in it that 
tried selling me odd LED keychains and other Chinese 'new to market' 
items.


One of the folks in the back carried out a matrixstream device covered 
in dust. They did not know what it was for or what it did. We plugged 
it into the TV with no response. We opened the device. It was pretty 
much a plastic shell.


Not impressed. RUN.

And yes, you have to negotiate all your media / retransmit contracts.

ryan


On 1/7/16 3:31 PM, Josh Corson wrote:
Anyone ever use them? I've looked into this in the past but wasn't 
sure if they provided the content or if we had to do all the legwork 
and then use theirpretty little boxes..


https://www.matrixstream.com/


--
*Josh Corson*
Operations Manager
BlueBit Networks
bluebitnetworks.com <http://bluebitnetworks.com>
o. 573.355.5381 c. 573.259.3073




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broadband | telco | colo | communities
PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294
425-939-0047



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broadband | telco | colo | communities
PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294
425-939-0047

Re: [AFMUG] MatrixStream IPTV

[D. Ryan Spott]

I offered $5000 to them to show me ANYONE with a working system that I 
could look at ANYWHERE or just talk to. NOTHING.


Aaron? STILL contacts me over 5 years after I originally inquired on 
this system/device.


I stopped by 2 of their offices in San Francisco about 2 years ago. One 
was a Regus building and the other was a cheap tilt-up building.


The Regus reception said there was no one of that company in her 
records. She may have been trained to say that.


The tilt up building in S. San Francisco had a few people in it that 
tried selling me odd LED keychains and other Chinese 'new to market' items.


One of the folks in the back carried out a matrixstream device covered 
in dust. They did not know what it was for or what it did. We plugged it 
into the TV with no response. We opened the device. It was pretty much a 
plastic shell.


Not impressed. RUN.

And yes, you have to negotiate all your media / retransmit contracts.

ryan


On 1/7/16 3:31 PM, Josh Corson wrote:
Anyone ever use them? I've looked into this in the past but wasn't 
sure if they provided the content or if we had to do all the legwork 
and then use their pretty little boxes..



https://www.matrixstream.com/


--
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Operations Manager
BlueBit Networks
bluebitnetworks.com <http://bluebitnetworks.com>
o. 573.355.5381 c. 573.259.3073




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425-939-0047

Re: [AFMUG] New work truck

[D. Ryan Spott]

I work at a really big Internet book seller. EVERYTHING they do has a 
metric behind it. Decisions are made (almost always) with math. 
Microseconds and 100ths of a penny count.


Pretty amazing to watch.

ryan

On 1/5/16 9:47 AM, can...@believewireless.net wrote:
I worked in IT for UPS back in the day. Lining the walls of the 
building were pictures of charts and graphs of different things
they had measured... from sending packages via truck, rail or air 
based on cost and capacity, making routes with only right
turns, to the amount of time the average driver takes to get in and 
out of the truck. I remember seeing the last one on the
wall and wondering how much training they ended up putting into 
drivers teaching them to get in and out of a truck faster.


On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com 
<mailto:af...@kwisp.com>> wrote:


I once worked for Rockwell in its heyday before it split into a
dozen parts like Motorola.  It was definitely run by the bean
counters.  Probably typical of any company that does a lot of
government contract work.
I’m not complaining.  A few months ago, I took a one-time $100K
distribution from Boeing for my Rockwell pension (look that word
up in the dictionary, youngsters), and that doesn’t include all
the 401K matching they did when I was a Rockwell employee from
1980-1988.  (Oh, and we had 100% paid insurance and tuition
reimbursement.)  But Rockwell took a one-two punch with the
cancellation of the B1 bomber and the end of the cold war.  End of
the Space Shuttle program didn’t help either.  Evidently my piece
of the company ended up going to Boeing.  I think Collins Radio
want back to being Collins Radio.  Some of the products I worked
on are still sold by Charles Industries.
*From:* Chuck McCown <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>
*Sent:* Tuesday, January 05, 2016 11:12 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] New work truck
There are two types of companies. Those run by the bean counters
and those run by the product subject matter expert(s).  I know the
type I like to work for.
*From:* Ken Hohhof <mailto:af...@kwisp.com>
*Sent:* Tuesday, January 05, 2016 9:23 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] New work truck
I thought accountants were supposed to do your bidding, not make
trouble.
There is an old joke about hiring an accountant.  Several
candidates are in the waiting room.  The first candidate goes in,
and the hiring manager asks “What is 2+2” and he answers “4”.
Thank you for coming in.  Next.
The second candidate goes in, and is asked “What is 2+2?”.  Having
seen the fate of the first candidate, he figures 4 probably was
the wrong answer, so he says “5”.
Thank you for coming in.  Next.
The third candidate goes in, and is asked “What is 2+2”.  He
answers “What would you like it to be?”
You’re hired.
*From:* Sean Heskett <mailto:af...@zirkel.us>
*Sent:* Tuesday, January 05, 2016 9:37 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] New work truck
Well I probably won't have the accountant write off the snowboard
rack then haha.


On Monday, January 4, 2016, Brandon Yuchasz
<li...@gogebicrange.net <mailto:li...@gogebicrange.net>> wrote:

Our accountant asked us several different ways last year how
much of the snowmobile was personal use and how much was work.
No matter how we answered she didn’t seem to want to accept
that it was 100% for work. Finally after explaining the
location of some towers she got it. I guess everyone up here
that owns their business must try and write off a snowmobile.

Best regards,

Brandon Yuchasz

GogebicRange.net

www.gogebicrange.net <http://www.gogebicrange.net/>

*From:*Af
[mailto:javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','af-boun...@afmug.com');]
*On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman
*Sent:* Monday, January 04, 2016 8:03 PM
*To:* javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','af@afmug.com');
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] New work truck

"Work truck"


Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340 
Direct: 937-552-2343 
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 9:02 PM, Sean Heskett
    <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','af...@zirkel.us');> wrote:





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Re: [AFMUG] OT: Document scanning services

[D. Ryan Spott]

Call your local large legal firm. During discovery they scan all the things. 

They will be able to refer you to where they get things done. 

ryan

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> On Dec 21, 2015, at 12:40, Paul McCall <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote:
> 
> Looking for recommendations for document scanning…   If someone has used one 
> that they worked well for them and was cost-effective
>  
> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman
> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 3:37 PM
> To: af@afmug.com
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Document scanning services
>  
> Huh???
> 
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
> 
> On Dec 21, 2015 3:34 PM, "Paul McCall" <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote:
> Has anybody use a 3rd party to scan in a few thousand pages and are thrilled 
> with the results?
>  
> Paul
>  
> Paul McCall, Pres.
> PDMNet / Florida Broadband
> 658 Old Dixie Highway
> Vero Beach, FL 32962
> 772-564-6800 office
> 772-473-0352 cell
> www.pdmnet.com
> pa...@pdmnet.net
>  

Re: [AFMUG] Marketing

[D. Ryan Spott]

Do you have a landing page that people go to when they click your ads?

I would be interested in where the clicks were coming from, clients, IPs 
etc.


ryan

On 12/2/15 8:38 AM, Chuck McCown wrote:
I do too, but as far as buying clicks, I get more clicks and cheaper 
clicks from Bing.  Same keywords same everything.  Lately have seen a 
large uptick.

*From:* Jaime Solorza <mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com>
*Sent:* Wednesday, December 02, 2015 9:34 AM
*To:* Animal Farm <mailto:af@afmug.com>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Marketing

First thing I do on new PCs is get rid of Bing...I set Chrome and 
Google as default.makes my simple mind happy


On Dec 2, 2015 9:31 AM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com 
<mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote:


Lately, Bing Ads has been kicking Google Adwords’ butt.   And at
    half the price.




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Re: [AFMUG] Marketing

[D. Ryan Spott]

That was what I was getting at with finding out who these 'customers' were.

ryan


On 12/2/15 11:55 AM, Jon Auer wrote:
Do they seem to be doing anything once they get to the site? Looking 
at datasheets or something like that?
It could be that the Bing Ads platform is just more susceptible to 
clickfraud.


On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com 
<mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote:


I do too, but as far as buying clicks, I get more clicks and
cheaper clicks from Bing.  Same keywords same everything.  Lately
have seen a large uptick.
*From:* Jaime Solorza <mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com>
*Sent:* Wednesday, December 02, 2015 9:34 AM
*To:* Animal Farm <mailto:af@afmug.com>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Marketing

First thing I do on new PCs is get rid of Bing...I set Chrome and
Google as default.makes my simple mind happy

On Dec 2, 2015 9:31 AM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com
<mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote:

Lately, Bing Ads has been kicking Google Adwords’ butt. And at
half the price.





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425-939-0047

Re: [AFMUG] Looking for a Ticketing System

[D. Ryan Spott]

I like zen desk. Pretty cheap or free depending. 

ryan

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> On Nov 25, 2015, at 11:14, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> SugarCRM is totally commercial now, but SuiteCRM has taken over the v6.5+ 
> code base from an open source angle is actively developed. It's what I use 
> for a CRM system now and quite flexible...  But it's *not* a ticketing system.
> 
> https://suitecrm.com/
> 
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Jeremy <jeremysmi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> SugarCRM?  I have no ideas about their pricing model.  
>> 
>>> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 8:55 AM, Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>> I think Dennis meant http://www.librenms.org/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Josh Luthman
>>> Office: 937-552-2340
>>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>>> 1100 Wayne St
>>> Suite 1337
>>> Troy, OH 45373
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Paul Stewart <p...@paulstewart.org> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> Last update was 2002?
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Burgess
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 10:37 AM
>>>> To: af@afmug.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Looking for a Ticketing System
>>>> 
>>>> http://liberum.org/
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Dennis Burgess, CTO, Link Technologies, Inc.
>>>> den...@linktechs.net - 314-735-0270 x103 - www.linktechs.net
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Nate Burke
>>>> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 6:10 PM
>>>> To: Animal Farm <af@afmug.com>
>>>> Subject: [AFMUG] Looking for a Ticketing System
>>>> 
>>>> This is for a personal project, but I think most of the things are the same
>>>> that a WISP would use.  I'm looking for a Ticketing/Asset tracking
>>>> application for building management.  Something where people could submit
>>>> tickets, like 'The Door to room 200 won't close correctly'  that can be
>>>> tracked, logged and closed.  Also managing things like Emergency lighting
>>>> battery replacement, so be able to query something like 'show all Emergency
>>>> lights with batteries older than 3 years'
>>>> 
>>>> Money/accounting side of things is not really important, unless it's like 
>>>> to
>>>> associate a cost to closing out a ticket.  Like in the example above 'Room
>>>> 200 needed a new door handle, $12.95 at Home Depot'
>>>> 
>>>> I really have no idea what's out there for ticketing/management these days,
>>>> so places to start looking would be helpful.  Or is there a better way to
>>>> manage/control a building?
>>>> 
>>>> The Person I'm replacing (at my church) currently keeps all these things in
>>>> his head, and I think it's going to be a pretty rough transition.  So as
>>>> long as there is a paradigm shift happening, getting a sustainable system 
>>>> in
>>>> place for tracking and management I think will really help going forward.
>>>> 
>>>> Nate
> 

Re: [AFMUG] FTP Client Recommendation

[D. Ryan Spott]

WinSCP does all of these things... except scheduling. Need to use 
windows to do that for you.


ryan


On 11/23/15 7:43 AM, Wireless Administrator wrote:


Can anyone recommend a quality FTP Client with the following features?

Windows based

Scripting

Scheduling

SFTP/FTPS

Does not have to be Free.

Thanks,

Steve




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Re: [AFMUG] MikroTik Tools for Mac

[D. Ryan Spott]

I just use winebottler and make my own when a new one comes out.

it is ~500MB when created but it works fine.

ryan


On 11/16/15 3:53 PM, Joshaven Mailing Lists wrote:
As far as I know both versions should work on Snow Leopard… If you get 
info as to compatibility that I should throw on the site then let me 
know.


Sincerely,
Joshaven Potter
MTCNA, MTCRE, MTCWE, MTCTCE, UACA
Google Hangouts: yourt...@gmail.com <mailto:yourt...@gmail.com>
Cell & SMS: 1-517-607-9370
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On Nov 16, 2015, at 5:36 PM, Darren Shea <darr...@ecpi.com 
<mailto:darr...@ecpi.com>> wrote:


Oh, very cool! Is this (or an older version) Winbox port compatible 
with Snow Leopard on an older MacBook?
*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com]*On Behalf Of*Joshaven Mailing 
Lists

*Sent:*Monday, November 16, 2015 12:32 PM
*To:*af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
*Subject:*[AFMUG] MikroTik Tools for Mac
I don’t know how many of of the AFMUGgers might be using my MikroTik 
tools for Mac but I finally got around to updating the compiled 
versions for El Capitan Support.

Winbox: http://joshaven.com/resources/tools/winbox-for-mac/
The Dude: http://joshaven.com/resources/tools/the-dude-for-mac/

Let me know if there is any trouble.
Sincerely,
Joshaven Potter
MTCNA, MTCRE, MTCWE, MTCTCE, UACA
Google Hangouts:yourt...@gmail.com <mailto:yourt...@gmail.com>
Cell & SMS: 1-517-607-9370
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Re: [AFMUG] Synchronizing bookmarks

[D. Ryan Spott]

Dropbox? Drag and drop the webloc file into a shared folder?

ryan

On 11/3/15 1:36 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote:
you could probably do some creative registry hacks like we did with 
google earth to share a default map. But that stuff breaks so easy


On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 3:17 PM, Scott Vander Dussen 
<sc...@velociter.net <mailto:sc...@velociter.net>> wrote:


Anyone know of an extension that synchronizes select folders
bookmarks with colleagues (not necessarily the browser’s entire
set of bookmarks)?  Or an extension that is able to keep its own
set of synchronized bookmarks separate from the browser’s built-in
bookmark set?

Trying to find a way to basically have a “Work” folder of
bookmarks shared with colleagues without messing up their personal
bookmarks and have a single place to push updates to those
bookmarks **without** using one of the many web-based solutions
out there.

`S




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Re: [AFMUG] OT: Best laptop for battery and price

[D. Ryan Spott]

+1 and the location manager to flip between ip settings is the best. 

TCO is so low it's not even funny. 

ryan

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> On Oct 31, 2015, at 12:10, Sean Heskett <af...@zirkel.us> wrote:
> 
> We use MacBook Pro.
> 
> We still have one in service from 2009 ;)
> 
> 
> 
>> On Friday, October 30, 2015, Jay Weekley <par...@cyberbroadband.net> wrote:
>> Looks like it's time for a new field piece.  I'm looking for a smallish 
>> netbook/laptop with an ethernet port but more importantly I need a good 
>> battery.

Re: [AFMUG] Getting it done

[D. Ryan Spott]

A friend of mine worked for a very large telco as an non-represented IT guy 
working on local LANs. 

One of his co-workers was friendly with an IBEW telco guy and let him watch the 
install of a Cisco 2500 series router with a T1.

IBEW declared that work to be Union work. They demanded, and got, the previous 
7 years of hourly pay that !2! Union employees would have gotten for ALL the 
router installs nationwide. Not a single Union member got any part of those 
monies. :(

They tried to make it so Union members would need to plug and unplug hard 
drives inside machines after a nonunion person unscrewed and opened them. 

Silly Union things. I am the son of a Union mason/carpenter. I love wearing my 
grandfathers 50 year IBEW pin when I go to the power company to talk about 
poles. ;) eyes bug out. 

ryan

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> On Oct 27, 2015, at 14:44, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
> 
> My first job out of college was at the manufacturing arm of GTE.  It was a 
> union shop, even the secretaries were union.  I was an engineer and non 
> union, but we got whatever COL increase the union got.
>  
> Every couple years the contract would come up for renewal, and the whole 
> factory would work overtime to stockpile enough product for a 2 week strike.  
> Then there would be a strike, which was like a vacation for the workers, who 
> had all that overtime money banked.  Then the union would settle for pretty 
> much the original offer, and everyone would go back to work.
>  
> One year while I was there, there was no strike.  So there had to be a 2 week 
> layoff while they worked off all that inventory they had stockpiled.  I guess 
> it worked out the same in the end.
>  
> As a new guy, I got my hand slapped a couple times.  Had to learn not to give 
> typing to a secretary, that went to a clerk-typist.  And one time I took off 
> a wallplate to check if the outlet was grounded, and nearly had a union 
> grievance.
>  
> From: James Howard
> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 4:15 PM
> To: af@afmug.com
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Getting it done
>  
> I thought that was the typical union attitude.
>  
> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of That One Guy /sarcasm
> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 4:02 PM
> To: af@afmug.com
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Getting it done
>  
> jesus christ are you fucking nuts, could you imagine that attitude with union 
> backing?
>  
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 4:00 PM, James Howard <ja...@litewire.net> wrote:
> Sounds like they need to unionize.
>  
> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On  Behalf Of That One Guy /sarcasm
> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 3:55 PM
> To: af@afmug.com
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Getting it done
>  
> my guys would have taken 2 days to assemble, one day to put up the section, a 
> half a day to load the gear in the van, which would make it too late to hang 
> the gear, theyd get out by noon the next day to hang it, get half done by 4, 
> even though we quit at 5, another day to finish installing, and id have to 
> send them back the next day because they forgot it needed cables
>  
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> 
> wrote:
> Oh that makes more sense =P
> 
>  
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
>  
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> To add a section.   Yes i did
> 
> Jaime Solorza
> 
> On Oct 27, 2015 2:47 PM, "Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
> You used a gin pole for that?
> 
>  
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
>  
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 4:44 PM, Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> Installed 2.4GHz omni with Rocket 2. A Nanobeam AC.  120 Degree sector with 
> M5 and 45 Degree sector with Rocket ACi moved all sectors to the top...
> 
> Jaime Solorza
> 
>  
>  
> 
> 
>  
> --
> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as 
> part of yourself you have already failed as part of the  team.
> Total Control Panel
> Login
> To: ja...@litewire.net
> From: 
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> Remove amazonses.com from my allow list
> You received this message because the domain amazonses.com is on your allow 
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> 
> 
>  
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> Total Control Panel
> Login
> To: ja...@litewire.net
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>  

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

[D. Ryan Spott]

Can you install these 'under the direction of a licensed electrician?'

Can you install all but the wiring and then bring in the electrician for 
the final hook-up?


Can you find a local electrician and partner with them?

Makin' money is makin' money.

ryan

On 10/14/15 8:37 PM, Seth Mattinen wrote:

On 10/14/15 7:51 PM, Mathew Howard wrote:

I think the idea is that it's supposed to be cheaper when you factor in
install costs... I have my doubts that'll work out, but I guess we'll
see once they actually start selling something.



I guess just don't get caught installing these in an area where you 
need an electrician and a permit. That's often the major cost factor, 
not the components.


~Seth



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Re: [AFMUG] New ISP Billing Solution: Sonar

[D. Ryan Spott]

http://kidbleach.info/ or less safe for work: http://eyebleach.com/

ryan

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> On Sep 29, 2015, at 19:41, Simon Westlake <simon@sonar.software> wrote:
> 
> Well, I guess the simple solution to being stupid at clothes is to stop 
> getting dressed.
> 
>> On 9/29/2015 9:37 PM, Mike Hammett wrote:
>> This thread apparently.  ;-)
>> 
>> Clothes for one. I'm sure my fiance has a couple more. I'm sure a few here 
>> have a few more as well, but I figured that was a good seed.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -
>> Mike Hammett
>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
>> http://www.ics-il.com
>> 
>> From: "Simon Westlake" <simon@sonar.software>
>> To: af@afmug.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 9:32:46 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] New ISP Billing Solution: Sonar
>> 
>> I don't believe that Mike. What are you stupid at?
>> 
>> On 9/29/2015 9:31 PM, Mike Hammett wrote:
>> Naw, not all. I buy some things at which I'm not stupid at. I certainly do 
>> buy some things I am stupid at, though.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -
>> Mike Hammett
>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
>> http://www.ics-il.com
>> 
>> From: "Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>
>> To: af@afmug.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 9:25:34 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] New ISP Billing Solution: Sonar
>> 
>> Ya.  All customers are stupid :)
>> Josh Luthman
>> Office: 937-552-2340
>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>> 1100 Wayne St
>> Suite 1337
>> Troy, OH 45373
>> On Sep 29, 2015 10:21 PM, "Simon Westlake" <simon@sonar.software> wrote:
>>> That's not very nice!
>>> 
>>> On 9/29/2015 9:15 PM, Mike Hammett wrote:
>>> Most customers are stupid.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -
>>> Mike Hammett
>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions
>>> http://www.ics-il.com
>>> 
>>> From: "That One Guy /sarcasm" <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>
>>> To: af@afmug.com
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 4:17:01 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] New ISP Billing Solution: Sonar
>>> 
>>> that a very non customercentric approach
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Simon Westlake <simon@sonar.software> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> The end game will be to enable a user to import their own data however 
>>>> they want. When we will get to that point, I'm not sure. And all the 
>>>> formatting of that data and everything else is still up in the air.
>>>> 
>>>> I really want to let people self manage their systems though. I think it's 
>>>> incredibly frustrating to wait on someone else to go back and forth on 
>>>> something like an import, whether that data is from Platypus, Quickbooks 
>>>> or whatever it might be. And it's a lot of manpower on our side to manage 
>>>> all those imports, so it's mutually beneficial if we can make it happen.
>>>> 
>>>>> On 9/29/2015 3:34 PM, Sterling Jacobson wrote:
>>>>> 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 Message-
>>>>> From: Jay Weekley
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 2:22 PM
>>>>> To: af@afmug.com
>>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] New ISP Billing Solution: Sonar
>>>>> 
>>>>> Does it come with an "Import From Powercode" button?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Simon Westlake wrote:
>>>>>> Yeah. I'm not saying 'we promise, there will never be any bugs.' But,
>>>>>> we're not putting something out and saying 'ehh, it probably works. If
>>>>>> it doesn't, it's beta!'
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The whole platform is built around automated testing. Every single
>>>>>> thing we can think of has an automated test written around it. So
>>>>>> anytime we change anything, we can run our test suite 

[AFMUG] Largest dish for ePMP?

[D. Ryan Spott]

I have a father in law that is 18 miles from an ePMP tower run by a 
local WISP.


Per a text message from the FIL; "all they could get was a -78 with a 
large offset reflector."


I texted back and asked if they could just use a connectorized radio and 
a dish.


I guess the tech was 'in the zone' and did not think of that. Since I am 
more used to UBNT stuff, what is the largest production dish I could 
advise the FIL to get to help these guys out?


They offered the Force 110 dish but I am sure there are some aftermarket 
dishes that provide more gain.


Advice?

ryan



PS, I know the guys that run the WISP read this list-serv. You guys are 
doing a great job. Good luck getting all that maintenance done before 
the snow flies!


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Re: [AFMUG] [WISPA] Rain page update

[D. Ryan Spott]

I use this map: 

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?brand=wxmapquery=47.86729,-121.77296lat=47.86729lon=-121.77296zoom=10type=terunits=englishwxsn=1wxsn.mode=twrad=0sat=0

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 On Aug 26, 2015, at 14:50, Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com wrote:
 
 I know a couple of people are using my rain page and copied it for their own 
 use (and regions).  Wunderground is updating their imagery and today the NA 
 map started breaking.  That would be easy to steal.  If you need a hand with 
 the regional one just ask.
 
 http://inxwireless.com/rain
 
 Josh Luthman
 Office: 937-552-2340
 Direct: 937-552-2343
 1100 Wayne St
 Suite 1337
 Troy, OH 45373
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Re: [AFMUG] ROW conflict

[D. Ryan Spott]

City right of way is not exclusive. It is a public right of way.
http://sterlingcodifiers.com/codebook/index.php?book_id=1002chapter_id=89183#s999791 
pretty much lays out who / what is subject to a fee.


You could convince the council that your service is a benefit  to the 
enhancement of the health, welfare, and general economic well being of 
the city and its citizens and therefore your franchise fee should be zero!


You could also just apply for ROW permit for each section of your 
network and never get a franchise.


IANAL (please find a good telco one!)

ryan


On 8/14/15 11:31 AM, Brett A Mansfield wrote:

Me and another company have both requested access to the city ROW to run FTTx 
on the same day in the same city, and the response from the city was that they 
are trying to decide if they want to allow access to one or both of us or if 
they feel their current formally city funded company is enough.

My question to the group is, is it even up to them or is it up to the 
residents? And if I cannot get into the ROW, what alternatives do I have?

Thank you,
Brett A Mansfield
Silver Lake Internet, LLC



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Re: [AFMUG] Cambium: Your web site sucks.

[D. Ryan Spott]

When I need the specs I just Google the product name. Some place in 
brazil has the PDFs available. Everything is Portuguese but the wattage 
etc is in english.


COMPLETE BS that the spec sheets are behind a pay/info/login wall.

ryan


On 8/6/15 12:43 PM, Dan Petermann wrote:

+∞
On Aug 6, 2015, at 11:59 AM, Brian Meredith 
br...@mailinglists.softcom.net 
mailto:br...@mailinglists.softcom.net wrote:



  * Trying to fill out a support request and it doesn't seem to
accept the request.  Captcha field turns red and just reloads,
even though I'm 100% sure I'm putting in the correct entry.
  * Having to fill out a stupid contact form every time I want to
download a data sheet.  Can't you put them up in the support
section for registered customers?






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Re: [AFMUG] powercode monitoring dead

[D. Ryan Spott]

Did your clock NTP server jump around recently?

RRD (the data storage system they are using for graphs) does NOT play well with 
time changes. Especially ones that go backward. 

ryan

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 On Aug 4, 2015, at 21:31, That One Guy /sarcasm thatoneguyst...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 
 anybody using powercode and your monitoring is dead? Hopefully its just us 
 and not systemic. Apparently they tested and they can kick probes off on the 
 back end, its just not logging. real time tools work, so its not a 
 communication issue, we didnt make any system changes near the failure.
 The entire network monitoring component seems to be croaked. Ive removed 
 mirrors, minimized down to a single bmu, synchronized, restarted BMUs, 
 restarted the billing server, cussed and got drunk, nothing seems to work. 
 I cant say Im all that excited with responsiveness at bertram since the coup 
 so Im reaching out to the community hoping somebody has this happen 
 occasionally and its something like running some archaic linux command and 
 burning sage.
 Our customer facing staff is bright as a brick when it comes to using the 
 statuses as it is and this is going to be a disaster, no matter how much i 
 try to show them. We have 3/4 technical staff tied up all day tomorrow 
 migrating an office domain so that coupled with the inevitable hangover is 
 going to make this situation salty
 
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 part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.

Re: [AFMUG] dumb pole question

[D. Ryan Spott]

There are electrical rules regarding poles within a certain distance 
that you have to attach to.


You can charge fees but $12 a year or so is pretty much it. There is an 
FCC calculation that governs this.


Just call the telco joint use office and let them know you have a pole 
there. Send them a blueprint like document of where it is.


ryan

On 7/14/15 7:54 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote:

how does that work?
If you drop a pole, the telco has to pay you an attachment fee?
If the telco doesnt want the financial burden, since their poles are 
already spaced appropriately and does not attach, where does the 
liability fall for wear damage to the strung cable?

Does the telco have recourse on the attachment fee?


On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 8:35 AM, Adam Moffett dmmoff...@gmail.com 
mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com wrote:


Thanks for the tip.
I'll also try to position ours to miss there cable by a few inches
so it's not actually touching unless they want it to :)



On 7/14/2015 9:20 AM, Chuck McCown wrote:

I would just notify the telco that they need to come and
attach the cable to your pole once it is in.

-Original Message- From: Adam Moffett
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2015 3:16 PM
To: af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com
Subject: [AFMUG] dumb pole question

There's a longish span with an existing phone trunk on
it---probably a
50 pair.  The power is on the other side of the road for
reasons that
nobody understands.  I would like to insert a pole in the
middle of the
existing spanI would put it in line with the existing
poles in the
ROW of course.  So I would end up with a phone line touching
my pole but
not attached to it.

I can't think of a specific reason this would be a problem,
but I know a
couple of you guys do this more often than me and  I wonder if
you know
of any reason this would be bad.





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Re: [AFMUG] Large Single Volume Data Storage Options

[D. Ryan Spott]

Ask your customer what risk they want to take.

If they are OK (and sign off on) the fact they might loose a bunch of 
data due to a JBOD disk failure then go for it..


Otherwise, networked attached or direct attached RAID.

ryan


On 7/14/15 10:27 AM, Nate Burke wrote:
I'm getting ready to install a 20+ camera system for a customer that 
want's 9-5 Full Time Recording with 30 days storage.  So he can go 
back and check work comp cases to see if employees were really hurt on 
the job. My Calcs come in at needing around 4-5tb of storage to 
accomplish this, so I'd like the server to have 6-8tb of storage for 
some overhead.  Rather than building out a server with a bunch of 
drive bays, RAID Card and mirroring/striping drives etc, I was 
wondering if anyone has used an External JBOD enclosure for this?  I'm 
thinking like a DROBO unit or similar.  Any Caveats to watch out for?  
Is there too much disk IO to have this work well over a LAN, USB 3.0, 
or Thunderbolt connection?  What other (Affordable) options am I 
missing to get a bunch of storage in a single volume for the NVR?


Nate




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Re: [AFMUG] CableOne

[D. Ryan Spott]

The new standard is fiber node and then max 3 line extenders. 

Seeing these speeds is the norm. 

ryan

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 On Jul 7, 2015, at 08:42, That One Guy /sarcasm thatoneguyst...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 
 I have mediacom at home, I had always been on a 12x2 plan, we are heavy 
 streaming, no tv and tons of kids the old hag babysits with electronics, its 
 like a BYOD party at my house plus my folks are connected up to my house from 
 across the street. My brother in law moved in and was pushing me over my cap 
 so I went to upgrade, it was cheaper to go to the 100mb plan, something like 
 50 bucks, I dont know.
 I was floored when I was talking to the tech when I was activating my modem. 
 I asked what kinds of speeds I would actually see figuring on average 40, 
 maybe more, maybe less. he keept assuring me that at no time would I ever see 
 less than 80. I told my I run an ISP network, that he didnt need to lie to 
 me. but he almost sounded angry when he told me, 80mb over and over.
 
 I consistently see 30-60mbps on speedtests. Highest Ive seen is like a 92. 
 They have fiber on the poles, but cable to the house, I dont know what that 
 means, they strung the fiber like 15 years ago.
 
 One thing to note, if have internet only cable to your house, I assume its 
 provider dependent, if they dont have a filter on your line there are alot of 
 overlay analog channel and a boatload of digital. when I was investigating 
 it, even with the filter in place, the way mediacom does pay per view is they 
 must have dynamic digital channels in place. if you periodically scan 
 channels you can watch whatever someone if watching on pay per view, but 
 youre at the whim of their remote. I havent checked it in a while, going to 
 prison for some free tv didnt seem all that appealing for somone as pretty as 
 me
 
 
 On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 8:53 PM, Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com 
 wrote:
 In town where the cable is already ran and you just need DOCSIS 3... Why 
 not?!
 
 Josh Luthman
 Office: 937-552-2340
 Direct: 937-552-2343
 1100 Wayne St
 Suite 1337
 Troy, OH 45373
 
 On Jul 6, 2015 9:50 PM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote:
 
 Hey,
 
 So the cable provider in my area just increased their speeds to 100Mbps. So 
 now you can get 100Mbps cable internet for $33/month for the 1st year... 
 then it goes up to $59/month for year two. I don't know of anyone with this 
 package yet, but that's pretty impressive for the price.
 
 Travis
 
 
 
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 part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.

Re: [AFMUG] IPPay, you're awesome

[D. Ryan Spott]

Brian,

Perhaps A/B changes behind your load balancers?

In my day job I work for a largish book store online. :) They might make 
changes in that fashion.


ryan

On 7/1/15 11:22 AM, Brian Young wrote:

All, thank you for the comments.  We actually have chosen those times because 
we have years of day of month and time of day trends, and those times are the 
lowest.

Also remember many of the maintenance times we call are planned to be non 
service impacting.

Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID
On Jul 1, 2015 1:04 PM, Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com wrote:
Do you really feel 10 to 11 is peak time?  What time would you prefer?  I know 
Powercode runs at 3am server time and I have to assume other billing systems 
are in the early hours like that, too.

Ya there does seem to be an awful lot of maintenance windows the last couple 
months.  I don't want to talk to anyone that's got Internet problems while 
they're in bed...


Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Sterling Jacobson 
sterl...@avative.netmailto:sterl...@avative.net wrote:
Not bad! I agree.

My only complaint is their maintenance windows are near peak times of 10-11pm 
for some reason.

I’ve been caught by that a couple of times now where customer makes an online 
payment from their bed apparently and gets a weird error…

From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.commailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf 
Of Josh Luthman
Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 9:49 AM
To: af@afmug.commailto:af@afmug.com
Subject: [AFMUG] IPPay, you're awesome

Last month I only paid 0.0206.  Low cost and great phone support.  I'm not sure 
it's perfect but damn they're close.

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340tel:937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343tel:937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373



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Re: [AFMUG] Fiber in the country

[D. Ryan Spott]

They walk into the planning department and ask to be put on the list.

ryan


On 6/30/15 10:30 AM, Sterling Jacobson wrote:


How do Comcast and Centurylink get that privilege then?

*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 30, 2015 11:20 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Fiber in the country

Nope

*From:*Sterling Jacobson mailto:sterl...@avative.net

*Sent:*Tuesday, June 30, 2015 11:11 AM

*To:*af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com

*Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] Fiber in the country

Also, does this mean we can get on the city/plat developers list and 
put conduit in open trench and see/approve developer ROW plans?


*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 30, 2015 11:06 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Fiber in the country

Ye’all have rights for ROWs now.  Was in the latest report and order 
from the FCC.  If you are a BIAS provider (which you all are) you are 
considered a “public utility” for the purpose of obtain ROW access.


*From:*Adam Moffett mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com

*Sent:*Tuesday, June 30, 2015 10:19 AM

*To:*af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com

*Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] Fiber in the country

The original rule of thumb was something to do with what size stick 
you can use to beat your wife/kids without breaking the law.  144 
strand loose tube is about the size of a thumb, so in some 
jurisdictions you might have been able to discipline your family with 
it.  Say hi to your thumb for me.


Aerial is cheaper if you have pole attachment rights.  You don't need 
pole attachment rights (or any special rights) to bury in a ROW, but 
you can point at it when some guvmint goon questions you.  It looks 
kind of official.


On 6/30/2015 12:04 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote:

Say you want to run fiber for 10 miles.

Aside from the boring equipment and permits what does that entail?

I know there are 36 bazillion answers, but humor me.

Details like how often you need handholes and how to deal with
slacking for cut fiber splicing would be very helpful.

What is a rule of thumb in your long term planning on how often
you can expect a fiber cut. (an example of rule of thumb is I
expect a storm related issue at least once every three years at
every site, there is no actual science, or math, I just look at my
thumb and it provides me sage answers)

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your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of
the team.




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425-939-0047

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber in the country

[D. Ryan Spott]

Force the issue. Call the planner Kimber and speak to her. Failing 
agreement there followup with an email and postal mail. This will force 
the issue to public record.




=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Kimber Gabryszak, Planning Director:

I am the Owner and Manager at Avative Fiber. We have been providing BIAS 
services in the community for several years. I recently noted that my 
company is not listed as a required sign-off on the planning 
department's Utility Notification Form.


Per the recent FCC Decision 15-24, my company is a BIAS provider. Please 
include Avative Fiber on your Utility Notification Form.


Please contact me should you have any questions.

Thank you for your assistance,

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
* Example URL, page 2: 
http://www.saratogaspringscity.com/vertical/sites/%7B78CE255C-3864-45FC-AA11-6125792DB3E4%7D/uploads/Plat_Amendment_Application_Rev._3.2014.pdf


The right of way is public and NON-Exclusive. If provider A is in there 
then provider B with like services should be allowed in there.


Good luck!

ryan

On 6/30/15 10:39 AM, Sterling Jacobson wrote:


I’ve done that and they city says NO.

As a small time developer myself, I guess it’s private land until the 
plat records (and the ROW with it).


Some developers around here have very large ego’s and would still 
rather I go in a month or two later and rip it all up or bore the hell 
out of it again, than let me put conduit in their open utility trench 
in the first place.


It’s really baffling and frustrating.

*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *D. Ryan Spott
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 30, 2015 11:35 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Fiber in the country

They walk into the planning department and ask to be put on the list.

ryan

On 6/30/15 10:30 AM, Sterling Jacobson wrote:

How do Comcast and Centurylink get that privilege then?

*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 30, 2015 11:20 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Fiber in the country

Nope

*From:*Sterling Jacobson mailto:sterl...@avative.net

*Sent:*Tuesday, June 30, 2015 11:11 AM

*To:*af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com

*Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] Fiber in the country

Also, does this mean we can get on the city/plat developers list
and put conduit in open trench and see/approve developer ROW plans?

*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 30, 2015 11:06 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Fiber in the country

Ye’all have rights for ROWs now.  Was in the latest report and
order from the FCC.  If you are a BIAS provider (which you all
are) you are considered a “public utility” for the purpose of
obtain ROW access.

*From:*Adam Moffett mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com

*Sent:*Tuesday, June 30, 2015 10:19 AM

*To:*af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com

*Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] Fiber in the country

The original rule of thumb was something to do with what size
stick you can use to beat your wife/kids without breaking the
law.  144 strand loose tube is about the size of a thumb, so in
some jurisdictions you might have been able to discipline your
family with it.  Say hi to your thumb for me.

Aerial is cheaper if you have pole attachment rights.  You don't
need pole attachment rights (or any special rights) to bury in a
ROW, but you can point at it when some guvmint goon questions
you.  It looks kind of official.

On 6/30/2015 12:04 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote:

Say you want to run fiber for 10 miles.

Aside from the boring equipment and permits what does that entail?

I know there are 36 bazillion answers, but humor me.

Details like how often you need handholes and how to deal with
slacking for cut fiber splicing would be very helpful.

What is a rule of thumb in your long term planning on how
often you can expect a fiber cut. (an example of rule of thumb
is I expect a storm related issue at least once every three
years at every site, there is no actual science, or math, I
just look at my thumb and it provides me sage answers)

-- 


If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see
your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part
of the team.




--
D. Ryan Spott | NGC457, llc
broadband | telco | colo | communities
PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294
425-939-0047



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broadband | telco | colo | communities
PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294
425-939-0047

Re: [AFMUG] Banks Law Enforcement over Wireless

[D. Ryan Spott]

Tell them you provide best effort security to secure YOUR service but 
you provide the same security as the cable/telcos do to end users. NONE.


Banks and Law Enforcement need to have their own IT staff create a VPN 
to secure their data regardless of the communications service they 
use... even if it not you!


Ask your insurance company if they will cover you and your *complete 
guarantee* of the security of private financial documents or crime 
victim data.


ryan


On 6/30/15 11:39 AM, Darin Steffl wrote:

Hey guys,

We're working with some local banks and law enforcement agencies to 
provide internet service to them and understandably, they're asking 
about security and if our fixed wireless service is secure enough for 
their service.


I usually respond saying we use hardware encryption (WPA2-AES) on all 
our links but that their data also runs over SSL or some type of 
encrypted tunnel between their devices and their servers. The bank for 
example is moving from hosting on-site and going to the cloud so 
they'll no longer store any user data at their branch but someone else 
hosts it. I'm sure they have an encrypted tunnel of some sort to 
protect their data so the medium whether fiber or wireless really 
shouldn't matter.


Has anyone dealt with banks or law enforcement agencies on the 
Wireless security issue and have any resources to provide them with 
a satisfactory answer?


Thank you

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Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review

[D. Ryan Spott]

What a dad! ;)

I leaned over during the movie and told mine that before I thought she was 
weird but now I knew she was weird. 

ryan 

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 On Jun 27, 2015, at 06:10, Simon Westlake simon.westl...@digitalgunfire.com 
 wrote:
 
 My daughter said to me afterwards, 'are there really people inside my head?'
 
 I wanted to tell her she only had anger and disgust but I didn't want to get 
 yelled at.
 
 On Jun 26, 2015 9:54 PM, Rory Conaway r...@triadwireless.net wrote:
 We are going Sunday morning.
 
  
 
 Rory
 
  
 
 From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of D. Ryan Spott
 Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 7:18 PM
 To: af@afmug.com
 Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review
 
  
 
 My wife and daughter went to see it when it came out.� They made me go see 
 it today. 
 
 I _might_ understand my 12 year old daughter just a bit more.
 
 ryan
 
 
 On 6/26/15 3:50 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
 
 Inside Out.
 
 Loved it.� Good for kids of all ages too.
 
 
 
 
 
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 broadband | telco | colo | communities
 PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294
 425-939-0047

Re: [AFMUG] Hot..

[D. Ryan Spott]

... and you are still hot.


On 6/27/15 2:21 PM, Rory Conaway wrote:

In Arizona you get a tent instead of a nice cool jail cell.

Rory

-Original Message-
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of D. Ryan Spott
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2015 2:19 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Hot..

I agree with this.

In cold weather you put on some nice down or poly pro. You adjust your clothing 
for working or standing. Colder? Put on more layers.

In hot weather you take off layers until you are nude... and in a jail cell... 
And you are STILL hot!!

:)

ryan
On 6/27/15 9:20 AM, Chuck McCown wrote:

No way.  30 degrees in the sunshine with no wind is a perfect day.
You can unzip and enjoy the day.  You can work as hard as you want and
not get overheated.  I love winter in Utah.

-Original Message- From: Jay Weekley
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 10:07 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Hot..

I'll take 95 degrees over 30 any day.

Glen Waldrop wrote:

We had high 90s, heat index of 107, then thunderstorms. Still 90 and
humid as hell at 8pm.

 - Original Message -
 *From:* Mathew Howard mailto:mhoward...@gmail.com
 *To:* af mailto:af@afmug.com
 *Sent:* Friday, June 26, 2015 7:49 PM
 *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Hot..

 I would be happy to get rid of some rain, but I don't really need
 any heat...

 On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 7:36 PM, Josh Luthman
 j...@imaginenetworksllc.com mailto:j...@imaginenetworksllc.com
 wrote:

 Daily for a month it seemsagh

 Josh Luthman
 Office: 937-552-2340 tel:937-552-2340
 Direct: 937-552-2343 tel:937-552-2343
 1100 Wayne St
 Suite 1337
 Troy, OH 45373

 On Jun 26, 2015 8:25 PM, Bill Prince part15...@gmail.com
 mailto:part15...@gmail.com wrote:

 Send some west. We won't be getting any rain until
 November or so...

 bp
 part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com

 On 6/26/2015 5:16 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:

 Omg this rain

 Josh Luthman
 Office: 937-552-2340 tel:937-552-2340
 Direct: 937-552-2343 tel:937-552-2343
 1100 Wayne St
 Suite 1337
 Troy, OH 45373

 On Jun 26, 2015 8:11 PM, George Skorup
 geo...@cbcast.com mailto:geo...@cbcast.com wrote:

 I'd rather have it be 100F than having to deal with
 flooding, lightning and tornadoes.

 On 6/26/2015 6:22 PM, Randy Cosby wrote:

 110+ temperatures are getting old. Someone send
 us a little rain and we'll send you a little heat
 and we'll all be happy.

 http://tinyurl.com/pol48qz

 Randy Cosby
 InfoWest, Inc.







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broadband | telco | colo | communities
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425-939-0047

Re: [AFMUG] Hot..

[D. Ryan Spott]

I agree with this.

In cold weather you put on some nice down or poly pro. You adjust your 
clothing for working or standing. Colder? Put on more layers.


In hot weather you take off layers until you are nude... and in a jail 
cell... And you are STILL hot!!


:)

ryan
On 6/27/15 9:20 AM, Chuck McCown wrote:
No way.  30 degrees in the sunshine with no wind is a perfect day.  
You can unzip and enjoy the day.  You can work as hard as you want and 
not get overheated.  I love winter in Utah.


-Original Message- From: Jay Weekley
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 10:07 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Hot..

I'll take 95 degrees over 30 any day.

Glen Waldrop wrote:
We had high 90s, heat index of 107, then thunderstorms. Still 90 and 
humid as hell at 8pm.


- Original Message -
*From:* Mathew Howard mailto:mhoward...@gmail.com
*To:* af mailto:af@afmug.com
*Sent:* Friday, June 26, 2015 7:49 PM
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Hot..

I would be happy to get rid of some rain, but I don't really need
any heat...

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 7:36 PM, Josh Luthman
j...@imaginenetworksllc.com mailto:j...@imaginenetworksllc.com
wrote:

Daily for a month it seemsagh

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340 tel:937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343 tel:937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Jun 26, 2015 8:25 PM, Bill Prince part15...@gmail.com
mailto:part15...@gmail.com wrote:

Send some west. We won't be getting any rain until
November or so...

bp
part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com

On 6/26/2015 5:16 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:


Omg this rain

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340 tel:937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343 tel:937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Jun 26, 2015 8:11 PM, George Skorup
geo...@cbcast.com mailto:geo...@cbcast.com wrote:

I'd rather have it be 100F than having to deal with
flooding, lightning and tornadoes.

On 6/26/2015 6:22 PM, Randy Cosby wrote:

110+ temperatures are getting old. Someone send
us a little rain and we'll send you a little heat
and we'll all be happy.

http://tinyurl.com/pol48qz

Randy Cosby
InfoWest, Inc.











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broadband | telco | colo | communities
PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294
425-939-0047

Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review

[D. Ryan Spott]

My wife and daughter went to see it when it came out.  They made me go 
see it today.


I _might_ understand my 12 year old daughter just a bit more.

ryan


On 6/26/15 3:50 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:

Inside Out.
Loved it.  Good for kids of all ages too.



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broadband | telco | colo | communities
PO Box 1734 Sultan, WA 98294
425-939-0047

Re: [AFMUG] [WISPA Members] [SPAM] Cheapest way to run ethernet in conduit

[D. Ryan Spott]

We have used 
http://www.homedepot.com/p/DIG-1-2-in-x-500-ft-Poly-Drip-Tubing-B37/100163329


Lay it out on the pavement on a warm day to make it loose the twisties. 
Suck a string through with a vacuum and then pull a cable through it.


You an push cable through as well but I have never gotten more than 150 
feet before I had to cut the tube. Couplings are cheap: 
http://www.homedepot.com/p/DIG-1-2-in-0-700-O-D-Compression-Coupling-C33/100112407


We had this snaked through blackberry bushes with a healthy rodent 
population for several years. The only thing that ever got through was 
the home-owners wife pushing hot embers over the retaining wall the 
cable ran along the bottom of. Melty fun.


ryan


On 6/18/15 9:27 AM, Darin Steffl wrote:

Hey guys,

What is the most cost effective conduit you've used for cable runs 
from a pole mount to their house. There is one run that keeps getting 
eaten through by animals and it needs to go in conduit. It's about 350 
feet and looking for the cheapest conduit possible that will hold the 
Cat5.



What are you all using and what is rough cost per foot?
What is the best way to get the cable through the conduit smoothly at 
long distances?


Thank you

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Re: [AFMUG] Site Database Management

[D. Ryan Spott]

Dropbox? A folder for each location and documents inside the folder?

ryan

On 6/18/15 1:24 PM, Vince West wrote:
Right now I am currently setting up Redmine for this. I am the primary 
tower hand and have lots of information about our sites from the past 
8 years that I think would be useful to everyone.


I honestly do not know if this is the proper tool for the job, but it 
has specific options I am looking for.


For example:

Documents (tower agreements, POCs etc.), a Wiki (to add information 
about equipment on tower and add important information specific to the 
site) and Files (for photo upload) are all things I am looking for 
that Redmine supports. There are some things that need to be changed 
or added such as email notifications and issue tracking. All the 
changes I have made are rather simple.


I can't speak for iOS, but there are some decent third party apps for 
Android out there that also make it easy to do this from the field 
when a data connection is not available.


I won't say it is the perfect option, but it works for me and the 
other hands that work these sites regularly.


Vince West
Tower Hand
Technical Support
Shelby Broadband
148 Citizens Blvd
Simpsonville, KY 40067
Phone: 1-888-364-4232

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:40 PM, Cameron Crum cc...@wispmon.com 
mailto:cc...@wispmon.com wrote:


Wispmon does this as I'm sure most of the management platforms do.

On Jun 17, 2015 5:43 PM, Cassidy B. Larson c...@infowest.com
mailto:c...@infowest.com wrote:

Anybody use anything spectacular for managing a list of all
your sites?  Apart from a Wiki/Excel sheet/plain text file.

I’d like for a tower monkey to be able to take pictures of
deployments/changes and associate it with the site.
Same goes with accessing and updating details about things like:
 access to a site, contact numbers, GPS coordinates, list of
equipment, IP addresses, WiFi passwords, Power Meter Number,
custom notes, etc.

Of course the above could be a big text box that gets changed,
but then people will forget things to add. I’d prefer nice
fields that you can populate.. When there’s data in them you
can click the phone number to call, click the GPS coordinates
to pull up maps, etc.

Plus I want it to look pretty and be usable by someone rolling
up with a phone and who happened to forget the gate code.

Any suggestions?

-c





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Re: [AFMUG] Cisco IOS

[D. Ryan Spott]

The company you are consulting for should have a SMARTnet contract with 
Cisco.


If they don't then place a call to Cisco and they will sell you a 
contract via a reseller.


If the firmware has a security issue then Cisco will usually allow you 
to download a patched IOS file version.


In my former life I had a very small and cheap Cisco device on SMARTnet. 
As long as I had a log in I could download all the firmware I wanted for 
any Cisco device.


ryan


On 6/16/15 9:45 AM, Glen Waldrop wrote:
My cable consult job is asking me for Cisco IOS since his cable 
support company can't/won't provide it.


Is it like UBNT/MT firmware where you can just upgrade or does it 
require a purchase?

Not a Cisco guy, though I think that goes without saying...



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[AFMUG] Ingram Micro

[D. Ryan Spott]

Does anyone here have an account with Ingram Micro?

I want to determine a discount level before I commit to the $200 
initiation fee.


Thanks!

ryan

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Re: [AFMUG] best way to mount wireless gear onto grain leg

[D. Ryan Spott]

Hey Chuck,

Have your web developer make the links on the 'how to buy' page link directly 
to your products at each of your distributors. 


Finding a Wireless Beehive product on some of those webpages is a horror show!

ryan


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 On May 13, 2015, at 11:35, Chuck McCown ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
 
 It can:
 http://www.wbmfg.com/products.cfm?PID=87Cat=
  
 Several other products like the M-TOW-A and M-TOW-D can also be used. 
  
 From: Tim Reichhart
 Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 12:09 PM
 To: af@afmug.com
 Subject: Re: [AFMUG] best way to mount wireless gear onto grain leg
  
 Rory
 Thing is m-tow don’t have an 10ft pole.
  
 Tim
  
 From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Rory McCann
 Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 2:03 PM
 To: af@afmug.com
 Subject: Re: [AFMUG] best way to mount wireless gear onto grain leg
  
 M-TOW - various flavors to choose from. We own several facilities like this 
 (as we are an Ag business).
 
 I've used several combinations - most recently the M-TOW-V. 
 
 Rory McCann
 MKAP Technology Solutions
 Web: www.mkap.net
 On 5/13/2015 11:58 AM, Tim Reichhart wrote:
 The grain leg is like this: http://www.agbuilders.com/MONTICELLO2_10.JPG
  
 Tim
  
 From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] OnBehalf Of Justin Wilson - MTIN
 Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 12:51 PM
 To: af@afmug.com
 Subject: Re: [AFMUG] best way to mount wireless gear onto grain leg
  
 If it’s angle iron I like using beam clamps and conduit hangers.  Of course, 
 this depends on the stuff you are mounting.  Will dig up some photos and send 
 offsets.  Have another e-mail to send you as well.
  
 Justin
  
  
 Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net
 http://www.mtin.net  Managed Services – xISP Solutions – Data Centers
 http://www.thebrotherswisp.com Podcast about xISP topics
 http://www.midwest-ix.com Peering – Transit – Internet Exchange
  
 On May 13, 2015, at 12:15 PM, Tim Reichhart t...@nwohiobb.com wrote:
  
 I am just wondering whats the best way to mount wireless gear onto grain leg? 
 Use clamps or drill into the railing or what?
  
 Tim
  
  

Re: [AFMUG] Remote SNMP AC Meter?

[D. Ryan Spott]

Whatever happened to the mFi-cs?

http://dl.ubnt.com/datasheets/mfi/mFi_DS.pdf (page 12)

ryan


On 4/28/15 4:59 PM, Gino Villarini wrote:
We have a rooftop that is requiring us to have a private AC meter.  I 
was thinking one with remote web or snmp capability so that the 
landlord can check it out.


Any ideas?



Gino A. Villarini
President



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Re: [AFMUG] Remote SNMP AC Meter?

[D. Ryan Spott]

http://shop.openenergymonitor.com/emontx-v3-electricity-monitoring-transmitter-unit/

http://openenergymonitor.org/emon/

ryan


On 4/28/15 4:59 PM, Gino Villarini wrote:
We have a rooftop that is requiring us to have a private AC meter.  I 
was thinking one with remote web or snmp capability so that the 
landlord can check it out.


Any ideas?



Gino A. Villarini
President



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Re: [AFMUG] Stainless steel wire ties

[D. Ryan Spott]

Does anyone have part numbers for the bands/tool I can reference?

ryan

On 4/27/15 7:12 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote:
I love these bands, we did a city job on light poles over a highway 
and needed to put the surge suppressors somewhare, we ended up getting 
a srteet sign blank and banded it to the pole (this is what holds the 
signs to poles), mounted all the SS to the blank, it looked like a 
pretty butterfly


On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 9:20 PM, Mike Hammett af...@ics-il.net 
mailto:af...@ics-il.net wrote:


AT$T has visited the site we share a lot more often than I have. 
;-) Well, once I exclude fixing stuff they've messed up.




-
Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com


*From: *Daniel White afmu...@gmail.com mailto:afmu...@gmail.com
*To: *af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com
*Sent: *Sunday, April 26, 2015 4:48:06 PM

*Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Stainless steel wire ties

Sure it will.  Even the highest quality stuff.

Had a site back in my WISP days that had LMR-400 running to a
licensed radio head going 50ft up a tower attached every 5ft using
3m tape along the tower leg.  A good snow storm with 100MPH winds
came along and ripped the cable off the tower one day… I think 6
months after installation (so you can’t blame UV exposure).


Went back and used hose clamps (after a helicopter ride later and
two weeks of an area of our network limping along on a backup
backhaul path) and never had issues again.  Learned that lesson
once after losing a lot of customers and feeling a lot of
frustration (the site was on a 14,000 ft mountain and wind/snow
conditions made it inaccessible during the winter basically… so it
took two weeks for a narrow window to get up there).

Will electrical tape or zip ties fail in most WISP applications
for the life of the cable or installation of the equipment,
probably not (heck I used zip ties on the cable for the SAF
Integra radio on the roof of our office).  But SCADA (and even the
carriers) operate in a “do it right the first time by a well-worn
and time tested book and never visit the site again”.  It is a
CAPEX/OPEX question really… and customers like Jaime is working
with here can’t afford to take the hit on OPEX since it way
outpaces the cost of the upfront CAPEX to overbuild the site. That
site might take hours to get to, and the downtime cost could be in
the hundreds of thousands of dollars.  Why risk it on electrical
tape vs. band-it (cost difference is maybe an additional hour of
Jaime’s time and $20 in supplies?).

The greatest gift being on the manufacturing side has given me is
the opportunity to see hundreds of networks and thousands of
different ways of doing things.  Some are wrong, many are
different shades of right. Some amaze me at the gratuitous
overkill (here is looking at you Ricochet).  As Lewis said in
another thread recently, there is a point where spending more on
the grounding system than the equipment it is protecting doesn’t
make sense for an incremental improvement.

Food for thought :-D

***

Daniel White - Managing Director

SAF North America LLC

Cell: +1 (303) 746-3590 tel:%2B1%20%28303%29%20746-3590

daniel.wh...@saftehnika.com mailto:daniel.wh...@saftehnika.com

Skype: danieldwhite
Social: LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/danielwhite84

__

***

*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com
mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *TJ Trout
*Sent:* Sunday, April 26, 2015 1:35 PM
*To:* af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Stainless steel wire ties

Black tape won't fail in your lifetime

On Apr 26, 2015 11:32 AM, Chuck McCown ch...@wbmfg.com
mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:

Zip ties will do the same freaking thing if you cut them with
diagonal cutters.

*From:*Jaime Solorza mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com

*Sent:*Sunday, April 26, 2015 11:49 AM

*To:*Animal Farm mailto:af@afmug.com

*Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] Stainless steel wire ties

Yes that was blood.. I took my gloves off to take pictures and
grabbed tower leg to adjust and got a two inch cut on right
thumb.  Still healing.

Jaime Solorza




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Re: [AFMUG] Erection fun

[D. Ryan Spott]

I was giving a presentation to about 20 VPs at a large company and my 
wife sent me an IM about a customer that popped up on my screen.


I am going to that male appendage's house now. Hopefully he moved his 
jerkins and tissue away from his computer


I froze like a deer in headlights. Then explained that my wife owned and 
ISP. The VPs giggled during the ENTIRE presentation.


ryan


On 4/23/15 6:49 AM, Paul Stewart wrote:


ROFL .. ok, have to share this…

Was just coming out a meeting where I was presenting some information 
on boardroom monitors.  Forgot my email is open and my Outlook pops up 
in the corner with an email notification “Erection Fun… Push it, Push 
it Real Good”


Note to self – close email when doing presentations haha

;)

*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown
*Sent:* Thursday, April 23, 2015 9:27 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Erection fun

Push it, push it real good.

*From:*Jaime Solorza mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com

*Sent:*Wednesday, April 22, 2015 7:28 PM

*To:*Animal Farm mailto:af@afmug.com

*Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] Erection fun

Driving the rod

Jaime Solorza

On Apr 22, 2015 8:22 PM, Ken Hohhof af...@kwisp.com 
mailto:af...@kwisp.com wrote:


Yeah, didn’t any of you have an Erector Set as a kid?

*From:*Jaime Solorza mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com

*Sent:*Wednesday, April 22, 2015 8:01 PM

*To:*Animal Farm mailto:af@afmug.com

*Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] Erection fun

Tower erection IS the proper term.  And how about this big pole?

Jaime Solorza

On Apr 22, 2015 7:57 PM, Lewis Bergman lewis.berg...@gmail.com
mailto:lewis.berg...@gmail.com wrote:

Stop porning the list

On Apr 22, 2015 7:56 PM, Jaime Solorza
losguyswirel...@gmail.com mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com
wrote:

One done one to go

Jaime Solorza



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Re: [AFMUG] fusion splicer recommendations?

[D. Ryan Spott]

Like this one or the ones below it?

ryan

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/271546789040?lpid=82chn=ps

On 4/22/15 10:33 PM, Jon Langeler wrote:

Anyone tried out the 'straight from China' ones on eBay for like $3000? Anyone 
have suggestions?

Sent from my iPhone

Re: [AFMUG] Google Maps

[D. Ryan Spott]

What is your database? I have some PHP code I wrote a while ago that 
maps things.


ryan

On 3/30/15 3:50 PM, Sterling Jacobson wrote:

Anyone ever tied in a database to google maps and earth?

I want to define a boundary area on the map and then take address fields from a 
database and put them in there, on the map as I'm viewing it.

Re: [AFMUG] splain the AC ubnt line

[D. Ryan Spott]

to one pol of a
set of radiowaves
2 foot HP
parabolics. I
figure its worth
checking out these
AC radios, but I
dont know whats
what now, is this
a permanent
separation with
UBNT of ptp and
ptmp or is this
two things that
are going to converge?

Other than the Ac
component, for a
low throughput
demand link is
there any major
benefit of going
to the AC over the
M5 in terms of
performance?
(future demand is
a factor as well)

Also considering
the epmp, goods,
bads uglies
between the three
products there?
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Re: [AFMUG] Speed questions

[D. Ryan Spott]

How are you monitoring your customers connections?

ryan

On 3/26/15 3:43 PM, Glen Waldrop wrote:
I've got a handful of customers that are requesting higher speeds. We 
currently offer 4Mbps to the customer. Only a few even come close to 
using that. I've got three towers that don't even hit 4Mbps on a 5 
minute average, much less individual customers.
I've got three customers in particular that hardly ever use the 
Internet and constantly harrang me for higher speeds.


I'm upgrading everything anyway, so it is just a matter of time, but 
how do you guys handle that?


I could turn up their speed and sell them 10Mbps fairly easily, but 
they're not even hitting my 4Mbps limit 99% of the time. I'm seeing 
this biting me in the ass either way I go.

Re: [AFMUG] OT Web hosting

[D. Ryan Spott]

Oh! then *.domain.com needs to point to http://*.domain.com

Yeah. Virtual Hosting should do that for you as well. Generally you just 
put in a CNAME to www.domain.com for that to work properly.


I am doing this with Go-Daddy in the next few hours for a client. I'll 
make up some step-by-step instructions for you.


ryan

On 3/25/15 12:57 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
Yes that is what they said.  If you give me unlimited host names, I 
take that to mean unlimited discrete host name to web page.  Oh well, 
at least I can get one of them going...

*From:* Ken Hohhof mailto:af...@kwisp.com
*Sent:* Wednesday, March 25, 2015 1:54 PM
*To:* af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Web hosting
Probably means unlimited hostnames at one IP address.  Not sub 
domains, but name-based virtual hosts.  If not, yeah, you probably got 
snookered.

*From:* Chuck McCown mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com
*Sent:* Wednesday, March 25, 2015 2:40 PM
*To:* af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com
*Subject:* [AFMUG] OT Web hosting
I feel a bit snookered.  I purchased hosting from GoDaddy this 
morning, a more expensive package.  It said unlimited websites.
That does not mean, it turns out, to be unlimited DNS to individual 
IPs.  Not wanting a main page were you select the site you want to go 
to.  I was wanting to have DNS direct the person to the webpage for a 
discrete company and I wanted to do that for as many domains as I own.
But it appears, unless I have not yet figured it out, that I get one 
IP for one main domain. It allows sub domains but it does not appear 
to be able to make it go seamless directly to the sub domains.  This 
is certainly a weak point for me.  I can hand hack HTML if  you point 
me to the correct directory on the right server but that is about it.


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Re: [AFMUG] OT Web hosting

[D. Ryan Spott]

This is a standard feature of http 1.1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_hosting

What server are you running things on? Do you want a hand?

ryan

On 3/25/15 12:40 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
I feel a bit snookered.  I purchased hosting from GoDaddy this 
morning, a more expensive package.  It said unlimited websites.
That does not mean, it turns out, to be unlimited DNS to individual 
IPs.  Not wanting a main page were you select the site you want to go 
to.  I was wanting to have DNS direct the person to the webpage for a 
discrete company and I wanted to do that for as many domains as I own.
But it appears, unless I have not yet figured it out, that I get one 
IP for one main domain.  It allows sub domains but it does not appear 
to be able to make it go seamless directly to the sub domains.  This 
is certainly a weak point for me.  I can hand hack HTML if  you point 
me to the correct directory on the right server but that is about it.


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Re: [AFMUG] kWh/month and actual W load figures for new 256QAM radios

[D. Ryan Spott]

Eric,

I have a few 50W Propane TEGs I could sell you.

Let me know.

ryan

On 3/10/15 4:52 PM, Bill Prince wrote:
I would recommend (lacking any other information) that if you're going 
to be running those things in a solar application that you want the 
highest voltage you can.  Probably a 48 volt system.  For an AirFiber, 
that is still going to be a constant 1 amp load. That's 1.2 KWH per day.


At 49 north, you won't have many hours to recover, even on a sunny 
day.  I would try to get a week's worth (Chuck would say 10 days 
worth) in the 2 hours of sunlight you might get on the winter solstice.


So. That would be 1200 WH * 10 = 12,000 WH (aka 12 KWH).  You need 
to be able to generate 6KW per hour.


On my little scratch pad, that is going to be about 25 300 watt panels 
(best to figure about 80% efficiency on your solar panels).


I shudder to think how much battery that is, and that is only one radio.


bp
part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com

On 3/10/2015 4:41 PM, Bill Prince wrote:

Watts is watts.

If you're drawing (for example) 50 watts.

110 VAC at ~~ .45 amps is 50 watts
48 VDC at ~~ 1 amp is 50 watts
24VDC at ~~ 2 amps is 50 watts

Looking at power consumption in watts eliminates having to figure out 
what the voltage is.


It does not deal with conversions though.  The aforementioned 110VAC 
will surely involve some conversion efficiencies (or lack thereof).


Not having any specific information, I figure at least 10% loss each 
time you convert.  So if you're powering an AF24 on 110VAC, you can 
rule of thumb estimate that the real amperage (on the 110 VAC is 
going to be closer to .5 amps (instead of .45 mentioned above).


bp
part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com

On 3/10/2015 4:23 PM, e...@kuhnke-international.com wrote:
Looking at the mimosa b5c, AF5X and other new low cost 256QAM radios 
for an off grid solar application.

Will be used with the tycon dc-dc poet injectors.
Manufacturers, do you gave any real world figures for constant W 
load? Are the figures for wattage in your datasheets as measured on 
the AC or DC side of the POE injectors included with your radios?
At latitudes above 49 north, we need to calculate very precise 
kilowatt hour per month figures to survive reliably through December 
and January.






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Re: [AFMUG] Looking for help converting from a bridged network to routed.

[D. Ryan Spott]

Hey Brandon,

I would be happy to help you out. Feel free to ping me off-list.

ryan

On 3/9/15 8:10 AM, Brandon Yuchasz wrote:


I am looking for help converting our network from bridged to routed. 
This is something I don�t have a lot of background in but I also don�t 
want to end the process having a system I can�t fix so I will need 
someone that is willing to both do the work and teach me at the same 
time. Depending on how the process works in regards to time I am 
hoping to spend an hour a week working over the phone and through a 
remote desktop app.


My main reasons for working on this now are I need to see bandwidth 
use per SM, per AP, and have better ways of tracking both long term. 
We are just to blind right now and starting to really grow again I 
need to get it under control now before we get to large.


I am open to suggestions on routers but already had purchased microtik 
and butches scripts which after trying and failing to get it to work 
never implemented.


Contact me off list bran...@gogebicrange.net 
mailto:bran...@gogebicrange.net if you can help.


Thanks,

Brandon Yuchasz

GogebicRange.net



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Re: [AFMUG] New feedback (Patrick Leary)

[D. Ryan Spott]

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Re: [AFMUG] poll: do you do your own DNS entirely in house?

[D. Ryan Spott]

Using your own DNS servers geographically close to your actual network 
(or close network wise) will help your network with the CDNs that your 
customers are accessing.


Anycast CDNs can be read about here: 
http://anuragbhatia.com/networking/different-cdn-technologies-dns-vs-anycast-routing/


ryan

On 3/4/15 10:26 AM, That One Guy wrote:
we do ns1 and 2 authoritative and are building caching today. For our 
size operation there probably isnt a great deal of benefit to it, but 
it makes us feel like we are big time


On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 12:16 PM, e...@kuhnke-international.com 
mailto:e...@kuhnke-international.com e...@kuhnke-international.com 
mailto:e...@kuhnke-international.com wrote:


Ex:
Authoritative ns1 and ns2 for your domains, ns3 authoritative in a
different geographical location?
Recursive/caching for clients?
Control all your own MX and SPF records?




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Re: [AFMUG] Rocket M900 tests

[D. Ryan Spott]

Hope this helps you Jaime, it is just some notes from a PTP and a PTMP 
setup I have that seem to be delivering good results.


When I was running in a noisier environment (PTMP with 12 CPE) I went 
with an 8mhz channel width to give decent throughput but not wide enough 
to be affected by all of the noise.


ryan

On 3/1/15 12:57 PM, Jaime Solorza wrote:


Will try that

Jaime Solorza

On Mar 1, 2015 1:03 PM, John Woodfield john.woodfi...@jwcn.biz 
mailto:john.woodfi...@jwcn.biz wrote:


I've been having far better success using Mikrotik 9hpn radios.
YMMV in that regard.

I'm guessing you weren't passing data because you need to enable
WDS on the AP and station.

John Woodfield, President

Delmarva WiFi Inc.

410-870-WiFi



-Original Message-
From: Jaime Solorza losguyswirel...@gmail.com
mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com
Sent: Sunday, March 1, 2015 11:54am
To: Animal Farm af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com
Subject: [AFMUG] Rocket M900 tests

Hello Kool Kats:
Hope you are enjoying a nice Sunday.  Well I know some of you are
in the clutches of ole man Winter.
Did some testing with the M900 Rocket with dual pol Yagi installed
at Condor's Lower Comanche Peak site Friday afternoon.
The Good:  Even at 8 miles blocked by buildings and houses, I
could see the AP on site survey menu with signals in the -89 to
-95 dBm range but no association.We had a mast with two
antennas and M900 on truck with height about 10 ft. AGL.We
moved to higher point and signal jumped to -75 dBm,
The Bad:  Radios associated but would not pass traffic using 5MHz
channels.  I tried 3 MHz channels as well and would not either.  
Noise floor was jumping from -95dBm to -81 dBm..

The association would stay up at -79 dB while moving and drop.  As
soon as we had clear shot with would connect but pass no traffic
from Internet.  I could make changes to AP but that was all.
We moved closer to site and parked at furniture store with clear
LOS.Even with a -65 dBm at 6 miles ,,,no Internet traffic. I
had an IP from MT and speed test would load slowly and error out
with latency message.   Pings were all over the place with a few
time outs.   So interference was too great in this part of town to
use these.   I will share screen shots in later posts.
We knew the 902.928 MHz  noise floor in central and east side of
El Paso was high  so I was not surprised.   On the far west El
Paso which borders with New Mexico, we have a water company using
these for SCADA and cameras at 1 1/2, 3 and 6 miles with no
problems using 5 MHz channels colocated with Phoenix Contact FHSS
900MHz I/O.This link has an Ubiquiti sector on AP and dual
TY-900 antennas at CPE side.
Note:  The M900 AP is collocated with several M5 rockets on same
tower.
Jaime Solorza
Wireless Systems Architect
915-861-1390 tel:915-861-1390



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900Notes.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document

Re: [AFMUG] Cat5 Splicing

[D. Ryan Spott]

Image result for cat5 splice keep
twist
but was specifically made to
accept the Cat5 twist, so that
the twist went all the way into
the unit to splice with
another twist.  I've been
searching around, but haven't been
able to find them.  I can see this
being better than trying
to do an RJ45 coupler in some
situations.  Anybody use
something similar to this?





-- 
All parts should go together without forcing.

You must remember that the parts you are
reassembling were disassembled by you.
Therefore, if you can't get them together
again, there must be a reason. By all means,
do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance
manual, 1925






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Re: [AFMUG] 3M Slim Lock Closure

[D. Ryan Spott]

I want the N connectors INSIDE a weatherproof cover on the radio.

Open the door, plug in the cables and close the door.

ryan

On 2/12/15 12:57 PM, That One Guy wrote:

I want those yesterday

On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 2:48 PM, Dan Petermann d...@wyoming.com 
mailto:d...@wyoming.com wrote:


Does anybody use this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9fpx5xZz6I

What are your thoughts?




--
All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that 
the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if 
you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all 
means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925


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PO Box 1232 / 603 W. Stevens Sultan, WA 98284
360-799-0552 | gtalk: rsp...@irongoat.net

Re: [AFMUG] Dishes for target practice

[D. Ryan Spott]

I was told that the red lightning logo on the microwave dish covers used 
to be in the center of the cover. This made for a great target. Now the 
red lightning logo is offset up or down.


I have no idea if that is valid but I figure shooting the dish would be 
less service impacting than hitting the horn.


ryan


On 2/2/15 12:43 PM, Wireless Admin wrote:

This reminds me of a service call we had several years ago.  The equipment
was at an un-attended location and supported a camera system for
surveillance.  We drive out to the location and the PMP100 radio had a
bullet hole thru it.  Looked like a .22 Cal but what ever it was the radio
done..

Steve B.

-Original Message-
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Larry Smith
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2015 1:53 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Dishes for target practice

Hmmm, tracing the holes, the fourth (down near the bracket) definitely
when through whatever was on the other side as you can see the edge
through the third bullet hole.  Just depends upon where it went through.
I would suspect they were aiming at the white box.



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Re: [AFMUG] cheap and dirty telemetry

[D. Ryan Spott via Af]

$200: https://store.gumstix.com/index.php/products/283/
or
~$50: 
http://www.amazon.com/Raspberry-Pi-756-8308-Motherboard-RASPBRRYPCBA512/dp/B009SQQF9C

GPIO ports are easy to program against.

ryan


On 12/15/14 8:34 AM, Chuck McCown via Af wrote:
Yeah, too big.  Physically.  Looking for a single port device, 
hopefully the same size as a jump drive.

*From:* Ken Hohhof via Af mailto:af@afmug.com
*Sent:* Monday, December 15, 2014 9:32 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] cheap and dirty telemetry
http://store.packetflux.com/sitemonitor-6-channel-switch-closure-input/
*From:* Chuck McCown via Af mailto:af@afmug.com
*Sent:* Monday, December 15, 2014 10:20 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com
*Subject:* [AFMUG] cheap and dirty telemetry
Lots of folks have connected a relay to an ethernet port to loop it 
back.  When the relay is open, the connection goes away.
I am looking for a way to do some centralized polling of ports like 
that.  I don’t want to have to build some kind of small ardueno board 
and burn an IP for each one.  But I can’t think of a way around using 
an IP unless the device, such as a managed switch can do an snmp trap 
for each port.
Maybe it will become a product if it doesn’t exist.  Telemetry on a 
stick.  Two terminals for a contact closure.  POE powering.  Pollable 
and trap sending. Hopefully something like this already exists?


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Re: [AFMUG] Walking in SLC at night?

[D. Ryan Spott via Af]

Yeah, just put a fake cigarette in your mouth and most folks in SLC will 
leave you alone.


:P

ryan


On 12/12/14 10:47 AM, Eric Kuhnke via Af wrote:
Are you seriously asking if Salt Lake City is safe for an adult male 
to walk at night?





On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Bruce Robertson via Af af@afmug.com 
mailto:af@afmug.com wrote:


One of my transportation options for Animal Farm is to take Amtrak
from Reno.  The problem is that it arrives in SLC between 3 and 4
am.  It's only a 15 minute walk from the station to the hotel, but
I was wondering how advisable that is at that hour.




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PO Box 1232 / 603 W. Stevens Sultan, WA 98284
360-799-0552 | gtalk: rsp...@irongoat.net

Re: [AFMUG] Windows SNMP tool

[D. Ryan Spott via Af]

http://www.wtcs.org/snmp4tpc/getif.htm
http://www.ireasoning.com/mibbrowser.shtml

Of course, you could always just install snmpget and snmpset on your 
windows machine.



ryan


On 12/12/14 2:53 PM, Robbie Wright via Af wrote:

We've used this before with pretty good luck.

http://www.paessler.com/tools/snmptester

Won't scan a subnet, just an individual host.


Robbie Wright
Siuslaw Broadband http://siuslawbroadband.com
541-902-5101

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 2:51 PM, SmarterBroadband via Af af@afmug.com 
mailto:af@afmug.com wrote:


Does anyone know of a windows SNMP tool where I can read and write
to an OID.

Easy tool, just enter subnet and oid to work on and get a list of
results?

If not windows, gui Linux?

Thanks

Adam



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Re: [AFMUG] [JOB] Network Consultant Position

[D. Ryan Spott via Af]

I do quite a bit of work from home for remote customers. I also receive 
training remotely.


What limitations are you finding for remote workers?

ryan


On 11/24/14 6:55 AM, Dennis Burgess via Af wrote:


In house training, etc.. J

Dennis Burgess, CTO, Link Technologies, Inc.

den...@linktechs.net mailto:den...@linktechs.net – 314-735-0270 – 
www.linktechs.net http://www.linktechs.net


*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *D. Ryan Spott 
via Af

*Sent:* Friday, November 21, 2014 1:50 PM
*To:* af@afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] [JOB] Network Consultant Position

Why not virtual? Saves everyone money.

ryan

On 11/21/14 7:08 AM, Dennis Burgess via Af wrote:

Yep it stripped it LPDF.. L

Sorry to include this in the body of the post.

*Consulting Network Engineer*

Link Technologies, Inc. is looking for an experienced network
engineer.  Primary responsibilities will include working with
clients of Link Technologies, Inc. over the phone and e-mail to
resolve, install, and assist with all aspects of networking as it
relates to ISP networks.  Consulting services include, routing,
hardware recommendations, RF path analysis, switching, and layer 2
and layer 3 network design and implementation.

*Who is Link Technologies, Inc.?*

Link Technologies, Inc., works with thousands of ISPs around North
America, brining high level, Tier 3  4 Support to networks that
do not have those level of engineering amiable to them.  We
typically work directly with the on-site tech or business owners,
no tier 1 support for end users.  We provide network consulting
helping Wireless ISPs, configure their routers, and provide
bandwidth shaping, queuing, authentication solutions and
configurations for MikroTik RouterOS systems.   We use a number of
technologies, including OSPF and BGP to provide routing support.
We also help track down slow wireless links, troubleshoot end user
issues (not with the end user typically), and provider hardware
recommendations on tower sites, installation issues, and
connectivity help.Friendly and casual office environment,
lunch is provided every day.

*Job Functions:*

·Work with Customers over Phone, Internet, E-Mail

·Make Hardware Recommendations (will work with sales engineer as
needed)

·Setup Routers, Wireless Access Points and RF Radios as needed

·Provide comprehensive notes and time tracking in ticketing system

·Extensive Work with MikroTik RouterOS

·Limited work with Cisco, and Juniper Devices

·Setup VPNs, including PPTP, L2TP, IPSEC, and OVPN.

·Setup and configuration of VLANs on HP, Dell, Net gear, MikroTik
Switches.

·Extensive Routing work, including OSPF.

·Bridged Network Conversions, to routing networks.

·QoS and queuing assistance

·VoIP Prioritization

·Help with Various Radius Servers and Proxy Servers

·Configuration of Access Points

·Setup Hotspots

*Knowledge:*

·Excellent understanding of Layer 2 and Layer 3 Network Design

·TCP/IP protocol Stack, including ICMP, TCP, UDP, common ports and
protocols.

·Extensive Experience in Static Routing, Sub Netting, and OSPF
Configuration

·VLAN and Protected Port systems

·Cisco, Juniper Experience a Plus

·MikroTik Experience required.

·Excellent Verbal and written skills.

·Linux, free radius, bind DNS experience a plus

·Windows Server, IIS, and DNS experience a plus

·Ubiquiti Access Point and Point to Point Radio experience a plus

·RF basics, channel planning, EIRP, bands.

·WISP Operations, installation, experience a plus

·SAF, Cambium Radio Equipment Experience a plus

*Please submit your resume and salary requirements to
**j...@linktechs.net* mailto:j...@linktechs.net

**

*All positions are located in House Springs, MO 63051. In-Office,
some travel may be required (less than 10 weeks), please provide
copies of any certifications.  May be required to be on-call no
more than one weekend per month.*

**

Dennis Burgess, CTO, Link Technologies, Inc.

den...@linktechs.net mailto:den...@linktechs.net – 314-735-0270
– www.linktechs.net http://www.linktechs.net

*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Josh
Luthman via Af
*Sent:* Friday, November 21, 2014 8:22 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] [JOB] Network Consultant Position

I think you're missing an attached PDF?


Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Dennis Burgess via Af
af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com wrote:

Link Technologies, Inc. is looking for a few good engineers to add
to our consulting group.  If interested, review the PDF and send
resume and salary requirements to j

Re: [AFMUG] Physical Access Control

[D. Ryan Spott via Af]

This system appears to be fairly cost effective and cheap to set up:

http://www.cyberlock.com/access-control/cyberlock-overview

ryan


On 11/24/14 5:44 PM, Colin Stanners via Af wrote:

I've done a number of installs, all using Kantech panels. Some examples:

Cheap 2-door setup:
-Entrapass Special edition software (supports like 256 panels) $350
-Kantech KT-300 from ebay (supports 2 readers; serial RS485 link to PC 
or other panels): $150-350

-eBay RS485 to USB adapter $5
-metal box, 16VAC 20/40VA PSU, 12V battery (4.5-8 AH) from local alarm 
guy: $80

-two cheap em4100 (low-security) readers from eBay: 2x $12
-fifty em4100 fobs from eBay: $50
-two cheap door strikes or maglocks from eBay: 2x $50
-two cheap motion sensors from eBay for request-to-exit: 2x $20
-average 100ft of cat5 (8 wires: reader power + and -; reader data + 
and - ; buzzer; LED; door sensor and request to exit) and 18/2 cable 
(strike/maglock power) per door: 2x $40


Total: ~$1K

Higher-end 2-door setup, panel expandable to 4 doors:
-Entrapass Special edition software (supports like 256 panels) $350
-Kantech KT-400 panel (supports 4 readers; ethernet to PC; serial 
RS485 link to PC or other panels): $1200
-metal box, 16VAC 40VA PSU, 12V battery (7-8 AH) from local alarm guy: 
$100

-two Kantech ioprox (higher-security) readers: 2x $120
-fifty Kantech ioprox fobs: $250
-two Kantech/higher-end maglocks: 2x $120
-two Kantech T.Rex motion sensors from eBay for request-to-exit: 2x $120
-average 100ft of cat5 (8 wires: reader power + and -; reader data + 
and - ; buzzer; LED; door sensor and request to exit) and 18/2 cable 
(strike/maglock power) per door: 2x $40


Total: $2.5k


On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Mike Hammett via Af af@afmug.com 
mailto:af@afmug.com wrote:


What are you guys doing for physical access control systems? I've
seen several places using systems based on HID cards, but I don't
know how cost effective they are.



-
Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com


https://www.facebook.com/ICSILhttps://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalbhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutionshttps://twitter.com/ICSIL





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broadband | telco | colo | community
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360-799-0552 | gtalk: rsp...@irongoat.net

Re: [AFMUG] [JOB] Network Consultant Position

[D. Ryan Spott via Af]

Why not virtual? Saves everyone money.

ryan

On 11/21/14 7:08 AM, Dennis Burgess via Af wrote:


Yep it stripped it LPDF.. L

Sorry to include this in the body of the post.

*Consulting Network Engineer*

Link Technologies, Inc. is looking for an experienced network 
engineer.  Primary responsibilities will include working with clients 
of Link Technologies, Inc. over the phone and e-mail to resolve, 
install, and assist with all aspects of networking as it relates to 
ISP networks.  Consulting services include, routing, hardware 
recommendations, RF path analysis, switching, and layer 2 and layer 3 
network design and implementation.


*Who is Link Technologies, Inc.?*

Link Technologies, Inc., works with thousands of ISPs around North 
America, brining high level, Tier 3  4 Support to networks that do 
not have those level of engineering amiable to them.  We typically 
work directly with the on-site tech or business owners, no tier 1 
support for end users.  We provide network consulting helping Wireless 
ISPs, configure their routers, and provide bandwidth shaping, queuing, 
authentication solutions and configurations for MikroTik RouterOS 
systems.   We use a number of technologies, including OSPF and BGP to 
provide routing support. We also help track down slow wireless links, 
troubleshoot end user issues (not with the end user typically), and 
provider hardware recommendations on tower sites, installation issues, 
and connectivity help.Friendly and casual office environment, 
lunch is provided every day.


*Job Functions:*

·Work with Customers over Phone, Internet, E-Mail

·Make Hardware Recommendations (will work with sales engineer as needed)

·Setup Routers, Wireless Access Points and RF Radios as needed

·Provide comprehensive notes and time tracking in ticketing system

·Extensive Work with MikroTik RouterOS

·Limited work with Cisco, and Juniper Devices

·Setup VPNs, including PPTP, L2TP, IPSEC, and OVPN.

·Setup and configuration of VLANs on HP, Dell, Net gear, MikroTik 
Switches.


·Extensive Routing work, including OSPF.

·Bridged Network Conversions, to routing networks.

·QoS and queuing assistance

·VoIP Prioritization

·Help with Various Radius Servers and Proxy Servers

·Configuration of Access Points

·Setup Hotspots

*Knowledge:*

·Excellent understanding of Layer 2 and Layer 3 Network Design**

·TCP/IP protocol Stack, including ICMP, TCP, UDP, common ports and 
protocols.**


·Extensive Experience in Static Routing, Sub Netting, and OSPF 
Configuration**


·VLAN and Protected Port systems**

·Cisco, Juniper Experience a Plus**

·MikroTik Experience required.**

·Excellent Verbal and written skills.**

·Linux, free radius, bind DNS experience a plus**

·Windows Server, IIS, and DNS experience a plus**

·Ubiquiti Access Point and Point to Point Radio experience a plus**

·RF basics, channel planning, EIRP, bands.**

·WISP Operations, installation, experience a plus**

·SAF, Cambium Radio Equipment Experience a plus**

*Please submit your resume and salary requirements to 
**j...@linktechs.net* mailto:j...@linktechs.net**


**

*All positions are located in House Springs, MO 63051.  In-Office, 
some travel may be required (less than 10 weeks), please provide 
copies of any certifications.  May be required to be on-call no more 
than one weekend per month.*


**

Dennis Burgess, CTO, Link Technologies, Inc.

den...@linktechs.net mailto:den...@linktechs.net – 314-735-0270 – 
www.linktechs.net http://www.linktechs.net


*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Josh Luthman via Af
*Sent:* Friday, November 21, 2014 8:22 AM
*To:* af@afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] [JOB] Network Consultant Position

I think you're missing an attached PDF?


Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Dennis Burgess via Af af@afmug.com 
mailto:af@afmug.com wrote:


Link Technologies, Inc. is looking for a few good engineers to add to 
our consulting group.  If interested, review the PDF and send resume 
and salary requirements to j...@linktechs.net mailto:j...@linktechs.net


Thanks,

DennisBurgessSignature

www.linktechs.net http://www.linktechs.net – 314-735-0270 
tel:314-735-0270 – dmburg...@linktechs.net 
mailto:dmburg...@linktechs.net




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Re: [AFMUG] Colocation

[D. Ryan Spott via Af]

I used to run some medium sized colo. I concur with Eric's comment 
below. However:


To get or keep 'smarter' and lower maintenance customers offer this type 
of service:


-Offer PPP
--(Ping Pipe  Power ONLY to the customer. HVAC is included.
-NO physical/unescorted access to their machine.
--If it breaks to the point that they can no longer get into it they can 
come pick it up and return it the next day or something or.

-Smart hands cost money.
--If you have to touch the machine then you charge $$. (period)
--After hours? 

I charge just enough to make a little profit over the charge for my rack 
in another colo provider's DC. The smart customers I have know this so 
they 'put up' with the line items above.


I have about 5 colo servers sitting fat and happy in a rack.

Over a 3 year period I have had 1 call for assistance as the customer's 
power supply failed and 1 escorted (I tapped my foot the entire time) 
trip to the rack for some memory upgrades on a server. I did not charge 
for the time as it was scheduled WELL in advance and he bought dinner.


ryan


On 10/28/14 1:34 AM, Eric Kuhnke via Af wrote:
don't mess around with the low end, the sort of customers who want 
$100/mo colocation for one server are more of a pain in the ass than 
they're worth. the hosting/colo business has very thin margins.


On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 10:16 PM, TJ Trout via Af af@afmug.com 
mailto:af@afmug.com wrote:


Has anyone made a successful try at offering colocation and would
like to point out some details on Do's and don't's?  Seems like a
great way to build additional revenue off of completely unused
upstream bandwidth ? Is it worth the hassle and DDoS?




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360-799-0552 | gtalk: rsp...@irongoat.net

Re: [AFMUG] APC load in watts

[D. Ryan Spott via Af]

http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Plugins/Hardware/UPS/APC/check_apc-2Epl/details

   In order to show output load in watts, the maximum power load
   wattage must be included in the check. This can be found on your UPS
   management page under the UPS tab and then About using the real
   power ratting shown.

Crazy detail here:
http://www.apcmedia.com/salestools/SADE-5TNQYF/SADE-5TNQYF_R1_EN.pdf

ryan

On 10/28/14 7:31 AM, Adam Moffett via Af wrote:
This is the first time I've ever taken a very close look at the 
management page on one of the APC's here.  I had been thinking they 
were somebody else's problem.


Why do I see Load in Watts with a value of 10.4%?  My first thought 
was maybe the % was a typo, but 10.4 watts sounds too low.  Second 
thought was maybe it's 10.4% of 1500VAbut that sounds too high.  
No matter what it makes no sense.  Anybody know what I'm supposed to 
learn by reading this? (other than the programmer failed English)





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Re: [AFMUG] Installer attire

[D. Ryan Spott via Af]

This is true.

ryan (a normally bearded guy)


On 9/25/14 3:28 PM, Josh Reynolds via Af wrote:

If you don't have a beard in Alaska, you are untrusted.

(Even the women!)

Josh Reynolds, Chief Information Officer
SPITwSPOTS, www.spitwspots.com http://www.spitwspots.com

On 09/25/2014 11:02 AM, Matt Jenkins via Af wrote:

What about guys with Duck Dynasty style beards?

Matthew Jenkins
SmarterBroadband
m...@sbbinc.net
530.272.4000

On 09/25/2014 11:57 AM, Josh Reynolds via Af wrote:

Gonna flip this on it's head...

Here in Alaska, if you are wearing a uniform from any company that 
isn't a local utility, you are immediately untrusted. People here 
would rather do business with guys operating out of an unmarked 
truck that they've known their entire lives than working out of some 
fancy whole-logo-wrapped truckwith uniform standards and tons of 
paperwork.


Just something I've learned since being here... it's a different world.

Josh Reynolds, Chief Information Officer
SPITwSPOTS, www.spitwspots.com http://www.spitwspots.com

On 09/25/2014 09:54 AM, Keefe John via Af wrote:
We don't let anyone go to a customer without logo'd professional 
apparel.


We give each tech 5 shirts(a mix of polos and buttondowns) plus a 
logo'd jacket.� Tech's must wear nice pants or jeans plus the 
logo'd shirt and tennis shoes or boots.� Nothing worn out, 
ripped, dirty, etc is allowed.� You want your employees to look 
like professionals not duck dynasty.


Even in the office we don't allow tshirts, hoodies, shorts, 
sandals, or anything else unprofessional.� You never know when a 
customer might stop by and you always want to look your best.


Keefe

On 9/25/2014 10:39 AM, Adam Moffett via Af wrote:
I don't mind sweatshirts or jackets; It's autumn after all.� Am 
I crazy to think that a camo hoodie is inappropriate? We're not 
hunting the internet are we?
I'm trying to decide if my ire is justified or if I'm being some 
kind of grumpy old fart.










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