Re: [AFMUG] End users contacting Provider consultants

2020-02-20 Thread dave
If only we could read :) On 2/20/20 12:26 AM, Timothy Steele wrote: So I just had an odd experience an end-user contacted me via my website wispconsult.com she used my site chat to leave her phone number said she had a network issue and to call her I called back

Re: [AFMUG] 3.5Ghz FCC Auction 105

2020-02-21 Thread dave
+1 TY WISPA :) On 2/20/20 6:10 PM, Mark Radabaugh wrote: Correct - the CMA bidding portion was rejected based on WISPA advocacy. Mark On Feb 20, 2020, at 2:44 PM, Seth Mattinen wrote: On 2/20/20 11:35 AM, Jason McKemie wrote: What is "Proposed CMA Bidding"? Cellular market area, it woul

Re: [AFMUG] .6 KM shot with 1G Full Duplex

2020-02-24 Thread dave
Not sure which product mentioned but the PTP550 unlicensed will take all of your 5g spectrum and there is the ptp850E On 2/24/20 8:27 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote: What are the current recommendations for something like this. I see Cambium has something that looks like it will work but their produc

Re: [AFMUG] .6 KM shot with 1G Full Duplex

2020-02-24 Thread dave
Aviat. Aviat probably gives you the best bang for your buck. Cambium has a new mmWave product, but I don't know anything about it. Josh On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 9:31 AM dave <mailto:dmilho...@wletc.com>> wrote: Not sure which product mentioned but the PTP550 unlicensed will

Re: [AFMUG] [ External ] Re: Cambium LTE

2020-02-27 Thread dave
We R starting to see some real world impressive results with just the pmp450i CBRS radios on a 20Mhz channels This guy is nearLOS about 2.5 miles of some tree and pointing into edge of panel Current Results Status Stats for LUID: 65   Test Duration: 10   Pkt Length: 1714   Test Direction

Re: [AFMUG] [ External ] Re: Cambium LTE

2020-02-28 Thread dave
On 2/27/20 10:28 AM, Eric Muehleisen wrote: Still in winter. I'd like to see how it performs when the leaves are full in May. On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 9:26 AM dave <mailto:dmilho...@wletc.com>> wrote: We R starting to see some real world impressive results with just th

Re: [AFMUG] [ External ] Re: Cambium LTE

2020-02-28 Thread dave
AM *To:*AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> *Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] [ External ] Re: Cambium LTE Still in winter. I'd like to see how it performs when the leaves are full in May. On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 9:26 AM dave <mailto:dmilho...@wletc.com>> wrote: We R s

Re: [AFMUG] 450m 365 sync

2020-03-02 Thread dave
We have a few cmm5 in service and had absolutely no issues with them and yes pricey for sure but havent went to a site for a cmm5 issue ever. Cmm4 did what it was designed to do  and we still  have a couple in service. If I had learned to ground them properly I would not of had to replace any of

Re: [AFMUG] 450m 365 sync

2020-03-02 Thread dave
CMM4 enclosures using Dinrail and Packetflux On 3/2/20 9:29 AM, Josh Baird wrote: Do you have a solution for fiber+power to each radio?  We're looking at a few different options right now.. On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 10:26 AM dave <mailto:dmilho...@wletc.com>> wrote: We have a few

[AFMUG] CBRS Transition Woes

2020-03-06 Thread dave
How is everyone doing with their migration to CBRS before April 17? I still have 30 more aps to move over with only 10 migrated. Like chickens with our heads cut off here. Then I get some moron who throws up a device in front of one my sectors and wreaks havoc for a few days setting us back for m

Re: [AFMUG] CBRS Transition Woes

2020-03-06 Thread dave
to:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> *On Behalf Of *dave *Sent:* Friday, March 6, 2020 8:44 AM *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] CBRS Transition Woes How is everyone doing with their migration to CBRS before April 17? I still have 30 more aps to move o

Re: [AFMUG] CBRS Transition Woes

2020-03-06 Thread dave
, at 10:43 AM, dave <mailto:dmilho...@wletc.com>> wrote: Awesome, Did any of you move to wider channel size as well for the increased capacity? We  had to on most of ours due to density. I am really concerned about incumbents lighting up their stuff then we fight over a couple pals to s

Re: [AFMUG] COVID-19 and WISPAmerica

2020-03-13 Thread dave
As an M1A1 crewman I remember we carried 11400 of 7.62 for the loaders m240b and the gunners coax used the majority and 900 rounds of .50cal for the M2. We shared an M16A1 with about 200 rounds and each carried 35 rounds of .45 for our 1911s we had 52rounds of 120mm rounds of Sabot and mixed He

Re: [AFMUG] dumb DFS questions

2020-03-19 Thread dave
Gotta love those guys popping up trying to out sell the 10yr veteran LOL! Been there done it twice in 15 yrs On 11/21/19 10:31 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: We mostly avoid DFS frequencies on APs because of the impact if we get false radar detects.  Also we are mostly a Cambium shop.  So I’m a bit c

[AFMUG] OT: Looking for a wisp

2020-03-24 Thread dave
Hey to the borg! Does anyone know the Fiber company in florida that has won a few grants for doing fiber. For the life of me cannot remember his name but I would see him at wispapalooza every year and I think he was at an Animal farm show as well. Thank you -- -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.

Re: [AFMUG] CNMaestro Defaulting EPMP AP

2020-03-24 Thread dave
I had seen this very same thing.. What I found out was the firmware on the ap was in the 2.6 range and jumping to 3.56 I believe may have caused the hiccup. Not 100% on that but it was the only thing I could see that was different because the others had 3.15 on them On 3/24/20 11:56 AM, Nate

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Looking for a wisp

2020-03-24 Thread dave
yES! I Believe you are it.. On 3/24/20 1:27 PM, Mark - Myakka Technologies wrote: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Looking for a wisp That fits my description, what's up? -- Best regards, Mark mailto:m...@mailmt.com Myakka Technologies, Inc. www.Myakka.com -- Tuesday, March 24,

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber Up Tower

2020-03-31 Thread dave
Best-tronics and its priced per foot  It doesnt have the boot like cambium but I do believe they are making it. Call for pricing. On 3/30/20 8:06 PM, Nate Burke wrote: Where are you getting the Tatical SM fiber from?  Pricing? On 3/30/2020 5:22 PM, dave via AF wrote: That may work for most

Re: [AFMUG] Porn for Chuck

2020-04-02 Thread dave
WOW think of the poor bastard who had to fine tune all those LOL! On 4/1/20 8:40 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: Some serious filtering going on.  I counted 32 cavities.  8 per filter.  Might have needed so many due to using ceramic resonators rather than helical or quarter wave cavities.  They could

Re: [AFMUG] OT masks

2020-04-08 Thread dave
Yeah it sucks getting old :) On 4/7/20 8:43 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: Put on gloves and a mask to pick up a few things at the grocery store.  Walked in and there was a construction worker in a mask, then a soccer mom then a skinny redneck, with his skinny redneck wife.  Started clucking

Re: [AFMUG] OT masks

2020-04-08 Thread dave
Once an assclown always an asshat :) On 4/7/20 10:25 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: I would have probably said something like "I'm wearing this for *your* benefit *not* mine.   Don't call me a chicken for protecting your life.". On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 8:23 PM

Re: [AFMUG] OT still a bit of hope and optimism

2020-04-20 Thread dave
It mutating and soon im sure the mutation could have the same affect as the walking dead. On 4/20/20 11:08 AM, Bill Prince wrote: I think fall is overly optimistic. That would barely be enough to get through early testing. Early 2021 is my bet for the earliest availability of an actual vacc

Re: [AFMUG] CCR2004 coming out

2020-04-23 Thread dave
My thoughts exactly because Im looking at replacing my powerv4 with a 1072 On 4/23/20 2:47 PM, Josh Baird wrote: Yeah - we need to see diagrams to see what is actually going on under the hood.. This is supposedly the "new 1009," so I suspect there are some limitations here. On Thu, Apr 23,

Re: [AFMUG] That Darn Cat!

2020-04-24 Thread dave
LOL! I loved my cat he was skittish around other people unfamiliar to the family unit. We had him before his eyes opened and bottle fed him. He only knew the home as his world nothing more. He never scratched furniture or chewed on things he shouldn't. He only came around to get acknowledgement

Re: [AFMUG] anybody else having SAS problems this morning?

2020-04-30 Thread dave
I havent seen any since moving to CBRS but we use google. On 4/30/20 9:15 AM, Mark Radabaugh wrote: Cambium confirmed they are aware of an issue.   No details or ETA yet.   Or even exactly whose issue it is. Big organizations have way way way too much faith in ‘cloud computing’. Mark On Apr

Re: [AFMUG] anybody else having SAS problems this morning?

2020-04-30 Thread dave
This reminds of the Southpark episode when Stan had to reboot the giant blu faced linksys router and was right with the world afterwards LOL! On 4/30/20 9:46 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: We have sessions up now for over 20 minutes so I’m guessing they fixed something.  Which could mean they reboote

Re: [AFMUG] Hit the big time - Cambium Case Study

2020-05-04 Thread dave
Thats awesome... welcome to the all cambium club. We are on our second white paper now.. This is going to be a another run for show. What kind of pole is that all mounted to? On 4/22/20 6:08 PM, Steve Jones wrote: Im pretty excited about this. Cambium has been outstanding to work with. Between

Re: [AFMUG] customer wants to switch WISPs to solve WiFi problem

2020-05-05 Thread dave
+1000  Plenty of crappy cable corps out there. On 5/4/20 8:37 PM, Sean Heskett wrote: I’d just be honest with the potential customer and quote them what it’ll take to make it work correctly.  Use your expertise to sell them a while home system.  if they switch to you then they will probably be

Re: [AFMUG] Source for pre-made outdoor OS2 LC fiber cable

2020-05-07 Thread dave
BEST-Tronics.com On 5/7/20 11:52 AM, Ryan Ray wrote: Anyone have any sources for some pre-made outdoor OS2 lc - lc fiber? We need various lengths between 100ft - 180ft. Need this within a few weeks. Any ideas? We'd use the Cambium branded cable if we have to. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmu

Re: [AFMUG] 450 software upgrade Path

2020-05-07 Thread dave
+1 On 5/6/20 7:21 PM, Bill Prince wrote: I've generally gone to at least the first major version number, as the increment in major version has indicated some serious design change. So taking your example, I would have gone from 13.x, to the first 14.x, then to the first 15.x, then the first 16

Re: [AFMUG] 450 software upgrade Path

2020-05-07 Thread dave
CBRS is 16.1-->16.2(beta5)-->16.2-->16.2.1(beta2) On 5/6/20 9:04 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: I would take everything to 15.2 or 16.0.1.1 before going to 16.2. Cambium warns in the release notes that an SM on 15.1.5 or earlier will not register to an AP on 16.1 or later. Probably should do SMs first

Re: [AFMUG] OT I need a smuggler

2020-05-14 Thread dave
I have used E6000 from autozone in a pinch On 5/12/20 4:46 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: For some reason, no supplier will ship MEK solvent to me anymore.  They say not to Utah... That is my #1 adhesive for ABS plastic parts. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listi

Re: [AFMUG] Sync 900 MHz PMP100 and PTP450i?

2020-05-15 Thread dave
Get a Syncpipe delux or a CNpulse... One and done! On 5/14/20 4:51 PM, cg...@graytechsoftware.com wrote: I have a PTP450i feeding a small site with a PMP100 AP. Is it possible to sync PTP450i and PMP100? Can I pull sync off the PTP450i slave into the PMP100 AP? Thank you - Chris -- AF

Re: [AFMUG] CBRS reliable now?

2020-05-20 Thread dave
I am fully deployed with about 800 subs and 40 Aps with pmp450/450i/450m. I have seen some great numbers since moving to CBRS with total confidence with google. Loving the new move to 30Mhz channels and 20mhz sizes. We are seeing a celco fire up some of its gear though almost like a wall block

Re: [AFMUG] CBRS reliable now?

2020-05-21 Thread dave
Well SNR goes  to crap on every sub where you and the celco overlap. So none of the spectrum they are on can be used. Which is aproximately 3550-3640 we found 2 panels facing our direction side by side look like using 40mhz x2 On 5/20/20 1:12 PM, Peter Kranz via AF wrote: Hi Dave, can you

Re: [AFMUG] CBRS reliable now?

2020-05-21 Thread dave
ith google. What numbers? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 10:34 AM dave <mailto:dmilho...@wletc.com>> wrote: I am fully deployed with about 800 subs and 40 Aps with pmp450/450i/450m. I ha

Re: [AFMUG] Lightning/Grid Damage to Gear

2020-06-22 Thread dave
We bill for acts of God but we also see what it takes to prevent such again. From our side we will add an indoor inline sure suppressor. 9x out of 10 that is the resolve.  If it continues to be an issue we do what we can to relocate subscriber unit to get away from the A lightning zones on a bui

Re: [AFMUG] Wiring position on DC Defender

2020-06-24 Thread dave
Correct +1 On 6/24/20 9:03 AM, Caleb Knauer wrote: Surge is the side where the surge comes from. So at the top, surge is your tower run and equipment is your radio. On the ground, surge is tower run and equipment is the power supply. At least that’s the way I’ve always done it. On Tue, Jun 2

Re: [AFMUG] OT Hand Hole Surprise

2020-06-25 Thread dave
Use a Stick :) Be sure to have a BOM. Lawn chair, Pack of cold beer, sun glasses and a bucket On 6/24/20 8:40 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: Nope.  In a UDOT HH so not gonna break the law on their turf.  Just like to get them out. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 24, 2020, at 6:44 PM, Jaime Solorza wro

Re: [AFMUG] OT oh, the humanity

2020-06-26 Thread dave
Ok, So this brings me to another question What if the panels are arranged in a Dish type of layout where the dish tracks the sun. Is that a bad design or am I doing a greater good? I only have 4 panels but could add 6. I am currently looking for a mount for a C-band 12' dish. On 6/26/20 8:4

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Frickin Noobs

2020-06-26 Thread dave
I did this with couple cisco switches and a ptp800 link with flawless operation for 4 years and we also had about 100Mbs of internet access to the studio fed by another site. for lossless audio the link has to be perfect and have a stamp of 5x9s of reliability with a measure of fade built into

Re: [AFMUG] Syncinjector cambium sync with 3ghz 450m

2020-06-26 Thread dave
We have installed dozens of these so I wanted to chime in.  First off the difference on connecting up a 5Ghz vs 3.65ghz 450m 5Ghz will use only POE and has an aux port and a SFP port 3.65Ghz has a DC Port with 4pin connector. It also has a main,aux and SFP port. In order for any of them to use sy

Re: [AFMUG] American Girl Karen doll

2020-07-08 Thread dave
Dont be a Karen :) On 7/8/20 10:51 AM, Jay Weekley wrote: I feel sorry for people actually named Karen. Ken Hohhof wrote: https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/american-girl-karen-doll-parody/ -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Two SiteMonitor unresponsive

2020-07-08 Thread dave
After what I have seen what lightning does to a couple planet industrial switches i would let them die in the metal chipper and move on LOL. On 7/8/20 11:05 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: I have two units (ii "newer" ones) that I can't get to 169.254.1.20.  Several laptops, several network cables, sw

Re: [AFMUG] Battery supplier

2020-07-10 Thread dave
I would look into interstate battery.. They have always had what we needed for our sites and our fleet. Trucks come thru all the time On 7/9/20 11:06 AM, Josh Baird wrote: We typically use smaller 20-50ah SLA batteries from Zeus, eBay, etc, but I'm looking to deploy some front-terminal 75-100ah

Re: [AFMUG] is speed the issue, or price?

2020-07-12 Thread Dave
I thought internet was free? On 7/12/2020 3:26 PM, Matt Hoppes wrote: A. Yes. It’s a $$ issue. Don’t want to pay. That being said we have very few folks who complain. We try to balance speed for average household with a $$ amount the average household can afford. On Jul 12, 2020, at

Re: [AFMUG] 450i/450m DFS false detect problem solved in later firmware?

2020-07-12 Thread Dave
If they are not running 16.0.1 nuthing can help them from some weird issues with the DFS bands.  Lots of things corrected in 15.2 and later for EIRP and SNR related calculations the help with H/V misreads and A/B channel alignments. Read the release notes in 16.0.1 for further info. On 7/11

Re: [AFMUG] 450i/450m DFS false detect problem solved in later firmware?

2020-07-13 Thread dave
nds like they're still trying to track down the root cause.  Sometime in the past week or so they figured out that there was some correlation between the DFS events adding a fair bit of PacketFlux gear, so this correlation is now the leading root cause in their minds.   

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Birds going crazy?

2020-07-13 Thread dave
We call that one the Earth to Ground wire. Typically it turns into a neutral wire when run into a distribution panel when its isolated. At tower sites it typically will tie back into a Ground rod at the meter called neutral ground Bond. EVERYthing at the site will typically bond back to this gr

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Details on the Starlink router

2020-07-15 Thread dave
Just install 40k of micropops :) On 7/15/20 11:57 AM, Bill Prince wrote: There are some details in this story that were new to me. One of the ones that popped up was that each group of 60 Starlink satellites is expected to support ~~ 40,000 subscribers. That puts the 800 satellite "moderate

Re: [AFMUG] Federated Wireless SAS outage?

2020-07-19 Thread Dave
Well sheet... Bunch of windoze Hooie if ya ask me :) If this is to be soo critical better start thinking like mil spec NBC resilient type infrastructure other wise yes it dies. On 7/17/2020 9:14 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: I think maybe they use AWS for DNS, but that Cloudflare is doing attack m

Re: [AFMUG] Simple mikrotik question at this early hour

2020-07-21 Thread dave
+1 Same here On 7/21/20 10:02 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote: Same here. You can drag the column header. If you right click on the headers you can add and remove columns you aren't interested in, etc. On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 10:01 AM Bill Prince > wrote: Winbox I pr

Re: [AFMUG] 450i/450m DFS false detect problem solved in later firmware?

2020-07-22 Thread dave
oblem solved in later firmware? It’s a shitty job on that cable, I’ll give you that.    It’s what the new(ish) NOC guy created.   We would shoot a field service tech (what we call our installers) if they made a end like that :-) Mark On Jul 22, 2020, at 11:59 AM, dave wrote: We can show

Re: [AFMUG] customer to English dictionary

2020-07-23 Thread Dave
My fave is We are down AGAIN! Tech arrives to find roofers using flame throwers to seal the flat roof with new rubberized roof. Cable Melted into roof.. hmm this should allow for optimal service :) On 7/23/2020 10:22 AM, Nate Burke wrote: 'Connection has been Unusable for several days' = No

Re: [AFMUG] customer to English dictionary

2020-07-23 Thread Dave
I always thought of speed as the latency as I was taught in the golden age of X.25 host LOL! Capacity is the measure of how much can we send at one time with that same latency. Am I wrong on this?? On 7/23/2020 2:47 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: So true. Of course a couple days ago I had a custo

Re: [AFMUG] Auction results so far

2020-07-27 Thread Dave
My guess is none... Im sooo sick of the BS games the FCC and 'BIG BOYZ' Are playing. So funny how they say "Sure anyone can get a pal" FCC should have shoved a big FU to all WISPs and just let us die. When I first saw the pricing on our county and surrounding countys for bid I knew there was

Re: [AFMUG] [ External ] Re: Cambium 450 CBRS / SAS equipment onboarding

2020-07-27 Thread Dave
I have my whole network of 45 Aps a mix of medusa -450 over to CBRS and it was challenge for sure. I am very happy with the outcome but not too sure on the future of some APs in the metro are where we heavily overlap with ATT and Verizon. Already had to coordinate to get out of their way and

Re: [AFMUG] Backhaul links

2020-08-04 Thread Dave
Lewis thats a loaded question even for a 100Mbs @ 5x9s 13Km is wut about 8 miles. If you could find an old ptp800 would satisfy your need easy with 3 foot dishes on 11Ghz Ive been using ptp820 for a while and its built tough with more options for interface. PTP670 Rocks at 20mhz wide chann

Re: [AFMUG] replacing a CBRS AP

2020-08-10 Thread dave
smoother transition is to place the new ap into part 90 so you obtain all of your subs then update your management tool. I am sure someone here may correct me if im wrong. Thanks Dave On 8/10/20 8:46 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: Has anyone figured out the best procedure for replacing a Cambium CBRS AP

Re: [AFMUG] replacing a CBRS AP

2020-08-10 Thread dave
The best answer I got was from cambium support on how to do it properly and evan is the guy for sure but very busy. On 8/10/20 8:46 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: Has anyone figured out the best procedure for replacing a Cambium CBRS AP? I’m guessing there is something more elegant and less disrupti

Re: [AFMUG] Poor Dishes on a Tower

2020-08-11 Thread Dave
Stabe Arms! Dish Lives Matter! Lol! On 8/10/2020 5:13 PM, Nate Burke wrote: What the Poor dishes on a tower have to put up with. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] replacing a CBRS AP

2020-08-13 Thread Dave
tool you >         deregister the old AP and delete it from the system. > >         No reason to refile all of the subs just to swap out the AP. > >         Thanks, >         Matt Mays >         Amplex Internet

Re: [AFMUG] OT: tim sweeny is going to save the world from itself

2020-08-14 Thread dave
Well if this is the case I guess Unreal Tournament Gold Edition from 1999 has been well embedded to our systems LOL! I used to play the crap out of that Game.. On 8/14/20 12:27 AM, Steve Jones wrote: So this fella is ceo of epic games. They built the unreal engine that runs the games. They als

Re: [AFMUG] billing again

2020-08-17 Thread Dave
We are using Freeside and happy with it. Luckily before jeremy left we were able to get some custom modules done. We have a support engineer that works well with freeside. We were able to incorporate it into preseem and our inventory without much fuss. I hope that Ivan will get his stuff toge

Re: [AFMUG] OT odd data connection

2020-08-19 Thread dave
Ive done alot with Modbus on arduino products interfacing with anything that speaks modbus. I have a server I que or add each thing I want to monitor or review. Temps, Humidity power levels or presence of are the main ones. On 8/19/20 11:26 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: On one of my large portabl

Re: [AFMUG] Buying and selling ISP’s

2020-08-24 Thread Dave
Fight the Dying of the light .. Dont go out without a fight.. All I gotta say is they may take away our spectrum and slap us with more reporting and more fees but Bring dat shiz We got this.. All said and done who can outlast the brute fist of the Gorilla. Ill get off my soap box now ... yo

Re: [AFMUG] Firestick clocking?

2020-08-26 Thread dave
Throw that shit in the garbage and get a Roku or something similar Fire sticks cause so much in home wifi issues..  the remote lands on the same channel as any wifi in the house and utterly destroys and disrupts service to other devices. Its a real piece of work. On 8/25/20 10:52 PM, Steve Ut

Re: [AFMUG] [ External ] Audio tune 450i SMs?

2020-08-27 Thread Dave
Just Say no to internet or should I say Netflix LOL! We  have seen a trend where customers check their internet based on if their TV works well LOL On 8/27/2020 3:19 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: BTW we never use a headset, we use those little amplified speaker pucks that you charge with a USB cha

Re: [AFMUG] Surge cards, what should I expect?

2020-08-31 Thread dave
Josh,  Call me around 11 CST if you can.. Thanks On 8/31/20 8:27 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: I've regularly used the 444 cards.  Pretty much exclusively for years we've been using the GIGE-APC-HV. On a tower with 9 devices, I lost 8 of them.  We've had 0 problems on this tower since adding the s

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Jay Fuller turns 50 today?

2020-09-09 Thread dave
Hey I resemble that remark LOL! On 9/8/20 1:18 PM, Mike Hammett wrote: 50?! Holy cow, that's old! ;-) Yes, I know many, many of you are much older. I jab equally.  :-) - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions

Re: [AFMUG] EPMP and Nested DHCP Option82

2020-09-21 Thread dave
So to understand what you have is a 3kAP-->300sub--Switch--1KAP--->1kSub correct? If this is correct then try this.. Ensure that you have allow Dhcp below sub on the 300 to allow those responses to relay to 3kAP On 9/20/20 11:39 AM, Nate Burke wrote: I'm running into a strange issue that's

Re: [AFMUG] EPMP and Nested DHCP Option82

2020-09-21 Thread dave
n the AP.  I'm guessing something strange is happening because 2 devices are trying to write Option82 into the same request? On 9/21/2020 7:57 AM, dave wrote: So to understand what you have is a 3kAP-->300sub--Switch--1KAP--->1kSub correct? If this is correct then try this.. Ensu

Re: [AFMUG] OT - only in Chicago

2020-09-22 Thread dave
YEP +1 Sorry  for his bad luck.. of course he could of been on some liberated journey :) On 9/22/20 2:54 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: It was an interstate.  You cannot legally walk on an interstate.  He was an idiot. *From:* Steve Jones *Sent:* Tuesday, September 22, 2020 1:06 PM *To:* AnimalF

Re: [AFMUG] servers

2020-09-26 Thread Dave
I still like the super micros for heavy lifting like email but everything else go into a VM. Dell we use for Our VMhosts. I did recently install an HP for preseem and love it got a 10G transparent bridge moving thru it. On 9/26/2020 7:43 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote: Anything DC is going to sever

Re: [AFMUG] servers

2020-09-26 Thread Dave
you could do like I did with our first VM host with several vms mirror it on a  blade server. I can take down a drive so long as I have blade up server keeps going while we do maint on host. very kewl stuff On 9/26/2020 2:50 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: Thanks everyone. *From:* Steven Kenney *

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Watch out for old TVs!

2020-09-28 Thread dave
That site triggered some site guards that firefox has LOL On 9/24/20 7:14 PM, Bill Prince wrote: Did you read the story about the village in Wales: https://www.cnet.com/news/an-old-tv-crashed-entire-towns-broadband-every-day-for-more-than-a-year/ -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http:/

Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines

2020-09-28 Thread dave
I have never tried proxmox...  What kind of hypervisor interface does it have? On 9/27/20 9:39 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: Proxmox for sure. I've used Proxmox for 10+ years and VMWare for probably 8 years. I'm phasing out VMWare in favor of Proxmox. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solu

Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines

2020-09-28 Thread dave
The only thing I hate On a host is the Percs I wish Dell would alert or something to notify of a failing drive. On 9/28/20 10:18 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: I'm not a CEPH exert, but that is my understanding of it at a high level. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions

Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines

2020-09-28 Thread dave
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Re: [AFMUG] Virtual machines

2020-09-28 Thread dave
tions possible via integrated interfaces or SNMP, etc. On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 2:38 PM dave <mailto:dmilho...@wletc.com>> wrote: The only thing I hate On a host is the Percs I wish Dell would alert or something to notify of a failing drive. On 9/28/20 10:18 AM, Mike Hammett w

Re: [AFMUG] speed tests and TCP/IP overhead

2020-09-29 Thread dave
exactly +1  Also, it will compensate for the loss in some off the shelf routers when navigating the poorly written firewalls. On 9/29/20 9:40 AM, Darin Steffl wrote: On a 25 Mbps plan for example, we provision the speed bucket to 28 Mbps flat. We use Preseem for the rate limiting. Generally o

Re: [AFMUG] BBDGE Termination and Grounding

2020-10-01 Thread dave
BBDGE is the best way to go and to answer your question about ground kits is yes absolutely.. As far as termination that way its done today is to prep cable so that about a .5" of armor is exposed and rj45 sits about .25" from armor. This is because if using a steel grommet that the grounding cl

Re: [AFMUG] BBDGE Termination and Grounding

2020-10-01 Thread dave
Bill,  Get CAT6 BBDGE so you can use the passthru connectors. We started using it last year and love it. On 9/30/20 11:23 AM, Bill Prince wrote: I've found armored cable virtually impossible to do a quality termination on. I've wondered if it would be better to terminate them "close" to the

Re: [AFMUG] BBDGE Termination and Grounding

2020-10-01 Thread dave
Cambium has a kit that seemed at first a little intimidating at first but now we use them all the time with no water intrusion. Here is that part number N82L173 It looks like a little braided loop strap but it gets strapped to the half inch exposed armor and sealed with butel and fat tape.

Re: [AFMUG] BBDGE Termination and Grounding

2020-10-01 Thread dave
/20 9:45 AM, Nate Burke wrote: So do you use the PTP600/650 LPU, or do you use the grommet right in the bottom of the 450 radio?  Original 450, or 450i? How do you ground it at the base of the tower? On 10/1/2020 9:42 AM, dave wrote: BBDGE is the best way to go and to answer your question about

Re: [AFMUG] HEAT Map

2020-10-02 Thread Dave
I have used a neat app called Ekahu.. It seems simple enough for what U want and I believe its free to download On 10/1/2020 10:44 AM, Rex-List Account wrote: I have been asked to help solve a WIFI coverage issue for the local nursing home. They are wanting a HEAT Map generated. I have never

Re: [AFMUG] BBDGE Termination and Grounding

2020-10-02 Thread dave
the lines of this in the past (although it was for just 1/2" cable not "universal") https://www.sitepro1.com/resources/pdf/assembly-drawings/UGT5.pdf photograph Daniel White Co-Founder phone: +1 (702) 470-2770 direct:+1 (702) 470-2766 dave <mailto:dmilho...@wletc.com&g

Re: [AFMUG] BBDGE Termination and Grounding

2020-10-02 Thread dave
BBDG6 at the moment. Dont see a real need for 6e yet On 10/1/20 10:13 AM, Nate Burke wrote: Do you use the BBDG6 or BBDG6e On 10/1/2020 10:09 AM, dave wrote: We use ptp650 and ptp670. 450i PMP450 did not have a metal grommet it was plastic so the ground kit was the only way to get energy

Re: [AFMUG] POE Site Survey Battery Options

2020-10-06 Thread dave
OK, I got this...  A 200Ah battery in a backpack with solar cell on the pack,couple jumper cables, retractable cat5 cable to radio and chest mounted tablet. Oh and its all hands free :) Make sure you hire the young ones to carry the back pack.. On 10/5/20 9:31 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: LinkTech

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Retro Garbage

2020-10-09 Thread dave
Yes, Technology changes everything Starlink is the new shiny answer to all broadband gaps LOL:) On 10/9/20 1:57 PM, Nate Burke wrote: Saw an exploded VHS tape on the side of the road today, with the tape spooled through the weeds for 20 yards.  I can't remember when the wast time was I saw one

Re: [AFMUG] WiFi Stds compliant beamforming sectors in 2.4?

2020-10-15 Thread Dave
It doesnt matter about any of it because the fiber gods will soon take over. waiting on the light beams from space On 10/14/2020 1:34 PM, Bill Prince wrote: or it's OK to shoot 10,000 long guns in random directions. bp On 10/14/2020 10:57 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: This rule seems based on the i

Re: [AFMUG] WiFi Stds compliant beamforming sectors in 2.4?

2020-10-15 Thread dave
mile fiber gods. Meanwhile, cable companies won a bunch of PALs in our semi-rural area, I expect everywhere. What's that all about? -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Dave Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 7:07 AM To:af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] WiFi Stds compliant beam

Re: [AFMUG] Need some help setting up LibreNMS alerts on core network.

2020-10-21 Thread dave
Sam, Most of that is done in the rules for what you want to detect as up or down ICMP or SNMP Mine sends me texts and does a weekly report on performance I select to report on. Love it :) Dave On 10/20/20 3:31 PM, Sam Lambie wrote: Is there anyone out there that could point me in the right

Re: [AFMUG] Need some help setting up LibreNMS alerts on core network.

2020-10-21 Thread dave
I use something very similar for that on our Cloud servers On 10/21/20 8:34 AM, Steven Kenney wrote: /storage.storage_descr NOT LIKE '%/boot%' AND storage.storage_perc_warn > 75 AND devices.type = "Server" AND storage.storage_descr NOT LIKE '%/swap%' AND devices.os NOT LIKE '%Powercode BMU%'

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Auto Provisioning

2020-10-25 Thread Dave
We use cnmaestro with cambiums router rxxx series routers. Looking into the auto provision for this since it has a configuration for tr-069 On 10/23/2020 6:34 PM, Jesse DuPont wrote: Question for anyone using Mikrotik routers in customers' homes: Anyone doing any kind of zero-touch provisio

Re: [AFMUG] SIP trunk providers at IXes?

2020-10-26 Thread dave
Proper... DOH wuts dat? LOL On 10/22/20 12:22 PM, Mike Hammett wrote: Far too many networks have no concept of proper networking. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions

Re: [AFMUG] POTS for "life safety" - MFVN

2020-10-27 Thread dave
Talk to Daniel at Atheral he may be able to answer your question On 10/27/20 7:57 AM, Brough Turner wrote: Is there a way to "white label" Managed Facilites-based Voice Network (MFVN) services?  I recognize MFVN service requires the softswitch and gateway be in the network (our network), but

Re: [AFMUG] OT. How's the weather?

2020-11-09 Thread dave
Too early for my time zone LOL :) nice frontal boundary :) On 11/8/20 7:59 PM, Jaime Solorza wrote: Enjoy -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Customers contacting technical support

2020-11-09 Thread dave
This is something we are currently struggling with. We are responding with please use our support email,visit our website or call our office to get a service tech scheduled or a call back for your account. On 11/9/20 8:26 AM, Nate Burke wrote: Our billing system sends out emails telling the c

Re: [AFMUG] Multiple carriers

2020-11-13 Thread dave
+1 On 11/13/20 7:38 AM, Dennis Burgess via AF wrote: I would suggest maybe two 2 gig commits with 10gig ports uncapped. This will allow either provider to go down and with good network design you can use multiple routers to prevent a outage of your equipment. Should be cheaper than 4 1gig

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