Re: [AFMUG] Amazon EC2

It could be a cloud backup program there are several out there that use amazon ec2 and S3 for there storage. On 4/13/2015 12:22 PM, Bill Prince wrote: I was trouble shooting a problem on a connection this morning, and found that the client had three streams running to EC2 in the Amazon AWS

Re: [AFMUG] Small Batteries

I would check with your local security system company they buy these things in bulk. They can let you know the best place to purchase them from some may be willing to add some to there order for you. The thing with any batteries like this is the shipping. Whoever has a local supplier will

Re: [AFMUG] ePMP vs Ubiquiti AC

You would if you have 70-100 subs per AP Yeah I know your not supposed to do that... So far for most of the networks I have seen with epmp/ubnt vs pmp over 3-4 years TCO is about the same. This however depends on your deployment. Ubnt/epmp are significantly less expensive in some situations

Re: [AFMUG] Campground WIFI

I would check out GoNet If you really want to get a large coverage. They are probably on the scale of a ruckus unit, but actually do beamforming and are specifically made for outdoor access. It is pretty pricy per unit , but they tend to cover a much greater area and are not as susceptible to

Re: [AFMUG] Powercode Announcement

NIce! I needed to laugh. Just make sure to drink plenty of toilet water \. On 5/28/2015 9:29 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: It's got what plants crave!!! Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Ken Hohhof

Re: [AFMUG] WTF UBNT

You can run at the higher Modulation types with TKIP this is not a UBNT only thing most 802.11 hardware requires you to have AES to get them. On 6/2/2015 9:48 AM, Jeremy wrote: The newer production firmwares don't allow it either. WPA2-AES offloads the encryption to a dedicated processor or

Re: [AFMUG] 3 days to Internet crash?

The problem really isn't things like servers crashing, but more so stuff like banking and credit card processing anything that requires an accurate time stamp to be processed. On 06/28/2015 11:56 AM, Glen Waldrop wrote: I'm failing to see where this is a big deal. Synchronize with an NTP

Re: [AFMUG] mt ospf question

This argument has come up several times and In most cases it is a matter of preference. It does actually make a difference in how these routes are treated. For 90% or more of the people it will not make a difference and you choose your preference. Some like to use the networks statement as an

Re: [AFMUG] -48 PDU suggestions

On 8/18/2015 1:51 PM, Adam Moffett wrote: I like the packetflux PDU, but I need to switch -48 loads. Does anybody have any suggestions? Forrest.if you make it I will buy it. Try ICT if you want remote meter and switching capabilities. These are the ones I have been using.

Re: [AFMUG] Bad day?

On 5/13/2015 3:12 PM, Mike Hammett wrote: Having a bad day? You could be the owner of that conduit. No it isn't that bad there is no cable in it just a pull string... - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com

Re: [AFMUG] Blocking Tech Savvy person from Porn

On 1/4/2016 9:42 AM, Nate Burke wrote: We're dealing with a customer who is trying to block porn from their house. The person who has the 'problem' is tech savvy, and is using VPN Services. Is there any way to block someone like this? I'm guessing any content filtering wouldn't work because

Re: [AFMUG] Long haul SFP for mikrotik

Just buy two different channels of http://www.fs.com/1gbps-cwdm-sfp-160km-transceiver-p-36996.html and a 2 channel filter http://www.fs.com/2-channels-type-a-1ru-rack-mount-simplex-bidi-transmission-cwdm-mux-demux-p-30428.html On 12/28/2015 9:01 PM, Steve Utick wrote: FiberStore (fs.com

Re: [AFMUG] best domain registrar?

I use namesilo they do dnsec and good pricing as well as free privacy. On 6/24/2016 2:37 PM, Doug Hass wrote: We manage our entire domain portfolio (about 250 domains in various countries, and growing) through OpenSRS. I've used OpenSRS since shortly after they started in 1999 without any

Re: [AFMUG] 100Gbps

For your first question Price wise you would be surprised they don't sell for a great deal more than a 10G. Low end 12k a month high 30k those are the current going rates for them. The low end would be what you see between major datacenters. when you get to the higher cost would be rural and

Re: [AFMUG] 100Gbps

I saw a quote for a vendor you wouldn't expect for a router that does 100G for less than that new. it was surprisingly Alcatel a router with 2x100G and 10x10G and 10x1G line cards for right under 100k I was pretty shocked On 2/5/2016 3:25 PM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: care to give some

Re: [AFMUG] Great, now Netflix customers are calling ME for blocked Netflix

I may be dumb, but wouldn't these people have to be paying somehow? If so why do they not just block it based on the customers billing address of the credit card on file? I have not actually had a netflix subscription in a while, but I was almost certain you had to pay with a credit card or

Re: [AFMUG] OpenFlow and SDN

I have tested it in a lab environment and used several different controllers. I agree it seems to be great for a data center and possible as a Metro switching environment. I have been trying it agains other carrier mpls/mef hardware. It really can't match the switching times and resiliency

Re: [AFMUG] PPPoE with VLAN on Cambium

Yeah that is exactly how I have done it in the past. I do recommend upgrading. Vlans and PPOE I found were unreliable up until v12 On 4/6/2016 11:06 PM, George Skorup wrote: Enable VLAN on the AP, save and reboot. Set Default Port VID to the desired VLAN ID# on the SM(s), save and reboot. That

Re: [AFMUG] 10G Wave or Ethernet Pricing

If the Fiber is not already in your building you might not see that kind of price. This is all dependent on where the closest access point is to you. Even if your only 2500 feet from the fiber it could be another 2500 feet to the closest access point. This could make the cost for the drop very

Re: [AFMUG] OT: San Diego places to stay in May

My pick if you want to be on the beach is the Hotel del Coronado it may be pricy, but if you want to stay on the beach it is one of the best, and I have been able to find specials before that make it reasonable. My second favorite is the Hilton Bayfront It is right next to convention center

Re: [AFMUG] 0 build DF 500k NRC?

In California not to crazy. just depends on where it is. if its in rock or an urban area It could have cost a pretty penny to build. It as well could be on low strand count fiber so you have to eat more of the cost. I have seen a build in an urban environment be 500k a km. Its more likely

Re: [AFMUG] Mobile Data + Wifi in Europe

I agree T-mobile is probably the best option. free calls & slow data but its enough to get by with. Plus IP calling when you get back to a wifi connection. On 5/6/2016 8:12 AM, Cassidy B. Larson wrote: I have TMobile here at home and usually go to Europe for a month each year. TMob gives its

Re: [AFMUG] OT Raspberrry pi tease

If you are going to use it in a produce the compute module would probably be a better choice. It's basically the same interface as an old memory stick. You can get them reliably and easier to assemble if you are using them in quantity. On 5/1/2016 1:08 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: So, I thought I

Re: [AFMUG] OT... drinking in Las Vegas NM

FYI he said Las Vegas NM the town with just 3 stop lights not the one with all the bright lights... On 5/5/2016 10:02 PM, Colin Stanners wrote: Are you there for the Winncom show? That looks like it'll be fun. On May 5, 2016 10:00 PM, "Jaime Solorza"

Re: [AFMUG] 320 with a public IP

I wouldn't recommend doing it there are not any known security issues that I can speak of. I do know however that your performance on that CPE will be go down significantly and I do know outside request can kill them. I guess a sort of vulnerability. On 5/9/2016 11:41 PM, That One Guy

Re: [AFMUG] DSL Router Recommendations

On the ATT 2wire routers it no longer has an option for bridge. I think they wanted to make certain they have access to upgrade them. Instead they have a feature called pinhole I believe. Look for it in the firewall settings. Basically you tell it the mac you want it to go to and it does a

Re: [AFMUG] PTP820S 2+0 configuration

Long as the TX of one radio is not in the RX range of the other radio at the same site you should be fine. With the issues you are seeing I would recommend turning the power down a little bit -39 may be a little hot for you to run a higher modulation without errors. It would probably be better

Re: [AFMUG] WiFi for event of "5000" people

Another good option is Xirrus they have an AP that holds Quite a few radios if it is in a compact enough area. On 7/27/2016 2:14 PM, David wrote: We did a 2000 person event for a church using the new Cnpilot hotspot gear. We had 28 nodes, 4 CTM controllers and a CCR for the gateway used some

Re: [AFMUG] Remote security camera

I would not make it so complicated and just get some of the Game cameras that do this already... On 7/27/2016 2:49 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: Mikrotik is an excellent choice for an eth/wlan port and VPN, yes. If you get network access to the site with whatever device you can just use a MAP,

Re: [AFMUG] Anyone Installing Cat6 / really thick Cat5e?

The only time I have really seen the need is the larger diameter cable helps with longer runs of cable especially with POE. As others have said though I am starting especially on backhaul to do all fiber. It is cheaper easier to weatherproof. If it gets water in the jacket and you have it

Re: [AFMUG] mikrotik present as loopback address

I set mine up by default the long way. So that all traffic generated by default from my routers is the Loopback address. Its good for EOIP/BGP/IPSEC/Radius/Syslog/etc. Then again like I said I set it up from the start this way so it can change a lot of configurations if you do it after

Re: [AFMUG] Console server with cellular connectivity for OOB management

I use a Mikrotik RB912UAG-2HPnD with a 4g pcie and sim ~$200 in equipment and depending on the provider $9-30 a month for service I get the lowest tier data on a prepaid plan So if it goes over and I need faster speeds I can just pay for the usage needed. So far the cards I am using work well

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber....your worst nightmare?

I think we all agree for the most part that this is more than likely the responsibility of the Contractor that did the work for AT The problem I see with this is that AT usually uses contractors and chooses there contractors carefully so that they will not have any liability in these cases.

Re: [AFMUG] OT - alternative to VZ voicemail

google voice does all the things your wanting. On 07/14/2016 04:37 PM, Jim Bouse [Brazos WiFi] wrote: I have my cellphone forward busy/unavailable calls to a DID on our VoIP PBX. That DID rings my desk phone and goes to my desk Voice Mail which is e-mailed to me. Does that help? Jim Bouse

Re: [AFMUG] Practical/low-cost 18AWG copper outdoor

what are you planning on using for the fiber? just laying it on the ground as well. I would use liquid tight and pull through some solid 18awg that would last the longest or some inch and a quarter duct and pull both through. On 7/6/2016 1:38 PM, Jeremy wrote: Not sure what kind of rodents

Re: [AFMUG] network device map/wiki/management/database/documentation system

There area some out there some are out of most budgets. Oracle Metasolv Circuit Vision Granit On 8/5/2016 12:40 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote: seriously, if you have the budget, look at Castlerock SNMPc but only if you have the budget... did I mention budget? if you dont have the

Re: [AFMUG] 1 pair cat 5

Probably will work with cat3 On 8/2/2016 9:38 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: Belden 1588A. On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Chuck McCown > wrote: I need some cat5 in 1-2 pair only. Need a physically smaller cable and only 100 Mbps

Re: [AFMUG] 11GHz and 18GHz real throughput

I have a 18ghz 15mile link with no issues. and 4' dishes. It was the only thing I could get 80mhz channels in. shouldn't be a problem with 11ghz at all just depends on the equipment used. It also depends on your definition of huge... For some its 3" for others it is 8'. completely acceptable

Re: [AFMUG] batteries good deal?

I can tell you I took an hour trying to explain this term to my wife, who is Israeli. After an hour I gave up because either she didn't understand the term in reference. I attribute this to her either not understanding it because that is just how you purchase things, and there is not

Re: [AFMUG] Raid Controller Recommendations

If it is for network attached storage I would recommend against hardware raid and use btrfs or zfs. I have to many issues with corrupted raid information on drives. The advances with these file systems make raid almost obsolete. On 2/9/2017 10:42 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: Drives are cheap. RAID

Re: [AFMUG] 18GHz licensed

Hmm Xpic if you can get 40mhz on H and V. are you trying to make this go 30 miles though... On 2/14/2017 10:17 PM, Rory Conaway wrote: I have a link where only 40MHz is available. What would my best option be to get more than 500Mbps out of it? 2048QAM is limited to 347Mbps. *Rory

Re: [AFMUG] 450 vs 450i

I would make the jump to the 450m if you have 12 APs on the one tower and combine two or more in to one. I have seen 140+ customers on one 450m. On 1/19/2017 10:54 AM, Eric Muehleisen wrote: We've done that. This particular tower has 12 AP's on it. It's in a noisy environment as well. We sent

Re: [AFMUG] WISP ethics

I agree if they are selling the router along with installing it for $80 and they are not selling it as a new router I don't see the problem. Its a $10 plus say $10 for shipping and $60 to install it. If that was geek squad the bill would probably come out to $300... I agree if this is a

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik hEX PoE Lite PoE port

There is also a feature in some of the newer firmware that will do this automatically if a PPPOE connection drops or watchdog ping. Trey On 9/1/2016 11:46 PM, Rory Conaway wrote: Awesome. Thanks. *From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Jon Langeler *Sent:* Thursday,

Re: [AFMUG] Leads wanted for a source for 1U rackmount enclosures.

have you tried http://protocase.com/ I have used them for some customer Mikrotik cases in the past. They were pretty reasonable for a run of less than 50 for what I was doing at the time. On 9/15/2016 8:00 PM, Colin Stanners wrote: Forrest, Maybe try http://www.plinkusa.net/1u.htm On Thu,

Re: [AFMUG] Rise Broadband Speeds

On 9/21/2016 12:35 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: They are advertising 300 Mbps now. Can the Medusa actually deliver that? What PMP APs and SMs can honestly deliver that? They do have fiber in some areas now... As well I believe Rory has success with some deployments of Mimosa close to those

Re: [AFMUG] Rise Broadband Speeds

Yeah ZTE did a big write up about their deployment with Rise. On 9/21/2016 12:45 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: Hmmm, yes, the LTE. Had not thought about that. I wonder if it actually does the trick. -Original Message- From: Trey Scarborough Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 11:44 AM

Re: [AFMUG] Any Licensed MW gear doing Channel Aggregation?

If you are wanting to do a same polarization on a 30 and 40mhz channel Only one I can think of that does this in one radio is SIAE at the moment. They have a co-polar diplex unit internal. You could do it as well with a ceragon possibly and an external diplexer. On 9/21/2016 1:36 PM, Sean

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Long HDMI cable

On 8/23/2016 1:13 PM, Jay Weekley wrote: I need an HDMI cable that is 35 feet long but I'm really not familiar with that product. Does anyone have recommendations for a brand, style and vendor? Bonus points go to anyone that knows a vendor that can overnight it. Mono price

Re: [AFMUG] Serial over IP

on from the device to the control panel with Mikrotik? There's no PC in the mix, just a serial DCE to a DTE. If a pair of Mikrotiks could do this, that would save me the trouble of buying something. -- Original Message -- From: "Trey Scarborough" <t...@3dsc.co <mail

Re: [AFMUG] Serial over IP

You can always use to mikrotik boards with serial interfaces or usb serial. Works quite well. On 11/22/2016 1:16 PM, Adam Moffett wrote: If I want to extend an RS232 connection over IP, what sort of options do I have? It's for an LCD control panel for a piece of equipment. Google shows me

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium PMP450 3.65 pricing?

There are the 3.65 LTE radios out there and the client costs are much less. On 11/20/2016 10:09 PM, Kurt Fankhauser wrote: No I'm not good with paying that price for it but what else are we supposed to do? That's still the cheapeast 3.65ghz solution out right now. Now its going to get real

Re: [AFMUG] Wiring porn

Most issues have been to poor speed issues do to a crap switch chipset. I doubt that you are going to run into that in an install like this. On 12/6/2016 7:39 PM, Jaime Solorza wrote: We use industrial switches allot from various vendors but we use TS-5 for Ubiquiti radios... honestly few

Re: [AFMUG] RouterOS License question

On 1/3/2017 5:32 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: I just backed up and restored a RouterOS virtual machine. Is there a way to just confirm that the license is still valid? Go to System License in winbox or ssh /system license print

Re: [AFMUG] epmp vs 450 comparison

Your biggest difference is your throughput per MHZ your epmp will do less bandwidth in a 20mhz channel than a 450. he other big difference is subscriber density. It is not recommended to go over 20-30 subs per AP on epmp without loss of performance. I regularly see 450 APs with 70+ subs per

Re: [AFMUG] Splice on Connectors

I can say from experience that I would not use Uni-cams in an outdoor cabinet. I have had many of them fail. The other issue you get with them is that they can cause issues with DWDM systems if you ever plan on using something like that at the sight. if you are using them for the bottom of a

Re: [AFMUG] the unicorn is here! was: Small Scale PON

I'm still waiting for mine ordered it last week. Thinking it won't make it here. On 3/28/2017 5:37 PM, Gino Villarini wrote: Yes with 1 From: Af > on behalf of Jason McKemie

Re: [AFMUG] Small Scale PON

So you have confirmed it works with ZTE then I am guessing by this response. Good to know I have quite a few of those around to test until the ONUs are in stock again. On 3/31/2017 1:21 PM, Chuck Hogg wrote: It works...I guess if you are looking to manage it in their platform, that might be

Re: [AFMUG] See Ya later copper

oh they will keep doing dsl the last mile and less. They just want to be able to cut up there copper plant so they don't have to maintain the old circuit types like alarm lines and clec dsl pairs. On 4/3/2017 11:35 AM, Chris Wright wrote: DSL too. Chris Wright Network Administrator

Re: [AFMUG] Analog Phoneline Question

Ah reminds me of the days of analog dialup and hunting through all the phone lines shorting them out to find the one in the 24 in that group that was just ringing through... On 4/3/2017 9:17 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: Yep. Just short it out. -Original Message- From: Nate Burke Sent:

Re: [AFMUG] Backhauling fiber 80 miles at 10Gig

for 80 miles or ~120km you will need one of two things either a regen 1/2 or really anywhere leaving less than 80k between spans or an amplification system. If you have decent fiber you can probably get away with just a pair of edfa preamps this will bring up your signal to a level the

Re: [AFMUG] 450M

I can say it works fine with 130+ that's what we have on up to so far. On 3/6/2017 5:51 PM, George Skorup wrote: The VC limit is still 238 on 2.5ms framing. 5ms framing cuts that in half. The HP channel enabled on an SM also sucks up a VC, so keep that in mind. On 3/6/2017 5:35 PM, Dan

Re: [AFMUG] Gigabit ethernet converters?

Me three! On 3/31/2017 10:51 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: I know a guy that wants that too. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions

Re: [AFMUG] Gigabit ethernet converters?

Forrest, I think this is a great idea and would be one of the first to want some. If you could just run power and fiber up and get sync/power and fiber conversion in one unit it would simplify things greatly. I have been looking in to some of the gigabit sfp conversion as well for a

Re: [AFMUG] Underwater fiber

This is a yes and no. It sounds easy, but the truth is you would have to bury it under the bottom. I have done river crossings before and Permitting is a nightmare, and then construction if usually difficult as well. It normally would require boring underneath it many feet depending on the

Re: [AFMUG] fusion splicer recommendations?

OH wow its Gerard I thought chuck found some place you had to trench the fiber with a spoon. You seem to be as sporadic on these lists as me. back to the subject at hand. I recently picked up a Trensbatter no thats not a typo at least on my part. Its a clone of a Fujikura 60s. I have used

Re: [AFMUG] installing licensed link before approval

Please tell me this is not a AF11 or mimosa On 8/8/2017 1:33 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: Ya sorry didn't see your later email. Thanks for the details! Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 2:02 PM, Hardy, Tim

Re: [AFMUG] Another Ceragon ODU Frequency Question

Your antenna as others have stated should be fine. I would power up the radio and check it before jumping to conclusions. If it was an RMA return that was not the original radio they sent you there is a chance they could have changed the diplexer in it to be the correct one. If this was done

Re: [AFMUG] extending fiber with RF

I would use an 80ghz SIAE or Siklu and a 5ghz whatever flavor you prefer as a backup. 80ghz should be good for that distance easily with 2' antennas. On 5/22/2017 3:26 PM, Mathew Howard wrote: That would do the job, but I'm not sure I'd call it something better than a Rocket, since it's going

Re: [AFMUG] Need some fiber LC breakout cables overnight

Sorry didn't read this till now. I have almost that many, but probably not all you need. I would try http://www.galaxyee.com they usually have that stuff in stock at a decent price. On 5/23/2017 4:01 PM, Paul McCall wrote: Anybody know a west coast source than can still ship these? Need 20

Re: [AFMUG] So pretty

What fiber cable are you using here? does it have the power too? On 4/21/2017 1:48 PM, Adam Moffett wrote: I like finger duct. This is the after picture.I refuse to show you before. It's too sad. -- Original Message -- From: "Steve Jones"

Re: [AFMUG] Sharing infrastructure you put in

Typically no you shouldn't have to share, but it could be a requirement in some instances to provide available space if it exists due to permit. Usually only in large cities one way they get access for city and utility fiber. Another instance would be if you are a CLEC and you have a shared

Re: [AFMUG] Ceragon AGAIN, help please!

If you don't have any luck with them shoot me an email with what model it is and I can help you out. I have a great deal of parts for Ceragon of all ages. On 8/17/2017 11:55 AM, Sterling Jacobson wrote: On 8/17/2017 11:24 AM, Sterling Jacobson wrote: Here is the bent mount. If I can get a