Re: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there anyin existance?

2006-01-30 Thread John Scrivner
I can tell you from past experience it is a good idea to find a good brand and use it. One of the things I learned at the WCA show a couple of weeks ago was that if you want to have a business worth selling later you had better consider using one high-quality well-known platform instead of a ho

RE: [WISPA] Foreign Antennas

2006-01-30 Thread Charles Wu
The matter of antenna certification rules was something that was clarified by the FCC OET (Office of Engineering & Technology) & FCC Enforcement Bureau at WiNOG last February in Chicago...(certification aside, the policies of the Enforcement Bureau is what really matters to most, IMO =) Copies of

Re: [WISPA] Best Network Card

2006-01-30 Thread Tom DeReggi
  I will add that many of the high end rackmount server boards such as SuperMicro have standardized on some of the Intel NIC chipsets, and they have operated very well for us on our Linux servers. So I second the Intel vote.  Or you can just buy NICs with Realtek chipsets from ICIntracom for

Re: [WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions?

2006-01-30 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Just bread down and put Dell rack mount servers in place. grin Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! 64.146.146.12 (net mee

RE: [WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions?

2006-01-30 Thread Chadd Thompson
What boards are you getting that are cheaper than a war/routerboard? I have looked for something like that in the past and always found it to be more expensive. I would be interested in something like that for sure. Thanks, Chadd > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMA

RE: [WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions?

2006-01-30 Thread Paul Hendry
You can get 2 port pci riser cards for via boards and there are a few dual ether VIA's out there but never used them myself. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David E. Smith Sent: 30 January 2006 22:19 To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WIS

Re: [WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions?

2006-01-30 Thread Matt Larsen - Lists
MiniATX form factor motherboard, with three PCI slots should have enough CPU to do about anything you want, and you can get DC/DC power supplies for them as well. I have a few WRAP boards we were using as backhauls and the CPUs are now maxing out, so I'm going to put these units in. Surprisin

Re: [WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions?

2006-01-30 Thread Blair Davis
David E. Smith wrote: Like many folks on this list (I'm guessing), I have a lot of PC-type hardware at tower locations. Right now, it's mostly RouterBoard 230s and WRAPs, but those systems just don't have all that much CPU power, and I'd like to try to improve things. When you start seriously

Re: [WISPA] RF Linx amps vs. YDI amps

2006-01-30 Thread Blair Davis
I think this is one of those weird things I have a stack of outdoor YDI's that I replaced with outdoor RF-Linx units. The RF-Linx units dropped my noise level by 5 db or better at every tower. This swap was done in the spring of 2004. I still have a few of the YDI's left I ought t

Re: [WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions?

2006-01-30 Thread David E. Smith
Paul Hendry wrote: What software are you running on them? There are a couple of options out there including the WAR boards (once StarOS V3 is released) or I have heard of several people having great success with the VIA mini-itx fanless boards. Both remove the CPU as a bottle neck. I *knew* the

RE: [WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions?

2006-01-30 Thread Paul Hendry
What software are you running on them? There are a couple of options out there including the WAR boards (once StarOS V3 is released) or I have heard of several people having great success with the VIA mini-itx fanless boards. Both remove the CPU as a bottle neck. -Original Message- From: [

[WISPA] RF Linx amps vs. YDI amps

2006-01-30 Thread Matt Larsen - Lists
Hello all, Thought I'd share a bit of real world experience with the listers regarding amplifiers. We recently replaced three RF Linx amplifiers (indoor, 2.4Ghz, the non-tunable units) with three used YDI (Breezecom labeled) amplifiers. The difference was significant. Signal strength on

[WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions?

2006-01-30 Thread David E. Smith
Like many folks on this list (I'm guessing), I have a lot of PC-type hardware at tower locations. Right now, it's mostly RouterBoard 230s and WRAPs, but those systems just don't have all that much CPU power, and I'd like to try to improve things. When you start seriously tinkering with traffic

RE: [WISPA] Canopy Lite

2006-01-30 Thread Chadd Thompson
>From what I have read they are not fully upgradeable because there are some hardware differences between the light and the normal units. I also remember reading that you have to have the advantage AP to use the light versions of SU's. Chadd <-Original Message- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [WISPA] Canopy Lite

2006-01-30 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
Specs say it can be upgraded to 1, 2, 3, 4 mbps. Buy the time you do that you should've spend the extra $50 and had a regular 2400SM to begin with. Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC 114 S. Walnut St. Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mail

Re: [WISPA] Canopy Lite

2006-01-30 Thread Brian Rohrbacher
I've read that. Does anyone know if a "lite" SM is fully upgradeable to a regular one? Dylan Oliver wrote: http://motorola.canopywireless.com/products/lite/ Best, -- Dylan Oliver Primaverity, LLC -- Brian Rohrbacher Reliable Internet, LLC www.reliableinter.net Cell 269-838-8338 "Caught

Re: [WISPA] Canopy Lite

2006-01-30 Thread Dylan Oliver
http://motorola.canopywireless.com/products/lite/ Best, -- Dylan Oliver Primaverity, LLC -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/

Re: [WISPA] Canopy Lite

2006-01-30 Thread Brian Rohrbacher
No difference in features? JohnnyO wrote: Speed Price. JohnnyO On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 10:30 -0500, Brian Rohrbacher wrote: What are the differences "in a nutshell" from the regular SM, 900mhz? Differences besides speed. -- Brian Rohrbacher -- Bria

RE: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there anyin existance?

2006-01-30 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
The more you think about it the more you are going to find reasons not to do it, what you have to do is just jump in and do it. Once you do you will know what you want to do. Its like sky diving, you have to just jump into it, if you stand up there and question it you will just freeze up and not go

[WISPA] Re: [TVWHITESPACE] NEI petition Docket 05-345

2006-01-30 Thread Harold Feld
Marlon, fantastic! Now, can I tempt you with this? HArold OTARD Comments 1-25-06.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/

Re: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there anyin existance?

2006-01-30 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
The beauty of using wifi is that it doesn't much matter. They pretty much all work with each other. As for what you should/could use. What's the application? What did you want to do with the wrap boards that's different from what you can get out of an isp centric product? Feel free to

Re: [WISPA] Canopy Lite

2006-01-30 Thread JohnnyO
Speed Price. JohnnyO On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 10:30 -0500, Brian Rohrbacher wrote: What are the differences "in a nutshell" from the regular SM, 900mhz? Differences besides speed. -- Brian Rohrbacher -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://

Re: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there any in existance?

2006-01-30 Thread Jason Wallace
Marlon, What would you suggest? I am afraid of proprietary stuff because I don't know enough industry history to understand the players. Jason Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: Hiya Jason, Why not just buy ISP grade product? Then you don't have to worry about all of this. AND

Re: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there any in existance?

2006-01-30 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hiya Jason, Why not just buy ISP grade product? Then you don't have to worry about all of this. AND at 2.4 the CLIENT side isn't limited to 36 dB. It starts there with a 30 dB radio with a 6 dB antenna. For every one db of radio tx dB you drop you can go up 3 dB of antenna gain. Marlon

[WISPA] little windy today

2006-01-30 Thread Marlon Schafer (509-982-2181)
Gonna be a great day! No installs for this cowboy :-). http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KWAODESS1 40mph gusts. yippee marlon -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://l

[WISPA] Canopy Lite

2006-01-30 Thread Brian Rohrbacher
What are the differences "in a nutshell" from the regular SM, 900mhz? Differences besides speed. -- Brian Rohrbacher -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/

Re: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there any in existance?

2006-01-30 Thread Bob Moldashel
Jason wrote: Bob, I really don't care if it is a CM9, I just wanted the routerboard because it can act as an L2TP server. I did not think that the wrap/routerboard controller really mattered because it isn't the radio, the mini-pci card is. So I think the real question is, are there any m