Re: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Yeah, the waters in the routed vs. bridged argument are getting more and more muddied all of the time. How many wasted ip's are there in a routed network? Lots. What are the benefits of a routed network? More control and better customer isolation. With the new ap's that block client to

RE: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Gino A. Villarini
This is not a good position, I would like to sell my operation @ the moment that I assume I can get the best return for my investment OR as an exit strategy. Would you prefer to sell your customer base to a competitor or loose them all together... Gino A. Villarini [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aeronet

[WISPA] Techies like WiMAX's promise

2006-12-02 Thread Dawn DiPietro
All, The title is kind of misleading as this is a Clearwire press release more than what techies think of Wimax. Regards, Dawn DiPietro Techies like WiMAX's promise Saturday, December 02, 2006 By Jim Harger The Grand Rapids Press GRAND RAPIDS -- Local techies say they're geeked about

RE: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Gino A. Villarini
I second Patrick comments, As a growing wisp and looking to acquisition opportunities, the only way I would buy a 802.11 based wisp was in the premise of tearing that equipment out and putting some Canopy in place... for others it could be Trango or Alvarion. 802.11 gear is good for starting

[WISPA] Fcc Freq Search

2006-12-02 Thread Gino A. Villarini
List Is there a FCC search where I can imput a freq range and get all the licensees from a particular State ? Including the Regional and National Licensees that fall on that freq and state range ? Gino A. Villarini [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax

RE: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Rick Smith
I thought about the same things. Once I put canopy or trango in, I've gotta replace the whole damn radio once cable / dsl starts taking away my customers. I'm in a cable / dsl area, and taking customers away from them, and basing it on Mikrotik. We're faster, not cheaper, and definitely

Re: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread John Scrivner
How can you do 5 meg per client on 900 MHz? You would have to have several times that speed available per sector. Are you using the whole 900 MHz band on one sector? If yes then how do you stop self-interference on adjacent sectors? Scriv Rick Smith wrote: I thought about the same things.

[WISPA] Greenup Illinois

2006-12-02 Thread JohnnyO
Anyone service this town ? Contact me offlist PLEASE. JohnnyO -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/

RE: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Rick Smith
using SR9's, with small cells - 1 - 2 milers. I have towers fed with 5 gig Tik, and there's generally 20 meg available at any tower. We're pulling 5 gig connections down to a vantage point or two, then using an SR9 with an omni from there to feed SR9 CPEs that have SR2 APs inside -Original

RE: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Charles Wu
Hi Patrick, What basis do you have for the claim that an Alvarion network will fetch a higher price than a Canopy network? Some analysis of historical sell prices? I'd be interested to see it. Can't resist... It's mainly due to the current Canopy gear trade-out promo Buy an Alvarion network,

RE: [WISPA] Fcc Freq Search

2006-12-02 Thread Charles Wu
Is there a FCC search where I can imput a freq range and get all the licensees from a particular State ? Including the Regional and National Licensees that fall on that freq and state range ? Yes and no 1. All the information is publically available 2. As much as we'd wish it to be, it's not

RE: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Gino A. Villarini
Retaking the thread, all you guys doing Miktotik 900 mhz, why don't you try OSBridge 900 Client ? it's Mikrotik compatible, it has built in Router and you don't have to waste your time sourcing parts, dealing with diff warranties and assembling it. Its $280 plus antenna Gino A. Villarini [EMAIL

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion vs Moto/802.11 network value

2006-12-02 Thread Dylan Oliver
On 12/2/06, Patrick Leary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, at the moment just anecdotal. So what how much more do Alvarion networks anecdotally go for? How was this broken down - in terms of $$$/subscriber? Best, -- Dylan Oliver Primaverity, LLC -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Travis Johnson
There is a HUGE problem with Mikrotik and FCC certification. The Mikrotik 532 puts out over 30db of constant noise in an area they should not be (150MHz and 400MHz). It's still an issue, and has not been fixed or even addressed by MT. Travis Microserv Butch Evans wrote: On Fri, 1 Dec 2006,

RE: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Gino A. Villarini
nice Gino A. Villarini [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Wu Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 11:11 AM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: RE:

RE: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Gino A. Villarini
It's a problem with 100baseT Modulation, Gino A. Villarini [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Smith Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 12:12 PM

Re: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread rabbtux rabbtux
is there somewhere where I could find documentation on this issue. I'm just about to migrate many of my POPs from custom-wrap/soekris boards to MT routerboards. On 12/2/06, Travis Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is a HUGE problem with Mikrotik and FCC certification. The Mikrotik 532 puts

Re: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread John Scrivner
Many outside radios suffer from RF radiation over the Ethernet. I have personally seen this on the YDI Etherant and the Trango FOX. This problem is not specific to any one manufacturer. The cable acts as a transmit antenna, carrying the clock signals from internally to the outside. This can be

RE: [WISPA] 900 MHz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Mac Dearman
I haven't ever seen any documentation on the interference issue and I have never had any complaints from any where we have our gear. We are co-located on Parish towers, leased space on various towers and then have some of our towers with space leased to other agencies. There are all types of RF on

Re: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread John Scrivner
I have only seen this type of interference three times. Twice with Etherants and once with a Trango FOX. I have heard of other gear having similar issues from other WISPs. It usually effects over-the-air television or two-way radio communications located on the same tower as the data radio. I

Re: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Travis Johnson
I would LOVE to buy some and test this solution... as I don't believe that will fix the problem with the RB532's. The reason I say this is the problem is actually WORSE when you use just the regular 48V power supply (not PoE) and don't even plug an ethernet cable into the board at all. The

[WISPA] Any Status Updates?

2006-12-02 Thread John Scrivner
Just to be clear. When I stated that I had heard that the RB532 was causing some interference out of band I was not trying to discredit Mikrotik or their products. I had read the thread below earlier. That was what had led to my belief that this board was creating some out of band interference

RE: [WISPA] Alvarion vs Moto/802.11 network value

2006-12-02 Thread Patrick Leary
From my understanding, prices have varied significantly (not a surprise right) and depends on many things like demographics covered, quality of the network including physical infrastructure (e.g. mounting assets), hardware infrastructure, NOC facilities, quality of contracts in place (e.g.

RE: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Dennis Burgess - 2K Wireless
Just a FYI, I would not be purchasing ANY of the equipment in most cases. 3-6 months of each customers monthly reoccurring, and I am taking over your costs on the towers. That's about it. Now if your network has standards, as mine has MTs for APs only, and such, or any other brand, I would look

RE: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Dennis Burgess - 2K Wireless
We are picking up 2.4 gig CPE/Routers, QOS, NAT, and DHCP is all built into the CPE, for what, 99 bucks! 150 something including a 19db antenna, where the 99 is a 12 db antenna. BTW, both are B/G and 400mw output. Good for here in MO with our dang HILLS! Dennis Burgess, MCP, CCNA, A+, N+,

RE: [WISPA] Fcc Freq Search

2006-12-02 Thread Patrick Leary
Here is the link Gino. I like the specialized searches on the right best. You can enter as many or as few fields as you want. The data that can be collected is excellent, and you can even map the results in color (see the mapping link on top of the search result page. Also, for spectrum like BRS

Re: [WISPA] Any Status Updates?

2006-12-02 Thread Travis Johnson
John, The real issue is that Mikrotik is ignoring the problem. I have personally emailed John Tully @ MT four or five times with no response. I posted a message on their support forum back in July or August and it was deleted. One of my partners posted a message on their support forum (with

RE: [WISPA] Any Status Updates?

2006-12-02 Thread Rick Harnish
John, The last I heard, it was an issue caused by running the boards on 48 vDC. I don't think it is a problem if you are running them on lower voltages. I have a partner WISP that was causing some problems on a fire department frequency. It caused a clicking noise in their radio

RE: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Butch Evans
On Sat, 2 Dec 2006, JohnnyO wrote: Travis - please show me PROOF of this - Lemme see the scans you've performed by Spec-An and any other documented data you've accumulated. I've heard of this issue. I will be doing some testing in the next 2 weeks with some conclusive tests. -- Butch

Re: [WISPA] I did step into it...

2006-12-02 Thread Butch Evans
On Fri, 1 Dec 2006, Patrick Leary wrote: but only always with the best and most sincere of intentions. I don't doubt this at all. Is that a better subject line Butch? :) Anyway, time for me to quit the thread since it is not headed in any positive direction, whether or not it is of my

Re: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Travis Johnson
Butch... here is what we found... Non-PoE 48V input was the worst for noise at 100-150MHz and 400-450MHz. PoE 48V was down a little, but only slightly. Non-PoE 18V input got rid of most of the 100-150MHz, and dropped the 400-450MHz by 70%. PoE 18V was down more, with 99% of the 100-150MHz gone

Re: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Butch Evans
On Sat, 2 Dec 2006, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: Yeah, the waters in the routed vs. bridged argument are getting more and more muddied all of the time. How many wasted ip's are there in a routed network? Lots. This is a big misconception. I don't have time to go into it here, but the truth

Re: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Butch Evans
On Sat, 2 Dec 2006, Travis Johnson wrote: Non-PoE 48V input was the worst for noise at 100-150MHz and 400-450MHz. PoE 48V was down a little, but only slightly. Non-PoE 18V input got rid of most of the 100-150MHz, and dropped the 400-450MHz by 70%. PoE 18V was down more, with 99% of the

RE: [WISPA] Any Status Updates?

2006-12-02 Thread Mike Delp
John, we had an instance of the voltage regulator on the 532 causing interference in the public safety band (154 MHz). We were able to change it to 12V and the problem went away. 48V had a problem, and 12V fixed our problem. I have not heard anything official from MT on this issue. The

RE: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Charles Wu
Ferrite beads help but do not solve the issue -Charles --- WiNOG Wireless Roadshows Coming to a City Near You http://www.winog.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Saturday,

Re: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Erik Jansson
Each product has strength and weaknesses and what is best for a city wisp probably won't cut it for some one in the boonies. We use to use Trango but they moved there product closer to Moto and I for us that was the wrong direction. We also have many hundred Wave rider customers and even with

[WISPA] WISPA has a new Vendor Menber - Welcome FSM Marketing Group, Inc.

2006-12-02 Thread John Scrivner
Please join me in welcoming a true friend of the ISP / WISP industry as our newest Vendor Member, Frank Muto of FSM Marketing Group, Inc. Many of you already know Frank as a tireless advocate of all that is good for the WISP industry. He is joining WISPA to show his support and also to take

Re: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
- Original Message - From: Butch Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 11:51 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients On Sat, 2 Dec 2006, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: Yeah, the waters in the routed vs. bridged

RE: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Brad Belton
Hello Marlon, How do you figure a residential client (or any client for that matter) ties up three IPs? I can see four IPs (/30) or simply one IP out of a larger subnet dedicated to the sector. We typically assign a /29, /28 or /27 to a Trango 60* sector and assign one public IP to each CPE

Re: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Tom DeReggi
In a lab yes. In my noise floor, real throughout is no where close to that. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: cw [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:57 PM

Re: [WISPA] 900 Mhz Mikrotik SR9 Clients

2006-12-02 Thread Tom DeReggi
First, we were talking 900 not 5.8. VL isn't going to go through 2 miles of trees. But your math is not wrong. Anywhere one anticipates that they can get 25 subecribers from a cell site, VL is likely the preferred choice. The problem is that there are many areas where 25 clients off an AP will