[WISPA] Some days I don't seem to know anything.

2008-03-12 Thread J. Vogel
Is it possible for interference to prevent a signal from showing up in a site survey in Windows Zero Configuration utility? I set up a relay AP at a home yesterday, the AP being on the roof of the garage (couldn't get a link to my tower from the house). The wireless card I put in the customers

Re: [WISPA] Some days I don't seem to know anything.

2008-03-12 Thread chris cooper
John- It sounds like you might have noise impacting the local AP on channels 1-6. Is the power and receive sensitivity the same on your laptop vs. the customer PC? That might be the reason you are seeing the difference in performance between the two. Did you run netstumbler or otherwise look

Re: [WISPA] Some days I don't seem to know anything.

2008-03-12 Thread Mark Williams
I have seen this before also. Chris is right to mention that the desktop and your laptop are likely reacting differently due to rec. sens. and / or power , IE fade margin differences. Not trying to shamelessly plug products here, but I find a wi-spy to be very helpful in this situation.

[WISPA] For-sale

2008-03-12 Thread Patrick Shoemaker
Is it against the rules to post equipment for sale on this list? I am not a vendor or reseller. -- Patrick Shoemaker President, Vector Data Systems LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] office: (301) 358-1690 x36 mobile: (410) 991-5791 http://www.vectordatasystems.com

[WISPA] Sheilded Cat5

2008-03-12 Thread chris cooper
We usually use Belden 7919a for tower applications. It's good cable and has served us well. It is however a little pricey. Can anyone else recommend a good, shielded exterior grade cable for vertical work that is less than $325/spool? Thanks Chris

Re: [WISPA] For-sale

2008-03-12 Thread Rick Harnish
We do allow principal members to post used equipment for sale as long as it is not excessive. If others start complaining, we may ask you to tone it down. Thanks, Rick Harnish -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Shoemaker Sent:

Re: [WISPA] Shielded Cat5

2008-03-12 Thread Mike Bushard, Jr
We pay less than 300 per spool. Boun @ CTI. Mike Bushard, Jr Wireless Network Engineer Wisper Wireless Solutions, LLC 320-256-WISP (9477) 320-256-9478 Fax -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of chris cooper Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:05

[WISPA] Platypus alternatives

2008-03-12 Thread Dylan Bouterse
Does anybody have experience with Plat and have a better alternative that integrates better with Quickbooks, yet is equally as powerful on the provisioning side? Dylan WISPA Wants You! Join today!

Re: [WISPA] Platypus alternatives

2008-03-12 Thread Marty Dougherty
Are you using Platypus now? You can have a Quickbooks database imported into Platypus if your wanting to start using Platypus- If your looking for something to replace Platypus then I cant help have not needed to do that. Marty -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [WISPA] Platypus alternatives

2008-03-12 Thread Dylan Bouterse
We have been using it and have a manual batch export from Plat to QuickBooks for the deposit but it doesn't break down per customer or payment. We're looking to streamline this process if possible. Dylan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: [WISPA] Platypus alternatives

2008-03-12 Thread Marty Dougherty
In essence we do the same except we don't really need it broken down per customer- just import over to QuickBooks the totals for the different service types sold and then total deposits against that- any details about customer payments are in Platypus so we don't need to give customer service

Re: [WISPA] Platypus alternatives

2008-03-12 Thread Dylan Bouterse
Our biggest issue is being able to determine different payment types (VISA, Master Card, Check, etc.). Dylan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marty Dougherty Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 3:58 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re:

Re: [WISPA] Platypus alternatives

2008-03-12 Thread WWS2
FYI- All Visa cards start with 4, all MasterCard start with 5, all Discover cards start with 6, all American Express and Diners' Club start with 3, UATP cards start with 1, airline cards start with 2. In a message dated 3/12/2008 4:07:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL

Re: [WISPA] Some days I don't seem to know anything.

2008-03-12 Thread J. Vogel
Chris- The laptop and the PCI card in the desktop are not equal... the laptop is an old hp pavilion ze4900 with the stock card/antenna, and the PCI card was branded LevelOne WNC-301. Not sure of the specs on either, but I have used a lot of those PCI cards... 40+, and they have consistently

[WISPA] Rohn Torque Arms

2008-03-12 Thread cam
I have a small (80 foot) Rohn 25G tower going up hopefully Friday, but I need two torque arms and a vendor failed to tell us they were backordered until next month. does anyone have a couple to spare they could get to me next day air? Please e-mail me offlist or call my cell phone. Cameron

Re: [WISPA] Some days I don't seem to know anything.

2008-03-12 Thread J. Vogel
Thanks for the reply. Good advice from both you and Chris. I actually am just using the plain jane wireless adapter that walmart had put in this old HP Pavilion ze4900. As a general rule it does fairly well, but not so well that it would out-perform the PCI cards I use. I figure if the laptop

Re: [WISPA] For-sale

2008-03-12 Thread Brian Rohrbacher
On either list? Paid list or free? Maybe keep that extra clutter off the paid list? Rick Harnish wrote: We do allow principal members to post used equipment for sale as long as it is not excessive. If others start complaining, we may ask you to tone it down. Thanks, Rick Harnish

Re: [WISPA] For-sale

2008-03-12 Thread Rick Harnish
Yes, keep it on the wireless@wispa.org list. There are more lurkers on this list anyways so the seller might have a better chance of selling their equipment here. That said, if a member has equipment for sale that they want to give other members first dibs at, I don't think anyone will throw to

Re: [WISPA] Some days I don't seem to know anything.

2008-03-12 Thread George Rogato
It could be something else in the 2.4 gig range that is not wifi and thats why you can't see it in a survey. Something that comes to mind, 2.4gig cameras. The proprietary ones that are not wifi or ip cams. George J. Vogel wrote: Is it possible for interference to prevent a signal from

Re: [WISPA] Some days I don't seem to know anything.

2008-03-12 Thread Mark Nash
I second the wireless video camera problem. They spew constantly no matter what they are watching because they constantly transmit. We had an Ag customer whose connection went down. When we went to the site (because we couldn't communicate with the CPE), we saw that they were having a small

Re: [WISPA] Some days I don't seem to know anything.

2008-03-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Strange stuff happens sometimes. Here's an example from here. Two days ago I was at a customer's site. Been there for about 9 months. Things were working just fine. Then they started to flake out and eventually quit completely. They were connected to the ap and had an rssi of -76 or so.

Re: [WISPA] For-sale

2008-03-12 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
I'm always interested in what people have available. I don't have any problem with an occasional post. marlon - Original Message - From: Rick Harnish [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 7:17 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] For-sale

[WISPA] New WISPA Vendor Member - IntraMeta Corporation

2008-03-12 Thread John Scrivner
WISPA has been growing by leaps and bounds lately in both WISP operator members and vendor members. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you all to WISPA's newest Vendor Member - Kris Efland and IntraMeta Corporation. We appreciate their support of the WISP industry with their