Re: [WISPA] good multiradio wifi units for noise environments?

2008-06-16 Thread Tom DeReggi
Do you find this true for Trango 900 also? Yes. Definately. If a SU915/900 Trango can't survive your noise level, nothing else would do it better, period. Trangos have built in circuitry to dynamically compress out noise, which most other brands do not. This has sometimes shown to be as

[WISPA] 5.3G required channel seper inside two port case

2008-06-16 Thread Tom DeReggi
Inside a single case w/ a 2 port mPCI unit, such as a LigoW or StarOs box If using both cards on 5.3Ghz at full (fcc allowable) power, for different secotrs, how much spectral seperation do they need? I can calculate what's required for the external Antenna isolation in order not to

[WISPA] Setting up wireless at motel.

2008-06-16 Thread Mark McElvy
I have been asked to set u[ wireless for an older motel. All rooms face outside and it buildings are multilevel. There are two buildings basically in line with each other. Building 1 is two story on front and 3 story in the back, 225ft by 60ft. Building 2 is 2 story on front with a a row of rooms

Re: [WISPA] Setting up wireless at motel.

2008-06-16 Thread Blair Davis
In a similar setup to what you describe, two 60deg panels worked well at a range of 80ft. Mark McElvy wrote: I have been asked to set u[ wireless for an older motel. All rooms face outside and it buildings are multilevel. There are two buildings basically in line with each other. Building 1

[WISPA] qcheck + inssider

2008-06-16 Thread Rogelio
Just discovered qcheck for double checking throughput. I install this on my laptop and a remote laptop during field surveys, and between this and inssider, I have a pretty good idea of both coverage and throughput.

Re: [WISPA] qcheck + inssider

2008-06-16 Thread Rogelio
Rogelio wrote: Just discovered qcheck for double checking throughput. I install this on my laptop and a remote laptop during field surveys, and between this and inssider, I have a pretty good idea of both coverage and throughput. And for what it's worth, here is a direct d/l link for

[WISPA] Rapid Link Executive to be Featured at Broadband Wireless World Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

2008-06-16 Thread Mike Prachar
- Rapid Link's Lead Technologist to sit on WiMAX panel - OMAHA, NE - June 16, 2008 - Rapid Link, Incorporated (OTCBB: RPID), a leading provider of WiMAX and Communication Services, is pleased to announce that Chief Technology Officer Matt Liotta is scheduled to speak as part of the WiMAX Progress

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Executive to be Featured at Broadband Wireless World Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

2008-06-16 Thread Butch Evans
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Mike Prachar wrote: - Rapid Link's Lead Technologist to sit on WiMAX panel - Is it just me that get's tired of reading all about Rapid Link on this list? I mean, this is not news I can use...it's just a series of press releases done on WISPA's server. Seems to me that

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Executive to be Featured at Broadband Wireless World Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

2008-06-16 Thread Matt Liotta
It is pretty normal for members of an organization to share PR with others in the organization. Are you suggesting members should be charged for sharing PR? -Matt On Jun 16, 2008, at 2:23 PM, Butch Evans wrote: On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Mike Prachar wrote: - Rapid Link's Lead Technologist to

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Executive to be Featured at BroadbandWireless World Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

2008-06-16 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Perhaps it should be shared on the members list? I personally love the _advice_ and _comments_ given by members of the Rapid Link crew. It is informative and comes from experience. I really liked Matt's talk on 3Ghz and how to cut out the telco during ISP-con. I think, perhaps Mike might have

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Executive to be Featured at Broadband Wireless World Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

2008-06-16 Thread George
I'm always interested in news. At least Matt is tearing up the internet world. Butch Evans wrote: On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Mike Prachar wrote: - Rapid Link's Lead Technologist to sit on WiMAX panel - Is it just me that get's tired of reading all about Rapid Link on this list? I mean, this

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Executive to be Featured at Broadband Wireless World Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

2008-06-16 Thread Matt Liotta
To turn the thread around... Maybe WISPA should think about doing its own PR. Don't you think seeing, WISPA Member to be Featured at Broadband Wireless World on the wires would get more people paying attention to WISPA? -Matt On Jun 16, 2008, at 5:32 PM, George wrote: I'm always

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Executive to be Featured at Broadband Wireless World Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

2008-06-16 Thread Butch Evans
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Matt Liotta wrote: It is pretty normal for members of an organization to share PR with others in the organization. Are you suggesting members should be charged for sharing PR? First, you are not sharing PR with others in the organization. This list is the PUBLIC list.

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Executive to be Featured at Broadband Wireless World Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

2008-06-16 Thread Butch Evans
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Matt Liotta wrote: To turn the thread around... Maybe WISPA should think about doing its own PR. Don't you think seeing, WISPA Member to be Featured at Broadband Wireless World on the wires would get more people paying attention to WISPA? Was that the content of the post?

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Executive to be Featured at Broadband Wireless World Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

2008-06-16 Thread Matt Liotta
I'm not sure what your problem is exactly. The only reason we send PR to the list is to share it with the organization. We don't receive any search engine benefit since we already pay professional news distribution companies to deliver our news to the public. See

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Executive to be Featured at Broadband Wireless World Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

2008-06-16 Thread Matt Liotta
On Jun 16, 2008, at 5:46 PM, Butch Evans wrote: On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Matt Liotta wrote: To turn the thread around... Maybe WISPA should think about doing its own PR. Don't you think seeing, WISPA Member to be Featured at Broadband Wireless World on the wires would get more people paying

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Executive to be Featured at Broadband Wireless World Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

2008-06-16 Thread Butch Evans
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Matt Liotta wrote: No that wasn't the content of the post. My suggestion was for WISPA to ride on the coattails of its members' PR. But while your Hmmm...I suppose this answers the original question. Rapid is NOT paying for the benefit (as a principle member) and you

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Executive to be Featured at Broadband Wireless World Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

2008-06-16 Thread Matt Liotta
On Jun 16, 2008, at 6:50 PM, Butch Evans wrote: Hmmm...I suppose this answers the original question. Rapid is NOT paying for the benefit (as a principle member) and you expect that your $250 makes up for your using this list as a PR list for Rapid (not WISPA). What benefit exactly? You

[WISPA] Cold Water Michigan

2008-06-16 Thread lakeland
Anyone serving this area??? Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA

[WISPA] OT - Patrick has left Alvarion

2008-06-16 Thread Patrick Leary
Sorry for the OT post, but I wanted to inform the community that I have left Alvarion after 10 years. I have also moved back to Florida (Tampa area). I will be taking much of the summer off, but will then re-engage the industry as consultant. My company name will be Sageni. Sageni will focus on

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Executive to be Featured at BroadbandWireless World Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

2008-06-16 Thread Tom DeReggi
Butch, Matt, and Members, Before this thread gets out of hand, a couple of notes... 1) WISPA does not have an offical policy yet on Press Releases sent to the List, stating its OK or Not Ok. Nor does WISPA have an appropraite mechanism or program to enable a WISP to pay for Sending PRs.

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Executive to be Featured atBroadbandWireless World Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

2008-06-16 Thread charles
Just hit the delete key and ignore it if it bugs you that much. All this extra traffic regarding it is a huge waste of time. Not to mention the archives are public and as such can easily be found during standard due dillegence processes. Posts like the ones in this thread can certainly

Re: [WISPA] OT - Patrick has left Alvarion

2008-06-16 Thread Brad Belton
Wow. I'm impressed and would have never have predicted this. Good for you Patrick and all the best with Sageni. I'll be interested in learning more about your new company as information comes available. Best, Brad -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

[WISPA] Trango Link 45

2008-06-16 Thread Cameron Kilton
These are my results on a 36 Mile Link with 3 foot Pac Wireless DP wideband dishes on either end. Running a 36mbps modulation. I'm quite happy with this, but it seems if I try to jump up to 48 mbps modulation, my error come along quite a bit. 0 [tx] 1000 [rx] 1000 [rssi] -70 peer: [tx] 1000 [rx]

Re: [WISPA] OT - Patrick has left Alvarion

2008-06-16 Thread Patrick Leary
Thanks Brad. It was high time to leave. I'll also be interested in learning more details about Sageni! :) I will get to work on it in earnest in mid-July. Time to rest and play with my girls for a while. We are back in FL, got here two weeks ago. This has been brewing for some time. That might

[WISPA] modulation question

2008-06-16 Thread Rogelio
I've got a question, which I'm afraid might be a little stupid to some, particularly those with RF backgrounds... I've always thought that modulation rate was directly tied to RSSI (for some law of physics reason or something), but someone else told me that it's not like that (in theory) and

Re: [WISPA] Rapid Link Executive to be Featured atBroadbandWirelessWorld Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

2008-06-16 Thread Tom DeReggi
Charles, All this extra traffic regarding it is a huge waste of time I disagree. There are multiple purposes of this thread other than just complaining and argueing. It allows us to learn what our members feel about members and vendors posting Press releases. I'd like to encourage and see

Re: [WISPA] modulation question

2008-06-16 Thread Chuck McCown - 2
RSSI, strictly speaking, is the received signal strength. (Received Signal Strength Indicator) The signal can be totally unmodulated or modulated in a very complex method with the same RSSI. I am wondering if what you are asking is about the minimum RSSI needed. Generally speaking, the more

Re: [WISPA] Trango Link 45

2008-06-16 Thread Tom DeReggi
Pretty amazing, yeah! Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Cameron Kilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wireless@wispa.org Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 9:45 PM Subject: [WISPA] Trango Link 45 These are my results on a 36 Mile

Re: [WISPA] modulation question

2008-06-16 Thread Chuck McCown - 2
I have been trying to think of a simple example. The only one that comes to mind right now is listening to weak FM broadcast signal. If the station was transmitting a pure tone, you could pick out the tone from the static on a very weak station, but if that same weak station switched from

Re: [WISPA] The best Firewall - for the money

2008-06-16 Thread John Thomas
Cisco 851 router + Smartnet. Cisco 871 router if you need VLANs John Rogelio wrote: Ron Wallace wrote: to All, I have a small Medical practice that has requested a firewall for their LAN. Which would you all recommend? Price rane below $1000, Doc woule prefer $500. I just

Re: [WISPA] OT - Patrick has left Alvarion

2008-06-16 Thread Tom DeReggi
I think your news is news that probably has left most speachless, probably the last thing many people were expecting to hear. RapidDSL wishes you success in your new ventures. PS. Enjoy your summer with family! Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband -

Re: [WISPA] Trango Link 45

2008-06-16 Thread Cameron Kilton
I was impressed since it is a site where I have 5 PTP Alvarion B gear on 20mhz channels (all 2 foot dishes) and 2 Alvarion VL PTMP 120 Degree sectors. But we all get greedy, (NEED MORE BANDWIDTH A!!!). I'm just trying to milk every bit out of the link I possibly can. -Cam -Original

Re: [WISPA] OT - Patrick has left Alvarion

2008-06-16 Thread Cameron Kilton
Any bets on how quick some other manufacturer is going to try and snatch you up? I'm going with 16 months, 2 weeks, 3 days and ll hours from now.haha...Oh and a few more gray hairs later. Good Luck Patrick! Cameron Midcoast Internet -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WISPA] OT - Patrick has left Alvarion

2008-06-16 Thread Patrick Leary
What gray? I am pretty much all silver now. Good for the speaking circuit (sort of the elder statesman look), but I admit it tweaks my vanity sometimes. Thank God I have two awesome little girls that help keep me young and a bit silly. Patrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From:

Re: [WISPA] modulation question

2008-06-16 Thread Tom DeReggi
I'm not sure exactly your question? I'm also not sure there is a purpose, as much as reporting what occurs. I'm also not sure if you are looking for an answer at the waveform level versus the Link budget level? RSSI is a factor related to Modulation. More specifically with OFDM. Often in

Re: [WISPA] OT - Patrick has left Alvarion

2008-06-16 Thread Butch Evans
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Patrick Leary wrote: Sorry for the OT post, but I wanted to inform the community that I have left Alvarion after 10 years. I have also moved back to I think that there are very few things that I could read about that would be more surprising than this. Perhaps that is

Re: [WISPA] modulation question

2008-06-16 Thread Chuck McCown - 2
I think some disambiguation may be in order. QAM is a vector modulation method:. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation_diagram It shares almost nothing with OFDM methods. Irrespective, all receivers (CW, AM, FM, SSB, VSB, angle modulation, OFDM, QAM, TCM, etc) can have an RSSI output from