[WISPA] Should this happen? Probably not.

2010-09-30 Thread Cameron Kilton
This is why we ask to beta certain products. This a 15dbi grid from Pac Wireless (Laird) whichever they are this year. This has been in service since 10/27/2007. The feedhorn rusted and snapped right off the grid. Granted it was maybe 100 yards from the shore, but this should not happen.

Re: [WISPA] Should this happen? Probably not.

2010-09-30 Thread Bret Clark
Bad link... On 09/30/2010 08:30 AM, Cameron Kilton wrote: This is why we ask to beta certain products. This a 15dbi grid from Pac Wireless (Laird) whichever they are this year. This has been in service since 10/27/2007. The feedhorn rusted and snapped right off the grid. Granted it was maybe

Re: [WISPA] Should this happen? Probably not.

2010-09-30 Thread Cameron Kilton
sorry messed up link: http://www.midcoast.com/~cam/15dbi/ Thanks, Cameron Kilton Project Manager Midcoast Internet Solutions http://www.midcoast.com c...@midcoast.com (207) 594-8277 x 108 On 9/30/2010 8:30 AM, Cameron Kilton wrote: This is why we ask to beta certain products. This a 15dbi

[WISPA] expected goodput of Motorola's WiMAX 3.5 GHz access radios?

2010-09-30 Thread Rogelio
I am working with someone who inherited a ton of towers with Motorola WiMAX 3.5 GHz access radios on them. They want to get a bridge on the other end and then connect a Wi-Fi server on the other end (connected through an Ethernet cable). Assuming perfect receive RSSI and modulation, what is the

Re: [WISPA] Should this happen? Probably not.

2010-09-30 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
this leads to a question from my side, being a new WISP. How often , if at all, do you folks do inspections of Tower Sites ? Customer Sites ? To determine and evaluate possible issues such as this and others ? Thanks. Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet Telecom On 9/30/2010 8:33 AM, Cameron

Re: [WISPA] Should this happen? Probably not.

2010-09-30 Thread Cameron Kilton
Tower sites, we usually get to once a year, customers sites, hardly ever Thanks, Cameron Kilton On 9/30/2010 8:55 AM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: this leads to a question from my side, being a new WISP. How often , if at all, do you folks do inspections of Tower Sites ? Customer Sites ? To

Re: [WISPA] Should this happen? Probably not.

2010-09-30 Thread Stuart Pierce
acid rain ? -- Original Message -- From: Cameron Kilton c...@midcoast.com Reply-To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:33:49 -0400 sorry messed up link: http://www.midcoast.com/~cam/15dbi/ Thanks, Cameron Kilton Project

Re: [WISPA] Should this happen? Probably not.

2010-09-30 Thread Phil Curnutt
Typical of antenna deterioration in a salt water environment. Try grounding them. There could be electrolysis occuring. Phil On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 8:03 AM, Stuart Pierce spie...@avolve.net wrote: acid rain ? -- Original Message -- From: Cameron

Re: [WISPA] Should this happen? Probably not.

2010-09-30 Thread Rick Harnish
Sounds like pretty wicked conditions for anything made of steel. Salt laden wind probably started the rusting process in 3 months or less on the thin metal of grid antennas. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Cameron

Re: [WISPA] Should this happen? Probably not.

2010-09-30 Thread Cameron Kilton
Perhaps, they should put a better coating on the antennas. Thanks, Cameron Kilton On 9/30/2010 9:13 AM, Rick Harnish wrote: Sounds like pretty wicked conditions for anything made of steel. Salt laden wind probably started the rusting process in 3 months or less on the thin metal of grid

Re: [WISPA] Should this happen? Probably not.

2010-09-30 Thread RickG
I've got a few like that that I've replaced. On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Cameron Kilton c...@midcoast.com wrote: sorry messed up link: http://www.midcoast.com/~cam/15dbi/http://www.midcoast.com/%7Ecam/15dbi/ Thanks, Cameron Kilton Project Manager Midcoast Internet Solutions

Re: [WISPA] Should this happen? Probably not.

2010-09-30 Thread RickG
Ditto On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Cameron Kilton c...@midcoast.com wrote: Tower sites, we usually get to once a year, customers sites, hardly ever Thanks, Cameron Kilton On 9/30/2010 8:55 AM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: this leads to a question from my side, being a new WISP. How

Re: [WISPA] Should this happen? Probably not.

2010-09-30 Thread RickG
No salt water in Kentucky :) On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Phil Curnutt pcurn...@gmail.com wrote: Typical of antenna deterioration in a salt water environment. Try grounding them. There could be electrolysis occuring. Phil On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 8:03 AM, Stuart Pierce

[WISPA] RB-1100 strange issues

2010-09-30 Thread Rubens Kuhl
(sorry for the cross-posting) One test scenario of a RB-1100 are showing some strange issues including - Ports do not connect with forced speed/duplex, only with auto - Iperf tests going thru it does OK with UDP but simply passes no TCP traffic It looks pretty close to this post on MT forum:

Re: [WISPA] OT: AirRouter shipping?

2010-09-30 Thread Tom Fadgen
I have 10 that I have shipped and due to receive from Streakwave today. _ From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Richardson Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 7:23 PM To: motor...@afmug.com; WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] OT:

Re: [WISPA] 11GHz fade margin

2010-09-30 Thread Tom DeReggi
The standard Lumina at 11GHz does up to +12 dBm at 256QAM and +19 dBm at QPSK. Thanks for posting the complete accurate data. Note: Trango standard does 22dbm QPSK and 19dbm 256QAM, thus longer range. They have a high power model that does +25 at QPSK and +17 at 256 QAM at 11GHz. Thats

Re: [WISPA] 11GHz fade margin

2010-09-30 Thread Josh Luthman
Today is a day that makes me the best person in the world for that question. The SAF Lumina has a (famousguy-otherfamousguy) port where you can actually screw it in - good for outdoor use. This jumper has an LC connector. I am using the Chinese enclosures and an LC adapter to connect to the

Re: [WISPA] RB-1100 strange issues

2010-09-30 Thread Greg Ihnen
When you take the ethernet ports off auto are you using a crossover cable? I learned that the hard way (well not too hard, when I posted that turning off auto made the port on some UBNT gear go dead folks here educated me). Greg On Sep 30, 2010, at 12:51 PM, Rubens Kuhl wrote: (sorry for the

Re: [WISPA] RB-1100 strange issues

2010-09-30 Thread Rubens Kuhl
Does mdix-enable works, or should work, on the RB-1100 ? Shouldn't that option make ports without auto-negotiation work with straight cable ? As for the performance issues, it seems related to tagged traffic. Still trying to diagnose this one. Rubens On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Greg Ihnen

Re: [WISPA] RB-1100 strange issues

2010-09-30 Thread Greg Ihnen
Does the RB-1100 ports have separate auto-negotiate and auto-mdix settings? All I know is this: From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-MDIX#Auto-MDIX: For Auto-MDIX to operate correctly, the speed on the interface and duplex setting must be set to auto. Greg On Sep 30, 2010, at 6:52 PM,

Re: [WISPA] Transmit Antenna Height

2010-09-30 Thread Jack Unger
Fred, I'm sorry to seem dense but I don't understand your explanation below. I'd appreciate it if you would re-explain. The FCC said: "transmit antenna used with fixed devices may not be more than 30 meters above the ground. In addition, fixed devices may not

Re: [WISPA] Transmit Antenna Height

2010-09-30 Thread Frank Crawford
Fred and Jack Antenna Height - Height is restricted to 30 meters above HAAT (height above average terrain) of 76 meters this can be calculated here. »www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/haat···tor.html http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/haat_calculator.html Where it asks this question (Enter the

Re: [WISPA] Transmit Antenna Height

2010-09-30 Thread Jack Unger
Excellent explanation. Thanks. Fred and Jack Antenna Height - Height is restricted to 30 meters above HAAT (height above average terrain) of 76 meters this can be calculated here. www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/haattor.html

Re: [WISPA] Transmit Antenna Height

2010-09-30 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 9/30/2010 10:37 PM, Jack Unger wrote: Fred, I'm sorry to seem dense but I don't understand your explanation below. I'd appreciate it if you would re-explain. The FCC said: transmit antenna used with fixed devices may not be more than 30 meters above the ground. In addition, fixed devices

[WISPA] Anything is faster than DSL in Australia

2010-09-30 Thread Francois Menard
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Re: [WISPA] Transmit Antenna Height

2010-09-30 Thread Frank Crawford
Fred, I think were saying the same thing? On 9/30/2010 8:13 PM, Fred Goldstein wrote: At 9/30/2010 10:37 PM, Jack Unger wrote: Fred, I'm sorry to seem dense but I don't understand your explanation below. I'd appreciate it if you would re-explain. The FCC said: transmit antenna used with

Re: [WISPA] 11GHz fade margin

2010-09-30 Thread Scott Carullo
Are you using the adaptive modulation feature? Scott Carullo Technical Operations 877-804-3001 x102 From: David E. Smith d...@mvn.net Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 3:01 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] 11GHz fade

Re: [WISPA] 11GHz fade margin

2010-09-30 Thread Scott Carullo
Whats the SAF lumina cost with say 2ft dishes for a 1 mile link? Scott Carullo Technical Operations 877-804-3001 x102 From: Patrick Cole z...@amused.net Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 6:55 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re:

[WISPA] 2.5Ghz Band Question

2010-09-30 Thread Scott Carullo
I see licensed gear for sale stating: Operating in 2.5GHz band according to FCC (BRS) radio regulation Can we use this? Scott Carullo Technical Operations 877-804-3001 x102 WISPA Wants You! Join today!