[WISPA] If radios act weird today...

2012-01-24 Thread Bret Clark
Solar flare blasts radiation storm toward Earth http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57364089-76/solar-flare-blasts-radiation-storm-toward-earth/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

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2012-01-24 Thread Gino Villarini
Yesterday we saw about 20-25 UPS going without AC at once ... Gino A. Villarini g...@aeronetpr.commailto:g...@aeronetpr.com Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. 787.273.4143 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Bret Clark Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012

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2012-01-24 Thread Matt Hoppes
YAWN. I have yet to see a solar flare cause issues not saying it won't... just saying the news media blows this stuff up every time. Matt Hoppes Director of Information Technology Indigo Wireless +1 (570) 723-7312 On 1/24/12 8:53 AM, Bret Clark wrote: Solar flare blasts radiation storm

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2012-01-24 Thread Scott
What does that mean? Power outage, or no output? Scott On Jan 24, 2012, at 7:58 AM, Gino Villarini g...@aeronetpr.com wrote: Yesterday we saw about 20-25 UPS going without AC at once … Gino A. Villarini g...@aeronetpr.com Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. 787.273.4143 From:

Re: [WISPA] If radios act weird today...

2012-01-24 Thread Bret Clark
LOL...but a great excuse for your tech support department when customers call in complaining they can't download movies from Megaupload! On 01/24/2012 09:08 AM, Matt Hoppes wrote: YAWN. I have yet to see a solar flare cause issues not saying it won't... just saying the news media blows

Re: [WISPA] If radios act weird today...

2012-01-24 Thread Gino Villarini
Apparent Power Outage or the UPS cards went ballistic… Gino A. Villarini g...@aeronetpr.commailto:g...@aeronetpr.com Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. 787.273.4143 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Scott Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:11 AM To:

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2012-01-24 Thread Mike Hammett
Same. It could eventually happen, but I haven't seen any consequence of it. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 1/24/2012 8:08 AM, Matt Hoppes wrote: YAWN. I have yet to see a solar flare cause issues not saying it won't... just saying the news

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2012-01-24 Thread ~V~
Check out the incoming particles this bad boy is bringing. http://youtu.be/01SEGNfK_58 ~V~ -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 8:38 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA]

Re: [WISPA] If radios act weird today...

2012-01-24 Thread Bret Clark
Oh man...where is my aluminum foil hat!!! On 01/24/2012 09:57 AM, ~V~ wrote: Check out the incoming particles this bad boy is bringing. http://youtu.be/01SEGNfK_58 ~V~ -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett

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2012-01-24 Thread Forbes Mercy
Maybe some of those solar particles could penetrate this continual day to day snow we're having and recharge my solar sites! :) Forbes On 1/24/2012 6:57 AM, ~V~ wrote: Check out the incoming particles this bad boy is bringing. http://youtu.be/01SEGNfK_58 ~V~ -Original Message-

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2012-01-24 Thread ~V~
I am wearing it! ;-) And doesn't it have to be made of tin foil? :p ~V~ -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Bret Clark Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 9:45 AM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] If radios act weird

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2012-01-24 Thread Jim Patient
Crap this is prolly going to cause the New Madrid fault to blow as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHL-9zK8i0Q -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Forbes Mercy Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 9:48 AM To: WISPA General

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2012-01-24 Thread ~V~
LOL, probably not. There was a much larger particle storm in 2005 and nothing happened. But it is radiation and works like a microwave on the core of the earth, which can cause lava to expand. Appx. 24 - 48 hrs. prior to the Haiti, New Zealand, Japan, and Chile EQ there were strong solar

[WISPA] Engenius hardware from Microcenter (don't do it!)

2012-01-24 Thread Ben West
Although I'm guessing very few folks on this list use Engenius EOC-1650 access points, I can relate that my very small experiment sampling product quality in outdoor Engenius gear from Microcenter has yielded 100% duds. That is, of the APs purchased in a pinch last month because my usual supplier

Re: [WISPA] Engenius hardware from Microcenter (don't do it!)

2012-01-24 Thread Sam Tetherow
Haven't bought anything from Engenius since the CB3s, we tried some of their new 802.11g gear when it first came out and found that it had hardware issues (high failure rate and overheating issues, even indoors). It failed even faster than HighGain stuff did. Now the CB3, that was an

Re: [WISPA] Engenius hardware from Microcenter (don't do it!)

2012-01-24 Thread Ben West
I have actually have pretty decent experience specifically with the EOC-1650s, so far with about 20 deployed and a couple approaching 2years outdoor operation. Interestingly, the 1650's have proven more reliable than more Engenius' powerful units like EOC-2610 or EOC-2611P, suggesting overheats.

Re: [WISPA] If radios act weird today...

2012-01-24 Thread Tom DeReggi
Actually, I've observed RF issues from Solar Flares numerous times in the past. A common symptom is RSSI dropping up to 10 db temporarilly during the effected period on some paths. Can be a problem for links operating on the threshold of acceptable link. It helps to know when the solar flairs

Re: [WISPA] Engenius hardware from Microcenter (don't do it!)

2012-01-24 Thread Ben West
Unrelated, I would be curious if anyone has had acceptable experience with Engenius' Nanostation M clone, the ENH200 and ENH500. Googling the OpenWRT and DD-WRT forums doesn't suggest anyone has been playing around with them. -- Ben West http://gowasabi.net b...@gowasabi.net