Re: [WISPA] special certs for power plants & mining areas?

sts. > > Good luick > > Bob > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -Original Message- > From: Rogelio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:55:36 > To: WISPA General List > Subject: [WISPA] special certs for power plants

[WISPA] special certs for power plants & mining areas?

Is anyone aware of any special "certification" (or equivalent) that is required if you put wi-fi wireless in a power plant or mining area? Someone said that some Cisco reps cautioned them about something special that needed to be attained for power plant areas, and since I've got other mining o

[WISPA] theoretical mesh limits?

I'm looking to compute the theoretical mesh limit throughput for dual radio layouts. Does this look right? Dual radio, egress at end of chain: 1-2-3-4-5e Sustained throughput (min): 35 mbps / 10 hops to end egress = 3-4 mbps Peak throughput (max): 35 mbps / 5 nodes to end egress = 7

[WISPA] Meraki called "embarrassment to wi-fi"

I overheard a WLAN engineer recently call Meraki "an embarassment to wi-fi". I was little suprised, as I've heard decent things about it, considering how scalable it is for being a product that's easy for the masses to implement. Is there something I'm not getting? I've heard that the units b

[WISPA] Meraki called "embarrassment to wi-fi"

I overheard a WLAN engineer recently call Meraki "an embarassment to wi-fi". I was little suprised, as I've heard decent things about it, considering how scalable it is for being a product that's easy for the masses to implement. Is there something I'm not getting? I've heard that the units b

[WISPA] using fping to check for wifi roaming glitches

I was just showing this to one of my partners, and I thought I'd share it with the group Sometimes, one quick and dirty thing I do when checking roaming connectivity is to ping lots of things in parallel with fping (d/l here: http://www.brothersoft.com/fping-download-72435.html, then drop that

Re: [WISPA] Streamlined DC Powered System

Frank Crawford wrote: > http://www.invictusnetworks.com/ The main dude you'll wanna deal with there is Rick Lindahl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). In fact, I just spoke with him last week. He is a very friendly and approachable guy. He's a good guy to get to know regarding wireless infrastructure and i

[WISPA] your thoughts on controllers?

What do others here think of the controllers and back end solutions that are often "necessary" for various vendors' wi-fi solutions? (I often see people buy two controllers for redundancy, which of course drives the price way up. Sometimes this seems to be a move by vendors to create a false d

Re: [WISPA] Initial 3650 research

Charles N Wyble wrote: > http://charlesnw.blogspot.com/2008/07/80211y-3650-mhz-in-southern-california.html I actually know some of the guys from Ivy League Consulting (advertised there in your Google Ad Words -- www.ivyleagueconsulting.com). They are a good group of guys who are solid in wifi *a

Re: [WISPA] VPN solutions for mobility environments

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can you provide any info on the open source solutions that you have been > looking into? > > I have a network ops team that is well skilled on foss platforms, so the OPEX > concerns aren't nearly as high for us as they might be for other > organizations. I'm current

Re: [WISPA] Inscape Data

Rudy Worrell wrote: > The Ethernet side is going to an unmanaged switch. Linksys/cisco. I > have Trango and Tranzeo going to the same device without similar > problems. Interesting. If that is the case, my bet would be you have a POS on your hands. :) (I'm waiting to hear back from others on

[WISPA] PepLink for link aggregation

I'm looking for various WAN aggregation solutions for various environments and am wondering what others think of PepLink Here is a list of their products http://www.peplink.com/support/comparison/ I've used the Balance 30 for a T1 and DSL line, and it worked out quite nicely. Using this HOWTO

Re: [WISPA] Inscape Data

Rudy Worrell wrote: > Short story is that the unit must be set to 10M half duplex to stay up > or the Ethernet side dies. It also drops wireless clients for no > reason, and finally the Mac Filter does not work. What are you plugged in to on the ethernet side? I'd had to do this with all sorts o

Re: [WISPA] Trango 900 SU

chris cooper wrote: > Does anybody have any pricing on Trango 900 SU 10 pk? Does this help? http://tinyurl.com/6d664v WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ --

Re: [WISPA] solar equipment / partners?

Charles N Wyble wrote: > We are looking to deploy several hundred radios as well for a large > scale private network, and want > it to be resilient as possible. This includes power and back haul > connectivity. Solar looks to be a good > backup power option, and with the price of everything increas

[WISPA] VPN solutions for mobility environments

I have some public safety clients who are looking for a more seemless experience when they move in and out of various network zones (wi-fi, EVDO, public safety etc), and I'm looking for solutions that might facilitate this. I recently got some material on Netmotion and Identiprise and have just

Re: [WISPA] Inscape Data

Rudy Worrell wrote: > Does anyone have any experience with Inscape Data? (Prepare to get pinged like crazy off-list on various competitors' products, my friend) This the one you're looking at? http://www.inscapedata.com/AB54.htm They say the phrase "carrier class" on their web page... http://

[WISPA] solar equipment / partners?

Anyone here do solar installations, particularly in the central valley area of California? One client with a several hundred hundred radio mesh installation (over possibly 3000-ish homes) on the horizon wants to seriously look for solar solutions and partners. (I'm not the decision maker, just

Re: [WISPA] Spam from ligowave?

Ryan Langseth wrote: > Today i got an email from [EMAIL PROTECTED], i am fairly certain i did not > give them my address at any point. I suspect it may have been harvested from > the list, has anyone else seen a message from them today? It's nothing an email to spamcop and a call to their ISP

[WISPA] biz-grade PTL solutions

In friends' homes, I've been been recommending various PTL solutions to snake their network connection in some nook and cranny. Thus far, I've found Netgear's solution good http://tinyurl.com/2cfekl In fact, a few years ago, I used this unit in my parents' house. http://tinyurl.com/2cvnht I

Re: [WISPA] unlic wimax on 3.65

David Peterson wrote: > Have them contact me offlist. We carry the top WiMax manufacturers in > 3.65GHz. Unlicensed? Which vendors? WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---

[WISPA] ekahau for missing children

On a conference call today, someone asked if I knew of a solution that a large theme park chain might use to locate missing children. (Not really knowing the market, I (off the cuff) suggested they look at Ekahau. But I told them that wasn't my thing and that I'd have to connect them with some

[WISPA] unlic wimax on 3.65

Someone I know is looking for unlicensed wimax on 3.65 GHz. I told him I didn't know if that was available (but hadn't looked). Does anyone else have any comments or experience on this? WISPA Wants You! Join today!

Re: [WISPA] alternative to Barracuda

Scottie Arnett wrote: > Cheap P3 700Mhz Dell, Install Debian with Postfix, MailScanner, Spamassassin, > Razor, Dcc, Pyzor, Clamav, and a few choice others if you wish. Have it relay > to your internal mail server, and have internal not receive any email except > from Debian box. Make sure you ha

Re: [WISPA] alternative to Barracuda

Eric Merkel wrote: > We use the barracuda's and are gennerrally happy with the performance . > We're running 500K plus thru a pair of 400's. We have had performance issues > at times but if you pay for their instant replacement they'll swap out your > hardware. What I find somewhat bogus is the

[WISPA] 802.11y future and vendors?

A friend and I are looking into the future of 802.11y as well as vendors who support it. Does anyone have any thoughts on this in either of these two areas? WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---

Re: [WISPA] alternative to Barracuda

Kurt Fankhauser wrote: > Has anyone used this spam firewall? http://www.untangle.com > it is free to install on any server. I have a > Barracuda SF200 and this thing is making me angry. It is so slow I don't > even bother trying to log into it. It times out constantly an

Re: [WISPA] alternative to Barracuda

Travis Johnson wrote: > We have been a Postini customer since their first year in business. Once > you "outsource" that part of it, you wonder how you ever did it before. > Right now it is probably saving us at least 10Mbps of bandwidth, which > in our area is over $500 per month. We also charge

Re: [WISPA] alternative to Barracuda

Frank Muto wrote: > Then you should be working with a reseller/distributor like us. Some of the > services do require an annual fee, but none that > require a minimum 3-year commitment. > > At 60k emails, plus using Exchange; you are at a whole different level of > resources even with Barracuda

Re: [WISPA] free optics / MRV's Terescope soln

Marlon K. Schafer wrote: > It's pretty hard to beat plaintree. > > As for backup radios, use good switches with spanning tree and put in > your own radios backup link. Interesting, I might try that. BelAir Networks' switched radio mesh uses RSTP (or something very similar) ---

Re: [WISPA] DNS help

Rogelio wrote: > One thing I use to monitor domains is check_dns on Nagios. With it, I > can monitor the IP of A records, DNS authorities, etc. You might > consider using this tool if this becomes an ongoing problem. I just checked, and there is a new plugin that looks like it does m

Re: [WISPA] DNS help

Travis Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > We are currently having a DNS issue with etsy.com. We are able to ping > and traceroute to their nameservers and webservers, but we are unable to > resolve their IP info using our DNS servers. Therefore, we have users > calling us that they can't access the websi

Re: [WISPA] APs and webstores

Japhy Bartlett wrote: > OK, a brief rant first: > > I am trying to get ubiquiti nanostations, or ps2-exts. Apparently, > these things are the new furby. For ~$79, you get a small, waterproof CPE with a 400mw 802.11b/g radio and a dual polarity 10dbi antenna. It does POE (with included adapter)

Re: [WISPA] APs and webstores

Jonathan Auer wrote: > > We use them for hotspots at campground and fair parks. > Stick a omni on the NS2, add a Canopy SM for backhaul, and put them on > a telephone pole. Works great. So, they work well for fill in coverage? I'm looking to use something like this to fill in the cracks of what

Re: [WISPA] free optics / MRV's Terescope soln

Stephen Patrick wrote: > In summary, it is fair to say FSO can and does work well, when implemented > correctly. The trick with any product is to know its side effects. I could offer you a cheap pill that makes you lose weight, and you might be tempted to take it, until you found out that one o

[WISPA] Chrysler to make wifi hotspot cars

In your opinion, does this solution leave room for WISPs to sell these customers services? http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D91H88101.htm *** People who buy Chrysler LLC vehicles next year will have the option of turnin

Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts

Tom DeReggi wrote: > There is no benefit for a cable co to offer wifi, when they already > offer cable, that technically can deliver better speed inside the building. > So they need to price their Wifi, at about the same revenue that they'd > receive if they offered Cable in a building that had a

[WISPA] free optics / MRV's Terescope soln

I'm researching various free space optics solutions, particular MRV's Terescope with the backup radios (~$45K) http://www.mrv.com/products/line/terescope.php http://internetcommunications.tmcnet.com/news/2008/04/18/3395257.htm http://www.mrv.com/library/library.php?ctl=MRV-OTHER-MRW55-Prod http:/

Re: [WISPA] Dickson tn

Blake Bowers wrote: > Thank you for your help. If you give us a bit more information, perhaps one of us might give you something more tangible here... WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -

Re: [WISPA] Dickson tn

Blake Bowers wrote: > Wireless internet. > > WISP service. What sort of user are you? Business? Residential? Looking to resell a service? I would imagine these sorts of things would be helpful to someone who might respond and try to help you. ---

Re: [WISPA] Dickson tn

Blake Bowers wrote: > Who is providing service in Dickson? What type of service? Wireless internet? WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts

Doug Ratcliffe wrote: > Meraki & Open-Mesh have excellent monitoring & notification tools to tell > you it's down, ping stats, uptime information (per repeater & gateway). Those wanting more info on Meraki might check out the following links http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/37445

Re: [WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts

Doug Ratcliffe wrote: > We've done a lot of condos. For free wifi, a 2.4 mesh network like > open-mesh covers most decent sized condos (~100 units) for less than a > grand. Then you can charge $5/unit, blow away the cable company and > have the thing paid back in 3 months. I haven't yet play

[WISPA] MSOs investing heavily in wi-fi rollouts

One trend I'm seeing is for cable companies to purchase a ubiquitous wifi infrastructure in new areas. These numbers aren't too far off from some numbers I saw yesterday: --$50K to put in ubiquitous wifi for a time share condo (retail is way more, like $70K; but MSOs get discounts) --$20/mo for

[WISPA] CCIE Wireless

I see that there might be a CCIE wireless on the horizon http://blog.internetworkexpert.com/2008/06/22/wireless-ccie-unofficialy-announced/ Lemme guess, everyone here is going to go take the beta tests to see what they're made of, right?

[WISPA] wireless resources in NorCal fires / TCP over ham freq

A friend and associate of mine is extremely close to several northern CA fires. http://tinyurl.com/5vp933 http://tinyurl.com/3mk4ah http://tinyurl.com/4jm67 I'm wondering if there is anyone else here on the list that is affected, and if so, what wireless / networking resources you are using to

Re: [WISPA] testing mesh for cameras and VoIP

Tom DeReggi wrote: > I don't have the answer exactly, but I know some use Smoke Ping to > monitor for voip quality, due to its ability to record latency and > packetloss. I use Smokeping also (but prefer Cacti's ping latency tool better). The "problem" is that this only measures ICMP latency.

Re: [WISPA] testing mesh for cameras and VoIP

Rogelio wrote: > I'm looking for ways to test out a mesh for two things -- (a) camera > streams, and (b) VoIP quality. > > Thus far, I'm using iperf. For (a), I'm hoping something like this on > my laptop (to another laptop) will do: > > iperf -c (other

Re: [WISPA] CPE recommendations?

CHUCK PROFITO wrote: > Yes, they are great up sale($200-250.00, "near carrier grade"). And they > will use reflections and multipath. They penetrate better because of the > directed output & receive, excellent for large difficult homes or metal > buildings. If you use the other CPE unit as a rang

[WISPA] testing mesh for cameras and VoIP

I'm looking for ways to test out a mesh for two things -- (a) camera streams, and (b) VoIP quality. Thus far, I'm using iperf. For (a), I'm hoping something like this on my laptop (to another laptop) will do: iperf -c (other laptop IP) -P (number of cameras) -b (Mbps of camera stream on that l

[WISPA] CPE recommendations?

I have several apartment complexes with very spotty coverage, and I was wondering what type of CPE that people would recommend. I've been looking at the Ruckus units, particularly the MetroxFlex http://www.ruckuswireless.com/products/metroflex/ Anyone else have any experience with these devices

[WISPA] Celtrio's Covera for wifi surveying

Those wanting a lightweight surveying tool (as compared to, say, Airmagnent) might check out Covera Zone (just started playing with it today) http://www.celtrio.com/home/ They have a free version that lets you input maps, export survey points into CVS file, sync with GPS, take iperf and ping re

Re: [WISPA] How much data

David E. Smith wrote: > Unless you can know in advance exactly what kind of traffic the link > will be handling (which is rare but not impossible) it's all guesswork > anyway :D True. In fact, much of the 20-25 Mbps (or whatever) pt-to-pt traffic graphs I see often presuppose a certain "mix" o

Re: [WISPA] iperf howto

Rogelio wrote: > Rogelio wrote: >> I recently stumbled across this great iperf HOWTO (for calculating >> throughput) >> >> http://www.egee-npm.org/e2emonit/download/older/HOWTO-edg-iperf-1.2.4.txt Ah, yet another great iperf toy, check_iperf for Nagios! http://t

Re: [WISPA] How much data

Chris Caputo wrote: > 10,299.68 megabytes per day = 10.06 gigabytes per day Yup, Chris is right. My math was really sloppy there; thanks for the correction. (Close enough for government work, though!) WISPA Wants

Re: [WISPA] iperf howto

Tom DeReggi wrote: > Its nice to see all the screen shots in one place for comparison. In response to this same email, one of the users ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) in my Linux Group (SoCalLinux.org) posted the following URLs of screen shots on his desktop http://www.math.lsu.edu/~coffee/images/compiz/o

Re: [WISPA] iperf howto

Rogelio wrote: > I recently stumbled across this great iperf HOWTO (for calculating > throughput) > > http://www.egee-npm.org/e2emonit/download/older/HOWTO-edg-iperf-1.2.4.txt > > Haven't tried it yet, but I expect to soon... And some more bandwidth tools, as well ht

[WISPA] iperf howto

I recently stumbled across this great iperf HOWTO (for calculating throughput) http://www.egee-npm.org/e2emonit/download/older/HOWTO-edg-iperf-1.2.4.txt Haven't tried it yet, but I expect to soon... WISPA Wants Yo

Re: [WISPA] How much data

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok silly question that has probably been asked a million times. But if a > user had a 1M connection how much data in Megs could he transfer if it ran > at maximum capacity for 24 hours? A 1Mbps connection, right? 1 byte / 8 bits = 1/8 MB therefore, 1 megabit = 8 megab

[WISPA] thoughts on winncom for pt-to-pt soln?

Has anyone used these wireless point to point products? http://www.winncom.com/products.aspx?grcode=WPP I found this while googling for affordable point to point, high speed bridge solutions between line of site buildings. (Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. This is for a uni

[WISPA] modulation question

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 wh

Re: [WISPA] qcheck + inssider

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

[WISPA] qcheck + inssider

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. --

[WISPA] wimax opp in israel

I recently met someone who is doing a WiMAX project in Israel. That's not my specialty, but if someone here is interested, I would be happy to forward you the scope of work that he emailed me. WISPA Wants You! Join

Re: [WISPA] multiple gateway question in mesh scenario

Tom Sharples wrote: > Yep, just like a bridge is better than a router :-) Yup, hence the quotation marks. For some people, when you're only tool is a hammer, every problem is a nail! WISPA Wants You! Join today! ht

Re: [WISPA] multiple gateway question in mesh scenario

Charles N Wyble wrote: >> (Layer 2 meshes, I have heard from others, are "better", but I'm not >> exactly sure why this is the case, to be honest.) >> > > Well. It's completely transparent and application/protocol independent. Lately, for whatever reason, I've had to radically change IP addre

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

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 installed pfsense, and honestly, if you're asking this question, my guess is that it does everythi

Re: [WISPA] Visio for MT

Scott Reed wrote: > Does anyone have Visio images for MikroTik RouterBoard cases? > Wow, this is the first time I have googled for Visio icons and not found them easily. You ever find what you were looking for? W

[WISPA] great fade margin example

I recently asked a coworker what fade margin was, and he gave me the following great example: "Say you're on the top of the Sears Tower, how close to the edge of the building would you get? 1 foot, 10 feet, 100 feet? That 'safety margin' you give yourself is similar to the dbi you give yoursel

Re: [WISPA] multiple gateway question in mesh scenario

Matt Hardy wrote: > I guess one question would be is it a Layer 2 or Layer 3 mesh? That > would influence what options you have. Good question. Thus far, I've only played with "layer 2" meshes. (MobileIP is, I believe, a "layer 3" one, right?) (Layer 2 meshes, I have heard from others, are "b

[WISPA] layered sec tools

Having come from a networking / systems background, I'm putting together various security tools for wireless networks, and a quick google search shows me that you guys haven't discussed them on this list. http://www.packetfence.org/ http://freenac.net/ I've dabbled with the first, and it's quit

[WISPA] article on Riverside, CA's wifi mesh

Here's an article on Riverside's 86 square mile mesh. http://www.inlandempire.us/news/2007/01/riverside-california-rides-wi-fi-wave.html I went to school in the Riverside area, so it's interesting to see this town make the news. I've also met Steve Reneker several times and am quite impressed

Re: [WISPA] multiple gateway question in mesh scenario

For those who were curious as to what I did on my "multiple gateway" question, I actually ended up installing pfsense today and playing around with it for several hours. Once I kick around the "lagg" (link aggregation) features a bit, I'll let you know how they all work. The GUI isn't quite as

Re: [WISPA] multiple gateway question in mesh scenario

Rogelio wrote: > I would like roaming, actually. Ideally, the entire mesh would be on > the same LAN subnet and each user would be assigned the gateway that was > the least congested. I think that pfsense is probably the "easiest" answer, particularly since it has hotspot U

Re: [WISPA] multiple gateway question in mesh scenario

Dustin Jurman wrote: > If you don't need roaming capability treat each one as it's own network or > you could create one centralized distribution facility. I would like roaming, actually. Ideally, the entire mesh would be on the same LAN subnet and each user would be assigned the gateway that w

[WISPA] multiple gateway question in mesh scenario

What do others here do in situations where a mesh has multiple gateways? Say you have a large mesh and each "egrees" is a satellite uplink to a different ISP provider. Would you just assign multiple gateways on the DHCP server? Or would you use something like RADIUS to assign different network

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

Jack Unger wrote: > Noise is noise and will destroy performance on any radio. Might low noise amplifiers help in these situations? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-noise_amplifier WISPA Wants You! Join today! http:

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

Jack Unger wrote: > Noise is noise and will destroy performance on any radio. True. But aren't there some wifi units that get better radio sensitivity due to channel bandwidth and the noise figure of the radio? WI

Re: [WISPA] ip accounting solns

Jonathan Auer wrote: > Take a look at ntop (http://ntop.org). > It will show you how much bandwidth each IP address is using, who they > are talking to, and what protocols they are using. I've actually used that, and it's great. Good call! ---

[WISPA] ip accounting solns

Anyone here use any IP accounting solutions? Say you have one IP hog. How do you find them and alert on that? (Yes, I know about tools like MRTG, but I'm wondering if others have any other more comprehensive solutions) --

[WISPA] good multiradio wifi units for noise environments?

I am looking for multiradio wifi units that handle well in environments with high floor noise levels, particularly in city areas where the unlicensed band is very congested. Any suggestions? WISPA Wants You! Join

[WISPA] using street level and below tree canopy for unlicensed bands

I was talking to some people today who deploy wireless networks in very noise environments, and some of them were talking about deploying radios under the building or tree line in an attempt to get less nodes. One person said that this practice is common in places like NYC where the street leve

Re: [WISPA] NASA Worldwind

Mike Hammett wrote: > maps.live.com seems to have the best pictures. Unfortunately, they've been quite dated in my experience. Usually this doesn't matter, but lately I've seen times when buildings from six months ago are still in their satellite data. -

Re: [WISPA] mesh throughput?

I suppose one way to tell would be to just poll the MIBs of the units in question with Cacti. (I haven't done this yet, but it works on other networking equipment) WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.o

Re: [WISPA] Atheros 11n-ish radios with 35 Mbps pt-to-pt capacity

Rogelio wrote: > I was reading about the Atheros chipset in some newer vendor radios that > have included some 11n functionality, and I hear 35 Mbps pt-to-pt > numbers being thrown around (as opposed to 20-25 Mbps that we saw on > previous versions of 11a/11g). > > Has anyone

[WISPA] Atheros 11n-ish radios with 35 Mbps pt-to-pt capacity

I was reading about the Atheros chipset in some newer vendor radios that have included some 11n functionality, and I hear 35 Mbps pt-to-pt numbers being thrown around (as opposed to 20-25 Mbps that we saw on previous versions of 11a/11g). Has anyone here seen this in action or have any comments

[WISPA] LinkedIn?

Anyone else here also on LinkedIn? (Feel free to ad me, if you are) Also, is there a WISPA group there? WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -

Re: [WISPA] mesh throughput?

Tom Sharples wrote: > You must be looking at some older technologies. In clean environments, we're > seeing 20+ mb/s net data throughput on our dual radio nodes (5 Ghz). Ah, very cool. Please share with me these vendors! So, assuming that you set up the channels to not step on each other, thi

[WISPA] NASA Worldwind

Has anyone here played with NASA's WorldWind? http://wiki.socalwifi.net I tried to get it going yesterday, but my video card wouldn't take it. I'm thinking that perhaps this would be a good compliment to Google Earth and MS Liv Maps for assessing wifi coverage in certain areas. (Any other Googl

Re: [WISPA] service layers examples and solutions

On 6/8/08, Charles N Wyble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is very similar to something I am putting together. See > http://wiki.socalwifi.net for details. > > I'm in the process of deploying OpenLDAP/Kerberos/OpenVPN/FreeRADIUS. > Numerous Howtos abound. > > I am planning on producing an end t

[WISPA] mesh throughput?

I've been reading up on mesh throughput numbers, and I'd like to know what people here think about some of these ballpark numbers I've been reading (I have yet to see these in real life) single radio mesh: 1-2 Mbps dual radio mesh: 3-4 Mbps switched radio mesh: 5-10 Mbps One vendor is advertising

[WISPA] service layers examples and solutions

I'm looking at offering various service layers through wireless and was wondering if others here perhaps had any examples that they might share. Some of the ideas I'm kicking around are: basic: free, limited downloads, all p2p traffic blocked, have to reauthenticate every hour or so regular: nomi

Re: [WISPA] Email, Postini, and setting up open source mail servers

I didn't see it mentioned, but I believe that QMailToaster deserves an honerable mention. It's incredibly easy to set up, you have one login (rather than a login for each user), and it's very well documented. The listserv support is excellent. -

[WISPA] RSTP question on wifi mesh units

Last Friday, someone told me that when they plugged in a BelAir 100T unit into a mesh, the system degraded. Suspecting some sort of broadcast storm, I went over to the apartment complex and configured the problem unit to blacklisted a neighboring MAC address, so that it only saw one neighbor,

Re: [WISPA] wifi heat maps

plus.org/rmw/english1.html > > Brian Webster at http://www.wirelessmapping.com/ is an expert with this > program and has done some really cool things with it. I would suggest > contacting him > to help you get your coverage maps done correctly. > > Jim > jeffcosoho.com > &

[WISPA] questions regarding utilizing 4940 - 4990 MHz safety band

I have two questions regarding some 4.9 GHz radios I'm provisinging, both relating to how I provision channels for access and backhaul traffic. I have 5 sites with 2 cameras a piece. Each camera has a 3 Mbps streaming requirement. I'm told to use the 4.9 GHz safety band, as the city has (or will h

Re: [WISPA] assigning different users different gateways

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:02 PM, Jason Hensley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can do this with RADIUS attributes. Thanks, this helps point me in the right direction. WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.w

[WISPA] wifi heat maps

I would like to make wifi heat maps, preferably with open source or free software. In other words, I would like to walk around a building or drive down a street and show the coverage and strength of particular SSIDs and have them look something like this: http://www.atdi-us.com/ Does anyone have

[WISPA] assigning different users different gateways

If I have a mesh and would like to assign different people different gateway, what is the generally the best way to do that? With some sort of 802.1x authentication system that dynamically assigns them all of this information when they sign on? ---

Re: [WISPA] point to point recommendation?

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Brad Belton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yah, Rogelio left that pretty open ended. For anyone to be able to give > you > suggestions more information will be needed. Sorry, in these cases, I don't really know enough to always ask the best

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