Re: [WISPA] Atom board form Router

2009-04-08 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, Says it's a standard Micro-ATX board. However, that price is really expensive for just a systemboard. You still need RAM, CPU and a DOM to boot up MT (or whatever OS) plus a case. You are getting real close to the price of an RB1000 and I'm not sure what benefit you would have? Travis

Re: [WISPA] Trango Giga Problem

2009-04-05 Thread Travis Johnson
Brad, We put 3 Apex units up about 4 months ago. They are basically the same as the Giga, with only a few minor differences. The only frustrating part for us was having to run two CAT5 cables (one for transport, one for management). We had to do that because we don't use VLANs, and that's the

Re: [WISPA] Trango Giga Problem

2009-04-03 Thread Travis Johnson
Gino, Looks to me like you are running a little hot. You want the MSE to be -32 or better I would try turning the power down on each side 1db at a time until you get the best MSE (on the remote side) while still having the best signal. We had to turn one of our links down to +12 to get

Re: [WISPA] Fat Circuit to test Against?

2009-03-26 Thread Travis Johnson
Who is your connection through? That could make a huge difference on what kind of speeds you will actually get doing a single speed test. Travis Microserv Gino Villarini wrote: Hey List Anyone with a mikrotik connected to the nternet with some 200 mpbs to do a BW test against? I want

Re: [WISPA] Fat Circuit to test Against?

2009-03-26 Thread Travis Johnson
] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 3:19 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Fat Circuit to test Against? Who is your connection through? That could make a huge difference on what kind of speeds you will actually get doing a single speed test. Travis Microserv

Re: [WISPA] Colocation

2009-03-23 Thread Travis Johnson
We charge $75/month per 1u of rack space. Unlimited bandwidth, unlimited speed. Travis Microserv Mark McElvy wrote: I guess I should have finished with how do you price such a thing. I would like to offer a customer rackspace at my office. Two 2U servers with UPS provided by customer and

Re: [WISPA] Colocation

2009-03-23 Thread Travis Johnson
the sender by reply transmission and delete this electronic mail. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 5:48 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Colocation We charge $75/month per

Re: [WISPA] Cost of bandwidth

2009-03-22 Thread Travis Johnson
uild your own fiber. It has a life cycle of up to 30 plus years so you should be able to stretch out the loan over many years. I am looking at this myself. I think that it makes sense on long runs like this to consider fiber. Pricing has come down considerably. Just my 2 cents worth. Scriv On Sat,

Re: [WISPA] 2nd Look @ 3.65 ?

2009-03-22 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, We have BridgeMaxx in our area. They are using 2.5ghz licensed with Alvarion WiMax equipment. This is the "top of the line", $50k per sector type stuff. Then I can also tell you that we are seeing a LOT of antennas that have to be mounted outdoors, on a tripod with a 10ft pole to get over

Re: [WISPA] 2nd Look @ 3.65 ?

2009-03-22 Thread Travis Johnson
. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender by reply transmission and delete this electronic mail. From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 7:44 PM To: WISPA General List

Re: [WISPA] 2nd Look @ 3.65 ?

2009-03-22 Thread Travis Johnson
them a lesson. Tell us how you did please. That would tell a far more compelling story than just trashing their model on the list. Scriv On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote: Plus the cost of the 2.5ghz license in our area... which I heard they paid like $

Re: [WISPA] 2nd Look @ 3.65 ?

2009-03-21 Thread Travis Johnson
Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com From: Travis Johnson Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 2:45 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] 2nd Look @ 3.65 ? Because I can service where NONE of those other services exist... and I have for 10+ years. Residential users don't need more

Re: [WISPA] Cost of bandwidth

2009-03-21 Thread Travis Johnson
Because it's 200+ miles away and crosses state lines. It would be at least 10 hops. Tower space is roughly $250/month around here so that's $2,500 per month just for the towers... then you have maintenance, equipment cost ($100k) and it would only save me about $1,000 per month. Travis

Re: [WISPA] 2nd Look @ 3.65 ?

2009-03-20 Thread Travis Johnson
. -Matt On Mar 18, 2009, at 6:33 PM, Travis Johnson wrote: We have a sector feeding 3 other towers that has been rock solid for 59 days now. Using a 10mhz channel, delivering 11Mbps at 18 miles. Travis Microserv Matt Liotta wrote: Yes, but the UBNT 3.65 radios are crap

Re: [WISPA] 2nd Look @ 3.65 ?

2009-03-20 Thread Travis Johnson
Because I can service where NONE of those other services exist... and I have for 10+ years. Residential users don't need more than 1-2Mbps. Our 512k package is FASTER than the 3Mbps CableOne service in our area (as tested by ZD Lab's benchmark program). Travis Microserv Mike Hammett wrote:

Re: [WISPA] 2nd Look @ 3.65 ?

2009-03-20 Thread Travis Johnson
I have a quote from Level3 for $12.50 per meg and it's 10x the bandwidth that Cogent is... ;) Travis Microserv George Rogato wrote: Kinda high If you are lucky and you have access to fiber consider this Cogent, if you buy a GigE port and commit to 200 megs, you can have it for

Re: [WISPA] 2nd Look @ 3.65 ?

2009-03-20 Thread Travis Johnson
nge, and I have no problem pay 12.00 for good bandwidth, I'm paying more now under my current contract. Guess what I would like to know is where to find the ratings of who is the best, I used to hear Sprint was quality, but that was just a few opinions. Travis Johnson wrote: I ha

Re: [WISPA] 2nd Look @ 3.65 ?

2009-03-18 Thread Travis Johnson
We have a sector feeding 3 other towers that has been rock solid for 59 days now. Using a 10mhz channel, delivering 11Mbps at 18 miles. Travis Microserv Matt Liotta wrote: Yes, but the UBNT 3.65 radios are crap. Everyone we tried was worthless. On the other hand, every Redline 3.65

Re: [WISPA] schools

2009-03-10 Thread Travis Johnson
Too bad this isn't really helping much. I am heading to a Public Hearing right now for our school district. Even with the stimulus money, they are still talking about getting rid of 20-30 teachers and counselors next school year. And the year after that there may be that many more. That's a

Re: [WISPA] 3.65 ptp

2009-03-06 Thread Travis Johnson
The FCC ULS requires that you enter the FCC ID of the radio that is being used, along with it's characteristics. That is easily done with an XR3 card. No where during the registration process does it say the radio and antenna and everything else has to be certified as a "system". I can

Re: [WISPA] 100 meg full duplex backhaul

2009-03-04 Thread Travis Johnson
think we need the unlicensed for each hop if the entire network is build in a circle? marlon - Original Message - From: "Travis Johnson" t...@ida.net To: "WISPA General List" wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 9:12 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] 100 meg

Re: [WISPA] Short 100Meg full duplex hop needed

2009-03-04 Thread Travis Johnson
The most cost effective solution is going to be licensed. At $11,000 for a complete link, that's probably the cheapest thing you are going to find for this kind of bandwidth. Travis Microserv Ryan Ghering wrote: I'm in need run a link 100 meg full duplex at 1 mile. Unlicensed gear is

Re: [WISPA] Short 100Meg full duplex hop needed

2009-03-04 Thread Travis Johnson
going to be more expensive than the Dragonwave hop. Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 2:47 PM

Re: [WISPA] radio mobile

2009-03-03 Thread Travis Johnson
Just for what it's worth, I have donated several hundred dollars to the Radio Mobile author over the past few years. Everyone else that uses it should donate as well... Travis Microserv Brian Webster wrote: Marlon, Roger Coude the software author (a personal friend of mine) is not a

Re: [WISPA] 100 meg full duplex backhaul

2009-03-03 Thread Travis Johnson
Licensed 18ghz links with 5.8ghz backup links for each hop. Figure $15,000 per link for everything. Travis Microserv Marlon K. Schafer wrote: Hi All, I'm looking for some gear that'll be rock solid at 15 to 20 miles. Some links may be less, but I'm not counting on that. I'll be hauling

Re: [WISPA] Another online backup thread

2009-02-17 Thread Travis Johnson
Circuit City had many, many problems (at least at the store here). Lots and lots of "managers" walking around, while their pricing on computer hardware was really, really high. Even during their clearance last week, I went in and found an HP laptop they had marked down for the clearance

Re: [WISPA] make sure you are filtering AS48438 right now

2009-02-16 Thread Travis Johnson
There is ALWAYS another choice _affordable_ choice is another question. :) We are backhauling an OC3 from Idaho Falls, Idaho to Seattle, WA right now... I'm sure that's farther than you are from Seattle... ;) Travis Microserv Marlon K. Schafer wrote: roflol Oh the arrogance of the

Re: [WISPA] It can mean everything

2009-02-15 Thread Travis Johnson
John, What you did for the community and the individuals in that area is very cool. Something you should be proud of for the rest of your life. However, let's play the other side of this Broadband Stimulus package. What if, because of all this "free" money, two new competitors come to this

Re: [WISPA] Need 18ghz link

2009-02-12 Thread Travis Johnson
Another item that I would like to bring up... the US economy is in sad shape right now. So, if you are looking to buy a licensed radio set, are you better to send your money to Canada, or keep it here in the US? For all practical and "reasonable" items, DW and Trango both have a great ptp

[WISPA] 3.65 Hpol sector antenna

2009-02-12 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, Looking for a horizontally polarized 3.65ghz sector antenna. Something between 60 and 120 degrees. We have the Pac Wireless one installed now, but the performance seems to be lacking (maybe because it's only rated up to 3.60ghz?). We are off almost 10db from the path calcs. Any other

Re: [WISPA] Need 18ghz link

2009-02-12 Thread Travis Johnson
] On Behalf Of Matt Liotta Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 3:00 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Need 18ghz link On Feb 12, 2009, at 3:55 PM, Travis Johnson wrote: And, CTI has published their exact pricing for the Trango. Why is nobody else putting out the DW price? I

Re: [WISPA] Need 18ghz link

2009-02-11 Thread Travis Johnson
HUH? Someone at Trango held a gun to your head and made you purchase their gear? I don't get this message at all? Travis Microserv Josh Luthman wrote: So when you build a Trango backhaul network you hope they don't ruin you like they did for us trying to do use 700 dollar CPEs. I have

Re: [WISPA] yucky backhaul, need ideas

2009-02-10 Thread Travis Johnson
Mikrotik RB411 with SR5 cards, ARC 23dbi flat panel integrated enclosure antennas running in a 10mhz wide channel with Nstreme. Travis Microserv Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: Hi All, I have a 9 mile link that I need to put in for a new tower site. No problem with the 9 miles.

Re: [WISPA] yucky backhaul, need ideas

2009-02-10 Thread Travis Johnson
choosing the SR over the XR? (We may have been here before.) IIRC, the chipset that the SR5 uses listens to 20 MHz whereas the XR5 would listen to 5 or 10. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: "T

Re: [WISPA] Service vehicle

2009-02-10 Thread Travis Johnson
If it makes you feel better, today we only got 8mpg while pulling our sno-cat (with a Duramax even) at 80mph down the freeway. ;) Travis Microserv Mark Nash wrote: LOL I was just thinking about revitalizing this thread as I was speeding across our valley here because one of our techs

Re: [WISPA] Need 18ghz link

2009-02-10 Thread Travis Johnson
Isn't that the purpose of a public forum? :) Travis Microserv Jeff Ehman wrote: All, When comparing exactly apples to apples, there is about a 10-20% premium for a Dragonwave product. There are plenty of threads on this topic. I would be happy to grab a bunch for you so hit me off

Re: [WISPA] Service vehicle

2009-02-10 Thread Travis Johnson
Freeway speed limits in Idaho are 75mph. We usually drive 80mph. The Duramax will easily go that fast, even with 2,000 pounds in the bed and 9,800 pounds of sno-cat in tow. :) Travis Microserv RickG wrote: I believe the 8mpg but 80mph? -RickG On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:33 PM, Travis

Re: [WISPA] Need 18ghz link

2009-02-10 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, I have a better idea someone compile a simple side-by-side comparison of the Dragonwave vs. Trango 18ghz radios. List all the benefits of each radio, and then also list the current price for a "comparable" speed for each. I'm not familiar with the current Dragonwave product, so I

Re: [WISPA] Service vehicle

2009-02-10 Thread Travis Johnson
] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 11:17 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Service vehicle I believe the 8mpg but 80mph? -RickG On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:33 PM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote: If it makes you feel better, today we only got 8mpg while pulling

Re: [WISPA] StarOS/Valemount

2009-02-08 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, Mikrotik has this same ability, but using their Winbox GUI. I can right-click on any connected Mikrotik device in the list and connect directly (even if it doesn't have an IP address on it at all). And let's not forget the all powerful Torch utility that is built in to every Mikrotik

Re: [WISPA] 3.65ghz sector

2009-02-07 Thread Travis Johnson
I was :) Travis Mike Hammett wrote: I thought you were talking antenna, not radio. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: "Travis Johnson" t...@ida.net Sent: Thursday, February 0

Re: [WISPA] Point to point links, NLOS

2009-02-05 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, We are doing some pretty amazing NLOS shots using Mikrotik and OFDM. How far is the link? What is in the way? Trees? Buildings? Travis Microserv Josh Luthman wrote: To my knowledge, the only thing that can be used for NLOS is 900 MHz. I would like to link my house and the tower on the

Re: [WISPA] Point to point links, NLOS

2009-02-05 Thread Travis Johnson
who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote: Hi, We are doing some pretty amazing NLOS shots using Mikrotik and OFDM. How far is the link? What is in the way? Trees? Buildings

[WISPA] 3.65ghz sector

2009-02-05 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, Any suggestions for a 3.65ghz sector? Need 60-90 degrees and something affordable. Travis Microserv WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

[WISPA] Sysadmin help

2009-02-05 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, Just wanted to share some helpful information. We had a web server having some performance issues. I had spent a few hours looking over everything and could never find anything that could be causing the problem. I then posted a message on the list and got an off-list reply from Michael

Re: [WISPA] Trango PoEs

2009-02-03 Thread Travis Johnson
Yes, we have been using them for 3-4 years. They work great. Travis Microserv Josh Luthman wrote: Is it save to use the PacWireless 24v reverse units for the Trango 5800/5830/900 APs and SUs? I used to order Trango PoEs along side the radio, along with the mounting bolts/plates. We have

Re: [WISPA] Trango PoEs

2009-02-03 Thread Travis Johnson
Tom, Are the newest Trango PoE units also grounded like the Pac units (with the power cord)? We have fixed many customers that kept blowing ethernet ports on routers by switching to the Pac PoE units. Travis Microserv Tom DeReggi wrote: Trango factory POE are very inexpensive now in 10

Re: [WISPA] Service vehicle

2009-02-02 Thread Travis Johnson
We buy brand new Chevy Silverado 4x4 long-bed V6 work trucks. We tried the buy cheap and fix it when it breaks, but that doesn't work for us anymore. We can't have a vehicle out of service for 2-3 days because we give up 4-6 installs during that time. We get a $500 Lowe's card when we buy, so

Re: [WISPA] Service vehicle

2009-02-02 Thread Travis Johnson
We generally see 16mpg average (city driving, freeway at 80mph, etc.) with 500-700 pounds of gear in the back. Travis Matt wrote: We buy brand new Chevy Silverado 4x4 long-bed V6 work trucks. We tried What kind of mpg you get out of them? Matt the "buy cheap

Re: [WISPA] Redundant / Alternate Backhauls

2009-02-02 Thread Travis Johnson
We did this with all of our critical links last summer. It was the best thing we ever did... it has saved us several times this winter already. :) Travis Microserv Mark Nash wrote: We've been putting in redundant or alternate backhauls to our distros that have more than 20 users. I'm

Re: [WISPA] Redundant / Alternate Backhauls

2009-02-02 Thread Travis Johnson
ve to switch to them manually, so then we know there is a problem, and we can control the traffic flow. Travis Microserv can...@believewireless.net wrote: We setup a redundant circle around our network with OSPF. Highly recommend it. On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net

Re: [WISPA] [WISPA Members] [Board] Lobbying Fund Drive Update

2009-01-30 Thread Travis Johnson
Also, one more quick thing it would be helpful if you would post the Paypal address and mailing address at the bottom of every one of your update emails... to make it easier for people. You could even post a direct link to the Paypal account inside your email. :) Travis Microserv Rick

Re: [WISPA] [Motorola II] [WISPA Members] Wireless Mapping Website

2009-01-29 Thread Travis Johnson
Rick, Is there some way to make this easier? We cover a ton of zip codes (towns as small as 50 people). It would be easier to just draw on a map... or even if we could provide GPS coordinates (like the four corners of a square)? Travis Microserv Rick Harnish wrote: I believe as Brian

Re: [WISPA] OMG...

2009-01-29 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, As I mentioned before, I don't want the hand-out either. The problem is, I don't want my competition to get any free money either (including cable or DSL). So, what do we do? The only option I see is to ask for our fair share, so we can stay on even ground. Travis Microserv

Re: [WISPA] Bad install days

2009-01-28 Thread Travis Johnson
We installed yesterday and it was -13F at the office when everyone showed up at 8:00AM. Got 6 installs done. :) Travis Microserv Steve Barnes wrote: Same here in Indiana. Called the clients to reschedule. Everyone but installers come to office and get caught up on paper work, training, or

Re: [WISPA] Bad install days

2009-01-28 Thread Travis Johnson
don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote: We installed yesterday and it was -13F at the office when everyone showed up at 8:00AM. Got 6 installs done. :) Travis Microserv Steve B

Re: [WISPA] Bad install days

2009-01-28 Thread Travis Johnson
1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote: We installed yesterday and it was -13F at the office when everyone showed up at 8

Re: [WISPA] Bad install days

2009-01-28 Thread Travis Johnson
don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote: We installed yesterday and it was -13F at the office when everyone showed up at 8:00AM. Got 6 installs done. :) Travis Microserv Steve

Re: [WISPA] Bad install days

2009-01-28 Thread Travis Johnson
stand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote: We have 7 full-time installers now, all single person. We have real-time GPS units in each vehicle and they all have company cell phones. Travis Microserv

Re: [WISPA] bonding

2009-01-24 Thread Travis Johnson
l Message-- From: Travis Johnson Sender: wireless-boun...@wispa.org To: WISPA General List ReplyTo: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] bonding Sent: Jan 23, 2009 11:22 Hi, We currently provide DSL service using Qwest. We are a "megahost" provider, meaning we have a DS3 directly

Re: [WISPA] bonding

2009-01-24 Thread Travis Johnson
multiple times. ATT says they see no issues. Any thoughts? -RickG On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote: Hi, That's not good news... when we use Cisco CEF and per-packet load balancing, we get the full speed. We currently have a customer that has 4 bonded 4Mbps

Re: [WISPA] How many switches can do RSTP?

2009-01-23 Thread Travis Johnson
Mikrotik now supports MPLS. So any routerboard should work fine, depending on how much traffic you need to move. Travis Microserv Paolo Di Francesco wrote: Hi Nathan, it could be a solution, but: 1) the only product I found interesting it CISCO ME switch with MPLS. Any other suggestion

[WISPA] bonding

2009-01-23 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, We currently provide DSL service using Qwest. We are a megahost provider, meaning we have a DS3 directly to Qwest, and then we can sell DSL circuits using our bandwidth, etc. In the past, we have been able to bond multiple DSL lines using a Cisco router on the customer side and then using

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Bullet5 review...

2009-01-22 Thread Travis Johnson
work. BTW, Canopy radios at $160 are double the cost of a NanoStation. Canopy with a reflector is 3x the cost of a Bullet5 and 26db grid. StarOS APs are at least 1/4th the cost of a comparable Canopy AP. Matt Larsen vistabeam.com Travis Johnson wrote: Matt, I know we have

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Bullet5 review...

2009-01-22 Thread Travis Johnson
plex links. And that includes real, external antennas and not the little crappy patch antennas inside of the Canopy case. And I have open source tools to manage it, not this BAM or PRIZM or whatever crazy stuff that Canopy requires. Your turn. :^) Matt Larsen vistabeam.com Travis Johnson wrote:

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Bullet5 review...

2009-01-21 Thread Travis Johnson
The problem will be that they are still plain 802.11 technology. There is no polling or ARQ or FEC or anything else that makes technology like Trango, Canopy and others work so well. We pulled all of our 802.11 stuff down over 5 years ago. It does NOT scale. You will never get an AP with

Re: [WISPA] We're being DDOS'd by DC!

2009-01-21 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, I just bought some today for one of our bigger tower sites. We will install four of these connected to an APC SmartUps 1400 and will probably get 30+ hours of uptime (this site has multiple switches, routers, point to point links, licensed links, rebooter and over 10 AP's).

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Bullet5 review...

2009-01-21 Thread Travis Johnson
Larsen vistabeam.com Travis Johnson wrote: The problem will be that they are still plain 802.11 technology. There is no polling or ARQ or FEC or anything else that makes technology like Trango, Canopy and others work so well. We pulled all of our 802.11 stuff down over 5 years ago

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Bullet5 review...

2009-01-21 Thread Travis Johnson
outperforming what Trango does on clients per AP level. Regards, Chuck Hogg Avolutia, LLC 502-722-9292 ch...@avolutia.com http://www.avolutia.com http://www.shelbybb.com From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Wednesday

Re: [WISPA] Ceragon, Dragonwave and whatelse?

2009-01-17 Thread Travis Johnson
Take a look at the Trango GigaLink and APEX radios. They make both an IDU/ODU and just an ODU option. We just installed the APEX 18ghz systems. At one location we used the fiber option and it works great. You can contact them directly (www.trangobroadband.com) or contact Charles @ CTI. They

[WISPA] 5.4ghz omni

2009-01-15 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, I am interested in any input on 5.4ghz omni directional antennas. I know there are quite a few different brands and models (PacWireless, Proxim, Maxrad, etc.) and I am looking for any feedback on what people have found seems to work better or worse than any others? thanks, Travis

Re: [WISPA] [isp-wireless] FM radio station site strangeness

2009-01-10 Thread Travis Johnson
You run both. CAT5 to carry just the power and fiber to carry the data. We just did this exact thing with our Trango APEX 18ghz radios at our FM repeater. Worked perfectly. (Of course, that radio was made to handle fiber already, so it was pretty easy). Travis Microserv Marlon K. Schafer

Re: [WISPA] Trango 900

2009-01-08 Thread Travis Johnson
They do 3Mbps total bandwidth... so however many subs you can get on there at whatever speed they are OK with... ;) We have some with 60+ subs. Travis Microserv Al Stewart wrote: I know some of you are using Trango 900s. So could I trouble you for some observations based on your depth of

Re: [WISPA] FM radio station site strangeness

2009-01-07 Thread Travis Johnson
Marlon, It has taken us almost 10 years at our single FM radio station location to figure out how to make things work at 100Mbps. This is one of the worst stations I have ever seen or heard about. In the "generator" room where we are located, the fluorescent light bulbs will actually glow

[WISPA] Postage

2009-01-05 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, I'm curious what everyone else is using for sending USPS letters and packages? We've had a nice postage machine (seals, stamps, etc.) that does our envelopes each month (about 1,500 per month). However, I'm getting tired of these companies (Neopost) charging $200 for a software update

Re: [WISPA] equipment state property taxes

2009-01-04 Thread Travis Johnson
Yes, in our County, we do pay property tax on all of our office equipment (desks, signs, computers, air conditioners, TV's, etc.) at our office. This is for businesses only. Travis Microserv Mike Hammett wrote: I've never heard of a property tax that was applied to anything other than a

Re: [WISPA] equipment state property taxes

2009-01-04 Thread Travis Johnson
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 1:53 AM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote: Yes, this is correct. We have to pay it on all our leases in the form of property taxes. :( Travis Microserv RickG wrote: Well, I thought I wouldnt have to worry about state property taxes on my equipment

Re: [WISPA] equipment state property taxes

2009-01-03 Thread Travis Johnson
Yes, this is correct. We have to pay it on all our leases in the form of property taxes. :( Travis Microserv RickG wrote: Well, I thought I wouldnt have to worry about state property taxes on my equipment because it was leased, but I received a nice Christmas present from my leasing company

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-02 Thread Travis Johnson
"likely" in just 6 months. That's the wiser "bet", by a million times. ++++ insert witty tagline here - Original Message - From: "Travis Johnson" t...@ida.net To: "WISPA General List" wireless@wispa.org Sent: T

Re: [WISPA] OneConnectIP down

2009-01-01 Thread Travis Johnson
ics-il.com -- From: "Travis Johnson" t...@ida.net Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 2:14 PM To: isp-wirel...@isp-wireless.com; "Motorola Canopy User Group" motor...@wispa.org; "WISPA General List" wireless@wispa.org Subject:

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-01 Thread Travis Johnson
You can not grow in large scales without financing... and I don't understand why people are against it. Our last equipment lease was under 10% interest, no personal guarantees, no money up front. We were able to purchase a large quantity of CPE units (thus saving us about 20% off the single

Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow

2009-01-01 Thread Travis Johnson
---- From: "Travis Johnson" t...@ida.net To: "WISPA General List" wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Congress may help smaller ISPs grow You can not grow in large scales without financing... and I don't understand why p

[WISPA] OneConnectIP down

2008-12-31 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, It looks a like a large VoIP/ISP provider in the western US has gone out of business. OneConnectip (www.oneconnectip.com) is apparently in a legal battle with Qwest. However, Qwest has basically turned off most (if not all) of their services (over 100,000 DSL lines, backhauls, T1, DIA,

[WISPA] signal measurement

2008-12-28 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, A while ago someone posted about a device that would measure signal output of a radio for testing purposes. What was the name of that device? Travis Microserv WISPA Wants You! Join today!

[WISPA] Canopy NMS

2008-12-28 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, What are people using to monitor their Canopy wireless networks? I know there is Prizm (which we are currently testing), but I am wondering what else is available? thanks, Travis Microserv WISPA Wants You!

Re: [WISPA] Canopy NMS

2008-12-28 Thread Travis Johnson
...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 2:10 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Canopy NMS Hi, What are people using to monitor their Canopy wireless networks? I know there is Prizm (which we are currently testing

Re: [WISPA] Lafayette LA, 10 Meg fiber, $28.95 / month.

2008-12-28 Thread Travis Johnson
However, you can't buy JUST the internet service looks like you have to purchase all 3... so really, they are charging more than what it really appears. Also, those speeds are up to and not guaranteed. Travis Microserv John Thomas wrote: Have you guys in Louisiana heard about this?

Re: [WISPA] Trango GIGA Unband mngmt?

2008-12-24 Thread Travis Johnson
On the APEX line, you can turn off "smart mode" and then the GigE copper and Fiber ports will all talk to each other across the link (meaning you can run copper on 1 side and fiber on the other). Travis Microserv 3-dB Networks wrote: Correct... This is supposed to be a selling feature

Re: [WISPA] RIP

2008-12-19 Thread Travis Johnson
A routing protocol like RIP should not make your network slower (or faster). Although if I remember correctly, RIP does send out frequent network updates, even if nothing changes. So I guess it's possible if you have a lot of RIP devices all sending out updates, it could be creating some

Re: [WISPA] Target market for wisps

2008-12-17 Thread Travis Johnson
Use other frequencies and install more sectors... 5.3ghz for short range customers 5.4ghz for short range customers 5.8ghz for longer distances Travis Microserv Steve Barnes wrote: Need some advice here. We have this issue already but I am having to turn down clients due to noise in the

Re: [WISPA] U.S. Adults Choosing Internet Over Sex

2008-12-16 Thread Travis Johnson
As my kids would say... TMI Too Much Information :) Travis Charles Wu (CTI) wrote: The wife's in bed and I'm still...responding to message on this listserv =/ -Charles -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of

Re: [WISPA] Vecima 3.65

2008-12-15 Thread Travis Johnson
To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Vecima 3.65 I consider my reply to be of enough value that I am sending out on the WISPA members list. You will see my reply there. Scriv On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote: John, What are your thoughts about

Re: [WISPA] Vecima 3.65

2008-12-15 Thread Travis Johnson
locations. Patrick From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 8:08 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Vecima 3.65 Patrick, Could you please share the exact informa

Re: [WISPA] Vecima 3.65 update

2008-12-15 Thread Travis Johnson
Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 1:39 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Vecima 3.65 update Hi, Ok

Re: [WISPA] Vecima 3.65 update

2008-12-15 Thread Travis Johnson
787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 7:53 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Vecima 3.65 update Actually the ping

Re: [WISPA] Vecima 3.65

2008-12-14 Thread Travis Johnson
Honestly, it would seem the best solution at this time would be to use the Vecima Base stations with Redline CPE. :) Travis Microserv Jeff Ehman wrote: We are going to test this for ourselves but it is our understanding that all 3.65 WiMAX Forum Certified equipment is interoperable but

Re: [WISPA] Vecima 3.65

2008-12-14 Thread Travis Johnson
serv John Scrivner wrote: My thoughts inline below: On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote: U pricing is WAY, WAY different. Redline AP's are around $10k Vecima AP's are around $4k Redline has an FCC approved system with 3 - 120 degr

Re: [WISPA] Vecima 3.65

2008-12-13 Thread Travis Johnson
connector? They insist this is the most waterproof / weatherproof way they've found. Even so, it is a pain in the rear, I agree. Looking forward to seeing more test results. Thanks for doing the product beta test and development for us :) Randy Travis Johnson wrote: Hi, We received

Re: [WISPA] Vecima 3.65

2008-12-13 Thread Travis Johnson
] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 7:21 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Vecima 3.65 U pricing is WAY, WAY different. Redline AP's are around $10k Vecima AP's are around $4k Redline CPE's are $300 each (even in 250 quantity) Vecima CPE's are less than

[WISPA] PS

2008-12-12 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, Looking for a source for 48V power supplies (2 amp) in a desktop / brick style. thanks, Travis Microserv WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

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