Re: [WISPA] Good Backhaul?

2005-12-23 Thread Matt Larsen - Lists
I would echo Pauls sentiments, exactly. StarOS has been great for me, and seems to get the most out of the hardware that I run it on. I have some WAR boards, but they are not in production yet - I'm waiting for v3 to be ported over before putting them up. There are three things that I

Re: [WISPA] Good Backhaul?

2005-12-23 Thread Mark Nash
Matt/Paul/Others: Thanks for the flow of info. What hardware is preferred to run the StarOS on? Most interested in the AP, but for CPE as well? I'm highly interested in bandwidth shaping and routing at the AP, and if routing is available at the sector, then bonus. Does the StarOS at the AP

Re: [WISPA] Good Backhaul?

2005-12-23 Thread Ron Wallace
ROFLMAO-Original Message-From: David E. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:29 AMTo: 'WISPA General List'Subject: Re: [WISPA] Good Backhaul?Ron Wallace wrote: That is exactly what I needed to hear, regarding the 2 OSs. Now a second Q, what is the difference

[WISPA] Fw: [TVWHITESPACE] Noteworthy FCC PN and filing deadline

2005-12-23 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Anyone see a reason not to support this proposal? Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! 64.146.146.12 (net meeting)

Re: [WISPA] Good Backhaul?

2005-12-23 Thread David E. Smith
Mark Nash wrote: What hardware is preferred to run the StarOS on? Most interested in the AP, but for CPE as well? The neat thing about StarOS is that it's Linux-based, so it'll probably run on just about any old computer you've got sitting in the closet. :D If your traffic will stay under,

Re: [WISPA] FW: mobile platforms

2005-12-23 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
FYI. You do NOT have 3 dB of connector loss unless you are totally screwing up the connectors. The actual loss is something like .1 dB of loss per connector. I usually count them as 0 just to be safe. Also, you've surely noticed that Vivato just folded up shop. The product never really

RE: [WISPA] Good Backhaul?

2005-12-23 Thread Paul Hendry
The WAR board is to Valemount what RB511 is to Mikrotik in that you can only run proprietary software on the hardware but the pro's of this are that the software can get better performance than if using generic x86 platform. Ony thing is that the performance increase with the RB511 over a WRAP

Re: [WISPA] Good Backhaul?

2005-12-23 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
agreed. I don't think of myself as a wireless guy. I'm a bit pusher. Want dailup, I got that. Want wireless? i got that. Want fiber? I got that too. Sometimes I think I should install a fur lined interior on the car and wear a bright red silk suit to work! grin Marlon (509) 982-2181

Re: [WISPA] Good Backhaul?

2005-12-23 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
For all of you guys looking at fiber. Be VERY careful. We've got it out here. Basically a municipal network, many of them in the state already. Many years old. It's normally several orders of magnitude more expensive than it's ever made out to be. Just the labor and digging up streets

[WISPA] VPN for mobile applications

2005-12-23 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi All, I have a local police dept. that's interested in mobile applications in their cars etc. They are aware of a solution called Netmotion. Anything like that but at a better price out there? Mainly they are after something called persistant sessions which allows seamless connectivity

[WISPA] Have a Merry Christmas

2005-12-23 Thread John Scrivner
I have certainly been blessed this year. My business has grown and I have had everything I could ever want from life. I am looking forward to spending a bunch of time with family and friends and celebrating Christmas together. I hope all of you have everything you could ever want from life