Re: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there any in existance?

2006-01-30 Thread Bob Moldashel

Jason wrote:


Bob,

I really don't care if it is a CM9, I just wanted the routerboard 
because it can act as an L2TP server.  I did not think that the 
wrap/routerboard controller really mattered because it isn't the 
radio, the mini-pci card is.  So I think the real question is, are 
there any mini-pci/antenna combos that are legal?  Where are the "Tons 
of certified combinations" and their certs?



There are many manufacturers with certified systems with external 
antennas.  Alvarion, Tranzeo, Trango, etc, etc.  There are no mini-pci 
cards certified with external antennas that we could ever find. Most of 
the boards were recertifed in other manufacturers products as an assembly.




Also you said:
"Keep in mind that only a manufacturer of the product can consider it 
an equal or lesser equivalent to what was originally approved "



Directly from the words of the commission's OET people in Washington.



Where did that come from?

Jason

Bob Moldashel wrote:

NahThere are a ton of certified combinations.  There just aren't 
any WRAP/Routerboard/CM9 combos that are certified.


-B-





Kurt Fankhauser wrote:


As far as I know the only certified combo's are Cisco w/ YDI antennas,
and even those are certified right down to the cable length, yes your
cable length has to be certain lengths in order to be legal. If you are
caught with an uncertified system the FCC can tell you to pull the 
plug,

and if you don't you can be fined. As far as I know there is no such
thing as a certified system using WRAP boards or Mikrotik Boards. If 
you

choose to ignore the rules be prepared for a visit from the FCC because
they can knock on your door any day.
Kurt Fankhauser
WAVELINC
114 S. Walnut St.
Bucyrus, OH 44820
419-562-6405
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[WISPA] Canopy Lite

2006-01-30 Thread Brian Rohrbacher


What are the differences "in a nutshell" from the regular SM, 900mhz?  
Differences besides speed.


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[WISPA] little windy today

2006-01-30 Thread Marlon Schafer (509-982-2181)

Gonna be a great day!  No installs for this cowboy :-).

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KWAODESS1

40mph gusts.  yippee

marlon

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Re: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there any in existance?

2006-01-30 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181

Hiya Jason,

Why not just buy ISP grade product?  Then you don't have to worry about all 
of this.


AND at 2.4 the CLIENT side isn't limited to 36 dB.  It starts there with a 
30 dB radio with a 6 dB antenna.  For every one db of radio tx dB you drop 
you can go up 3 dB of antenna gain.


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- Original Message - 
From: "Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 12:26 PM
Subject: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there any in 
existance?




Everyone,

   I am at my wits end.  I have searched high and low for a mini-pci radio 
& sector antenna combo for an 802.11b AP that are legal under the current 
FCC rules, which by my interpretation are:


1. Total output is 36 dbm or less.

2.  Antenna characteristics must be the same as an antenna that has been 
approved for use with that radio, where TYPE refers to antennas with 
SIMILAR in and out of band radiation patterns.


3.  Antenna gain must be equal to or less than the maximum the radio has 
been approved to work with.


I can NOT find a radio that is approved for any antenna with real gain.  I 
don't want to mind just the SPIRIT of the law, but the law itself.
What combos are you other guys who like building your own system.  I want 
to put together a Mikrotik with 3 radios and sectors for an AP.  The 
sectors I am looking at are:


AntennaGainWidthPol
WRW2400-VF/A/H13dbi120H 
http://www.winncom.com/moreinfo/item/WRW2400-VF/A/H/index.html


DT-AN-24-120H-13513.5120H
https://www.demarctech.com/products/reliawave-antennas/2_4Ghz/DT-AN-24-120H-135.html

DT-AN-24-60120V-152115120V
https://www.demarctech.com/products/reliawave-antennas/2_4Ghz/DT-AN-24-AS-60120V-2115.html

HyperGain® HG2417P-12017dbi120V
http://www.hyperlinktech.com/index.php

Teletronics19120H
http://www.teletronics.com/antenna2-419dBSector.html

Teletronics22140H
http://www.teletronics.com/antenna2-422dBidirectional.html

I am sorry if this table doesn't wrap well on some email clients.
I am still looking for a 18 dbi HZ pol antenna with FCC certs because I 
think it can be used with a  DT-RWZ-200mW-WC, although it is pcmcia and 
I'll have to figure out how to use it with a 500 series RB (Note, there 
are foreign antennas that have 18 dbi, but don't come with FCC certs; see 
my last post).  As far as I can tell, the CM9's can't be used anywhere.
Ideally, I would like to use the 22 dbi Teletronics in my application with 
a 14dbm radio for the greatest receive gain.  Or at least a HZ polarized 
antenna with decent gain.


Anyway, can someone please help.  I appreciate those of you who have 
helped me to even reach this point.


Jason Wallace
WISP startup


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Re: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there any in existance?

2006-01-30 Thread Jason Wallace

Marlon,

   What would you suggest?  I am afraid of proprietary stuff because I 
don't know enough industry history to understand the players. 


Jason

Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote:

Hiya Jason,

Why not just buy ISP grade product?  Then you don't have to worry 
about all of this.


AND at 2.4 the CLIENT side isn't limited to 36 dB.  It starts there 
with a 30 dB radio with a 6 dB antenna.  For every one db of radio tx 
dB you drop you can go up 3 dB of antenna gain.


Marlon
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64.146.146.12 (net meeting)
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www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam



- Original Message - From: "Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 12:26 PM
Subject: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there any in 
existance?




Everyone,

   I am at my wits end.  I have searched high and low for a mini-pci 
radio & sector antenna combo for an 802.11b AP that are legal under 
the current FCC rules, which by my interpretation are:


1. Total output is 36 dbm or less.

2.  Antenna characteristics must be the same as an antenna that has 
been approved for use with that radio, where TYPE refers to antennas 
with SIMILAR in and out of band radiation patterns.


3.  Antenna gain must be equal to or less than the maximum the radio 
has been approved to work with.


I can NOT find a radio that is approved for any antenna with real 
gain.  I don't want to mind just the SPIRIT of the law, but the law 
itself.
What combos are you other guys who like building your own system.  I 
want to put together a Mikrotik with 3 radios and sectors for an AP.  
The sectors I am looking at are:


AntennaGainWidthPol
WRW2400-VF/A/H13dbi120H 
http://www.winncom.com/moreinfo/item/WRW2400-VF/A/H/index.html


DT-AN-24-120H-13513.5120H
https://www.demarctech.com/products/reliawave-antennas/2_4Ghz/DT-AN-24-120H-135.html 



DT-AN-24-60120V-152115120V
https://www.demarctech.com/products/reliawave-antennas/2_4Ghz/DT-AN-24-AS-60120V-2115.html 



HyperGain® HG2417P-12017dbi120V
http://www.hyperlinktech.com/index.php

Teletronics19120H
http://www.teletronics.com/antenna2-419dBSector.html

Teletronics22140H
http://www.teletronics.com/antenna2-422dBidirectional.html

I am sorry if this table doesn't wrap well on some email clients.
I am still looking for a 18 dbi HZ pol antenna with FCC certs because 
I think it can be used with a  DT-RWZ-200mW-WC, although it is pcmcia 
and I'll have to figure out how to use it with a 500 series RB (Note, 
there are foreign antennas that have 18 dbi, but don't come with FCC 
certs; see my last post).  As far as I can tell, the CM9's can't be 
used anywhere.
Ideally, I would like to use the 22 dbi Teletronics in my application 
with a 14dbm radio for the greatest receive gain.  Or at least a HZ 
polarized antenna with decent gain.


Anyway, can someone please help.  I appreciate those of you who have 
helped me to even reach this point.


Jason Wallace
WISP startup


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Re: [WISPA] Canopy Lite

2006-01-30 Thread JohnnyO




Speed Price.

JohnnyO


On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 10:30 -0500, Brian Rohrbacher wrote:


What are the differences "in a nutshell" from the regular SM, 900mhz?  
Differences besides speed.

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Re: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there anyin existance?

2006-01-30 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
The beauty of using wifi is that it doesn't much matter.  They pretty much 
all work with each other.


As for what you should/could use.  What's the application?  What did you 
want to do with the wrap boards that's different from what you can get out 
of an isp centric product?


Feel free to call me and we can chat about this.  509.988.0260

laters,
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To: "WISPA General List" 
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there anyin 
existance?




Marlon,

   What would you suggest?  I am afraid of proprietary stuff because I 
don't know enough industry history to understand the players.

Jason

Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote:

Hiya Jason,

Why not just buy ISP grade product?  Then you don't have to worry about 
all of this.


AND at 2.4 the CLIENT side isn't limited to 36 dB.  It starts there with 
a 30 dB radio with a 6 dB antenna.  For every one db of radio tx dB you 
drop you can go up 3 dB of antenna gain.


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)
www.odessaoffice.com/wireless
www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam



- Original Message - From: "Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 12:26 PM
Subject: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there any in 
existance?




Everyone,

   I am at my wits end.  I have searched high and low for a mini-pci 
radio & sector antenna combo for an 802.11b AP that are legal under the 
current FCC rules, which by my interpretation are:


1. Total output is 36 dbm or less.

2.  Antenna characteristics must be the same as an antenna that has been 
approved for use with that radio, where TYPE refers to antennas with 
SIMILAR in and out of band radiation patterns.


3.  Antenna gain must be equal to or less than the maximum the radio has 
been approved to work with.


I can NOT find a radio that is approved for any antenna with real gain. 
I don't want to mind just the SPIRIT of the law, but the law itself.
What combos are you other guys who like building your own system.  I 
want to put together a Mikrotik with 3 radios and sectors for an AP. 
The sectors I am looking at are:


AntennaGainWidthPol
WRW2400-VF/A/H13dbi120H 
http://www.winncom.com/moreinfo/item/WRW2400-VF/A/H/index.html


DT-AN-24-120H-13513.5120H
https://www.demarctech.com/products/reliawave-antennas/2_4Ghz/DT-AN-24-120H-135.html

DT-AN-24-60120V-152115120V
https://www.demarctech.com/products/reliawave-antennas/2_4Ghz/DT-AN-24-AS-60120V-2115.html

HyperGain® HG2417P-12017dbi120V
http://www.hyperlinktech.com/index.php

Teletronics19120H
http://www.teletronics.com/antenna2-419dBSector.html

Teletronics22140H
http://www.teletronics.com/antenna2-422dBidirectional.html

I am sorry if this table doesn't wrap well on some email clients.
I am still looking for a 18 dbi HZ pol antenna with FCC certs because I 
think it can be used with a  DT-RWZ-200mW-WC, although it is pcmcia and 
I'll have to figure out how to use it with a 500 series RB (Note, there 
are foreign antennas that have 18 dbi, but don't come with FCC certs; 
see my last post).  As far as I can tell, the CM9's can't be used 
anywhere.
Ideally, I would like to use the 22 dbi Teletronics in my application 
with a 14dbm radio for the greatest receive gain.  Or at least a HZ 
polarized antenna with decent gain.


Anyway, can someone please help.  I appreciate those of you who have 
helped me to even reach this point.


Jason Wallace
WISP startup


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[WISPA] Re: [TVWHITESPACE] NEI petition Docket 05-345

2006-01-30 Thread Harold Feld

Marlon, fantastic!

Now, can I tempt you with this?

HArold

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RE: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there anyin existance?

2006-01-30 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
The more you think about it the more you are going to find reasons not
to do it, what you have to do is just jump in and do it. Once you do you
will know what you want to do. Its like sky diving, you have to just
jump into it, if you stand up there and question it you will just freeze
up and not go anywhere.

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www.wavelinc.com


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Jason Wallace
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 8:45 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there anyin
existance?

Marlon,

What would you suggest?  I am afraid of proprietary stuff because I 
don't know enough industry history to understand the players. 

Jason

Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote:
> Hiya Jason,
>
> Why not just buy ISP grade product?  Then you don't have to worry 
> about all of this.
>
> AND at 2.4 the CLIENT side isn't limited to 36 dB.  It starts there 
> with a 30 dB radio with a 6 dB antenna.  For every one db of radio tx 
> dB you drop you can go up 3 dB of antenna gain.
>
> 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)
> www.odessaoffice.com/wireless
> www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam
>
>
>
> - Original Message - From: "Jason"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: 
> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 12:26 PM
> Subject: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there any in 
> existance?
>
>
>> Everyone,
>>
>>I am at my wits end.  I have searched high and low for a mini-pci 
>> radio & sector antenna combo for an 802.11b AP that are legal under 
>> the current FCC rules, which by my interpretation are:
>>
>> 1. Total output is 36 dbm or less.
>>
>> 2.  Antenna characteristics must be the same as an antenna that has 
>> been approved for use with that radio, where TYPE refers to antennas 
>> with SIMILAR in and out of band radiation patterns.
>>
>> 3.  Antenna gain must be equal to or less than the maximum the radio 
>> has been approved to work with.
>>
>> I can NOT find a radio that is approved for any antenna with real 
>> gain.  I don't want to mind just the SPIRIT of the law, but the law 
>> itself.
>> What combos are you other guys who like building your own system.  I 
>> want to put together a Mikrotik with 3 radios and sectors for an AP.

>> The sectors I am looking at are:
>>
>> AntennaGainWidthPol
>> WRW2400-VF/A/H13dbi120H 
>> http://www.winncom.com/moreinfo/item/WRW2400-VF/A/H/index.html
>>
>> DT-AN-24-120H-13513.5120H
>>
https://www.demarctech.com/products/reliawave-antennas/2_4Ghz/DT-AN-24-1
20H-135.html 
>>
>>
>> DT-AN-24-60120V-152115120V
>>
https://www.demarctech.com/products/reliawave-antennas/2_4Ghz/DT-AN-24-A
S-60120V-2115.html 
>>
>>
>> HyperGainR HG2417P-12017dbi120V
>> http://www.hyperlinktech.com/index.php
>>
>> Teletronics19120H
>> http://www.teletronics.com/antenna2-419dBSector.html
>>
>> Teletronics22140H
>> http://www.teletronics.com/antenna2-422dBidirectional.html
>>
>> I am sorry if this table doesn't wrap well on some email clients.
>> I am still looking for a 18 dbi HZ pol antenna with FCC certs because

>> I think it can be used with a  DT-RWZ-200mW-WC, although it is pcmcia

>> and I'll have to figure out how to use it with a 500 series RB (Note,

>> there are foreign antennas that have 18 dbi, but don't come with FCC 
>> certs; see my last post).  As far as I can tell, the CM9's can't be 
>> used anywhere.
>> Ideally, I would like to use the 22 dbi Teletronics in my application

>> with a 14dbm radio for the greatest receive gain.  Or at least a HZ 
>> polarized antenna with decent gain.
>>
>> Anyway, can someone please help.  I appreciate those of you who have 
>> helped me to even reach this point.
>>
>> Jason Wallace
>> WISP startup
>>
>>
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Re: [WISPA] Canopy Lite

2006-01-30 Thread Brian Rohrbacher




No difference in features?

JohnnyO wrote:

  
  
Speed Price.
  
JohnnyO
  
  
On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 10:30 -0500, Brian Rohrbacher wrote:
  
What are the differences "in a nutshell" from the regular SM, 900mhz?  
Differences besides speed.

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Re: [WISPA] Canopy Lite

2006-01-30 Thread Dylan Oliver
http://motorola.canopywireless.com/products/lite/

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Re: [WISPA] Canopy Lite

2006-01-30 Thread Brian Rohrbacher
I've read that.  Does anyone know if a "lite" SM is fully upgradeable to 
a regular one?


Dylan Oliver wrote:


http://motorola.canopywireless.com/products/lite/

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RE: [WISPA] Canopy Lite

2006-01-30 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
Specs say it can be upgraded to 1, 2, 3, 4 mbps.  Buy the time you do
that you should've spend the extra $50 and had a regular 2400SM to begin
with.

Kurt Fankhauser
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I've read that.  Does anyone know if a "lite" SM is fully upgradeable to

a regular one?

Dylan Oliver wrote:

>http://motorola.canopywireless.com/products/lite/
>
>Best,
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>  
>

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RE: [WISPA] Canopy Lite

2006-01-30 Thread Chadd Thompson
>From what I have read they are not fully upgradeable because there are some
hardware differences between the light and the normal units. 

I also remember reading that you have to have the advantage AP to use the
light versions of SU's.

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[WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions?

2006-01-30 Thread David E. Smith
Like many folks on this list (I'm guessing), I have a lot of PC-type 
hardware at tower locations. Right now, it's mostly RouterBoard 230s and 
WRAPs, but those systems just don't have all that much CPU power, and 
I'd like to try to improve things. When you start seriously tinkering 
with traffic shaping, firewalling, and especially some of the advanced 
filtering you can do with Linux these days, 233MHz just doesn't go as 
far as it used to.


There are all kinds of cheap computers out there, so getting something 
with more CPU power than those boards (both of which are basically 
Pentium 233s or so) isn't the problem.


The problems are size/space, and that pesky weather.

Ideally, I'd like something with at least double the raw horsepower (a 
P-500 or better), not too much larger than a RouterBoard, and that can 
handle temperatures from -20 to +120 (Fahrenheit, obviously, and those 
numbers are the highs and lows from the last couple years, with a bit of 
breathing room). I'm shooting for "no moving parts," so a fanless system 
would be ideal.


And while it needs to be small, it also needs to have at least two 
Ethernet ports, and for bonus points, access to a PCI slot (for adding 
things like miniPCI card adapters).


I'd also like a flying car. :D

If it existed, a Soekris 5501 would probably fill the bill, but it's 
been listed as "coming soon" since late 2004. There's also a number of 
low-end VIA EPIA-based boards that, while a bit larger than I'd really 
prefer, would probably work. (Eje at wisp-router sells a couple systems 
that look like they'd do the job.)


So, does anyone have any recommendations on specific hardware for 
something like this? Surely someone else out there has run into the same 
kind of problems. I suspect my size constraint will be the most 
difficult, but it's also the most flexible. Reliability is obviously my 
top concern.


David Smith
MVN.net
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[WISPA] RF Linx amps vs. YDI amps

2006-01-30 Thread Matt Larsen - Lists

Hello all,

Thought I'd share a bit of real world experience with the listers 
regarding amplifiers. 

We recently replaced three RF Linx amplifiers (indoor, 2.4Ghz, the 
non-tunable units)  with three used YDI (Breezecom labeled) 
amplifiers.   The difference was significant.   Signal strength on 
customer radios increased by about 3db and the noise floor dropped by 
another 3 to 5db.  Performance on those access points also improved 
considerably, and several previously marginal connections got a lot 
better.   One sight is even showing -72 signal from a Tranzeo 80-15 at 
13 miles. 


FWIW, these RF Linx amps are an older model (vintage winter 2002).

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RE: [WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions?

2006-01-30 Thread Paul Hendry
What software are you running on them? There are a couple of options out
there including the WAR boards (once StarOS V3 is released) or I have heard
of several people having great success with the VIA mini-itx fanless boards.
Both remove the CPU as a bottle neck.

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Subject: [WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions?

Like many folks on this list (I'm guessing), I have a lot of PC-type 
hardware at tower locations. Right now, it's mostly RouterBoard 230s and 
WRAPs, but those systems just don't have all that much CPU power, and 
I'd like to try to improve things. When you start seriously tinkering 
with traffic shaping, firewalling, and especially some of the advanced 
filtering you can do with Linux these days, 233MHz just doesn't go as 
far as it used to.

There are all kinds of cheap computers out there, so getting something 
with more CPU power than those boards (both of which are basically 
Pentium 233s or so) isn't the problem.

The problems are size/space, and that pesky weather.

Ideally, I'd like something with at least double the raw horsepower (a 
P-500 or better), not too much larger than a RouterBoard, and that can 
handle temperatures from -20 to +120 (Fahrenheit, obviously, and those 
numbers are the highs and lows from the last couple years, with a bit of 
breathing room). I'm shooting for "no moving parts," so a fanless system 
would be ideal.

And while it needs to be small, it also needs to have at least two 
Ethernet ports, and for bonus points, access to a PCI slot (for adding 
things like miniPCI card adapters).

I'd also like a flying car. :D

If it existed, a Soekris 5501 would probably fill the bill, but it's 
been listed as "coming soon" since late 2004. There's also a number of 
low-end VIA EPIA-based boards that, while a bit larger than I'd really 
prefer, would probably work. (Eje at wisp-router sells a couple systems 
that look like they'd do the job.)

So, does anyone have any recommendations on specific hardware for 
something like this? Surely someone else out there has run into the same 
kind of problems. I suspect my size constraint will be the most 
difficult, but it's also the most flexible. Reliability is obviously my 
top concern.

David Smith
MVN.net
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Re: [WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions?

2006-01-30 Thread David E. Smith

Paul Hendry wrote:

What software are you running on them? There are a couple of options out
there including the WAR boards (once StarOS V3 is released) or I have heard
of several people having great success with the VIA mini-itx fanless boards.
Both remove the CPU as a bottle neck.


I *knew* there was something I was forgetting... :)

Right now, most of them are running StarOS, but I'd like to still be 
flexible. (I have a few of these boards as CPE, mainly running RouterOS.)


The WAR boards, and the Routerboard 500s, both look very good for their 
specific jobs, but you're more-or-less tied to a certain software 
distribution there (i.e. you can't run RouterOS on a WAR, StarOS on a 
RB500, etc.).


Hey, one of these days I might get a wild notion to just install a 2GB 
flash card and Slackware at a tower location. You never know. Thus, my 
magical ideal board should probably be x86-compatible too.


I've been looking at the VIA boards. The only problem is that most of 
them only have one onboard Ethernet port, and only one PCI slot. So I 
could have my multiple Ethernet ports, OR my miniPCI adapter, but not both.


David Smith
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Re: [WISPA] RF Linx amps vs. YDI amps

2006-01-30 Thread Blair Davis

I think this is one of those weird things

I have a stack of outdoor YDI's that I replaced with outdoor RF-Linx 
units.  The RF-Linx units dropped my noise level by 5 db or better at 
every tower.


This swap was done in the spring of 2004.  I still have a few of the 
YDI's left  I ought to put them up for sale  The YDI's are all 
2001 or so vintage.


As they say, your mileage may vary

Matt Larsen - Lists wrote:


Hello all,

Thought I'd share a bit of real world experience with the listers 
regarding amplifiers.
We recently replaced three RF Linx amplifiers (indoor, 2.4Ghz, the 
non-tunable units)  with three used YDI (Breezecom labeled) 
amplifiers.   The difference was significant.   Signal strength on 
customer radios increased by about 3db and the noise floor dropped by 
another 3 to 5db.  Performance on those access points also improved 
considerably, and several previously marginal connections got a lot 
better.   One sight is even showing -72 signal from a Tranzeo 80-15 at 
13 miles.

FWIW, these RF Linx amps are an older model (vintage winter 2002).

Matt Larsen
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Re: [WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions?

2006-01-30 Thread Blair Davis

David E. Smith wrote:

Like many folks on this list (I'm guessing), I have a lot of PC-type 
hardware at tower locations. Right now, it's mostly RouterBoard 230s 
and WRAPs, but those systems just don't have all that much CPU power, 
and I'd like to try to improve things. When you start seriously 
tinkering with traffic shaping, firewalling, and especially some of 
the advanced filtering you can do with Linux these days, 233MHz just 
doesn't go as far as it used to.


There are all kinds of cheap computers out there, so getting something 
with more CPU power than those boards (both of which are basically 
Pentium 233s or so) isn't the problem.


The problems are size/space, and that pesky weather.

Ideally, I'd like something with at least double the raw horsepower (a 
P-500 or better), not too much larger than a RouterBoard, and that can 
handle temperatures from -20 to +120 (Fahrenheit, obviously, and those 
numbers are the highs and lows from the last couple years, with a bit 
of breathing room). I'm shooting for "no moving parts," so a fanless 
system would be ideal.


And while it needs to be small, it also needs to have at least two 
Ethernet ports, and for bonus points, access to a PCI slot (for adding 
things like miniPCI card adapters).


I'd also like a flying car. :D


They promised us flying cars  Where are the flying cars?!?!?!



If it existed, a Soekris 5501 would probably fill the bill, but it's 
been listed as "coming soon" since late 2004. There's also a number of 
low-end VIA EPIA-based boards that, while a bit larger than I'd really 
prefer, would probably work. (Eje at wisp-router sells a couple 
systems that look like they'd do the job.)


So, does anyone have any recommendations on specific hardware for 
something like this? Surely someone else out there has run into the 
same kind of problems. I suspect my size constraint will be the most 
difficult, but it's also the most flexible. Reliability is obviously 
my top concern.


David Smith
MVN.net




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Re: [WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions?

2006-01-30 Thread Matt Larsen - Lists
MiniATX form factor motherboard, with three PCI slots should have enough 
CPU to do about anything you want, and you can get DC/DC power supplies 
for them as well.  I have a few WRAP boards we were using as backhauls 
and the CPUs are now maxing out, so I'm going to put these units in.  
Surprisingly enough, the  computers with power supplies are quite a bit 
cheaper than a WAR or Routerboard. 

With the right kind of enclosure, you can control the climate fairly 
well.  They are a little bigger than your WRAP or Routerboards, but 
still mountable on a tower.  I have some generic Pentium III vintage 
motherboards up on towers right now (in NEMA enclosures), and they have 
been working fine since June of last year.  That covers the majority of 
the temperature and moisture swings in our environment (-30 to 110 
degrees F). 


Matt Larsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

David E. Smith wrote:

Like many folks on this list (I'm guessing), I have a lot of PC-type 
hardware at tower locations. Right now, it's mostly RouterBoard 230s 
and WRAPs, but those systems just don't have all that much CPU power, 
and I'd like to try to improve things. When you start seriously 
tinkering with traffic shaping, firewalling, and especially some of 
the advanced filtering you can do with Linux these days, 233MHz just 
doesn't go as far as it used to.


There are all kinds of cheap computers out there, so getting something 
with more CPU power than those boards (both of which are basically 
Pentium 233s or so) isn't the problem.


The problems are size/space, and that pesky weather.

Ideally, I'd like something with at least double the raw horsepower (a 
P-500 or better), not too much larger than a RouterBoard, and that can 
handle temperatures from -20 to +120 (Fahrenheit, obviously, and those 
numbers are the highs and lows from the last couple years, with a bit 
of breathing room). I'm shooting for "no moving parts," so a fanless 
system would be ideal.


And while it needs to be small, it also needs to have at least two 
Ethernet ports, and for bonus points, access to a PCI slot (for adding 
things like miniPCI card adapters).


I'd also like a flying car. :D

If it existed, a Soekris 5501 would probably fill the bill, but it's 
been listed as "coming soon" since late 2004. There's also a number of 
low-end VIA EPIA-based boards that, while a bit larger than I'd really 
prefer, would probably work. (Eje at wisp-router sells a couple 
systems that look like they'd do the job.)


So, does anyone have any recommendations on specific hardware for 
something like this? Surely someone else out there has run into the 
same kind of problems. I suspect my size constraint will be the most 
difficult, but it's also the most flexible. Reliability is obviously 
my top concern.


David Smith
MVN.net



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RE: [WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions?

2006-01-30 Thread Paul Hendry
You can get 2 port pci riser cards for via boards and there are a few dual
ether VIA's out there but never used them myself.

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions?

Paul Hendry wrote:
> What software are you running on them? There are a couple of options out
> there including the WAR boards (once StarOS V3 is released) or I have
heard
> of several people having great success with the VIA mini-itx fanless
boards.
> Both remove the CPU as a bottle neck.

I *knew* there was something I was forgetting... :)

Right now, most of them are running StarOS, but I'd like to still be 
flexible. (I have a few of these boards as CPE, mainly running RouterOS.)

The WAR boards, and the Routerboard 500s, both look very good for their 
specific jobs, but you're more-or-less tied to a certain software 
distribution there (i.e. you can't run RouterOS on a WAR, StarOS on a 
RB500, etc.).

Hey, one of these days I might get a wild notion to just install a 2GB 
flash card and Slackware at a tower location. You never know. Thus, my 
magical ideal board should probably be x86-compatible too.

I've been looking at the VIA boards. The only problem is that most of 
them only have one onboard Ethernet port, and only one PCI slot. So I 
could have my multiple Ethernet ports, OR my miniPCI adapter, but not both.

David Smith
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RE: [WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions?

2006-01-30 Thread Chadd Thompson
What boards are you getting that are cheaper than a war/routerboard? I have
looked for something like that in the past and always found it to be more
expensive. I would be interested in something like that for sure.

Thanks,
Chadd

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> Behalf Of Matt Larsen - Lists
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> Subject: Re: [WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions?
> 
> MiniATX form factor motherboard, with three PCI slots should have enough
> CPU to do about anything you want, and you can get DC/DC power supplies
> for them as well.  I have a few WRAP boards we were using as backhauls
> and the CPUs are now maxing out, so I'm going to put these units in.
> Surprisingly enough, the  computers with power supplies are quite a bit
> cheaper than a WAR or Routerboard.
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Re: [WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions?

2006-01-30 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181

Just bread down and put Dell rack mount servers in place.

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From: "David E. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 1:57 PM
Subject: [WISPA] My Towers Need More CPU - suggestions?


Like many folks on this list (I'm guessing), I have a lot of PC-type 
hardware at tower locations. Right now, it's mostly RouterBoard 230s and 
WRAPs, but those systems just don't have all that much CPU power, and 
I'd like to try to improve things. When you start seriously tinkering 
with traffic shaping, firewalling, and especially some of the advanced 
filtering you can do with Linux these days, 233MHz just doesn't go as 
far as it used to.


There are all kinds of cheap computers out there, so getting something 
with more CPU power than those boards (both of which are basically 
Pentium 233s or so) isn't the problem.


The problems are size/space, and that pesky weather.

Ideally, I'd like something with at least double the raw horsepower (a 
P-500 or better), not too much larger than a RouterBoard, and that can 
handle temperatures from -20 to +120 (Fahrenheit, obviously, and those 
numbers are the highs and lows from the last couple years, with a bit of 
breathing room). I'm shooting for "no moving parts," so a fanless system 
would be ideal.


And while it needs to be small, it also needs to have at least two 
Ethernet ports, and for bonus points, access to a PCI slot (for adding 
things like miniPCI card adapters).


I'd also like a flying car. :D

If it existed, a Soekris 5501 would probably fill the bill, but it's 
been listed as "coming soon" since late 2004. There's also a number of 
low-end VIA EPIA-based boards that, while a bit larger than I'd really 
prefer, would probably work. (Eje at wisp-router sells a couple systems 
that look like they'd do the job.)


So, does anyone have any recommendations on specific hardware for 
something like this? Surely someone else out there has run into the same 
kind of problems. I suspect my size constraint will be the most 
difficult, but it's also the most flexible. Reliability is obviously my 
top concern.


David Smith
MVN.net
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Re: [WISPA] Best Network Card

2006-01-30 Thread Tom DeReggi



 I will add that many of the high end 
rackmount server boards such as SuperMicro have standardized on some of the 
Intel NIC chipsets, and they have operated very well for us on our Linux 
servers. So I second the Intel vote.  Or you can just buy NICs with Realtek 
chipsets from ICIntracom for $6, which also have worked OK for me, and asve 
money :-)
 
Tom DeReggiRapidDSL & Wireless, IncIntAirNet- Fixed Wireless 
Broadband
 
 

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  Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 3:55 
  PM
  Subject: Re: [WISPA] Best Network 
  Card
  
  Definately the Intel EtherExpress 
  Pro.
  Mark NashNetwork EngineerUnwiredOnline.Net350 Holly 
  StreetJunction City, OR 97448http://www.uwol.net541-998-541-998-5599 
  fax
  
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Wallace 
To: WISP ; WISPA ; isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com 

Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 9:15 
AM
Subject: [WISPA] Best Network 
Card

To All,
 
What is the most reliable Network card, I 
have been using 3com 905c, for my MT server, they are discontinued.  
What would you all recommend?  
 
I don't want to have to buy 5 cheap ones and 
keep replacing till I get one that works, I've been changing-out a lot of 
gear this winter.  Bad choices on my part.  Another story, another 
time.
 Ron Wallace Hahnron, 
Inc. 220 S. Jackson Dt. Addison, MI 49220 Phone: 
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RE: [WISPA] Foreign Antennas

2006-01-30 Thread Charles Wu
The matter of antenna certification rules was something that was clarified
by the FCC OET (Office of Engineering & Technology) & FCC Enforcement Bureau
at WiNOG last February in Chicago...(certification aside, the policies of
the Enforcement Bureau is what really matters to most, IMO =)

Copies of the original FCC presentations can be found online:
http://www.wispnog.com/chicago_2005/sessions.htm

A summary of the FCC discussion can be found on page 5 of our March 2005
newsletter (a thanks to Butch E and Forrest C for their nice write-ups last
year)
http://www.wispnog.com/chicago_2005/sessions.htm

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Antenna has to be certified as long as the radio, and then together they
both have to be certified. You could have a certified radio and antenna but
if they aren't certified to be used together then its illegal. 

Kurt Fankhauser
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Gang,

I have found several 802.11b antennas produced outside the US that 
I'd like to use.  They are not FCC certified, however.  Do the antennas 
need to be fcc certified or just the radios?  This is assuming that all 
the gain/ERP rules are met.

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Re: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there anyin existance?

2006-01-30 Thread John Scrivner
I can tell you from past experience it is a good idea to find a good 
brand and use it. One of the things I learned at the WCA show a couple 
of weeks ago was that if you want to have a business worth selling later 
you had better consider using one high-quality well-known platform 
instead of a hodge-podge of radio solutions. Alvarion is definitely one 
of those "good" brands. There are others but I am betting that many out 
there would choose to go with Alvarion from the start if they had it all 
to do over again. With that said I will not discount the value I have 
seen in others out there like Trango, Tranzeo, Waverider, Mikrotik, 
Star-OS, etc. The trouble is though that it is rare to find one brand 
with one management interface (All FCC System Certified as well) for all 
the different platforms you will need as a WISP. With Alvarion (and few 
if any others) you can literally build your entire network on one 
trusted platform. I went to an Alvarion sponsored conference on WiMAX 
triple play offerings in Washington D.C last week. that was very 
informative but was NOT the reason I said what I did about Alvarion. 
There was a company who specialized in WISP acquisitions at the WCA show 
that described the most important factors in determining the value of a 
company. One of the negatives about WISP operations was generally the 
frequent use of a "hodge-podge" of different incompatible platforms of 
radios. They stated this was a very big problem for WISP valuations. 
They said that using one good brand of radios was a good way to make 
your system worth its highest value. Just some food for thought here 
guys. Especially anyone who might have funding but is new to running a 
WISP. Rolling your own solution is not always the best way to go and can 
actually hurt your efforts in many cases. Find a good brand and stick to 
it.

Scriv


Kurt Fankhauser wrote:


The more you think about it the more you are going to find reasons not
to do it, what you have to do is just jump in and do it. Once you do you
will know what you want to do. Its like sky diving, you have to just
jump into it, if you stand up there and question it you will just freeze
up and not go anywhere.

Kurt Fankhauser
WAVELINC
114 S. Walnut St.
Bucyrus, OH 44820
419-562-6405
www.wavelinc.com


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Jason Wallace
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 8:45 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there anyin
existance?

Marlon,

   What would you suggest?  I am afraid of proprietary stuff because I 
don't know enough industry history to understand the players. 


Jason

Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote:
 


Hiya Jason,

Why not just buy ISP grade product?  Then you don't have to worry 
about all of this.


AND at 2.4 the CLIENT side isn't limited to 36 dB.  It starts there 
with a 30 dB radio with a 6 dB antenna.  For every one db of radio tx 
dB you drop you can go up 3 dB of antenna gain.


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)
www.odessaoffice.com/wireless
www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam



- Original Message - From: "Jason"
   


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To: 
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 12:26 PM
Subject: [WISPA] Legal Radio and Antenna Combos - Are there any in 
existance?



   


Everyone,

  I am at my wits end.  I have searched high and low for a mini-pci 
radio & sector antenna combo for an 802.11b AP that are legal under 
the current FCC rules, which by my interpretation are:


1. Total output is 36 dbm or less.

2.  Antenna characteristics must be the same as an antenna that has 
been approved for use with that radio, where TYPE refers to antennas 
with SIMILAR in and out of band radiation patterns.


3.  Antenna gain must be equal to or less than the maximum the radio 
has been approved to work with.


I can NOT find a radio that is approved for any antenna with real 
gain.  I don't want to mind just the SPIRIT of the law, but the law 
itself.
What combos are you other guys who like building your own system.  I 
want to put together a Mikrotik with 3 radios and sectors for an AP.
 



 


The sectors I am looking at are:

AntennaGainWidthPol
WRW2400-VF/A/H13dbi120H 
http://www.winncom.com/moreinfo/item/WRW2400-VF/A/H/index.html


DT-AN-24-120H-13513.5120H

 


https://www.demarctech.com/products/reliawave-antennas/2_4Ghz/DT-AN-24-1
20H-135.html 
 


DT-AN-24-60120V-152115120V

 


https://www.demarctech.com/products/reliawave-antennas/2_4Ghz/DT-AN-24-A
S-60120V-2115.html 
 


HyperGainR HG2417P-12017dbi120V
http://www.hyperlinktech.com/index.php

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