Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

I don't see LTE being developed for other markets than cellcos Don't expect a LTE system for EBS spectrum Sent from my Motorola Startac... On Dec 30, 2009, at 3:00 AM, "Blake Covarrubias" wrote: >> I'd say the question boils down to who's going to foot the bill for >> the deployment -- y

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

Sounds like you gave a choice for the answer, if the government does, then you have, twice. WIMAX equipment cost is the entry block. As broadband needs "keep" growing, you'll see an increased number of smaller "wisp" cells using equipment such as UBNT. That is until the government uses your mone

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

Depends... are you deploying WiMAX for fixed operation or for mobile operation with self install kits, etc. If Fixed... then yes I think it has a future. Professional installs, and better QoS in typically virgin spectrum ='s opportunity. If not... then I don't think a WISP (as we probably define

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

Sorry I saw this on CNN and it made me laugh http://money.cnn.com/2009/12/30/autos/GM_Corvette_recall.cnnw/index.htm Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com dan...@3-db.net -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

Funny But I would say Im very satisfied with my current BMW Gino A. Villarini g...@aeronetpr.com Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. 787.273.4143 -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of 3-dB Networks Sent: Wednesday, December 30,

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

I race Corvettes and would take one any day over a Porsche and while the Porsche race drivers are pretty cool, I find most Porsche "off track" owners to be rather snobbish...but I not sure what any of that has to do with Wimax??? 3-dB Networks wrote: Sorry I saw this on CNN and it made me l

Re: [WISPA] 3.65GHz in grandfathered earth station areas

I don't think you have to register your cpe. The anti competitive nature of that is very clear. Chris Twoomey would know for sure though. marlon - Original Message - From: "Jerry Richardson" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] 3.65G

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

Maybe one can outrun 802.16e? From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Bret Clark Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:31 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear I race Corvettes and would take one any day over a Porsche and while

[WISPA] Painting Radome

UBNT says it's cool to use the same paint for plastic on their sector radome. Like the Krylon plastic paint? Anyone go this route and has it affected your signal? I can find radome paint on the net but if the Krylon for Plastic from Ace Hardware works the same, would save me some time and cash.

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

Its started comparing Motorola up coming Wimax 802.16e MiMO with Ubiquity MIMO Gino A. Villarini g...@aeronetpr.com Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. 787.273.4143 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Bret Clark Se

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

Bret, If you follow the thread, the corvette was the $89 Ubiquity AP and the Porsche is the $3,500 WiMAX AP. Someone else made the reference, not me. Anyways, the argument is that for $89 your AP is more likely to break so to speak, spend the extra money you get a higher quality product.

Re: [WISPA] Painting Radome

I've used spray paint on radomes for licensed links before and Canopy AP's, no problem. Paint will only negatively affect the signal if it has metal in it Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com dan...@3-db.net -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wi

Re: [WISPA] Painting Radome

To test for metal perform this experiment in a microwave that is not owned by you. (that last part is key!) Spray on paper plate, allow to dry, place in microwave for 10 seconds. Press start. Sparks? There is metal in that there paint. No Sparks? Pretty sure it is free of metal! ryan On Wed, De

[WISPA] Freeside import

Sorry to bother everyone again with a freeside question, but has anyone ever successfully imported data using a csv file into freeside? If so, could you hit me off list. Regards, Cameron WISPA Wants You! Join tod

Re: [WISPA] Painting Radome

Hey, good tip, Ryan! We're used to sparks in the microwave. We do "experiments" as it is. The kids favorite is making plasma balls with grapes. We have an odd household.. Thanks! Bob- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Beha

Re: [WISPA] Painting Radome

I've heard of using the microwave for testing plastics and other materials as well as paint. I've heard that sparks are one thing to look for but another and perhaps equally as important is heat. For example, if you want to make your own radome take a piece of plastic and put it in the microwave

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Re: [WISPA] Painting Radome

Ever nuked a CD-ROM? The metal gets hot, liquefies the plastic that quickly cools when you press stop. You get some pretty cool lightning bolt patterns. ryan On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Robert West wrote: > Hey, good tip, Ryan!  We're used to sparks in the microwave.  We do > "experiments"

Re: [WISPA] Painting Radome

Yeah. There was a time when we looked forward to getting those AOL discs in the mail. One of the few families who liked getting them -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Spott Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 11

Re: [WISPA] Painting Radome

They make cheap clay pigeons. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: "Robert West" Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 10:46 AM To: "'WISPA General List'" Subject: Re: [WISPA] Painting Radome > Yeah.

Re: [WISPA] domain spam attack - JoeJob

On 2009-12-30 10:31, Kurt Fankhauser wrote: > Does anyone have any experience with having an attack done on your domain > where the sender spoofs the header and then puts your domain in it as the > sender. I think this is called a JoeJob and we are getting 1000's of the > bounced messages because o

[WISPA] Bandwidth limitation enforcement

Hi, We are currently looking at a way to make sure the bandwidth is allocates more fairly amongst our (~300) users. We have a 60mbps pipe from our ISP, but some wise ones are dowloading like crazy, and enabling traffic shaping on the firewall is just of little help. What are you guys

Re: [WISPA] domain spam attack - JoeJob

> Does anyone have any experience with having an attack done on your domain > where the sender spoofs the header and then puts your domain in it as the > sender. I think this is called a JoeJob and we are getting 1000's of the > bounced messages because of it and are now having difficulty sending t

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth limitation enforcement

What kind of equipment do you have? The best place to limit is the CPE. On 12/30/09, Ugo Bellavance wrote: > Hi, > > We are currently looking at a way to make sure the bandwidth is > allocates more fairly amongst our (~300) users. We have a 60mbps pipe > from our ISP, but some wise ones a

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth limitation enforcement

We use an Allot NetEnforcer for bandwidth limiting. We do not do any policy enforcement aka unlimited download/upload at advertised rate. On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Ugo Bellavance wrote: > Hi, > >        We are currently looking at a way to make sure the bandwidth is > allocates more fairl

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

Personally, I prefer my 4-door Wrangler with my custom roof rack. I can go anywhere, carry the kids and stuff, drop the top, pull my trailer with bikes and camping gear AND carry my kayaks. Try that in a Porsche or Corvette! ...the wireless equivalent? Idunno...maybe an old Freewave 900 MHz hopper

Re: [WISPA] Re-evaluating our anti-spam solution

On 2009-07-13 20:08, Don Grossman wrote: > It seems time to take a look at our anti-spam solution. Currently we > are looking to replace out Barracuda due to ongoing issues with the > box that after several attempts to work with Barracuda can not be > resolved. I tend to use a mix of: - clamav-m

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth limitation enforcement

On 2009-12-30 16:28, Josh Luthman wrote: > What kind of equipment do you have? A firewall, managed switches, Ubiquiti and Skypilot antennas. > The best place to limit is the CPE. We don't have CPEs, users simply use their own wireless NICs. We're about to change our access points, though. We a

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth limitation enforcement

will get you started for pennies. Then you can grow from there. ryan On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Ugo Bellavance wrote: > On 2009-12-30 16:28, Josh Luthman wrote: >> What kind of equipment do you have? > > A firewall, managed switches,

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

A Porsche Cayenne could probably handle it, plus do about 140mph. I almost got a used one last spring, but my wife vetoed it. Had a lot of fun on the take it home overnight test drive though. :^) I'm personally going to wait for the BWM X6s to start showing up on the used market. At my cur

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

Unimog. Forget speed, just get there. :) ryan On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Matt Larsen - Lists wrote: > A Porsche Cayenne could probably handle it, plus do about 140mph. > > I almost got a used one last spring, but my wife vetoed it.   Had a lot > of fun on the take it home overnight test d

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

Good point Matt, except for dropping the topand 3x the money! But as a true ragtop lover (I've had 5 over the years), it is hard for me to not have one. Gotta get my vitamin D somehow. Patrick Leary Aperto Networks 813.426.4230 mobile -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.o

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

For that i have my Nissan Pathfinder Sent from my Motorola Startac... On Dec 30, 2009, at 5:35 PM, "Patrick Leary" wrote: > Personally, I prefer my 4-door Wrangler with my custom roof rack. I > can > go anywhere, carry the kids and stuff, drop the top, pull my trailer > with bikes and camp

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

Are we still talking about WiMax? Me thinks this thread hath strayed. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Leary Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 1:47 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

I was close to buying a GL550 the other day. Dave Ramsey drives one, so it must be fiscally ok, right? Brad -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Matt Larsen - Lists Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 3:42 PM To: WISPA Gene

Re: [WISPA] Re-evaluating our anti-spam solution

We have a mailfoundry, no failures in the 1.5 years it's served as a gateway, plus no per domain/user fees. Development seems to have stalled on it though, no new OS releases in a year. It is cost effective, reliable and flexible and easily managed, coming from the MailScanner/Spamassassin worl

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

Hey, we are all winding down from a long year... Patrick Leary Aperto Networks 813.426.4230 mobile -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Richardson Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 1:48 PM To: WISPA General List Subj

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

funny I figured most people on this list would prefer "American Made" me I'll take my Ford Expedition and my Harley for fun - Original Message - From: "Gino Villarini" To: "WISPA General List" Cc: "WISPA General List" Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 2:47 PM Subject

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

no worries. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Leary Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 1:57 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear Hey, we are all winding down from a long year... Patrick Lear

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

the equivalent would a x86 based mikrotik with 9 mini-pci slots (3 each for 2.4, 3.65, and 5.8), 4 gigbit wired interfaces, a gbic port, and running the dude On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Patrick Leary wrote: > Personally, I prefer my 4-door Wrangler with my custom roof rack. I can > go anywhe

Re: [WISPA] Re-evaluating our anti-spam solution

We still love (and beat the heck out of) can-it from Roaring Penguin. http://www.roaringpenguin.com/ On 12/30/2009 2:58 PM, Michael Baird wrote: > We have a mailfoundry, no failures in the 1.5 years it's served as a > gateway, plus no per domain/user fees. Development seems to have stalled > on

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth limitation enforcement

On 2009-12-30 16:38, Ryan Spott wrote: > will get you > started for pennies. Then you can grow from there. Thanks, Our firewall is a Pfsense and I think it can do something similar... What is the hardware required for the above setup? Re

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth limitation enforcement

We do it at the CPE. But depends on what you are using. Bob- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Ugo Bellavance Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 4:19 PM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] Bandwidth limitation enforc

Re: [WISPA] Painting Radome

I have an old 1984 Litton Microwave that you can put metal in. It even came with a metal rack in it. Scottie -- Original Message -- From: "Robert West" Reply-To: WISPA General List Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:27:33 -0500 >Hey, good tip, Ryan! We're use

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth limitation enforcement

Mikrotik does a much better job of bandwidth management than pfSense though there is a bit more of a learning curve but don't let that scare you. All the talk of the "Mikrotik learning curve" put me off for too long till I finally decided I had to make the leap. Like jumping off the high dive it

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth limitation enforcement

Uh.. Dell GX150 i think? It has a celeron slow as heck processor. I found it near a dumpster at some point. The license cost me $45. Originally I used it to find the bandwidth hogs, now I control them with it. Wonderful stuff I tell you! ryan On Dec 30, 2009, at 2:40 PM, Ugo Bellavance wro

Re: [WISPA] Painting Radome

Metal is fine in a microwave if it is carefully crafted to be the correct non-destructive RF length in all directions. It wasn't a special capability of the "Litton Microwave Oven." . . . J o n a t h a n -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.o

[WISPA] Blackberry email problems

We have some customers complaining that they cannot retrieve their emails from our mail server with their Blackberries. The calls started on Monday, and my tech determined that we had about 2000 connections a week coming from RIM, but on the 26th they stopped completely. No changes were made

Re: [WISPA] Blackberry email problems

2009/12/30 Matt Larsen - Lists : > We have some customers complaining that they cannot retrieve their > emails from our mail server with their Blackberries.   The calls started > on Monday, and my tech determined that we had about 2000 connections a > week coming from RIM, but on the 26th they stop

Re: [WISPA] Blackberry email problems

Try sending one to me - jluth...@att.blackberry.net It works to/from Gmail which is all use as of 2 minutes ago. On 12/30/09, Matt Larsen - Lists wrote: > We have some customers complaining that they cannot retrieve their > emails from our mail server with their Blackberries. The calls started

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

>If not... then I don't think a WISP (as we probably define it) is ever >really going to be profitable with it. Off the top of my head, I know of 5 WISPs that are still deploy pre-WiMAX systems in the 2.5 GHz band and are doing quite nicely (and they aren't Clearwire / Digital Bridge type busin

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

I find these comparisons of products like Ubiquiti / Mikrotik vs. Motorola / WiMAX products to be somewhat unrealistic -- it seems to me that it's like comparing something that's hypothetical and "looks good on paper" and "hoping" that it will actually work Here's my question; sure, on paper, t

Re: [WISPA] 3.65GHz in grandfathered earth station areas

On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 07:33 -0800, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: > I don't think you have to register your cpe. The anti competitive nature of > that is very clear. Hi Marlon...I believe any fixed CPE needs to be registered. Especially in a no-fly zone (grandfather area) the incumbents want to know

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Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

We have successfuly used ubiquiti nano and power stations as injection radios for numerous tripod and cisco mesh systems. No problems. Of course I have used canopy for it too- no real difference in the end performance. Would not use Mikrotik for any RF due to our desire to stay legal. On D

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

You can use MikroTik and be legal. Anyone say any different either don't understand the rules or checked the approved certs or is just spreading FUD. /Eje Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: Ralph Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:05:50 To: WISPA General List Cc: WISP

Re: [WISPA] Blackberry email problems

Works nice for me but on our server that is. /Eje --Original Message-- From: Matt Larsen - Lists Sender: wireless-boun...@wispa.org To: WISPA General List To: Motorola Canopy User Group ReplyTo: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Blackberry email problems Sent: Dec 30, 2009 17:43 We hav

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

Go ahead and live the dream then, but please don't homebuild your own gear and deploy it in any of my markets. We prefer certified products. On Dec 30, 2009, at 8:10 PM, e...@wisp-router.com wrote: > You can use MikroTik and be legal. > > Anyone say any different either don't understand the rul

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

Hi RALPH! ryan On Dec 30, 2009, at 5:14 PM, Ralph wrote: > Go ahead and live the dream then, but please don't homebuild your own > gear and deploy it in any of my markets. We prefer certified products. > > On Dec 30, 2009, at 8:10 PM, e...@wisp-router.com wrote: > >> You can use MikroTik and be l

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

Sorry. Dumb iPhone auto correction changed Tropos to tripod. Lol On Dec 30, 2009, at 8:05 PM, Ralph wrote: > We have successfuly used ubiquiti nano and power stations as injection > radios for numerous tripod and cisco mesh systems. No problems. Of > course I have used canopy for it too- no re

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

Here we go again. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Ralph Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 5:15 PM To: e...@wisp-router.com; WISPA General List Cc: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear Go ahead and l

Re: [WISPA] fight over MikroTik certification AGAIN, was Wimax gear

No kidding! It sure would be nice if it stopped, or those involved had the courtesy to mark these toxic threads with a fresh subject line. We've been through an audit with MikroTik gear, passed clear as a bell. My understanding is that FCC rules are very similar to IC rules so modular certs in th

[WISPA] FUD spreading again - WAS RE: Wimax gear

Sigh.. Ignorance is bliss I guess. But never mind. Since you never investigated nor understand the rules I'm not going to let you know that there are plenty of MikroTik units out there that passed FCC cert lab testing and have FCC approval and modular systems that passed FCC enforcement inspection.

Re: [WISPA] FUD spreading again - WAS RE: Wimax gear

Please take it off list. Sent Mobile Jerry Richardson airCloud Communications On Dec 30, 2009, at 5:48 PM, "Eje Gustafsson" wrote: > Sigh.. Ignorance is bliss I guess. But never mind. Since you never > investigated nor understand the rules I'm not going to let you know > that > there are pl

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

>We have successfuly used ubiquiti nano and power stations as injection >radios for numerous tripod and cisco mesh systems. No problems. Of >course I have used canopy for it too- no real difference in the end >performance. But there's a huge difference between "using a few here and there" a

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

Charles, I don't think that is the point that is being made. While you are correct with your this is a 'apples to oranges' comparison, it is hard to ignore the very fact that when folks such as Ubiquity enter the market place, they end up causing a 'shake down' for everyone, forcing the other mfg.

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Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear - licensed bands btw

Speaking of which, did anyone notice the results of the latest BRS Auction (#86) Licenses went for an average of $0.03 / MHz POP That means if 60 MHz covering 100,000 people (as defined by Census 2000 numbers) would have gone for $180k -- with the small business 35% credit - that means a WISP w