Re: [WISPA] Today is a Momentous Day for our Industry - Sept. 23rd, 2010

2010-09-25 Thread MDK
I'm not trying to throw cold water on you, but before anyone gets themselves all excited, they better make use of the spectrumbridge tool and see if they have ANY available channels.I'm relatively rural and I have ONLY 2-9. All other frequencies are either adjacent to in use or in use.

Re: [WISPA] Minimum Receive Antenna Height Removed

2010-09-25 Thread Jeromie Reeves
That sounds good, and ominous. With out [“client device,” “client mode,” “master device,” and “master mode.”] then we are left with one type of device. What they plan to call it, I have no idea. What roll that device plays will still be the classic ap/client. I would think that having all radios

Re: [WISPA] TV whitespaces - M$ contributes

2010-09-25 Thread Jeromie Reeves
Am I the only one its not working for? I get script errors like 'Server Error in '/WSWebGUI' Application.' (and more info snipped). Scripts are turned on in FireFox on Linux and Windows, and IE does not have any changes from default (it is never used). Clicking on channels jumps it to the default

Re: [WISPA] TV whitespaces - M$ contributes

2010-09-25 Thread Josh Luthman
I go to it and it seems there are no available channels anywhere I search. Maybe they're working on it? Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 4:46 AM, Jeromie Reeves

Re: [WISPA] Today is a Momentous Day for our Industry - Sept. 23rd, 2010

2010-09-25 Thread Blair Davis
14 green channels (all UHF) and 2 blue (VHF-Lo and VHF-Hi) I think we will see WISP devices quickly that operate only in the UHF spectrum. Lo-VHF (2-6) 54-72 and 76-88 MHz is almost unusable for digital service due to impulse noise. Hi-VHF (7-13) 174-216 MHz is the prime space as far as the

Re: [WISPA] TV whitespaces - M$ contributes

2010-09-25 Thread Blair Davis
It is broke. Use http://www.spectrumbridge.com instead. Josh Luthman wrote: I go to it and it seems there are no available channels anywhere I search. Maybe they're working on it? Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St

Re: [WISPA] TV whitespaces - M$ contributes

2010-09-25 Thread Jeromie Reeves
Ah much better. Now, if a town has say 4 channels open (in a row) like 2 3 4 5, can you use 3 and 4, keeping 2 and 5 as the guard channels? or will you need to pick 3 or 4? On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 2:05 AM, Blair Davis the...@wmwisp.net wrote: It is broke.  Use http://www.spectrumbridge.com

Re: [WISPA] Today is a Momentous Day for our Industry - Sept. 23rd, 2010

2010-09-25 Thread Brian Webster
Just using Omni whip antennas at some of these frequencies at the 4 watt level will give you all kinds of power increases just by the laws of physics. For instance when you go from 50 MHz to 450 MHz the free space loss difference is 20 DB! That is a difference of 100 times! So if

Re: [WISPA] TV whitespaces - M$ contributes

2010-09-25 Thread Brian Webster
One idea that we could all think about is separate transmit and receive frequencies. WISP's are so used to half duplex radio systems they sometimes forget about that concept. This would allow you to make use of non contiguous channels and your latency would be real low. Brian -Original

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!

2010-09-25 Thread Philip Dorr
input power in the secondary port and use the main port to power the second radio On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Robert West robert.w...@just-micro.com wrote: Eh?  What ya mean??? -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!

2010-09-25 Thread Greg Ihnen
But then if the pass through gets unchecked then you're toast since the unit will be without power, not just the secondary device it powers. Greg On Sep 25, 2010, at 9:07 AM, Philip Dorr wrote: input power in the secondary port and use the main port to power the second radio On Fri, Sep

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!

2010-09-25 Thread Stuart Pierce
Are you serious ? What if the poe checkbox gets unchecked ? -- Original Message -- From: Philip Dorr wirel...@judgementgaming.com Reply-To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:37:58 -0500 input power in the secondary port and

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!

2010-09-25 Thread Philip Dorr
Nothing, it will constantly stay on. Of course you cannot turn off the second radio. On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Stuart Pierce spie...@avolve.net wrote: Are you serious ? What if the poe checkbox gets unchecked ? -- Original Message -- From:

Re: [WISPA] Transmit Antenna Height

2010-09-25 Thread Mike Hammett
Just as fast as any other frequency. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 9/24/2010 5:50 PM, RickG wrote: But how fast can 200 or 300MHz go? On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:41 PM, Brian Webster bwebs...@wirelessmapping.com

Re: [WISPA] TV whitespaces - M$ contributes

2010-09-25 Thread Mike Hammett
That's another thing to remember... to have any usable throughput you're going to have to find several channels together. With UBNT gear, 6 MHz only yields 15 megabits. MT's N might double that. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 9/25/2010 4:25

Re: [WISPA] TV whitespaces - M$ contributes

2010-09-25 Thread Mike Hammett
There's a good idea. With the increasing amounts of customer upload traffic, a 50/50 system isn't necessarily all that bad. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 9/25/2010 8:29 AM, Brian Webster wrote: One idea that we could all think about is

Re: [WISPA] Today is a Momentous Day for our Industry - Sept. 23rd, 2010

2010-09-25 Thread Mike Hammett
I'm looking at high gain antenna for frequency reuse and not further penetration. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 9/25/2010 8:22 AM, Brian Webster wrote: Just using Omni whip antennas at some of these frequencies at the 4 watt

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!

2010-09-25 Thread Mike Hammett
What if a tractor drives through the tower? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 9/25/2010 10:17 AM, Stuart Pierce wrote: Are you serious ? What if the poe checkbox gets unchecked ? -- Original Message -- From:

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!

2010-09-25 Thread Glenn Kelley
Mike - i always get a kick out of your banter. What if you allow the gremlins after dark to have water? On Sep 25, 2010, at 10:53 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: What if a tractor drives through the tower? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On

[WISPA] Additional TVWS factors

2010-09-25 Thread Mike Hammett
Does my memory serve me correctly that channels 3, 4, and 37 are out of the picture for use? Some metropolitan areas use parts of 14 - 20 for public safety communications, right? Do the above channels ALSO need a guard band, making 2 impossible to use and 5 the first real channel you can

[WISPA] A look back at telecom history

2010-09-25 Thread Mike Hammett
http://long-lines.net/places-routes/1st_transcon_mw/Telephone_Skyway.pdf -- - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] TV whitespaces - M$ contributes

2010-09-25 Thread Charles N Wyble
You have to hit show incumbents. If you just hit enter after putting in an address it doesn't show anything. The submit action appears to be the find address button which just finds you on the map. On 9/25/2010 1:52 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: I go to it and it seems there are no available

Re: [WISPA] TV whitespaces - M$ contributes

2010-09-25 Thread Jeromie Reeves
That was where my question was going. 12mhz could let you use a 10mhz channel. Yes we are used to half duplex because that is what most people make. I would love full duplex and with all the mimo gear it just my be possible to do it at a end user acceptable rate. Most of the area I am interested

[WISPA] good summary for the TWS bath water drinkers

2010-09-25 Thread Marco Coelho
http://www.martinsuter.net/blog/2009/02/white-spaces-wifi-on-drugs.html -- Marco C. Coelho Argon Technologies Inc. POB 875 Greenville, TX 75403-0875 903-455-5036 WISPA Wants You! Join today!

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!

2010-09-25 Thread Stuart Pierce
Yea what if, I guess that sums it up, I'm done for the day go Arkansas ( Cause if the Buckeyes can't win today, something's up ). It's Beer:30 -- Original Message -- From: Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.net Reply-To: WISPA General List

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!

2010-09-25 Thread Robert West
Ah! I'll give that a shot. Thanks. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Philip Dorr Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 9:38 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!

2010-09-25 Thread Greg Ihnen
So you're saying if the secondary port is the one receiving power it will pass power to the primary port no matter what the state of the pass through check box? That's cool to know. Greg On Sep 25, 2010, at 9:58 AM, Philip Dorr wrote: Nothing, it will constantly stay on. Of course you

Re: [WISPA] TV whitespaces - M$ contributes

2010-09-25 Thread Josh Luthman
8 Channels around here for me... http://www.spectrumbridge.com/products-services/whitespaces/showmywhitespace/single-location-search.aspx Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Jeromie Reeves

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!

2010-09-25 Thread RickG
Not according to Garp! On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Philip Dorr wirel...@judgementgaming.comwrote: It works perfectly fine if you power through the secondary port. On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:05 PM, RickG rgunder...@gmail.com wrote: I was skeptical of the poe passthrough sicne I first saw

[WISPA] Wireless Ethernet Jack

2010-09-25 Thread Jerry Richardson
Very very cool http://www.streakwave.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=WEJ-11g-Oeq=Tp= WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

[WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-25 Thread Jerry Richardson
Anyone have this working? If so, is it stable or glitchy? Thanks WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA

Re: [WISPA] TV whitespaces - M$ contributes

2010-09-25 Thread Mike Hammett
According to that page, only 2, 5, and 6 are available for me. Assuming their data is correct, TVWS are almost not even worth my time. 6 channels are reserved for wireless mics. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 9/25/2010 12:14 PM, Josh Luthman

Re: [WISPA] Wireless Ethernet Jack

2010-09-25 Thread Jeremie Chism
Saw one similar to this from 4ipnet a year or so ago. They still email me every other day about their products. Sent from my iPhone4 On Sep 25, 2010, at 12:54 PM, Jerry Richardson jrichard...@aircloud.com wrote: Very very cool http://www.streakwave.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=WEJ-11g-Oeq=Tp=

[WISPA] TV Whitespace Questions (channels and equipment)

2010-09-25 Thread Scott Carullo
I read the whole FCC document regarding what channels can be used. In one section it talks about fixed wireless under channel 21 but then in the decision section under that it just made the general statement that channels under 21 could not be utilized. I only breezed through the document

Re: [WISPA] TV Whitespace Questions (channels and equipment)

2010-09-25 Thread Blair Davis
Just my own opinion here, but I believe that, after repacking, the FCC will take back the VHF-Lo band from the TV stations. Correct. At this time, there are NO approved for sale/use TVWS devices. Scott Carullo wrote: I read the whole FCC document regarding what channels can be used. In one

Re: [WISPA] TV Whitespace Questions (channels and equipment)

2010-09-25 Thread Jeremie Chism
Looks like the cable companies are very worried about this situation. http://www.cabletechtalk.com/white-spaces/ Sent from my iPhone4 On Sep 25, 2010, at 1:39 PM, Scott Carullo sc...@brevardwireless.com wrote: I read the whole FCC document regarding what channels can be used. In one

Re: [WISPA] Transmit Antenna Height

2010-09-25 Thread Scott Reed
That is not exactly true. Depends on the modulation techniques. And I believe there is an upper limit to the number of bits you can get on a single cycle of the carrier. On 9/25/2010 10:32 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: Just as fast as any other frequency. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing

Re: [WISPA] Today is a Momentous Day for our Industry - Sept. 23rd, 2010

2010-09-25 Thread Jack Unger
Hello Mark, Thank-you for your comments and thanks in advance for agreeing not to use the available TV White Space channels in your area. That will leave those open for another WISP to use. Thank you again and best regards, jack On

Re: [WISPA] Additional TVWS factors

2010-09-25 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 9/25/2010 10:57 AM, MikeH wrote: Does my memory serve me correctly that channels 3, 4, and 37 are out of the picture for use? Yes. 3 and 4 are reserved because cable systems and other devices use them for the analog feed to TV sets. (The FCC forgot this several years ago and gave a

Re: [WISPA] Today is a Momentous Day for our Industry - Sept. 23rd, 2010

2010-09-25 Thread MDK
Your sarcasm would be, well, effective, if I weren't correct about there being no way to use it. No other WISP is going to be able to do what I can't do, either, Jack. In my town, there is ONE UHF channel. 6 mhz. That's it. In the mountains, where we need it due to forest, it can't be

Re: [WISPA] Additional TVWS factors

2010-09-25 Thread Blair Davis
3 and 4 are reserved... where did you get this from??? WWMT 3 was high power analog in Kalamazoo, MI WDIV 4 was high power analog in Detroit, MI There were many others... Fred Goldstein wrote: At 9/25/2010 10:57 AM, MikeH wrote: Does my memory serve me correctly that

Re: [WISPA] Additional TVWS factors

2010-09-25 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 9/25/2010 08:43 PM, BlairD wrote: 3 and 4 are reserved... where did you get this from??? WWMT 3 was high power analog in Kalamazoo, MI WDIV 4 was high power analog in Detroit, MI There were many others... Yes, but because they were adjacent, only one of the two was in use in any given

Re: [WISPA] Additional TVWS factors

2010-09-25 Thread David Hannum
Is anyone consulting the database search tool on the Spectrum Bridge website? Is it of any value? Put in a zip code and it shows you all the channels and what is and is not available, and has a legend which includes the reason for any reserved ones. Any comment on how accurate and/or valuable

Re: [WISPA] Today is a Momentous Day for our Industry - Sept. 23rd, 2010

2010-09-25 Thread Jeromie Reeves
That is pretty nice. Unless I am mistaken, you need 3 open channels in a row and use the middle one, correct? On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Jack Unger jun...@ask-wi.com wrote: Hello Mark, Thank-you for your comments and thanks in advance for agreeing not to use the available TV White Space

Re: [WISPA] Additional TVWS factors

2010-09-25 Thread Brian Webster
I would use the interactive map rather than search by zip code. With the interactive map you can zoom in to the area of interest and then turn the specific channel contour maps on and off at will. Much easier to visualize the availability than looking at that report. There is still some question

Re: [WISPA] Today is a Momentous Day for our Industry - Sept. 23rd, 2010

2010-09-25 Thread Brian Webster
Not quite, if there is a station that has a contour that covers your desired area, you have to also stay off the channel above and below it in your area. You would protecting their first adjacent channel. There may be some exceptions to the rule for certain channels. I'll be reading the report and

Re: [WISPA] Additional TVWS factors

2010-09-25 Thread Phil Curnutt
The gap between 6 and 7 is used by marine air search radar. If you are on the coast, you wouldn't want to be there. Phil On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Brian Webster bwebs...@wirelessmapping.com wrote: I would use the interactive map rather than search by zip code. With the interactive

Re: [WISPA] Today is a Momentous Day for our Industry - Sept. 23rd, 2010

2010-09-25 Thread Jeromie Reeves
Is that not what I said? If the contour does not cover you, then its a open channel. If you have a contour on say ch 3, and one on 7, then you have to stay off 4 and 6, and can use 5, 3 open channels at least. (Ignoring that 34 are not usable, numbers are for example use only). I welcome your KMZ

Re: [WISPA] Today is a Momentous Day for our Industry - Sept. 23rd, 2010

2010-09-25 Thread Forbes Mercy
Well since I'm Yakima you now have my attention! Forbes Mercy President - Washington Broadband, Inc. On 9/25/2010 5:00 PM, MDK wrote: Your sarcasm would be, well, effective, if I weren't correct about there being no way to use it. No other WISP is going to be able to do what I can't do,

Re: [WISPA] TV whitespaces - M$ contributes

2010-09-25 Thread Mike Hammett
According to that page, only 2, 5, and 6 are available for me. Assuming their data is correct, TVWS are almost not even worth my time. 6 channels are reserved for wireless mics. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 9/25/2010 12:14 PM, Josh Luthman

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!

2010-09-25 Thread Robert West
Nope. No dice. Played with it after I took it down. Did a hard reset then. PoE is always on no matter what the checkbox says. Before reset, PoE did not work no matter which port power was put into. Downgraded, upgraded, just can't turn that sucker off. Maybe I need to show it

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!

2010-09-25 Thread Robert West
Don't believe it. I think it depends on the alignment of the planets. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Greg Ihnen Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 1:01 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!

2010-09-25 Thread Robert West
GARP! I see we have a reader here... Oldie but a goodie. From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 1:53 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!

Re: [WISPA] TV whitespaces - M$ contributes

2010-09-25 Thread Philip Dorr
According to that website channels 5-13 and a couple others, that are only 2 channels wide, are available here, but unless the local TV channels completely changed on the DTV switch 5 and 9 are in use. On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.net wrote:  According to

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!

2010-09-25 Thread Greg Ihnen
I had some trouble with an NS5M running 5.2.1 RC2. Short version: I had some weirdness tonight. I was looking at network traffic with Wireshark and noticed CDP - Cisco Discovery Protocol (UBNT calls it extra reporting) traffic coming from one of the NS5M's on my back haul. I had turned that

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!

2010-09-25 Thread Robert West
Yep. Secondary port.. Bullshit. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Greg Ihnen Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 12:36 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!

2010-09-25 Thread Greg Ihnen
Cool idea though On Sep 26, 2010, at 12:45 AM, Robert West wrote: Yep. Secondary port.. Bullshit. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Greg Ihnen Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 12:36 AM To: WISPA

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45 Port PoE Burnout!

2010-09-25 Thread Robert West
Yep. I like it, don't work. Well... For just a bit. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Greg Ihnen Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 1:17 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] UBNT Nano5M Secondary RJ45