RE: [WISPA] Main Street USA

2007-04-19 Thread Smith, Rick
OK, but can we as wisps use the meraki units on our own ? i.e. can we use it to extend mikrotik hotspots out through a mesh of merakii (hah!) or, do we have to pay Meraki to use their hotspot stuff ? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gino

RE: [WISPA] Farewell folks

2007-04-19 Thread Jack Weinberg
Best Wishes stop and visit anytime. Jack Weinberg, President 69 Public Square , 14th Floor Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701 570-823-9804 1-866-439-5469 570-823-9867 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Larson

Re: [WISPA] Main Street USA

2007-04-19 Thread Tim Kerns
We have one installed as a free hotspot for now while we test. As a hotspot it is working great. The issue I have with the units is from what I see they MUST call home to get configuration and will not allow data or clients to pass until it does. Also I believe they are using some sort of

Re: [WISPA] Farewell folks

2007-04-19 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Congrats Brad! Enjoy your new gig. I hope that you can survive the brutality that comes with dealing with the carriers :-). Marlon (509) 982-2181 (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)WISP Operator since 1999! [EMAIL

Re: [WISPA] Main Street USA

2007-04-19 Thread Dylan Oliver
Tim, The Meraki will grab an address from your network and is hard-coded with one on the Meraki mesh. These are actually in 6.../8 DoD space. You should be able to ssh into the units with the address on your network. At least, I was able to. They have an optional Public API. Mine (not doing

Re: [WISPA] Main Street USA

2007-04-19 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
It's my understanding that Google is somehow involved with this product. I'm guessing that there is some form of data mining involved with them. Don't know it, but I'd not be at all surprised. And why else would they HAVE to phone home in order to work? Something with them is fishy. Nice

Re: [WISPA] Hosted PBX

2007-04-19 Thread Peter R.
chris cooper wrote: Anyone out there using hosted PBX for their call centers? Will it allow you to see # calls in que, duration etc? Thanks Chris Cooper Intelliwave It depends on the PBX - or in this case since it is Hosted, it depends on the App. If you have an automatic call

RE: [WISPA] Farewell folks

2007-04-19 Thread Brad Larson
LOL. Thank you and I have been dealing with that brutality for well over 3 years now. Now it will be a focus which should actually make it easier on me (and the wife and kids). I have been stretched a little to thin for the past two years. Brad -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

[WISPA] State Lawmakers Want To Limit Internet Porn Access

2007-04-19 Thread Dawn DiPietro
http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_108212704.html -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/

RE: [WISPA] State Lawmakers Want To Limit Internet Porn Access

2007-04-19 Thread Ryan Langseth
I haven't read all of the calea law yet ... what part of it says anything about blocking access, I thought it was about traffic sniffing, not traffic censoring? Smells like FUD to me. On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 13:23 -0400, Smith, Rick wrote: Ya know, they could use CALEA to lock down wireless

[WISPA] Main Street USA

2007-04-19 Thread Chase Phillips
Hi, John asked me to pop in and say hi on behalf of Meraki. He and I go way back. Whatever questions you guys have I'll be happy to answer. A little about me: Been at Meraki since September of last year. Worked at MVN, NCSA, and Mozilla. Volunteered on CUWiN from 2002 to 2006 with Dave,

Re: [WISPA] Main Street USA

2007-04-19 Thread Tim Kerns
Chase, Thanks for stopping by... got your flack suit on :) I have one set up as a hot spot, it looks like it is either free or paid, not some of both. I do not run dhcp so I had to go into the unit and change the settings giving it a static IP. This was not a problem once I discovered

Re: [WISPA] Main Street USA

2007-04-19 Thread Chase Phillips
On 4/19/07, Smith, Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice to meet you, Chase. Nice to meet you, too! Very simple: I don't want someone else's company profiting from MY network... i.e. If I'm going to build a mesh, no third party's going to be doing the billing for it. Right now, I'd use

Re: [WISPA] Main Street USA

2007-04-19 Thread Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Hi Chase, Welcome to the list! Thanks for joining us. I guess my biggest questions revolve around the phone home feature. What is that needed? How can we assure our customers that no data mining etc. is taking place? What's the advantage to YOU guys with the phone home function? I'd think

[WISPA] Alvarion VL 5.3Ghz

2007-04-19 Thread Cliff Leboeuf
Has anyone used the Alvarion VL 5.3? I am looking at it for one of my towers. However, this equipment is not part of the Comnet program, nor is a 'limited' version of the AU available like offered in the 5.8 spectrum. I am interested in hearing about your experiences with this equipment as this

Re: [WISPA] Main Street USA

2007-04-19 Thread Chase Phillips
Hi Tim, On 4/19/07, Tim Kerns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for stopping by... got your flack suit on :) Heh. I have one set up as a hot spot, it looks like it is either free or paid, not some of both. I do not run dhcp so I had to go into the unit and change the settings giving it a

Re: [WISPA] Main Street USA

2007-04-19 Thread Chase Phillips
Hi Marlon, On 4/19/07, Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Welcome to the list! Thanks for joining us. Happy to be here! I remember when John told me about starting WISPA years ago. Before that, I remember all of us at MVN toasting his first wireless link out of the

Re: [WISPA] Main Street USA

2007-04-19 Thread Doug Ratcliffe
Chase, I'm glad to see we've got a Meraki rep out there that can answer questions. Let me just start by saying, I think these things are awesome. Love the dashboard. I do have a question - the FCC approvals list modular certified, but what radio chipset does it use so I can get more powerful

Re: [WISPA] State Lawmakers Want To Limit Internet Porn Access

2007-04-19 Thread David E. Smith
Dawn DiPietro wrote: http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_108212704.html (For those too lazy to click on the link: a BYU professor apparently wants to mandate that everyone in Utah has to enable some form of security on their access points, to stave off the ravenous gangs of laptop-wielding

[WISPA] NPRM: Make Form 477 Suck Less

2007-04-19 Thread dave
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-17A1.pdf (linked for PDF Goodness) The FCC seems to have finally realized that Form 477 is pretty much a joke, and they apparently want to rewrite it or do other stuff to it. This also ties in with a Notice of Inquiry:

[WISPA] Another Stock hit for Clearwire....

2007-04-19 Thread D. Ryan Spott
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/312206_clearwire19.html Clearwire Corp. shares slumped to the lowest ever after Citigroup Investment Research said the unprofitable wireless-Web company may need to raise as much as $5.1 billion over the next five years to stay in business. The

RE: [WISPA] Main Street USA

2007-04-19 Thread ralph
Dawn- Google already has a Tropos network they built in Mt View. I have seen and used it. Why would they want to do something with Meraki? Ralph -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dawn DiPietro Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 11:57 AM To:

Re: [WISPA] Main Street USA

2007-04-19 Thread Joe Laura
Chase, Is the billing part already active? How much does Meraki keep as a cut? Thanks, Joe Superior Wireless New Orleans,La. www.superior1.com - Original Message - From: Chase Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 3:07 PM

Re: [WISPA] Main Street USA

2007-04-19 Thread Chase Phillips
Hi Dylan, On 4/19/07, Dylan Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe I posted the following message before you joined the list. I'm very interested to hear your thoughts on my wishlist. I don't, for the record, object to Meraki making money off of the system, but I *do* need a way to integrate

Re: [WISPA] Main Street USA

2007-04-19 Thread Chase Phillips
Hi Doug, On 4/19/07, Doug Ratcliffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm glad to see we've got a Meraki rep out there that can answer questions. Let me just start by saying, I think these things are awesome. Love the dashboard. Thanks! We've put a lot of time into making it simple, yet effective.

Re: [WISPA] Main Street USA

2007-04-19 Thread Chase Phillips
Hi Joe, On 4/19/07, Joe Laura [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chase, Is the billing part already active? Our billing software is currently in beta. If you have a Dashboard account and network and would like to try it out, feel free to request it be enabled for your networks. We'd love to hear your

RE: [WISPA] Another Stock hit for Clearwire....

2007-04-19 Thread Patrick Leary
Yes, but then the stock rebounded today, closing up almost 8% to $17.74. Patrick Leary AVP WISP Markets Alvarion, Inc. o: 650.314.2628 c: 760.580.0080 Vonage: 650.641.1243 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of D. Ryan Spott

Re: [WISPA] Another Stock hit for Clearwire....

2007-04-19 Thread Travis Johnson
Does that surprise anyone? So they need a BILLION dollars a year just to stay in business. Sounds like a dead end to me. Travis Microserv D. Ryan Spott wrote: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/312206_clearwire19.html Clearwire Corp. shares slumped to the lowest ever after Citigroup

Re: [WISPA] State Lawmakers Want To Limit Internet Porn Access

2007-04-19 Thread RickG
Heck, most of the kids these days dont need to clear their browser as mom dad dont care either way! And like a password stops the kids anyways! -RickG On 4/19/07, David E. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dawn DiPietro wrote: http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_108212704.html (For those

Re: [WISPA] Main Street USA

2007-04-19 Thread RickG
Hello Chase! My questions is simple: Is the outdoor unit going to be out by late April as the website says? Thanks! -RickG On 4/19/07, Chase Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, John asked me to pop in and say hi on behalf of Meraki. He and I go way back. Whatever questions you guys have

Re: [WISPA] Another Stock hit for Clearwire....

2007-04-19 Thread RickG
Doh! I just bought 1000 shares! j/k! On 4/19/07, Travis Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does that surprise anyone? So they need a BILLION dollars a year just to stay in business. Sounds like a dead end to me. Travis Microserv D. Ryan Spott wrote:

Re: [WISPA] Main Street USA

2007-04-19 Thread Dylan Oliver
See the Authorized Resellers, Streakwave and NetEquality. I bought mine from Streakwave when I found that meraki.net was out of stock. Best, -- Dylan Oliver Primaverity, LLC -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless

Re: [WISPA] Main Street USA

2007-04-19 Thread RickG
10-4. Thanks! On 4/19/07, Dylan Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: See the Authorized Resellers, Streakwave and NetEquality. I bought mine from Streakwave when I found that meraki.net was out of stock. Best, -- Dylan Oliver Primaverity, LLC -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org