[WISPA] Obama wants unfettered access to your Internet activity

2010-09-27 Thread Cliff LeBoeuf
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[WISPA] TV White Space

2010-09-27 Thread Jory Privett
I was looking at the available channels in my area and realized that there are not many that can be used easily. There are a lot of operators that are competing here that will possibly want to use them also. My question is what will be the registration process to acquire this channel space?

[WISPA] Whitespaces faq

2010-09-27 Thread Charles n wyble
Does wispa have a wiki open to the public? If not I would be happy to host one. I want to write a whitespaces faq and then we can avoid these threads over and over. :) Who wants to work on a faq with me? -- from the desk of Charles wyble ceo president known element enterprises xmpp/sip/smtp:

Re: [WISPA] Whitespaces faq

2010-09-27 Thread Rick Harnish
Charles, WISPA has a wiki open to members only. We felt we needed a secure place for secure content which is privy to members only. It would seem to me that having a TV Whitespaces FAQ open to the public would make it easy for new competition to enter the marketplace. Are you sure you want to

Re: [WISPA] Whitespaces faq

2010-09-27 Thread Charles n wyble
You make an excellent point. I will join wispa in the next few weeks and contribute to the private wiki. Its certainly a well spent investment. Now that I'm in the process of Fielding the initial access points for my wisp its time for me to join up. :) Rick Harnish rharn...@wispa.org wrote:

Re: [WISPA] Whitespaces faq

2010-09-27 Thread Jack Unger
I agree completely with Rick. WISPA Members deserve special access to TV White Space information. WISPA Members have paid their dues (literally) to enable WISPA to lobby (advocate with the FCC) to help create the best TV White Space rules possible given the huge opposition by the TV

Re: [WISPA] TV whitespaces - Whats the next step

2010-09-27 Thread Forbes Mercy
OK so in my area there is a three channel space of 26,27 and, 28 available. I guess my goal is to camp out on 27, knowing this how to I stake the claim and start working toward deployment? I know it's oversimplified but that's where I have to start. Forbes On 9/25/2010 8:37 PM, Mike

Re: [WISPA] Whitespaces faq

2010-09-27 Thread Rick Harnish
Charles, That is an excellent choice IMHO. I'm sure that the FCC Committee and others will help you create a great TV Whitespaces FAQ. I'm excited to have you join the WISPA team. I have seen your posts on this listserv for awhile and have always been impressed with both your commitment of

Re: [WISPA] Obama wants unfettered access to your Internet activity

2010-09-27 Thread John Scrivner
I understand that while this may appear to be on topic that it is a highly politically motivated and biased article. I would prefer we leave things like this on the c...@wispa.org list to avoid the inevitable political flame wars that will come from people trying to debate their political points.

Re: [WISPA] TV White Space

2010-09-27 Thread Jory Privett
As a member, where do I get a username/password for the members only wiki? - Original Message - From: Jory Privett j...@wccs.net To: wireless@wispa.org Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 8:40 AM Subject: [WISPA] TV White Space I was looking at the available channels in my area and

Re: [WISPA] TV whitespaces - Whats the next step

2010-09-27 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 9/27/2010 10:54 AM, Forbes Mercy wrote: OK so in my area there is a three channel space of 26,27 and, 28 available. I guess my goal is to camp out on 27, knowing this how to I stake the claim and start working toward deployment? I know it's oversimplified but that's where I have to start.

Re: [WISPA] TV White Space

2010-09-27 Thread Mike Hammett
Email bill...@wispa.org, I believe. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 9/27/2010 10:19 AM, Jory Privett wrote: As a member, where do I get a username/password for the members only wiki? - Original Message - From: Jory Privettj...@wccs.net

Re: [WISPA] TV White Space

2010-09-27 Thread Rick Harnish
Jory, I will email you offlist. Thanks, Rick -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jory Privett Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 11:19 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] TV White Space As a member, where

Re: [WISPA] Whitespaces faq

2010-09-27 Thread John Scrivner
Excellent! Thank you! Scriv On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Charles n wyble char...@knownelement.com wrote: You make an excellent point. I will join wispa in the next few weeks and contribute to the private wiki. Its certainly a well spent investment.  Now that I'm in the process of

Re: [WISPA] TV whitespaces - Whats the next step

2010-09-27 Thread John Scrivner
There is no staking your claim. I pushed for that as part of a spectrum homesteading initiative which WISPA will not support...sadly. We probably had a good shot at it through all the lobbying efforts we did but the FCC Committee had people against the idea that building broadband service should

Re: [WISPA] TV whitespaces - Whats the next step

2010-09-27 Thread Charles N Wyble
On 09/27/2010 08:40 AM, John Scrivner wrote: There is no staking your claim. I pushed for that as part of a spectrum homesteading initiative which WISPA will not support...sadly. Well isn't this what whitespaces is supposed to prevent? Large amounts of exclusive spectrum already exists and

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Charles N Wyble
On 09/25/2010 11:18 AM, Jerry Richardson wrote: Anyone have this working? If so, is it stable or glitchy? I'll be rolling this out very soon. I have a Ubiquity ns2, a linksys wrt54gl and two custom access points (based on nanostation). I plan to mesh them all and host a few different

Re: [WISPA] TV whitespaces - Whats the next step

2010-09-27 Thread Rick Harnish
John, I personally support your work on Spectrum Homesteading and we hope to develop it further. Unfortunately, the FCC committee was split and thus, it was the advice of the FCC Chairman that we could not support it at this time until the proposal matures further or the education of the FCC

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Jerry Richardson
Thanks. I am most interested in the multiSSID/VLAN on the NS2 - Jerry From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Charles N Wyble Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 8:53 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

Re: [WISPA] TV White Space

2010-09-27 Thread MDK
Nothing will happen until the database is created. At that point, some software tool will search it for you, and once some equipment is built, it should auto-register for you, as well as control the channels. For the moment, there's nothing any of us can do. You can't stake out a claim, as

Re: [WISPA] TV whitespaces - Whats the next step

2010-09-27 Thread Jeromie Reeves
What do you envision as a fair homesteading rule(s)? How do those rules deal with squatters, or people who do 'just enough' to keep others out? I am not completely against 'homesteading' but i am against 'squatting' and 'marginal acceptableness'. Do you have a document or such of your ideas on

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

2010-09-27 Thread Randy Cosby
I have not had time to read up on TVWS much yet, but just had a thought over the weekend. Wouldn't it be easy to adapt DOCSIS to TVWS? Randy On 9/25/2010 1:53 PM, Jeremie Chism wrote: Looks like the cable companies are very worried about this situation.

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Jeromie Reeves
Why not just do multi-ssid on the nano as is? On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Jerry Richardson jrichard...@aircloud.com wrote: Anyone have this working? If so, is it stable or glitchy? Thanks WISPA

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

2010-09-27 Thread Jeromie Reeves
There are already RF/DOCSIS hybrid systems. DOCSIS is a very expensive idea to go with. The head end is the primary cost, but so its the client RF system. The system I looked at was 75K not counting the cable head or modems (this was also about 10 years ago, I have not heard that it was any

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Glenn Kelley
multi-ssid on a nano ? On Sep 27, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Jeromie Reeves wrote: Why not just do multi-ssid on the nano as is? On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Jerry Richardson jrichard...@aircloud.com wrote: Anyone have this working? If so, is it stable or glitchy? Thanks

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Jeromie Reeves
Yes. It supports it, you just need to use the command line to set it up. wlanconfig ath1 wlanddev wifi0 create wlanmode ap ifconfig ath1 up iwconfig ath1 essid your.ssid add encryption and ect with iwconifg On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Glenn Kelley gl...@hostmedic.com wrote: multi-ssid on

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Glenn Kelley
Absolutely Awesome ! On Sep 27, 2010, at 1:11 PM, Jeromie Reeves wrote: Yes. It supports it, you just need to use the command line to set it up. wlanconfig ath1 wlanddev wifi0 create wlanmode ap ifconfig ath1 up iwconfig ath1 essid your.ssid add encryption and ect with iwconifg On Mon,

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Josh Luthman
So much easier on Mikrotik. I hope Ubiquiti and Mikrotik combine forces for a product that can defy the laws of physics and reality. . Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Glenn Kelley

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Charles N Wyble
On 09/27/2010 10:17 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: So much easier on Mikrotik. I hope Ubiquiti and Mikrotik combine forces for a product that can defy the laws of physics and reality. LOL. Check out http://netshe.stasoft.net/node/28#main_features (I can't seem to find the other ubnt contest

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Jerry Richardson
That's cool but there is still no multi VLAN support. Need SSID/VLAN sets - Jerry -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jeromie Reeves Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 10:12 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA]

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Jeromie Reeves
I will need to check into VLAN support. Yes MT is easier off the GUI but I am profecient with the CLI and that works fine for me. On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Jerry Richardson jrichard...@aircloud.com wrote: That's cool but there is still no multi VLAN support. Need SSID/VLAN sets -

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Charles N Wyble
On 09/27/2010 11:20 AM, Jeromie Reeves wrote: I will need to check into VLAN support. ifconfig eth0.x might do the trick. http://wiki.openwrt.org/oldwiki/openwrtdocs/networkinterfaces has some info. WISPA

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Charles N Wyble
On 09/27/2010 10:11 AM, Jeromie Reeves wrote: Yes. It supports it, you just need to use the command line to set it up. wlanconfig ath1 wlanddev wifi0 create wlanmode ap ifconfig ath1 up iwconfig ath1 essid your.ssid add encryption and ect with iwconifg Here is a howto:

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Jeromie Reeves
I assume he wants to vlan tag it and send it back to a trunk. vconfig is on all the units I tested, so it sohuld be as simple as setting up the config. I will sit down with a test unit and come up with a working config. On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Charles N Wyble char...@knownelement.com

[WISPA] WR EUM

2010-09-27 Thread chris cooper
Looking for some Waverider EUM 3004/3005. Hit me offlist if you have any to sell. Thanks Chris Cooper WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Jerry Richardson
This is for a public WiFi network that includes SSIDs for various agencies. Each agency's traffic is on it's own VLAN and terminates in different locations: - Public WiFi - City Offices - PD - Sherriff - County Fire - County Offices - Management Network Only the Public WiFI VLAN sees any

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

2010-09-27 Thread Blair Davis
Forget it. The TV stations already think that they are loosing their space. They have fought this whole TVWS thing tooth and nail. They won't be giving any waivers. Jeromie Reeves wrote: There are already RF/DOCSIS hybrid systems. DOCSIS is a very expensive idea to go with. The head end is

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Charles N Wyble
On 09/27/2010 11:58 AM, Jerry Richardson wrote: This is for a public WiFi network that includes SSIDs for various agencies. Each agency's traffic is on it's own VLAN and terminates in different locations: - Public WiFi - City Offices - PD - Sherriff - County Fire - County Offices -

Re: [WISPA] Whitespaces faq

2010-09-27 Thread Brian Webster
I am working on a new Google Earth file with the TV contours that will be available. Have all the channels mapped, just looking to see if I can easily add other items like the border buffer areas and anything else that needs protecting. Thank You, Brian Webster www.wirelessmapping.com

Re: [WISPA] Whitespaces faq

2010-09-27 Thread Charles N Wyble
Awesome. It will definitely be prominently featured in the FAQ. :) On 09/27/2010 12:11 PM, Brian Webster wrote: I am working on a new Google Earth file with the TV contours that will be available. Have all the channels mapped, just looking to see if I can easily add other items like the

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Greg Ihnen
What about bandwidth limits per ssid? What I would do is run one encrypted with no limits and the other open with limits. And what about WDS on one and not on the other? Thanks! Greg On Sep 27, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Jeromie Reeves wrote: Yes. It supports it, you just need to use the command

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Greg Ihnen
+1 on wanting a UBNT+MT combo (RouterOS on UBNT gear). Greg On Sep 27, 2010, at 12:47 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: So much easier on Mikrotik. I hope Ubiquiti and Mikrotik combine forces for a product that can defy the laws of physics and reality. . Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct:

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Greg Ihnen
I was just reading up on it, it seems that some radios (clients) choke when they see multiple ssid's all with the same MAC address. Gregorio On Sep 27, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Jeromie Reeves wrote: Yes. It supports it, you just need to use the command line to set it up. wlanconfig ath1 wlanddev

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Jerry Richardson
Right. Only one BSSID per MAC - Jerry -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Greg Ihnen Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 12:59 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID I was

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread RickG
But, but, Discovery Channel says you can ;P http://www.yourdiscovery.com/video/pagani-defying-the-laws-of-physics/ http://www.yourdiscovery.com/video/pagani-defying-the-laws-of-physics/However, it doesnt do so for my wallet! On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Josh Luthman

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread RickG
What are the limitations of doing so, the hardware (UBNT) or software (MT)? On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Greg Ihnen os10ru...@gmail.com wrote: +1 on wanting a UBNT+MT combo (RouterOS on UBNT gear). Greg On Sep 27, 2010, at 12:47 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: So much easier on Mikrotik. I

Re: [WISPA] Whitespaces faq

2010-09-27 Thread Mike Hammett
Is the Spectrum Bridge site up to date with returned channels, or has no one returned anything yet? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 9/27/2010 2:11 PM, Brian Webster wrote: I am working on a new Google Earth file with the TV contours that will be

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Greg Ihnen
Just guessing, possibly drivers (from UBNT) and a license (from MT). I'd gladly pay for an MT license to put RouterOS on some of my UBNT. Greg On Sep 27, 2010, at 4:12 PM, RickG wrote: What are the limitations of doing so, the hardware (UBNT) or software (MT)? On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 3:37

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Jerry Richardson
As I understand it there is bad Ju Ju between MT and UBNT MT would do well to get over it and port RouterOS to UBNT - Jerry From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 1:43 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re:

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity with OpenWRT and multi VLAN/SSID

2010-09-27 Thread Greg Ihnen
That would be my first choice. Another option would be if MT offered similar hardware to UBNT - inexpensive, some one piece stuff like nanostation, powerstation (with an FCC sticker! - ducking), MT already has the hodgepodge u-buildit market. Greg On Sep 27, 2010, at 4:17 PM, Jerry Richardson

[WISPA] tvws $$$$$$$$$$$

2010-09-27 Thread Jason Bailey
 Just a few quick questions.Who will actually make the gear?What will it cost??? WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] tvws $$$$$$$$$$$

2010-09-27 Thread Josh Luthman
Cost = x Vendor = y I will give you x and y in 6 months to 2 years. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Jason Bailey j284...@yahoo.com wrote: Just a few quick questions.Who will actually make the

Re: [WISPA] tvws $$$$$$$$$$$

2010-09-27 Thread Jeff Ehman
Plenty of manufacturers have TVWS gear in their pipeline. We had this discussion last week but Motorola is very far along in their development as well as Alvarion and plenty of the other carrier grade names. I know Airspan already made and deployed TVWS gear for a special project too. No one

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

2010-09-27 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 9/27/2010 12:24 PM, you wrote: I have not had time to read up on TVWS much yet, but just had a thought over the weekend. Wouldn't it be easy to adapt DOCSIS to TVWS? DOCSIS radios do exist. Transcom and Vecima make them, mainly for the 700 MHz band. Some rural licensed carriers are

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

2010-09-27 Thread Brian Webster
FDD could be a good thing. Separate transmit and receive would allow you to deal with white space channels that are not contiguous. With separate TX and RX you could actually make use of the first adjacent channels. The HAAT rules and power/antenna gain limits apply to transmitters. If you have

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

2010-09-27 Thread Jeromie Reeves
I assumed so, but was not sure if there was any kind of 'feature' built into it or not. Still, when the time comes, I will spend the time to try it, whats the worst that will happen, be told no? On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Blair Davis the...@wmwisp.net wrote: Forget it. The TV stations

Re: [WISPA] TV whitespaces - Whats the next step

2010-09-27 Thread Jack Unger
Jeromie, A quick check of WISPA's billing survey did not turn up your name as a WISPA Member. If that is wrong and you are a Member then I warmly invite you to join the FCC Committee so you can provide your input and ideas regarding spectrum homesteading. If you are not a WISPA Member then