Re: [WISPA] Anyone doing IPTV?

2011-03-08 Thread Charles wyble
support wrote: Anyone find a cost effective way to do IPTV yet? That is something I'm really wanting to get into Thanks -- Tim Steele supp...@nitline.com NITLine Support (574) 772-7550 ext 103 www.NITLine.net_ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://sig

Re: [WISPA] Internet service in Austin TX

2011-03-15 Thread Charles wyble
Chuck Hogg wrote: Keep in mind, it hasn't been fully marketed like they used to. I have friends that switched to Clear from DSL, and after 6 months switched back because the AP's were loaded at night. Regards, Chuck On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Rogelio wrote: On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 6

Re: [WISPA] Preventing backwards router problems

2008-09-03 Thread Charles Wyble
t you put it on the gateway > router and it only allowed MAC authorized clients to the internet > everybody else was pointed to a captive portal. Does anybody remember > this or could give me a link to it again? > Chillispot? Wifi-DOG? There are a few of them. -- Charles

Re: [WISPA] Preventing backwards router problems

2008-09-04 Thread Charles Wyble
Andrew Niemantsverdriet wrote: > On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Charles Wyble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Andrew Niemantsverdriet wrote: >> >>> How to I prevent SOHO routers from handing out bogus DHCP information >>> when they are plugged i

Re: [WISPA] Preventing backwards router problems

2008-09-04 Thread Charles Wyble
Clint Ricker wrote: > (they aren't necessarily either/or) solutions: > - Many APs have client isolation, which keeps traffic from one client going > to another. Some switches have this as well. > Wouldn't all switches have this by design and during normal operation (various exploits to sniff

Re: [WISPA] Preventing backwards router problems

2008-09-05 Thread Charles Wyble
Jeff Broadwick wrote: > Just a word of caution, native Linux will only work up to a certain point > with PPPoE/L2TP. > > Jeff Can you expand on that a bit? I mean obviously you you need other bits to make a complete solution (RADIUS/DNS/DHCP maybe some LDAP/Cert Authority/VPN). I would rec

Re: [WISPA] Satellite internet

2008-09-05 Thread Charles Wyble
Forrest W. Christian wrote: > I half expect that the whole speed of light latency issue will be > eliminated sometime in my lifetime - that is, instantaneous > communication between any two points with no meaningful delay. > You aren't that far off. Lots of quantum network research being done

Re: [WISPA] Wrap Boards and Support

2008-09-05 Thread Charles Wyble
tact me offline for the same project > > Ram > > Are you familiar with http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu/wiki/Wireless ? I think you will find it quite useful for what you are doing. Also check out http://routerboard.com/ -- Charles Wyble (818) 280 - 7059 http://charlesnw.blogspo

Re: [WISPA] Considering ARIN and buying our own IPs....IPv4? IPv6

2008-09-05 Thread Charles Wyble
make sense to me to buy your own block at least not for some time. > We want to plan for future growth, and for IPv6any advice? > I am currently going through the IPv6 process with ARIN and hope to have it completed by end of September. -- Charles Wyble (818) 280 - 7059 ht

Re: [WISPA] Considering ARIN and buying our own IPs....IPv4? IPv6

2008-09-05 Thread Charles Wyble
Mike Hammett wrote: > If you can justify a... /22? then you should have your own IPs from ARIN. > Other than that, you can't have them. > Correct. The minimum allocation has been going up. I used to control some /24 netblocks of portable space. Was cool. :) -- Charles W

Re: [WISPA] Considering ARIN and buying our own IPs....IPv4? IPv6

2008-09-05 Thread Charles Wyble
Zachery Wolfinger wrote: > We have an IPv6 block. Mostly just for testing right now. You can peer up > with Hurricane Electric over an IPv4 tunnel for testing. > Yep. Tunnelbroker.net You can get a /48 and /64. -- Charles Wyble (818) 280 - 7059 http://charlesnw.blogspot.com

Re: [WISPA] Preventing backwards router problems

2008-09-05 Thread Charles Wyble
Jeff Broadwick wrote: > Hi Charles, > > It's a scale issue. I wish I could tell you exactly where it will fail, but > there are a lot of variables. > Oh certainly. The Linux kernel and user space could use a whole lot of tuning in many many many many places. :) > We've been able to get 3000

Re: [WISPA] Considering ARIN and buying our own IPs....IPv4? IPv6

2008-09-05 Thread Charles Wyble
st fishing around > on the website, and what should we be looking at buying. We have a little > over 350 subs right now and growing about 30 subs/month on average. We have > a block of 2000 IPs from AT&T. > > We want to plan for future growth, and for IPv6....any advice? > >

Re: [WISPA] routers

2008-09-21 Thread Charles Wyble
- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- Charles Wyble (818) 280 - 7059

Re: [WISPA] routers

2008-09-22 Thread Charles Wyble
what firmware has been used successfully to reflash with. > The next largest issue is that they skimp on the > hardware resources, the 310 has 32mb ram where most other units have > 16 or even as little as 8. That just is not enough with out a well > produced firmware. > Exactl

Re: [WISPA] [Tranzeo] New Update - Tranzeo/Mtik disconnect issue Oct 10th, 2008

2008-10-20 Thread Charles Wyble
Fantastic after action / forensics report! It's the best one I have seen, and I have seen many of them, as well as produced hundreds. Good job! WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -

Re: [WISPA] heavy usage customers OT: Windows updates

2008-11-01 Thread Charles Wyble
Scottie Arnett wrote: > On another note, is their a way to cache or get a server closer to you for > windows updates? I have a hospital on our network that has 60+ PC's on the > inside. They are killing us with windows updates at certain times...like > Service Pack 3...? > http://technet.mic

[WISPA] Looks like we didn't win

2008-11-04 Thread Charles Wyble
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/110408-fcc-whilte-spaces.html :( WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA W

Re: [WISPA] WISPA Website FCC Press Release and Commissioner Comments

2008-11-05 Thread Charles Wyble
Rick Harnish wrote: > http://www.wispa.org/?p=311 > Does anyone have a link to the report and order? WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---

Re: [WISPA] OT election results

2008-11-06 Thread Charles Wyble
I'm glad the whitespace spectrum was approved. I hear tell our new fearless leader wants to appoint a CIO for the country. That undoubtedly means even more regulation, process and red tape. Just read any large companies CIO blog. Ugh. I'm hoping that WISPs will be able to bid on contracts for

Re: [WISPA] OT election results

2008-11-06 Thread Charles Wyble
Brad, You are 100% correct. Taxes up. Markets haven't reacted well at all to the choice for our new leader. Not at all. Brad Belton wrote: > Well it's certainly clear that our taxes will be going up. Hope everyone > enjoys it. > > Brad > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [WISPA] OT election results

2008-11-06 Thread Charles Wyble
Jack Unger wrote: > I agree 100% (or even 110%) That is O.T. > > This clearly is NOT a list for political discussions but I can send you > a fine list of political sites where politics are discussed 24/7. > Certainly. Yet a lot of the things on this list go off in various tangents. :) We're

Re: [WISPA] OT election results - probable new chairman named

2008-11-10 Thread Charles Wyble
More on FCC chairperson selection: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2008/tc2008119_650156.htm?campaign_id=yhoo Comments? WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] OT election results - probable new chairman named

2008-11-10 Thread Charles Wyble
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The two newsarticles I found on Rivera insisted he was the top of the list > for chairman, both published today. > :) The one I linked to claim he isn't interested. *shrugs* > regardless, changes in people can be profound changes in policy... Which > could be helpf

Re: [WISPA] manufacturing CPE for customers

2008-11-11 Thread Charles Wyble
Andy, Have you seen www.routerboard.com ? They have some decent CPE for less then 100.00. Andy Loukes wrote: > >> Hi >> >> iam looking some one to help me getting smalled board with low cost >> CPE for indoor use with the support of OpenWRT >> >> one lan + one wan + 1 ap >> >> contact me offlin

Re: [WISPA] Vista VPN Question

2008-11-13 Thread Charles Wyble
Mike Hammett wrote: > Is there a way to setup Vista so that only certain subnets are routed over a > VPN link? It seems silly that a customer with a 16 meg Comcast connection > pushes all Internet traffic through the office's 2/2 connection. > There is a route command you can use from the co

Re: [WISPA] TV Whitespaces

2008-11-17 Thread Charles Wyble
Mike Hammett wrote: > Now that TV whitespaces have been approved for our use, let's hear from the > vendors. When, how much, and what will you do with it? > Indeed! Who would the likely vendors in this space be? Should we put an RFP together and send it around? I sure want answers to your

[WISPA] 3.65Ghz / 802.11y-2008

2008-11-17 Thread Charles Wyble
Now that the 802.11y-2008 standard has been finalized, what can we expect? Will anyone be deploying gear in that spectrum? What vendors are the current players? Everything I have seen in that spectrum is using Wimax.

Re: [WISPA] 3.65Ghz / 802.11y-2008

2008-11-17 Thread Charles Wyble
Jason, Thanks for that. According to http://ligowave.com/?q=news/2 they aren't legal for US operation. I do like the price point. I like it very much. Jason Hensley wrote: > Ligowave > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On &g

Re: [WISPA] 3.65Ghz / 802.11y-2008

2008-11-17 Thread Charles Wyble
Jason Hensley wrote: > How do you get that from that link? They just recently received FCC > approval in the band, so I'm sure they're legal. > They just updated that link. I got an e-mail back from sales apologizing for overlooking the update. :) Thank you for the reference. I will be tal

Re: [WISPA] Indoor Access Points

2008-11-18 Thread Charles Wyble
Josh Luthman wrote: > I am looking to see what other members use for indoor access points. > Primarily I'm looking for a residential install and hotels. > > I've been using the Senao/Engenius equipment for quite a while but I have > encountered several issues over the years and I am hoping to find

Re: [WISPA] Indoor Access Points

2008-11-18 Thread Charles Wyble
in use for about 3 weeks with 0 issues) and will be meshing out from it to provide internet to Downtown El Segundo California. Charles Wyble http://www.socalwifi.net WISPA Wants You! Join today! http:

[WISPA] NS2 Feedback

2008-11-18 Thread Charles Wyble
and start deploying a mesh. NS2: 100.00 Wireless coverage you can count on: Priceless Charles Wyble http://www.socalwifi.net WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti 3.65

2008-11-18 Thread Charles Wyble
Joel White wrote: > Anyone out there using the Ubiquiti 3.65 legally registered with the FCC? > Any ups or downs or knowledge you care to share? > > I would love to get an answer to this as well. WISPA Wants You

Re: [WISPA] Indoor Access Points

2008-11-19 Thread Charles Wyble
Tom Sharples wrote: > One of our wisp clients (a good size one with around 1K paying clients) has > been testing the ns2, and he reports some sort of problem that shows up as a > steady loss of preformance over time. They start out working great, but > after a few days of continuous operation th

Re: [WISPA] NS2 Feedback

2008-11-19 Thread Charles Wyble
rts mesh? > > > > > __ > Jerry Richardson > airCloud Communications > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Charles Wyble > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 7:41 PM > To: WISPA General List &g

Re: [WISPA] NS2 Feedback

2008-11-19 Thread Charles Wyble
Josh Luthman wrote: > Charles, > > Have you any experience with the R52/h or Compex cards? If so how do the > NS2s compare (or do they)? > No I do not. Sorry. My other wireless experience has been with Linksys WRT54GL running OpenWrt. --

Re: [WISPA] Article

2008-12-05 Thread Charles Wyble
I have a question. How do you have so much time to write these really long e-mails on a regular basis? Do you have that much free time? If so do you think it could be better invested in improving your WISP? It seems counter productive to me, for you to spend all this time posting to the WISP li

Re: [WISPA] Article

2008-12-06 Thread Charles Wyble
I'll be proposing this at the town hall meeting in Los Angeles today. See http://www.internetforeveryone.org/ If anyone in SoCal is attending feel free to call my cell at (818)280-7059. I should be there around noon. Tom DeReggi wrote: > As I weeded through the gibberish I did recognize on

Re: [WISPA] Do you provide backup services?

2008-12-07 Thread Charles Wyble
Stick those drives in this: http://promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?product_id=185 Mike Hammett wrote: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337 > > > - > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > --

Re: [WISPA] Do you provide backup services?

2008-12-07 Thread Charles Wyble
Marlon K. Schafer wrote: > Thanks! > > Do you happen to know if those are new or reman units? Seems pretty dang > cheap. I'm after inexpensive, not cheap. > I swear by the baracuda drives. Nothing else. > I could sure see putting one of those into the web severs and then selling a > lot mor

Re: [WISPA] Do you provide backup services?

2008-12-07 Thread Charles Wyble
Marlon K. Schafer wrote: > How much? > 2k. > I pay for internet > based on usage. Doesn't everyone? (I mean for anything beyond end users). > I need to keep as many of these danged off site backup > customers on MY system not ever let them out to the internet. > Bingo. -

[WISPA] For your consideration

2009-02-06 Thread Charles Wyble
http://bennett.com/blog/2009/02/thought-you-had-no-alternatives-for-broadband/ -- Charles N Wyble char...@thewybles.com (818)280-7059 http://charlesnw.blogspot.com CTO SocalWiFI.net WISPA Wants You! Join today

Re: [WISPA] Mesh Solutions

2009-02-06 Thread Charles Wyble
ubnt.com :) Jerry Richardson wrote: > What are some sub-$500 solutions for dual radio WiFi Mesh that support > Multi-SSID with VLAN tagging? > > I already know I can do it for around 360/unit with MikroTik, just > wondering if I am overlooking anything. > > Thanks > -- Charles N Wyble cha

Re: [WISPA] Ya Know......

2009-04-16 Thread Charles Wyble
Alright. Shut this thread down. Or take it off list. Don't gripe on list about an issue between two individuals. Use a blog or something. Seriously. Bob Moldashel wrote: > After reading this again. > > No... > > What would have been better for Bob in the first place is if the other > part

Re: [WISPA] Insurance on equipment

2009-04-16 Thread Charles Wyble
I'm guessing you mean AP gear and not CPE? Or do you mean CPE as well? Alan Long wrote: > Anyone have information/experience with insuring your equipment against > damage. My main concern is weather related damage. > > > > > > ---

Re: [WISPA] Insurance on equipment

2009-04-16 Thread Charles Wyble
tel: 3342759998 >> mobile: 336092 >> -------- >> -Original Message- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> Behalf Of Charles Wyble >> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 4:30 PM >> To: WISPA

Re: [WISPA] billing system to integrate with wi-fi

2009-04-16 Thread Charles Wyble
Well naturally. However I define plug and play as everything is pre integrated, and simply needs one to set passwords and some IP addresses/ranges. Scott Reed wrote: > Except for the first line and the last line, this is pretty much MT > RouterOS and UserManager. > With the rest of the list, ho

Re: [WISPA] DFS Radar Question

2009-04-20 Thread Charles Wyble
The WiSPY picks up radar signals? Eje Gustafsson wrote: > The Wi-SPY devices are fairly affordable. And they support remote monitoring > both with Windows and Linux. So you could set one up in a small linux box > that you leave on site and just let it log and you can view the data > remotely from

Re: [WISPA] electricity usage calculator

2009-04-21 Thread Charles Wyble
There is also Iboot: http://dataprobe.com/iboot-remote-reboot.html I have a couple thousand of them monitoring kit all over the United States. Work very well. Vickie Edwards wrote: > ThinkGeek has 3 different models of the Kill-a-Watt, as well as another > meter-type gadget: > > http://www.th

[WISPA] 3650Mhz and Wimax Vendors

2009-04-22 Thread Charles Wyble
So the recent thread on Wimax was quite interesting. I need to read up on the different technologies involved. I believe that a fixed deployment is sufficient for many many many needs and markets (wireless local loop if you will). If people want mobility/end user wireless they can hang an 802.1

Re: [WISPA] 3650Mhz and Wimax Vendors

2009-04-22 Thread Charles Wyble
I'm looking for more operational experience and end user experience. Certainly good technology contributes to that, but that isn't my primary goal. Michael Baird wrote: > It was interesting, but I was hoping for some more first hand experience > reporting. Essentially the only explanation for

Re: [WISPA] 3650Mhz and Wimax Vendors

2009-04-22 Thread Charles Wyble
Jason Hensley wrote: > For me, personally in our area, 3650 is attractive because of the lack of > noise. We are saturated with 2.4 and 5GHz here, but if I was in an area > with low noise levels in 2.4 and 5Ghz, then I would not see a point in > spending the extra money to deploy 3650 gear. I p

Re: [WISPA] 3650Mhz and Wimax Vendors

2009-04-22 Thread Charles Wyble
g. > > -Matt > > On Apr 22, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Charles Wyble wrote: > >> I'm looking for more operational experience and end user experience. >> Certainly good technology contributes to that, but that isn't my >> primary >> goal. >> >>

Re: [WISPA] 3650Mhz and Wimax Vendors

2009-04-22 Thread Charles Wyble
different and better than what else >> is out there. The people who don't use WiMAX think it is overpriced >> and not particularly interesting. >> >> -Matt >> >> On Apr 22, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Charles Wyble wrote: >> >> >>> I'

Re: [WISPA] router to load balance 2 wan connections

2009-04-22 Thread Charles Wyble
Excellent questions to ask. I would recommend a mid range cisco router. Say the 1800 or 2800 series. Also Vyata makes some nice kit. Jeff Broadwick wrote: > Hi Alan, > > Do you anticipate needing BGP now, or in the future? > > What are the link speeds? > > How much overall throughput will the

Re: [WISPA] 3650Mhz and Wimax Vendors

2009-04-22 Thread Charles Wyble
This is what I'm looking for. Thank you!! Ben Wiechman wrote: > We've looked at several different vendors for WiMAX and have been running > Alvarion in 2.5GHz for almost 18 months now. Aperto seems to have a decent > RF platform, as does Redline and Alvarion. We had two main issues with > Aperto:

Re: [WISPA] NTIA mapping

2009-04-29 Thread Charles Wyble
Brian Webster wrote: > Amen Rick > > I've always maintained the thought that the 350 Million was another back > door political payback to the Telco and cable companies via Connected > Nation. With the fact that this funding gets put out there and then the data > never really becomes availabl

Re: [WISPA] NTIA mapping

2009-04-29 Thread Charles Wyble
Excellent!!! My thoughts exactly to the millionth power! Tom DeReggi wrote: > Rick, > > I agree with your assessment that the $350 mil number was set based on > either Connected Nation being in mind (their lobbying), or using Connected > Nation as the only historical data to estimate what it

Re: [WISPA] NTIA mapping

2009-04-29 Thread Charles Wyble
Preach it Tom! Wake up folks. Regardless of your political views, your approval/disapproval of the stimulus package it's out there and the money is becoming available. WE PAID INTO THIS WITH OUR TAXES! IT'S OUR MONEY! I don't know about all you, but I have been preparing business and product

[WISPA] Whitespace Equipment

2009-04-29 Thread Charles Wyble
All, What is the current status of whitespace gear availability? I'm ramping up my WISP efforts here in SoCal and am looking at a combination of TVWS and 3650 for back haul/aggregation. I know who the 3650 players are, and the licensing process etc. Still working on negotiating access to the p

Re: [WISPA] Whitespace Equipment

2009-04-29 Thread Charles Wyble
e of all the existing TV > stations) there will be few-to-none TVWS channels available. TVWS will > be most practical (and available) in rural areas where there are not as > many existing TV broadcasters. > > jack > > > Charles Wyble wrote: >> All, >>

Re: [WISPA] Whitespace Equipment

2009-04-29 Thread Charles Wyble
ry soon. I also need to post some data that I got from the FCC OET, as the published calculations in regards to the exclusion zones have errors. Jack Unger wrote: > Charles, > > Yep. Please update us on your efforts to negotiate access to 3650 spectrum. > > jack > >

Re: [WISPA] NTIA mapping

2009-04-29 Thread Charles Wyble
Brian Webster wrote: > Charles, > I am not against this stimulus package nor the mapping effort. Understood. There has > been considerable criticism of connected nation and where they have > responded to same, I have watched carefully. I will look into this further. This is the first

[WISPA] 3650Mhz Access Update

2009-04-30 Thread Charles Wyble
So I talked with someone who is heavily involved in the operation of 3650Mhz ground stations. The 30 second summary: Mobile applications are out of the question. Fixed point to point applications are possible. Talk to comsearch. Slightly longer summary: He mentioned http://en.wikipedia.org/wik

Re: [WISPA] 3650Mhz Access Update

2009-04-30 Thread Charles Wyble
Speaking of comsearch: http://www.comsearch.com/newsletter/e-flash.html Charles Wyble wrote: > So I talked with someone who is heavily involved in the operation of > 3650Mhz ground stations. > > The 30 second summary: > > Mobile applications are out of the question. >

Re: [WISPA] WAN HotSpot and Polarity

2009-04-30 Thread Charles Wyble
I found that with a NanoStation2 I was able to provide coverage to an entire strip mall. Google earth it: 229 Main Street El Segundo, CA 90245 is where I deployed the AP. It's a fairly standard strip mall. I covered the entire mall, plus across the street in all 4 directions. Tom DeReggi

Re: [WISPA] WAN HotSpot and Polarity

2009-04-30 Thread Charles Wyble
u didn't address the primary question of > polarity. > > Or what polarity hotspot CPE devices generally see. > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > - Original Message - > From: "Charles Wyble&q

Re: [WISPA] WAN HotSpot and Polarity

2009-04-30 Thread Charles Wyble
switchable) not both. > But, it would not be the first time I was wrong. > > Brian > > Charles Wyble wrote: >> The NS2 is dual polarity. >> >> Not sure what polarity the clients are. We get a lot of Iphones/Ipods as >> clients. >> >> So I haven't

Re: [WISPA] suggestions on lower end PC appliances?

2009-05-13 Thread Charles Wyble
David E. Smith wrote: > Rogelio wrote: > >> I've heard good things about the Soekris boards, particularly from guys >> in the BSD community. The problem is time and finances. I'm not sure >> that this is the best sort of solution, given those constraints. But >> it's one option. > > The So

Re: [WISPA] Monowall and Microsoft Vista machines

2009-05-18 Thread Charles Wyble
Google for the win once again. :) Blasted zeroconf. D. Ryan Spott wrote: > http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22403089-Monowall-and-Mirosoft-Vista-machines > > the "iptables -t filter -I INPUT --source 169.254.0.0/16 -j ACCEPT" > makes good sense. > > > ryan > > Steve Barnes wrote: >> Did not m

[WISPA] Wireless visualization

2009-05-24 Thread Charles Wyble
http://www.ittc.ku.edu/wlan/ Also is anyone using visualization tools in your noc? such as ethereape or http://www.rumint.org/ etc? WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---

Re: [WISPA] Wireless visualization

2009-05-27 Thread Charles Wyble
OCs. :) > > > > On May 24, 2009, at 11:56 AM, Charles Wyble > wrote: > >> http://www.ittc.ku.edu/wlan/ >> >> Also is anyone using visualization tools in your noc? such as >&g

Re: [WISPA] Wireless visualization

2009-05-27 Thread Charles Wyble
OCs. :) > > > > On May 24, 2009, at 11:56 AM, Charles Wyble > wrote: > >> http://www.ittc.ku.edu/wlan/ >> >> Also is anyone using visualization tools in your noc? such as >&g

Re: [WISPA] Starting a wisp - required capital

2009-05-27 Thread Charles Wyble
RickG wrote: > Charles, > > I'll check my archives for the spreadsheet (I think Charles Wu has it > online someplace) Thanks. I appreciate that. but I believe the financing is only a small portion > of the issue. Indeed. Gear is only a small part of the network. I was thinking 100k for cap

Re: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?

2009-05-27 Thread Charles Wyble
T-mobile cell phones work over wifi. 1 number. I use it all the time. George Rogato wrote: > Josh Luthman wrote: >> If you have Asterisk you just opened up nearly any Wifi phone to your >> system. SIP is so universal... >> >> > > Yeah, I have not been keeping up with cell phones. My own is 5

Re: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?

2009-05-27 Thread Charles Wyble
Blackberry Curve and Pearl on t-mobile. Works like a champ. Use it all the time, along with heavy torrenting and other use. George Rogato wrote: > Is there a cell phone that can connect to someones wifi ap and still > make phone calls or recieve data when not in range of the cell service? > > T

Re: [WISPA] Cell phone with wifi?

2009-05-27 Thread Charles Wyble
http://www.villagetelco.org/ Matt Larsen - Lists wrote: > I bought my E71 unlocked and it is an awesome phone. It even went > through a complete washer/dryer cycle with my laundry and came out just > fine (after it dried out for a few hours). > > I have mine setup with my office Asterisk serv

Re: [WISPA] Panel suggests state leases extra ETV capacity to two wireless companies

2009-05-28 Thread Charles Wyble
jp wrote: > Based on the article it appears they are just looking to lease that spectrum > for cash. > Sounds fine to me, as it's what the feds have done for years with their > spectrum. > I bet many states sit on unused or underused spectrum that could utilized for > commercial > purposes.

[WISPA] Geocoding

2009-05-31 Thread Charles Wyble
Thought folks might dig http://www.johnsample.com/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireles

Re: [WISPA] Geocoding

2009-05-31 Thread Charles Wyble
d the impossible, that which remains, however > improbable, must be the truth." > --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle > > > On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Charles Wyble wrote: > >> Thought folks might dig http://www.johnsample.com/ >> >> >> >> -

Re: [WISPA] OT: Cisco 7200 Gigabit Ethernet Cards?

2009-06-03 Thread Charles Wyble
Matt Liotta wrote: > On Jun 3, 2009, at 3:49 PM, David E. Smith wrote: > >> Did Cisco ever come to their senses on IOS licensing? Used to be, the >> software on a Cisco router was licensed to an entity separate from the >> purchase of the hardware. Thus, if you bought a router "used," its >> (al

Re: [WISPA] OT: Cisco 7200 Gigabit Ethernet Cards?

2009-06-03 Thread Charles Wyble
>> I have a Cisco pricelist with the relicense fees. >> > I am sure you do. The question is who is subject to them and in what > case do they apply. I doubt you will provide answers. Wow. What's your problem? You treat customers like that as well? --

Re: [WISPA] OT: Cisco 7200 Gigabit Ethernet Cards?

2009-06-03 Thread Charles Wyble
Stop digging the hole you're in man. Matt Liotta wrote: > That is a policy statement. It is not legal fact. > > -Matt WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ --

Re: [WISPA] OT: Cisco 7200 Gigabit Ethernet Cards?

2009-06-03 Thread Charles Wyble
No one said buying/selling used gear is illegal. They said operation of the gear is illegal without a separate license from Cisco. Jesse Preiner wrote: > We buy and sell used Cisco routers and switches on a daily basis. It is > totally legal and hundreds of companies do what we do and thousands

Re: [WISPA] Quesiton on Funding / Financing / Capital Availability

2009-06-03 Thread Charles Wyble
Advice I have heard from lawyers, is NEVER EVER EVER DO THIS (emphasis from them). RickG wrote: > Very nice info Larry! So, what is your take on incorporating in a > state other than your home state for tax reasons? Is it worth the > effort? > -RickG > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Larry Yun

[WISPA] BTOP news

2009-06-04 Thread Charles Wyble
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42373 I thought this was a good article and very insightful. Hope folks find it useful. WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -

Re: [WISPA] 3.65 Wimax

2009-06-05 Thread Charles Wyble
Well there is NLOS performance and spectrum crowding to be considered. Not sure which Mike Cowan was referring to. Mike Hammett wrote: > I don't think I'd go that far. In many areas 2.4 is useless, so by that > very token, 3.650 would be a world of better because it's virgin territory. > >

[WISPA] Pole attachment procedures

2009-06-05 Thread Charles Wyble
I'm curious if anyone here has gotten access to the utility infrastructure in your service area for communications gear? Also what about mountain top colo facilities? I'm in Los Angeles county and have been researching the matter. For the mountain top stuff, it seems it would be best to hook up

[WISPA] BTOP - mapping

2009-06-05 Thread Charles Wyble
From http://www.ntia.doc.gov/broadbandgrants/BTOPQuarterlyReport_090518.pdf In addition, NTIA intends to release a separate NOFA with respect to the broadband map. Excellent! Would be awesome if they break it down per state/major metro area. Such that multiple players can bid on the contr

Re: [WISPA] BTOP - mapping

2009-06-05 Thread Charles Wyble
Hrm. Broadband Map Posted to WebsiteFebruary 17, 2011 Wonder if any of the new census data will be available by then? That would help with showing some real numbers/markets/updated incomes etc. Charles Wyble wrote: > From > > > http://www.ntia.doc.gov/bro

Re: [WISPA] document version control? (e.g. web-based solution to "check out" KMZ files)

2009-06-05 Thread Charles Wyble
KMZ is a binary file format? What do you use for XLS/Word version control? Or do you simply use the built in reconciliation functionality? I'm also interested in what folks are using for binary source control. KMZ/SHP etc. Rogelio wrote: > I've got a question that tangentially pertains to wire

Re: [WISPA] document version control? (e.g. web-based solution to "check out" KMZ files)

2009-06-05 Thread Charles Wyble
Ah. Well then if it's text, git may be useful. Trac is a good frontend, that I use on a regular basis. Or something more along the lines of sharepoint I really like http://www.knowledgetree.com/ http://www.knowledgetree.com/opensource Rogelio wrote: > Charles Wyble wrote: >

Re: [WISPA] document version control? (e.g. web-based solution to "check out" KMZ files)

2009-06-07 Thread Charles Wyble
*shudders* I can't use SVN after using GIT. It's so powerful and elegant. Scott Reed wrote: > This is a great solution. > I didn't find Subversion so hard to setup and getting tortoise running > was just follow the directions. > Works great. The fact that tortoise embeds in Windows Explorer

Re: [WISPA] Electronic Signatures

2009-06-07 Thread Charles Wyble
The big carriers don't require a signature on a contract. They also don't do (free/near free) installs either. I don't know if there is a signed contract if you pay for an install. Yes I realize this is a very important differentiator that we can provide, however I don't feel a signed contract

Re: [WISPA] Electronic Signatures

2009-06-08 Thread Charles Wyble
. > -RickG > > > On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 11:22 PM, Charles Wyble wrote: >> The big carriers don't require a signature on a contract. They also >> don't do (free/near free) installs either. I don't know if there is a >> signed contract if you pay for an in

Re: [WISPA] Finding Available Licensed Frequencies

2009-06-10 Thread Charles Wyble
FCC license database. Forbes Mercy wrote: > Is there a tool or resource to find out if certain frequencies are > available or who owns them to lease them? I'm particularly looking for > 2.5 in my area. > > Thanks, > Forbes Mercy > President - Washington Broadband, Inc. > > > --

Re: [WISPA] Conficker Attack?

2009-06-11 Thread Charles Wyble
Ryan Ghering wrote: > As a side note, my upstream called this morning, asked if they could remove > the access-list, stating its policy to only leave ACL's in place for 12 to > 24 hours. > I asked them If this was conficker what can be done to permently block it. Do they have an IPS in place?

Re: [WISPA] Project Management Software - Online

2009-06-15 Thread Charles Wyble
+1 for basecamp. Yes there are numerous open source LAMP packages, but do you want to be in the IT business or the WISP business? +1 for basecamp. Use it and be happy. Israel Lopez-LISTS wrote: > I'm currently running a test project with Basecamp, been so far impressed. > > http://www.basecamp

Re: [WISPA] FTTx

2009-06-15 Thread Charles Wyble
I'm also interested in this information. WiFI and other wireless networking technologies have there place, but fiber does as well. Is there any operational lists for small/medium FTTx providers? Mike Hammett wrote: > okay, PONs have gotten faster since I last looked. Last I knew they had > pe

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