Re: [WISPA] Pioneering Wi-Fi City Sees Startup Woes

2006-05-02 Thread John Thomas
We kind of got sucked into this. We have been working with Cisco as a muni provider and were offered the Mesh training, which was good. A City IT manager found out about the mesh and wanted it-before it was even available-which wasn't so good. We could either install it and make some money or w

Re: [WISPA] Re: [WISP] Who is Open Range Communications Inc.?

2006-05-02 Thread John Thomas
It looks like they want Nevada too... http://fastads.swiftnews.com/indi/?s=tcan&ui=lh&a=850526 John Chad Halsted wrote: And Arkansas... This is was posted in www.ardemgaz.com (Arkansas Democrat Gazette) today under the "Notices" section of the paper. You may want to check your paper today.

Re: [WISPA] Save the Internet (Net Neutrality)

2006-05-03 Thread John Thomas
It seems like it is time to bill by the packet. Or at least by groups of packets as in 2 Gigs for $39. Many clients don;t like this kind of billing, but it is likely the only way you can do anything about IPTV. If you have sold someone a 384k unmetered connection, and they decide to actual

Re: [WISPA] Save the Internet (Net Neutrality)

2006-05-03 Thread John Thomas
If Google wants to be faster, let them buy more T-3s or more peering, or whatever-don't screw with packet priority... John Travis Johnson wrote: Hi, The flip side is that you are selling a customer a connection. That is how YOU are making your money... why do you care what they run over it?

Re: [WISPA] Nifty little thing...

2007-06-19 Thread John Thomas
It looks like $621 at CDW... http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=1027055 John Ryan Spott (Excell Data Corporation) wrote: I have no idea what the cost is: http://ortronics.com/us/products/wi-jack-duo/ ryan -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/

Re: [WISPA] Call to Vendors.....

2007-06-24 Thread John Thomas
If they are willing to open their wallets wide, this is Cisco's offering... http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps272/index.html John Blair Davis wrote: This is an invitation to Vendors to contact me if they have equipment that could meet my needs... I have been contacted by gov

Re: [WISPA] Low cost generator

2007-07-02 Thread John Thomas
If you are serious about backup power, here is some equipment you might consider; http://www.xantrex.com/web/id/42/p/1/pt/10/product.asp or http://www.xantrex.com/web/id/44/p/1/pt/8/product.asp or http://www.outbackpower.com/Backup.htm John George Rogato wrote: If it was just for radios,

Re: [WISPA] Switch with vlan

2007-07-17 Thread John Thomas
HP Procurve Netgear Managed switches JT Butch Evans wrote: I am in need of a switch (3, actually) that will allow me to prevent all communications between ports (vlans), but will trunk the traffic out an untagged port to the hotspot controller. Any suggestions appreciated. ---

Re: [WISPA] OT: Cell Phone Repeaters.

2007-09-17 Thread John Thomas
I have a repeater in my car for my Nextel phone, and while it doesn't make the signal perfect, it does change a 2 bar area into a 4 or 5 bar area, and the deadspots are much smaller. It cost about $179.00. John Thomas Marlon K. Schafer wrote: I've looked into it. Not done so yet

Re: [WISPA] Thoughts on 900MHz mesh networks

2007-09-17 Thread John Thomas
Metricom-Richochet way overbuilt their network in some places and thus lost a lot of money. If they had a better business plan, they probably would have made it. John Rick Harnish wrote: Did they fail because of the immature technology or a failed business plan? Would the more mature technol

Re: [WISPA] Cisco Wireless Bridges

2007-10-11 Thread John Thomas
They work OK for us in the East San Francisco Bay area. They have the ability to move to a different channel if the noise gets too bad. JT Don Annas wrote: Is anyone using the Cisco 1300 or 1400 series AP/Bridges? I know they are a bit pricing, but was curious how they performed in a no

Re: [WISPA] Advertising

2007-10-24 Thread John Thomas
I guess if you wanted to "push the envelope", you could put a Squid server in your core, do a download of a large file and then repeat. You could then advertise the second rate as up to X Mbps, and it would be technically correct. John Travis Johnson wrote: Marlon, We already did that... w

Re: [WISPA] Advertising

2007-10-24 Thread John Thomas
I used to have a 192k SDSL connection to the Internet. When the price went up to $129 per month, I ended up going to a cable modem that was rated at 6 meg downloads. My wife was very vocal about how much slower the cable modem was. I don't know what they do, but DNS lookups are horrible on the

Re: [WISPA] Which UPS to use?

2007-11-19 Thread John Thomas
If you have an APC SmartUPS 750 XL, you can add APC battery packs. They even have a UXBP24 that does Battery Volt-Amp-Hour Capacity 3360 It is definitely more expensive than other batteries, but it does plug right in John Thomas Tom DeReggi wrote: You also want to use a combination of

Re: [WISPA] OT......Question

2007-12-18 Thread John Thomas
And if you need Windows applications, then this may work for you; http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxoffice/ John Steve wrote: Ubuntu Linux is great for a family computer. The install is easier than window, you won't have the headaches of endless virus and spyware removal issues. it is jus

Re: [WISPA] Low-Profile PCI 802.11g

2007-12-19 Thread John Thomas
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/wireless/ps4555/products_data_sheet09186a00801ebc33.html They aren't cheap, but they come with a low profile bracket. John Mike Hammett wrote: It certainly looks small, but it doesn't mention low profile anywhere. Does it fit in a low profile slot? Does

Re: [WISPA] Can they really do this?

2012-09-22 Thread John Thomas
Ciscos wireless LAN controllers can do this. From the web page at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6366/products_qanda_item09186a008064a991.shtml Q. What is a Rogue AP? Can the rogue APs in my wireless network be automatically blocked? A. APs that are not part of your wireless deployment a

Re: [WISPA] Cogent?

2012-09-24 Thread John Thomas
That statement alone sys a lot. We have a client with an MPLS network at Megapath- they don't do BGP. :-( Bret Clark wrote: >No problems and their 1st level tech support actually have a clue about > >BGP. > >On 09/24/2012 06:46 PM, Victoria Proffer wrote: >> Love them~ >> >> Victoria Proffer >>

Re: [WISPA] Goodbye to Whitespace for WISP's uses?

2012-09-29 Thread John Thomas
What is really sad is that they could license lite, for a couple hundred dollars a year, spectrum to several thousand wisps and end up with the same $ as selling it to the big boys that would just end up camping on it. John Doug Clark wrote: >Sorry John, this should have been directed @ Tim.

Re: [WISPA] ConnectEd

2013-08-28 Thread John Thomas
Unfortunately, pricing is all over the board, and there are schools that are buying 100 meg circuits. In CA Comcast territory, they offer 100 meg by 10 ( or 20 ) for about $399 per month. Now, we all know that Comcast cherry picks where they provide service, so there are those that are a block a

Re: [WISPA] 802.11 and roaming

2013-09-07 Thread John Thomas
It sounds like you didn't try Cisco CAPWAP controller based APs. You have very fine control of how they roam. John Blair Davis wrote: >I've tried MikroTik. > >I've tried Cisco. > >I've tried UniFi. > >I pretty much don't think there is a working way to roam from AP to AP >with 802.11 in an open

Re: [WISPA] packaging suggestions

2013-09-28 Thread John Thomas
Joe, for 1 reason, you have the fact that others are already doing it. My AT&T 6 meg / 768 k circuit started out at unmetered for $19.99 per month. Then it went to 29.99 per month. Then came the 150 gig cap and $ 10 per each additional 50 gigs, then the base rate went to $34.95, and with my over

Re: [WISPA] packaging suggestions

2013-09-28 Thread John Thomas
Also, if your billing systems allow for it, you probably want 3 tiers, minimal users, average users, and streaming users. John Joe Fiero wrote: >Joe, > > > >I too built up on an open usage platform and yes, when the subscribers >logged into their PowerCode portals and viewed usage charts I go

Re: [WISPA] Comcast asking FCC for more 5GHz spectrum.

2013-11-16 Thread John Thomas
Hey Ubiquiti, here is an idea for a new product... :-) Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On November 15, 2013 6:51:00 AM Eric Muehleisen wrote: http://www.ruckuswireless.com/press/releases/20130610-ruckus-adds-zoneflex-7781cm-access-point-to-its-portfolio $5k MSRP. Even

Re: [WISPA] Are we being muscled out of the 5265 - 5700 frequencies?

2014-02-10 Thread John Thomas
Interesting statement regarding Cisco. They sell $3000 per unit mesh equipment whose range would be hurt if power limits were dropped. John Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On February 10, 2014 6:15:22 AM Fred Goldstein wrote: Blair Davis wrote, > I just went and r

Re: [WISPA] Banswidth usage

2014-02-18 Thread John Thomas
Netflix at 480p does about 3 to 5 megabits per second. That upstream number looks high for Netflix. Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On February 18, 2014 9:51:51 AM "~NGL~" wrote: I have a customer that has used 19 GBytes down and 9 GBytes up in the last 18 hours.   W

Re: [WISPA] package ideas

2014-05-06 Thread John Thomas
How about adding 5 Meg at $79, then 10 Meg at $109? wi...@mncomm.com wrote: >___ >Wireless mailing list >Wireless@wispa.org >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@

Re: [WISPA] pay per use billing

2014-05-06 Thread John Thomas
How about tiering? If you have the infrastructure for it, 2 megabits limited to 50 gig, and then it slows down to 128 k for the rest of the month. wi...@mncomm.com wrote: >___ >Wireless mailing list >Wireless@wispa.org >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/l

Re: [WISPA] package ideas

2014-05-07 Thread John Thomas
My suggestion was only relative to your current pricing. For reference, AT&T UVerse in my area is $34.95 for 6 Meg down, and 768 k up, and when you go past 150 gigs in a month, it's $10 for each 50 gigs. Charter is bragging about 30 megs down, and 4 megs up, capped at 250 gig ( I think) for $2

Re: [WISPA] Need 50Mb highly symmetrical service in Dallas, Texas

2014-05-29 Thread John Thomas
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Brad Belton wrote: >___ >Wireless mailing list >Wireless@wispa.org >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org h

Re: [WISPA] Need 50Mb highly symmetrical service in Dallas, Texas

2014-05-29 Thread John Thomas
Do you have a tower that can service Plano? Looking for 10 meg/10 meg IP v4, IP v6, BGP. I checked with every other wireless provider in the area, and no one does IP v6, and most can't do BGP. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Brad Belton wrote: >

Re: [WISPA] 5.2 or 5.4 Short Hops

2011-01-25 Thread John Thomas
Cisco 1200 series are FCC certified for DFS bands. We have a pair of 1250's doing a .3 mile link at 135 Megabits/sec. Throughput at about 9.5 Megabytes per second on a file copy. Yes, they are more expensive at about $650 each (CDW), but they work. If you don't need 802.11n, then the 1242's wil

[WISPA] Marketing ( was Re: Verizon 4G LTE - WOW - update)

2011-04-07 Thread John Thomas
Smart marketing goes a long way. I know of a company that was basically getting a 3 x T-1 pushed its way because AT&T wanted to sell it to them. Wow, for only $700 per month you can have 4.5 Megabits per second. We told them go ask about Fiber. By going through a reseller, they were able to get

Re: [WISPA] Verizon 4G LTE - WOW - update

2011-04-07 Thread John Thomas
Rick, what price are you offering 10 megs at? In our neck of the woods Towerstream is doing 8 meg at $800 per month. John On 4/5/2011 9:23 PM, RickG wrote: Thats what I thought which is why I spent so much time and money on upgrading. I've got 30-50 megs at nearly every tower and I started of

Re: [WISPA] Fwd: Choosing core router for small - medium WISP

2011-07-11 Thread John Thomas
Roman, for the things you are talking about, Ciscos are not necessarily stupid expensive. We typically are installing Cisco 881 series routers on Cable modem Internet connections that run at 87 meg down and 20 meg up, and they rarely push more than a few % CPU. 880 series routers can be had for

[WISPA] Internet Censorship

2011-11-16 Thread John Thomas
What is everyone's take on this? http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2011/11/sopa-internet-piracy-bill-criticized-as-internet-censorship/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -

Re: [WISPA] Fwd: FCC expected to officially proposeDSLderegulationonThursday

2005-08-06 Thread John Thomas
Charles Wu wrote: If anyone recalls the argument I had with Charles Wu...about how I would NEVER surrender ownership of every part of my own network, from customer to carrier hotel if there was any way of keeping it... So here's the caveat... If you refuse to be regulated, then you shouldn

Re: [WISPA] 6 foot 6ghz antenna rule

2005-08-06 Thread John Thomas
This is a fantastic idea. I have a situation where I need to make a 24 mile shot, and the tower owner already has 5 Ghz stuff on it and is reluctant to let me put 5 GHz equipment up. 6 GHz would be sweet, but I could probably use antennas smaller than 6 ft. John Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2

Re: [WISPA] 6 foot 6ghz antenna rule

2005-08-06 Thread John Thomas
Lonnie, it would not be unreasonable to allow 2' or larger dishes. I don't think anyone here is thinking about real short shots. John Lonnie Nunweiler wrote: APC is useless if the antennas are not aimed properly or the distance is excessive for the antenna gain. These conditions will cause

Re: [WISPA] VOIP

2005-08-15 Thread John Thomas
Brian Rohrbacher wrote: I have a sub that says his VOIP goes to crap when I limit upload to 128k. Does VOIP need more than that? Brian g.711 needs 64k plus signalling, so it can be around 128k. The problem is more lilkely that the 128k limit just drops packets rather than queuing them. Do

Re: [WISPA] u seen this ?

2005-08-22 Thread John Thomas
At least in Cisco devices, you can choose what components to TRUST with COS or TOS tags. John Lonnie Nunweiler wrote: If it sets the priority bits on everything it will be an awesome boost in speed UNTIL everybody else starts doing it. Then there will be no way to get VOIP or any othe

Re: [WISPA] Here's a question for the group.....

2005-08-25 Thread John Thomas
The first thing I would do is to look carefully at the TOS of the Cable contract. Usually, they are very restrictive, but that may not matter to this customer. Then you need to consider, can you deliver 3-4 Meg to compete? If not, how much can you deliver? Many people will pay a little more for

Re: [WISPA] Here's a question for the group.....

2005-08-25 Thread John Thomas
Can you offer him a 12 month contract, he pays install on 5 GHz equipment? John Bob Moldashel wrote: Thanks for the reply Todd. I have a few issues that we are dealing with. First, we can't use 2.4 GHz. DS. The spectrum sucks here so there are no real economical CPE options. At present, m

Re: [WISPA] Here's a question for the group.....

2005-08-25 Thread John Thomas
ARe you anywhere near Cogent fiber? Are you anywhere near http://www.onfiber.com/content/index.cfm?fuseaction=showContent&contentID=28&navID=28 John Blair Davis wrote: I wish I could get 10meg for 1000.00 a month, let alone 100meg!! Todd Lancaster wrote: i get 100meg for 1000.00 a mont

Re: opportunity to help (wasRe: [WISPA] Hurricane?- worsethanmediasays)

2005-08-31 Thread John Thomas
Anyone got some big batteries and solar panels? John Mac Dearman wrote: I think there will be a time we could possibly help - in the future. It will be about month before the power is restored, but then there might be areas where power may be up next week around Biloxi, Gulf Port...etc

Re: [WISPA] IP based Remote Reboot

2005-11-09 Thread John Thomas
Blair, it might be a good idea to allow for 48 v powering, since that is 802.3af POE standard. This way your device could be mounted away from the Radio if one so chose to. John Blair Davis wrote: Well, I guess there is no reasonably priced unit out there that will do what I need and fit in

Re: [WISPA] IP based Remote Reboot

2005-11-09 Thread John Thomas
rease the final cost. I will take another look at it. Maybe where it can 'vampire' it's power off one of the switched circuits if the switched circuit is 48V POE? The only bad thing about that is it will still require a 10/100 network switch or such to connect it's com

Re: [WISPA] IP based Remote Reboot

2005-11-09 Thread John Thomas
an it is to get 5-12 volts 300 feet. John A. Huppenthal wrote: let me know where you get them for $25 John Thomas wrote: DLinks POE kits take 5 volts, bump it up to 48 across the wire and drop it back down to 5 volts at the other end. They list for about $25, so I wouldn't think it s

Re: [WISPA] IP based Remote Reboot

2005-11-09 Thread John Thomas
Actually, Online Micro has the DWL-P200 for $30 and it can do 5 or 12 volts out the back. John A. Huppenthal wrote: let me know where you get them for $25 John Thomas wrote: DLinks POE kits take 5 volts, bump it up to 48 across the wire and drop it back down to 5 volts at the other end

Re: [WISPA] IP based Remote Reboot

2005-11-09 Thread John Thomas
27;t sound too bad until you see the current hardware budget. :( -- John Thomas wrote: DLinks POE kits take 5 volts, bump it up to 48 across the wire and drop it back down to 5 volts at the other end. They list for about $25, so I wouldn't think it should cost you too much to do. Jo

Re: [WISPA] Trouble in Hyperlink land?

2005-11-26 Thread John Thomas
Not necesarily true. We purchased a 10 pack of Lightening arrestors and got NFemale to NFemale and we wanted N Male to N Female. They refused to take them back, but they sent us the barrel adapters for free. They don't appear to llike to do RMA's. John Reliable Internet, LLC wrote: So I gues

Re: [WISPA] ezlinx.net SPAM

2005-11-26 Thread John Thomas
Jack, if you had come and introduced yourself here, you might have been well received. But because you "cold-called" other WISPS, I won't do business with you. I will not do business with Sparco technologies either, even though they have some cool hardware, because they bought a mailing list a

Re: [WISPA] RE: SPAM and marketing

2005-11-30 Thread John Thomas
stuff. John Peter R. wrote: John Thomas wrote: But because you "cold-called" other WISPS, I won't do business with you. You only get one chance to make a first impression, and for most WISPs, that means one SPAM and you are out. Today, many, many companies use email mar

Re: [WISPA] Ethernet based authentication

2005-11-30 Thread John Thomas
John Scrivner wrote: Anyone out there have experience with PPPoE?. I have a client who is a local government entity. They have people who have abused their Internet connection in the past. They restrict who has Internet access and when it can be used. One of our techs unknowingly circumvented

Re: [WISPA] Ethernet based authentication

2005-12-03 Thread John Thomas
They can do either depending on configuration John Richard Munoz wrote: I thought that these switches would deny the Source MAC Address instead of disabling the entire port. -Richard M. A little more info would be good. If they want to authenticate everyone, then 802.1x switches are a

Re: [WISPA] How to Authenticate/Protect (WasEthernetbasedauthentication)

2005-12-07 Thread John Thomas
Mac Dearman wrote: Well, I agree to a point with both of you (Nunweiler & Marlon)- - you know I am different - - kinda like rocky roads ice cream, just sweeter :-) I don't like DHCP for the client as its just too easy and requires no interaction with the client - EVER! I also dont like th

Re: [WISPA] P2P & Worm Monitoring/Alerting/Control

2005-12-10 Thread John Thomas
Mark, go over to http://www.mikrotik.com/download.html#dude See if it does some/all of what you need. As for limiting/shaping, your 3640 may do what you need. John Mark Nash wrote: I'm at the point on my network now that I really need to control unnecessary bandwidth usage. The biggest pro

Re: [WISPA] Virtual AP

2005-12-27 Thread John Thomas
Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should John Kurt Fankhauser wrote: I do that too, 3 competitors have towers all within ¼ mile of each other, I put their ssid in my AP but turn the broadcast off, their clients associate to me and I deny all their access so when they try

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing (how much speed do they really need)

2005-12-27 Thread John Thomas
And, when they have a problem and the jerk at Verizon support doesn't fix it. There is some value in being able to talk to the owner of a business. There are prople that don't see it I worked for a roofing company, they moved about 8-10 million dollars a year. The owner of the compan

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing

2005-12-27 Thread John Thomas
Is your wireless network set up to allow roaming? You can't roam with fiber John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah but what about the new customer who is comparing FIOS to what I offer? FIOS will have tv and voip ( we do voip now but no tv ) Times are a changing and verizon is putting flyer

Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing

2005-12-29 Thread John Thomas
FI, it is strictly a fixed wireless network at this point -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Thomas Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 9:37 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] verizon fios pricing Is your wireless net

Re: [WISPA] Redundant Connections

2006-01-13 Thread John Thomas
I beg to differ, we only have 2 installed and they work as advertised. John Thomas warped.terranova.net wrote: Stay away from the Xincom routers. They don't work and there is no support. Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: I was looking for something similar the other day.

Re: [WISPA] AP selection

2006-01-13 Thread John Thomas
What area do you need to cover? Cisco 100 series are in the $400-500 range and do both A and G-they have 2 radios. With a decent wireless card in the laptop, you can get several hundred feet. They will layer 2 fast roam and have all the enterprise features you can ask for. John Thomas chris

Re: [WISPA] Redundant Connections

2006-01-13 Thread John Thomas
Is there some reason you are not using CEF or inverse MUX? John Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: These are PTP wired links - 3 of them combined together - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom DeReggi Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 1

Re: [WISPA] AP selection

2006-01-13 Thread John Thomas
I meant Cisco 1100 series... :-) John Thomas wrote: What area do you need to cover? Cisco 100 series are in the $400-500 range and do both A and G-they have 2 radios. With a decent wireless card in the laptop, you can get several hundred feet. They will layer 2 fast roam and have all the

Re: [WISPA] TRANGO!!

2006-01-20 Thread John Thomas
Do they have any AP's with wider than 60 degree beams? John Brian Rohrbacher wrote: Trango Introduces New $149 WISP Subscriber Unit /— Lowest priced fixed wireless modem available —/ *SAN DIEGO, CA — January 18, 2006* - Trango Broadband Wireless, the leader in fixed broadband wi

Re: [WISPA] TRANGO!!

2006-01-25 Thread John Thomas
You read my mind. If they even had 90 degree antennas it would be great John Blair Davis wrote: That is too bad Since my biggest tower has less than 30 users, putting 6 $1000 ap's on one tower just doesn't make sense On the other hand, putting 3 AP's with 120deg antennas on a t

Re: [WISPA] FW: Call your Senators: Stop SB245

2006-01-25 Thread John Thomas
Amen, Tom, this is a excellent snapshot. I am still concerned about what is going to happen in June or July when the ILECs don't have to share anymore... John Tom DeReggi wrote: Charles, > below their cost This is the key phrase. Do you really think CLECs have asked ILECs to wholeslae

Re: [WISPA] Anyone know Verilan?

2006-02-02 Thread John Thomas
We will be doing our first Cisco Mesh install next month. A s far as I know, we are the first Cisco Certified Mesh provider in the San Francisco Bay Area. John Thomas Clare Computer Solutions Dylan Oliver wrote: From http://www.dailywireless.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&

Re: [WISPA] non-grid power

2006-02-03 Thread John Thomas
What are you powering? I am planning on spending about $40,000 to power my whole house off-grid.. John Travis Johnson wrote: Hi, We have one site that is non-grid power. I wish we had never installed there. We have now invested over $10,000 just in solar panels, wind turbine, battery

Re: [WISPA] taxes and ideas

2006-02-07 Thread John Thomas
Here is a novel idea, how about those that benefit from this list, digging into their pockets and paying their WISPA dues? I am not even a WISP yet, and have paid and receive benefits. John Thomas Clare Computer Solutions Peter R. wrote: Let me just add some ideas: 1) Follow what the DBS

Re: [WISPA] Commission Sales

2014-07-03 Thread John Thomas
Normally sales people will work off a base + commission. Sometimes the base is a draw, or partial commission in advance. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Carl Shivers wrote: >___ >Wireless mailing list >Wireless@wispa.org >http://lists.wisp

Re: [WISPA] security certificate

2014-10-19 Thread John Thomas
Or you can buy a wildcard for a few hundred dollars and use it on all your devices. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Josh Luthman wrote: >___ >Wireless mailing list >Wireless@wispa.org >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless _

Re: [WISPA] security certificate

2014-10-19 Thread John Thomas
http://www.netcentraldomains.com $209 per year. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Josh Luthman wrote: >___ >Wireless mailing list >Wireless@wispa.org >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless _

Re: [WISPA] security certificate

2014-10-20 Thread John Thomas
If you use Exchange 2007 or newer, you can change the internal dns name in your send and receive connectors to match the cert. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Timothy Way wrote: >___ >Wireless mailing list >Wireless@wispa.org >http://lists

Re: [WISPA] Anyone serving Pompey NY? PR for WISPA

2014-11-08 Thread John Thomas
And I know someone in San Ramon that the business complex is across the street from Comcast. They want $10,000 to cross the street. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Mike Lyon wrote: >___ >Wireless mailing list >Wireless@wispa.org >http://li

Re: [WISPA] 2dbi vs 3dbi vs 5 dbi vs 100mw vs 400mw

2014-11-13 Thread John Thomas
You have the right idea. It is only when you increase power on both ends that the distance increases. Tablets in particular only have about 10 - 15 mW radios so that is the lowest common denominator. If you have radios with removable antennas, you can sometimes use different antennas to improve

[WISPA] Looking for service

2014-11-14 Thread John Thomas
Looking for 10 meg 1640 West Yosemite Blvd. Manteca, CA 95337 Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless

[WISPA] Renton WA - Looking for service

2016-12-14 Thread John Thomas
I'm looking for service 600 Powell Ave SW Renton WA 98057 need 13 Static IP addresses 5 Megabits symmetric bandwidth ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless

Re: [WISPA] Ping monitoring?

2017-01-20 Thread John Thomas
PRTG? - Original Message - Subject: [WISPA] Ping monitoring? From: "Jon Langeler" Date: 1/18/17 6:35 pm To: a...@afmug.com I can't get smokeping to send a ping say every second and only one each time. Any alternatives or suggestions? Jon Langeler Michwave Technologies, Inc

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-05 Thread John Thomas
Cisco's 1242's are certified for 5.4-5.7 GHz. Could you use Cisco APs' and Mikrotik clients? John Randy Cosby wrote: > I know the mikrotik R52N card is.. I was so excited... > > Until I read closer. It's certified as a client device, but not as an > AP. The AP has to do all the heavy DFS/TPC

Re: [WISPA] choice of upstreams

2009-10-22 Thread John Thomas
I just got a quote today from a HE reseller for the HE facility in Fremont CA $599 cabinet with 15 amps $699 cabinet with 15 amps and 20 Megabits/sec $899 cabinet with 15 amps and 100 megabits/sec John Tom DeReggi wrote: >> HE even has $1250 GEs >> > > Wow, is that transport or transit? >

Re: [WISPA] cellular repeater/bidirectional amps

2009-10-27 Thread John Thomas
Sometimes, you can contact the carriers and they will install repeaters for their clients. John jp wrote: > I've got a wi-ex zboost yx500-cel at home and it works great to bring > cellular into my home which is otherwise a dead-zone. > > Now, since we're the local gurus of all thing wireless,

Re: [WISPA] Court says cities have the right tobar telecommunicationstowers

2009-10-27 Thread John Thomas
There are several of these on I80 and Hwy 50 in Northern CA. These silly things cost like $40,000 to sort of look like a tree John Tom Sharples wrote: > We spotted several on a recent road-trip around the Sacramento area. Looked > like the world's worst fake Christmas tree from Walmart! > >

Re: [WISPA] MT Lamer question

2009-10-27 Thread John Thomas
Is there any reason that you want those IP addresses accessing your box at all? You can probably block several /8's and make things work better. John Scott Vander Dussen wrote: > Lamer question- > I have a MT box we use for a public hotspot and logs reveal folks are trying > to hack the passwo

Re: [WISPA] customers dogs chewing on CAT5

2009-11-10 Thread John Thomas
How about http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=69899-1267-FO550M&lpage=none where the dogs can reach it? John Kurt Fankhauser wrote: > I've had several customers that have had their dog chew on the Cat5 going > from the house to the TV tower and some of them multipl

Re: [WISPA] Small Managed Switches

2009-11-12 Thread John Thomas
I know that used to be an issue, but we have been seeing great results with Cisco 2960 series switches. John RickG wrote: > Cisco makes great routers but their switches suck. They have port > compatability issues with other equipment. > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:48 PM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: >

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-19 Thread John Thomas
Also HP had 100 VG AnyLAN that used 4 wires. John Jerry Richardson wrote: > There was a technology that used all 4 pairs. It was a proprietary solution > that put Video on one set and data on the other. Broadxxx or something like > that. > > -Original Message- > From: wireless-boun...@

Re: [WISPA] Need a new AP

2009-11-19 Thread John Thomas
Cisco 1200 series will plug right in John AJ wrote: > Hahaha Gmail ads came up with this firmware as I was reading this thread: > > http://www.fireserve.com/products/ubiquiti/bullet-m-firmware.php > > chop > *Adds 802.11-compatible encryption modes > *The stock Ubiquiti firmware only supports

Re: [WISPA] 5.6 GHZ?

2009-11-23 Thread John Thomas
On a Cisco 1231, Band 3 is 5.470 to 5.725 GHz. John George Morris wrote: > Its part of 5.4. In Canada, you have to stay out of 5600-5650 due to weather > radar, suspect the US may be much the same... > > George > > -Original Message- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-b

Re: [WISPA] routers

2008-09-24 Thread John Thomas
Cisco 851's run about $$300 and the 871's run about $450. John Thomas Travis Johnson wrote: > I was hoping to find something a little more "user friendly", as the > company buying isn't real tech savvy. Something with a nice web gui > and easy to understan

Re: [WISPA] Rackmount PoE

2008-10-08 Thread John Thomas
These are $399 for a 24 port POE switch http://www.netgear.com/Products/Switches/AdvancedSmartSwitches/FS728TP.aspx John Mike Hammett wrote: > Does anyone have any recommendations for rackmounted PoE injectors? I was > looking at a Panduit PoE injecting 24 port patch panel, but I imagine

Re: [WISPA] good multicast wi-fi mesh solution?

2008-11-02 Thread John Thomas
The Cisco 1500 series products can do multicast, but they are pricey... John Thomas Rogelio wrote: > I'm looking for wireless wi-fi mesh (preferably multiradio) solutions > that will support multicasting. > > I was looking for something along the lines of BelAir, but I'm

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

2008-11-02 Thread John Thomas
They need WSUS installed on their site http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/default.aspx John Thomas Scottie Arnett wrote: > ...and from many website's you will never get this. The traffic congestion on > a 100 meg link can choke it down to less than 10 meg, with huge si

Re: [WISPA] long term outlook of Cisco's outdoor mesh?

2008-11-03 Thread John Thomas
The 1500 series is being end of lifed, but they have the new 1520 series, so I don't think they are quitting just yet. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/wireless/ps5679/ps8368/product_data_sheet0900aecd8066a157.html John Thomas Rogelio wrote: > I heard a rumor from someone who

Re: [WISPA] cancelled customer email

2008-11-08 Thread John Thomas
Most ISP's I know of charge $5 per account per month, so that seems to be an accepted price. John Josh Luthman wrote: > Personally without an internet package I'd do 10 or 15 > > On 11/6/08, Jerry Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> $5/month per address >> >> >> >> >> ___

Re: [WISPA] Vista VPN Question

2008-11-18 Thread John Thomas
Uncheck the " use default gateway on remote network" option in the Vista box. John Mike Hammett wrote: > PPTP VPN connection. > > I'll see what is supported in this regard. > > > - > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > -

Re: [WISPA] Remote Powered Access Pont

2008-11-21 Thread John Thomas
Depending on where this is, you may be able to mount a small wind generator. http://www.solardyne.com/air403wingen.html John Chuck McCown - 3 wrote: > I would use a 100 watt panel minimum. > And a one month battery. 5watts * 24hours * 30 days = 3600 watt hour > battery > If you are running a

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-30 Thread John Thomas
http://www.nefiber.com/ Recently, I learned that American Fiber Systems has "InterCity Fiber Ring" that connects Las Vegas, Reno/Carson City, Boise and Salt Lake on a fully redundant OC-192 capacity backbone. They aren't cheap on the low end at $2000/month for 5 meg burstable to 10, but I imag

[WISPA] Eugene Fiber

2008-12-01 Thread John Thomas
To: "WISPA General List" > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 6:32 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information > > > >> There deals clear down to $7/meg. >> Ask vendors for a 2 year contract, GigE 100 Mbps burstable. >> >> - Or

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