Re: [WISPA] 3.650 Wimax in the field

2008-07-21 Thread Michael Baird
Same here, I thought it was all marketing hype, if it works like the poster mentioned, we will need to consider moving up our timetable for evaluating wimax, 10k a basestation suddenly isn't that bad with the performance described. Regards Michael Baird Now this is a 180* of what others have

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-23 Thread Michael Baird
I've been using the Netflix service since June, with the Roku box. It has 4 different qualities, plus 2 additional for HD which are supported only on XBox360 until the next few weeks. 500k/1100/1600/2200 for SD 2600/3600 for HD. Regards Michael Baird In case you did not know, recently NetFlix

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-23 Thread Michael Baird
/encoding-for-streaming.html Regards Michael Baird Did I interpret your data correctly to mean that if you had a sustained 256Kbps it would work? - Original Message - From: Dennis Burgess [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 2:42

Re: [WISPA] NetFlix Streaming Bandwidth Information

2008-11-29 Thread Michael Baird
I'm not sure they have a determined peering policy yet. I've had discussions with them in this area about an Akamai type relationship, which isn't typical for them. Regards Michael Baird Since no one answered, I got NetFlix myself and added it to my XBox... the bandwidth is coming from

Re: [WISPA] Do you provide backup services?

2008-12-05 Thread Michael Baird
Check r1soft.com, it is the best backup software I've seen. It's fast and and has both windows/linux server/client versions, and has a simple interface, and is reasonably priced. Regards Michael Baird Check out using Amanda and s3 for backups. Works like a charm. Sent via BlackBerry from T

Re: [WISPA] CDN peering

2008-12-08 Thread Michael Baird
a peering arrangement, I am currently in the process of exploring a peering arrangement with Limelight, I don't know their criteria for establishing a peering arrangment as of yet. Regards Michael Baird With all the talk of Netflix and other bandwidth-intensive streaming applications

[WISPA] 5.8 Omni

2009-10-28 Thread Michael Baird
I need a 5.8 Omni to feed some smaller sites via WDS, looking for some recommendations was hoping for 16 db but can't seem to find any. Regards Michael Baird WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] 5.8 Omni

2009-10-29 Thread Michael Baird
Tom, This would not be serving any customers, all the locations will be at least 100ft+. Regards Michael Baird I'd be cautious about those Pancake shaped OMNI patterns at 16 DB. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From

Re: [WISPA] 5.8 Omni

2009-10-29 Thread Michael Baird
What about sectorized omni arrays, any of those out there at 5.8? An example would be http://www.netkrom.com/prod_ant_5.1-5.8ghz_vpol_sector_omni.html Just can't find anybody who sells it to get an idea on pricing. Regards Michael Baird You won't find a 5 GHz omni at that gain, and if you do

[WISPA] Outdoor UPS

2009-10-29 Thread Michael Baird
that can do 100-250 watts would probably be fine. Regards Michael Baird WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA

Re: [WISPA] POE Switch box

2009-11-02 Thread Michael Baird
, hardened, ac/dc psu. Regards Michael Baird Great find one the Inscapedata product!! That's exactly what I'm looking for!!! A POE switch and converter modules are definitely an option, but it kinda defeats my purpose (getting rid of all my POE adapters running up a tower). -Original

Re: [WISPA] Outdoor UPS

2009-11-02 Thread Michael Baird
Jayson, Do you have the model numbers on these? I need 48v output. Regards Michael Baird APC and Cyberpower makes some. 12V or 48V output. Outdoor mounted. AC power input. We used them for a FTTH project once. On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Scott Parsons sc...@e-zy.net wrote

Re: [WISPA] CPE - who buys it?

2009-11-08 Thread Michael Baird
You don't have to pay property tax on the CPE. You don't have to go pick up the device if the customer quits. You can charge the customer for replacement radios. You can offer a value add-on product such as modem insurance. Regards Michael Baird I've always provided the CPE to the end user

Re: [WISPA] DMCA - copyright infringement

2009-11-09 Thread Michael Baird
to tell us how they are resolving this AUP violation, and that is to be noted on their account. If we get another one and see that they haven't responded to the first one, then we will take a look at the customers history and either call them, or suspend the account. Regards Michael Baird We

Re: [WISPA] ubiquity bullet2

2009-11-11 Thread Michael Baird
antenna too much downtilt). Regards Michael Baird Hi All, I tried my first one of these yesterday. It's hooked to an antenna that was already in place so I know the old system worked though I did not check signal levels before taking out the old SB radios (they don't give rssi accurately

Re: [WISPA] ubiquity bullet2

2009-11-12 Thread Michael Baird
Marlon, I thought about this after you mentioned it, we are using Ubiquity on the tower also, not MT, vendor readings will vary. Are you using Bullet2HP's or Bullet2M's? The M series isn't wholly G compatible at this time. Regards Michael Baird It's an omni... I think I'm gonna pull

Re: [WISPA] ubiquity bullet2

2009-11-12 Thread Michael Baird
Well the config interface is very clear about which model it is, also it would be on the unit and the box. Regards Michael Baird No idea. - Original Message - From: Michael Baird m...@tc3net.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 7:40 AM

Re: [WISPA] About Hulu and Netflix and youtube... increased data delivery is here to stay.

2009-11-13 Thread Michael Baird
I've got some extra rocket5M's rocket dishes if anybody is interested, I'll send them out at cost. The firmware has improved quite a bit over time on these things, they will do 100 mbit fine at 20mhz (airmax off for ptp, 5.0.2 firmware, 10 streams). Regards Michael Baird I think it's

Re: [WISPA] About Hulu and Netflix and youtube...increaseddata delivery is here to stay.

2009-11-13 Thread Michael Baird
Ubiquity does not have any licensed 3.65 gear for the US, they have XR3/Nano3's but they are for overseas customers. They have announced they will be coming out with 3.65/900 mhz airmax gear 2nd Quarterish next year. Regards Michael Baird UBNT has fully licensed and approved 3.65 gear

Re: [WISPA] Tranzeo Troubles

2009-11-17 Thread Michael Baird
Same here, although we never had any troubles with Tranzeo NAT either (we run PPPoE/NAT on all w/client isolation on AP). Regards Michael Baird Kurt, Have you tried Ubiquiti? We have about 140 of them installed. At least 100 are set as routers doing NAT. So far results have been positive

Re: [WISPA] Tranzeo Troubles

2009-11-17 Thread Michael Baird
. Regards Michael Baird Just placed my first order for Ubiquity NS2's 5 minutes ago... Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Mark

Re: [WISPA] Need a new AP

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Baird
It was promised at the end of November, beta should be out this week. Regards Michael Baird Bullet M2's won't do WEP until the release of firmware version 5.1 which has been in just a couple of weeks for at least the last two months. Jayson Baker wrote: UBNT Bullet M2? On Thu, Nov

[WISPA] Tranzeo 16-H's

2009-11-23 Thread Michael Baird
I've got a new deployment going forward and their seems to be a backup on the Tranzeo TR-24H-120-16 antennas. I need two, if anybody has a couple of these laying around they want to get rid of, please let me know and how much you need out of it? Regards Michael Baird

[WISPA] Lightning arrestors

2009-11-28 Thread Michael Baird
What happens if you use a 2.4 lightning arrestor on a 5.8 radio? Will it cause degraded signal or incorrect lightning protection. Regards Michael Baird WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] Lightning arrestors

2009-11-28 Thread Michael Baird
if this would be a symptom, what does the frequency range actually mean on those I suspect it would make my noise floors go out of whack like that. They aren't in use and I will replace them before going into production, I'm just curious. Regards Michael Baird I second that. Most ARE rated for up to 5.8

Re: [WISPA] 20 mile link

2009-12-01 Thread Michael Baird
I've got an extra set, I don't need right now, never deployed will sell for my cost. Regards Michael Baird I would not concern yourself with this option because you can't buy one if you wanted to right now. Scott Carullo Brevard Wireless 321-205-1100 x102

Re: [WISPA] 20 mile link

2009-12-02 Thread Michael Baird
Been using this one for quick lookups, requires an account to be established though. http://www.ligowave.com/linkcalc/main.html Regards Michael Baird Yeah, I'd have to get quite a few more customers to pay for such a thing. I can certainly see the value in it but value versus food.. Uh

Re: [WISPA] What buffoons..

2009-12-04 Thread Michael Baird
, but I'm aware of ISP's who have created a local zone in their resolving DNS for Netflix's streaming mirrors. If you check the Roku player forums you will find this advise coming from their engineers as well. Regards Michael Baird I am looking at the Ars article now. http://arstechnica.com/tech

Re: [WISPA] Insurance....

2009-12-08 Thread Michael Baird
From the Washington Post also. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/30/AR2009073002816.html Regards Michael Baird From the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/05/us/05doctors.html?_r=1 Regards, Jeff Jeff Broadwick ImageStream 800-813-5123 x106 (US

Re: [WISPA] Insurance....

2009-12-08 Thread Michael Baird
The post office is bankrupt, not self supporting. http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/08/18/the-next-bankruptcy-the-u-s-postal-service/ Regards Michael Baird On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:55 PM, Andy Trimmell wrote: Kinda like when I was home schooled as a kid and my parents had to pay school taxes

Re: [WISPA] Rocket range

2009-12-08 Thread Michael Baird
It can depending on antenna height/customer antenna/LOS condition. Regards Michael Baird We want to put up an M Rocket in 5gig frequency range and have four customers between 6-8 miles. Will our 17dbi 120 degree antenna reach them

Re: [WISPA] Insurance thread- Matt and the rest

2009-12-09 Thread Michael Baird
Agreed, it's long since ceased to be a debate anyway and turned into a propaganda session. Regards Michael Baird Matt- Please consider taking your insurance debate to another list. When you pop in, you just make the discussion hotter and more active. Some of us are here for wireless

[WISPA] WISP value

2009-12-10 Thread Michael Baird
worth, that sort of thing. Regards Michael Baird WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless

Re: [WISPA] High Pings for an AP?

2009-12-11 Thread Michael Baird
Make sure you have the latest firmware on it, also verify your Ethernet negotiated properly. Regards Michael Baird Yesterday we installed a RocketM5 radio on a 120 degree antenna, since it's on a tower that shares with a powerful FM radio station we used insulated Cat5. Today the pings

Re: [WISPA] High Pings for an AP?

2009-12-11 Thread Michael Baird
Yes, but he's accessing it via a backhaul which should take the wireless bits out of this equation, since he can ping the other AP's served by the same backhauls fine. Regards Michael Baird On 12/11/2009 2:03 PM, Forbes Mercy wrote: Yesterday we installed a RocketM5 radio on a 120 degree

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti Bullet2HP

2009-12-17 Thread Michael Baird
Rick, I read something about guys complaining about high rates of failure with the connectors on the latest batch 10/22/2009 or something. Regards Michael Baird Anyone having issues with flaky Bullet2HP units? The last batch I got wont connect to my StarOS/WRAP's. Actually, I discovered

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti ready for prime time?

2009-12-20 Thread Michael Baird
Tom, Try again, Ubiquity AR71xx based stuff (all the M series) supports a hardware watchdog fine. from dmesg via OpenWRT. Atheros AR71xx hardware watchdog driver version 0.1.0 Regards Michael Baird A hardware watchdog timer, typically, watches only one thing - is the software and/or CPU

[WISPA] 5.8 dishes

2009-12-23 Thread Michael Baird
I'm looking for opinions on 5.8 dishes, if you've got any extra you are looking to dump message me, I've got a 28db dish and some 26db/30 db grids, neither of the grids work as well as 2 foot dish. Would like 32 db on up, I just need one to compare to my existing dishes. Regards Michael Baird

[WISPA] Wimax gear

2009-12-29 Thread Michael Baird
in the radio rather then as an external gateway device. If any dealers out there would like to chime in or hit me off list I would appreciate it. Regards Michael Baird WISPA Wants You! Join today! http

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

2009-12-29 Thread Michael Baird
Gino, Where can I find detailed info on the product there doesn't seem to be much available in regards to it's routing features. I'm also concerned about the CPE cost/licenses that's what drove us from Canopy before. Regards Michael Baird Wait for q1 release of the Canopy 320, all

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

2009-12-29 Thread Michael Baird
Michael Baird Self install won't work in 3650 beyond 1/4 mile, maybe 1/2 mile. Patrick has elaborated on this many times. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Michael Baird m...@tc3net.com Sent

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

2009-12-29 Thread Michael Baird
but they aren't available for 3.65 yet). I was supposing that the SI with a multiple antenna array and higher transmit would perform similarily to a radio sitting flat on the seat of a truck, maybe it was a bad supposition. Regards Michael Baird Are you (Michael) talking about self install or outdoor

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

2009-12-29 Thread Michael Baird
Back seat of truck facing the roof, not truck bed. Regards Michael Baird Good information. Keep in mind customer self installs != radio in truck bed. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 The secret to creativity is knowing how

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

2009-12-29 Thread Michael Baird
infrastructure and make a large investment in gear we want to be as future proof as possible. Regards Michael Baird Why is your basic criteria .16e with MIMO (or .16e at all)? All .16e gets you in 3.65 GHz is much more (30% more) latency, less throughput per MHz, higher overhead and more

Re: [WISPA] Re-evaluating our anti-spam solution

2009-12-30 Thread Michael Baird
world it's a joy. Regards Michael Baird On 2009-07-13 20:08, Don Grossman wrote: It seems time to take a look at our anti-spam solution. Currently we are looking to replace out Barracuda due to ongoing issues with the box that after several attempts to work with Barracuda can not be resolved

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

2009-12-31 Thread Michael Baird
at Wimax. Ubiquity doesn't play in 3.65 yet and it won't for a while and we need to move quickly, leasing loops from the LEC's is killing our wireline profit. Regards Michael Baird Ubiquiti's move into the large scale market, whether it will work or not, is just happening now with AirMax

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

2009-12-31 Thread Michael Baird
to swap the radios out at this tower for BulletM series radios in non-airmax mode as they have 3 times the CPU horsepower, and I should be able to get close to 100 per sector on my legacy towers I believe. Regards Michael Baird Let me throw a couple devil's advocate arguments into the mix

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

2009-12-31 Thread Michael Baird
Gino Villarini wrote: You need to take in consideration that the Ubnt AirMax true data thoughtput is about 70 Mbps in highest modulation and under very low noise scenario Ok, well that's probably a good estimate w/20 mhz channel width. Now take on consideration that it uses dual pol to

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth limitation enforcement

2009-12-31 Thread Michael Baird
I police via radius attributes to my redback, how are you handling network access/termination? Regards Michael Baird On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 16:19 -0500, Ugo Bellavance wrote: We are currently looking at a way to make sure the bandwidth is allocates more fairly amongst our (~300

[WISPA] Broadband Stimulus

2010-01-21 Thread Michael Baird
Not sure if anybody else has posted about receiving funds, we just were informed yesterday that our middle mile funding was approved. Still waiting our our last mile application. http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2010/01/333_million_federal_grant_to_h.html Regards Michael

Re: [WISPA] AirGrid PoE

2010-01-23 Thread Michael Baird
Robert, I'm not sure if anybody has these. They have a USB version and a normal POE version, I believe the POE version comes with the injector and it's their 24 volt POE. Regards Michael Baird Okay, okay... I ordered a few of the UBNT AirGrids from Jerry over at Pasadena Networks. Says

Re: [WISPA] Can anyone recommend a 5GHz grid antenna for UBNT for Bullet M5HP

2010-01-25 Thread Michael Baird
better grids too (Andrews are expensive). Regards Michael Baird Just looking to see what everyone else is using. I'm in the test phase of a 5.8Ghz AP roll out. TIA Pat WISPA Wants You! Join today! http

Re: [WISPA] Anybody use Aperto for 3.65GHz? I'd like to knowwhatyouthink.

2009-02-23 Thread Michael Baird
No PPPoE or Routing support either I believe. Regards Michael Baird Not yet for 3.65 GHz, though do not use it for other bands. With few exceptions, the CPE has performed fine, but it is not the most attractive that is true. For this market, our intent is to enable CPEs to be very low priced

Re: [WISPA] Form 477

2009-02-23 Thread Michael Baird
What did you use to bulk process the census track info? Regards Michael Baird So I have all my info, census track, speed, etc., my FRN and I go to the FCC site: http://www.fcc.gov/formpage.html#477The information page says that I should click on the form in the left hand column

[WISPA] Tower colocation request

2009-03-03 Thread Michael Baird
had an example they were willing to share, of what information they provide to the municipality, or what to pay attention to when trying to get space on the tower. Regards Michael Baird WISPA Wants You! Join today

Re: [WISPA] Tower colocation request

2009-03-03 Thread Michael Baird
Tom, Thanks this is just the sort of information I was looking for. I was also looking for maybe some notes or documentation from someone who's done the presentation dance in front of the municipality. Regards Michael Baird The goal is to learn what the muni's objective is. Their objective

Re: [WISPA] 900 Downtilt at 300'

2009-03-09 Thread Michael Baird
Sure, but what if the 3db radius is at the horizon, on the wisp-router.com site, it has a sweet spot, what does that mean exactly, where the main lobe falls? Should you try to downtilt enough so the outer radius is not at the horizon? Regards Michael Baird http://www.wisp-router.com

Re: [WISPA] 900 Downtilt at 300'

2009-03-10 Thread Michael Baird
that your beam is focused half-way to your recommended coverage. 3). Downtilt so that you reach the furthest customer in your projected coverage area. These all seem mutually exclusive, unless I'm missing something. Regards Michael Baird I disagree, Precise Tilt does matter quite a bit with Tiltek

Re: [WISPA] 900 Downtilt at 300'

2009-03-10 Thread Michael Baird
Tom, that's option 1, which I think you suggested earlier, and why I put it on my list. 1). Downtilt enough so all customers fall within the main lobes -3db mark. Regards Michael Baird I'd argue none of the 3 above. For 900Mhz and 2.4Ghz (because of wider Verticle beamwidths) I'd advise

Re: [WISPA] 2nd Look @ 3.65 ?

2009-03-19 Thread Michael Baird
Take a look at SkyPilot gear, it seems to have all the advantages of Wimax, plus some benefits. 28 W PTMP in the 5+ Ghz bands, TDD, low cost cpe's. Only thing it really lacks, and is also a downfall of Wimax is the radio as a Demarc (Routing/Nat/PPPoE). Regards Michael Baird Good

[WISPA] Wimax 802.16d v 802.16e

2009-04-21 Thread Michael Baird
I'm researching these two technologies and Wimax in general, does anyone have any firsthand experience with the two current different types of Wimax, or references to the differences in the two different types of technologies for broadband fixed rural deployments? Regards Michael Baird

Re: [WISPA] Wimax 802.16d v 802.16e

2009-04-21 Thread Michael Baird
. What's the magic that makes 802.16d work better then 802.11 variants as far as coverage, with essentially the same power but at a higher frequency? Regards Michael Baird Here is the quick answer: 802.16d is a fixed only technology (no mobility) which performs quite well for delivering broadband

Re: [WISPA] 3650Mhz and Wimax Vendors

2009-04-22 Thread Michael Baird
that and establish technical reasons why one or the other is superior. Regards Michael Baird 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

Re: [WISPA] 3650Mhz and Wimax Vendors

2009-04-22 Thread Michael Baird
before we are mounting the gear on the tower, and reading marketing info from Alverion/Tranzeo/Aperto certainly doesn't help clear up the differences and advantages to the technology. Regards Michael Baird Those of us operators who actually have experience in the field with the gear tend

Re: [WISPA] 3650Mhz and Wimax Vendors

2009-04-23 Thread Michael Baird
of either tech. We don't want to make the investments (we will run fiber to each tower) and replace our existing deployments with it. We do want to do voice as well (we have a switch and are a CLEC). Regards Michael Baird John, My boss has field tested Aperto's gear to 15miles at full modulation

Re: [WISPA] affordable 2.4 GHz repeaters

2009-04-25 Thread Michael Baird
are describing, have you used them? Regards Michael Baird Any AP data as you are showing below Josh Luthman wrote: What is it you have not found? On 4/25/09, Blair Davis the...@wmwisp.net wrote: Where is that? I've not found it... jree...@18-30chat.net wrote: What do you mean lack

[WISPA] Sector separation/isolation

2009-05-02 Thread Michael Baird
higher is because of the additional 20 degrees between them. These AP's are on channels 1/6/11, I'm wondering if I should worry about seeing the other AP's with such a hot signal, and if so what are some good ways to isolate them better. Regards Michael Baird

Re: [WISPA] Sector separation/isolation

2009-05-02 Thread Michael Baird
I can try that, can you tell me why that would make a difference though with the AP's seeing each other at such signal levels? Will changing to 10mhz channel width's cause the AP's to see each other at a lower RSSI? Regards Michael Baird Use 10mhz channels instead of 20mhz. Kurt Fankhauser

Re: [WISPA] Sector separation/isolation

2009-05-03 Thread Michael Baird
ways to do it, I have no noise problems to clients, and my channels on the 3 AP's are 1/6/11, none overlapping, and all with -100 noise floor's. Regards Michael Baird Right now channel 1 uses channel 1, 2 and 3. Channel 6 uses 4-8. When you go to 10MHz channels 1 will use 1 and 2. 6 will use

Re: [WISPA] Sector separation/isolation

2009-05-03 Thread Michael Baird
either a) defective antennas with too much leakage or side/rear lobes) or b) antenna proximity. Greg On May 3, 2009, at 7:13 AM, Michael Baird wrote: I think I didn't explain my problem clearly. 10mhz/5mhz channel sep makes no difference on how each AP see's each other on a site survey

Re: [WISPA] Sector separation/isolation

2009-05-03 Thread Michael Baird
They are ubiquities now, but they were tranzeo's previously and exhibited the same behavior. The AP's are physically located next each sector antenna, w/only the 1 card in each, with the water tower (w/water) in between. Regards Michael Baird Michael What hardware are you using for your APs

Re: [WISPA] Sector separation/isolation

2009-05-03 Thread Michael Baird
in relation to the sector's I should be down -24, not -2. Regards Michael Baird Let me try to clear something up. Just because you did an AP scan on one antenna and it can see the other two in the -30's doesn't mean that you are getting a full -30 signal 20mhz higher or lower. All that says is you

Re: [WISPA] Sector separation/isolation

2009-05-03 Thread Michael Baird
. Regards Michael Baird I would agree with Michael that he's hearing the other AP radios to hot. I saw beamwidths and positioning on radius posted. Not sure if I missed it in earlier post, or not stated yet, but please clarify 1. What brand/model APs and Antennas 2. What type structure mounted

Re: [WISPA] Sector separation/isolation

2009-05-03 Thread Michael Baird
in the whole town, population about 800 folks. The land is as flat as a pancake, no hills or great obstructions, minimal treelines. Regards Michael Baird Whats the lenghs of the cables? They could be acting as antennas themselves. Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405

Re: [WISPA] Handling Non-paying Subs

2009-05-04 Thread Michael Baird
our customers happier, and also saves us from some angry telephone calls. If it's a wireless client, we turn them off after 10 days, and schedule a radio pickup. Regards Michael Baird It has reached over $1k from 4 subs over the past 6 months. Do you just cut your losses and move on or what

Re: [WISPA] Handling Non-paying Subs

2009-05-04 Thread Michael Baird
applied our previous methodology to wireless when we redid the wireless network we aquired (they were previously DHCP based, mac address list, no automation, poor records). Any decent billing system should allow external scripting for different events. Regards Michael Baird What billing system do

Re: [WISPA] Response to the FCC Regarding Form 477

2009-05-06 Thread Michael Baird
For next time, check http://www.geocode.com/, it cost about $35 per 1000, and does all that you need to do to submit the data. Regards Michael Baird I know and feel your pain there. Luckily we do not have that many customers but 75% of our customer addresses does not geocode and we are doing

Re: [WISPA] Response to the FCC Regarding Form 477

2009-05-06 Thread Michael Baird
Garbage in, garbage out, sorry didn't read enough of the thread, I thought it was about the FCC filing process being to much of a burden, not about record keeping issues. Regards Michael Baird Unfortunately, this doesn't resolve anything for me. NONE of the geocoding engines have the data

[WISPA] Ethernet Cabling

2009-05-27 Thread Michael Baird
with what? Will the gel filled type overheat in the sun? Should i run all of this in conduit, at least for the AP's at the towers? Regards Michael Baird WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] Ethernet Cabling

2009-05-29 Thread Michael Baird
that gel will want to move though. Down vertically to base, then up to patch-panel at base. Regards Michael Baird I think you missed my question. I mean if one was to put a snug wire tie around the cable a few inches back from the connector on the lower end of the cable would it prevent the goo

[WISPA] Tranzeo/Pac Wireles Horizontal Omni 13db

2009-06-12 Thread Michael Baird
I need a replacement omni and probably a backup, anyone know where these are in stock, or have some used laying around they might part with. Just around 13db and Horizontal, bigger is fine too. Regards Michael Baird

Re: [WISPA] Radio Seperation

2009-06-13 Thread Michael Baird
, the attenuated portion is still too strong and messing up the RSL's badly on the AP's. Regards Michael Baird What sort of ubiquiti APs? You'll have serious loss on anything but a bullet, and I wouldn't put one of them 145' up a tower. Also see that the firmware is up to date. They've had some

Re: [WISPA] Radio Seperation

2009-06-15 Thread Michael Baird
at the CPE is great, RSSI at the AP is poor often different by 16-20 db. I also mentioned the RFLinx Qwave lightning arrestors, this is the first tower we've used them on. Regards Michael Baird I don't think that this would be an antenna location issue. What antennas did you use and where

Re: [WISPA] Radio Seperation

2009-06-15 Thread Michael Baird
Gino, 145', 15 degree VB, 7.7/7.8 puts my -3d at ~5 miles. If my downtilt was wrong, I would think it would impact the receive on my CPE's, much more then on the tower AP's, maybe that's a poor assumption on my part though. Regards Michael Baird I think your downtilt is too much, whats your

Re: [WISPA] Radio Seperation

2009-06-15 Thread Michael Baird
All 3 AP's are displaying this characteristic, they transmit wonderfully though. My CPE's are working fine on another tower, so they are good. Regards Michael Baird Is this just on a single AP you are seeing this problem? We have seen blown radio cards display a 20db difference on just one

Re: [WISPA] Radio Seperation

2009-06-15 Thread Michael Baird
told him 7.8, but I'm sure he didn't get dead on, just the best he could with his inclinometer. Regards Michael Baird Where are you running the calcs? I use http://www.wirelessconnections.net/calcs/AntDowntiltCalc.as With your input, I get main lobe 0.2 miles / -3db @ 7 Gino A. Villarini

Re: [WISPA] Radio Seperation

2009-06-15 Thread Michael Baird
Travis, I will try that too, but do you think that would cause poor RSL at the AP? I would think the downtilt would cause more issues with the CPE's RSL. Regards Michael Baird Hi, I have to agree with Gino here... even at 7 degree downtilt, you are cutting it very close. You may want

Re: [WISPA] Radio Seperation

2009-06-15 Thread Michael Baird
Michael Baird Michael Baird wrote: Gino, wisp-router.com, would the downtilt affect the AP RSSI level? Antenna Height ft Downtilt Angle ° Vertical Beamwidth ° Results Inner -3dB Radius0.1 Miles Sweet spot 0.2 Miles

Re: [WISPA] Radio Seperation

2009-06-16 Thread Michael Baird
of the equation, unless the other two sectors are reflecting on each other badly, because of their close proximity. 5). Change out a radio, and see if somehow all of my radio's got fried. Regards Michael Baird Michael If you can reduce the TX power on 2 of the sectors and see if the third has RSL

Re: [WISPA] Radio Seperation

2009-06-16 Thread Michael Baird
The only other things on the tower according to the owner, is at 150mhz and 450 mhz. Regards Michael Baird Could there be any other source of interference? What else is on the tower? Greg On Jun 16, 2009, at 8:37 AM, Michael Baird wrote: I actually shut the radio's off on the two

Re: [WISPA] Radio Seperation

2009-06-18 Thread Michael Baird
apartment complexes and hotels that are in the focus of the main beam at that downtilt. When I get the guy up on the tower, I am going to try uptilting it first for sure, maybe with that tilt they are picking up more noise then they should be. Regards Michael Baird It sure seems like

Re: [WISPA] Radio Seperation

2009-06-18 Thread Michael Baird
, and a nice fit. Regards Michael Baird You can't check with a spectrum anylyzer at the base! You have to climp the tower and plug each antenna in to the spectrum anyalyzer. Also there is no black magic involved. Wireless can all be explained with laws of physics. There are too many wireless

Re: [WISPA] Radio Seperation

2009-06-18 Thread Michael Baird
Marlon, Yea, it's ok, we wouldn't have learned anything if it worked properly the first time. This tower is not in production, it's our first build out, we will learn. We aren't using gas-powered lightning arrestors, they are RFLinx quarter wave type arrestors. Regards Michael Baird I don't

Re: [WISPA] Radio Seperation

2009-06-18 Thread Michael Baird
in RSL at the AP. Regards Michael Baird We use them commercially. I think we have replace. 2 of them over the past 18+ years Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Israel Lopez-LISTS ilopezli...@sandboxitsolutions.com Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:23:20

Re: [WISPA] Anyone have NS2 in stock?

2009-06-27 Thread Michael Baird
Same OS, same chipset, same radio ns2/ps2, only difference is the antenna size and case. Regards Michael Baird I'm hearing to avoid the ns2 and go with the ps2/5. Less issues. What do folks say? I've been putting some decent load in both a hotspot and point to point configuration

Re: [WISPA] Anyone have NS2 in stock?

2009-06-27 Thread Michael Baird
then the range because of the antenna. NS2 - AR5315 - http://www.atheros.com/pt/AR5006AP-G.htm - no SuperG. PS2 - AR5316 - http://www.atheros.com/pt/AR5006AP-GS.htm BulletHP - AR5317 - http://www.atheros.com/pt/AR5007AP-G.htm Regards Michael Baird NS2 has an ethernet port, sma jack and a reset

Re: [WISPA] Bullets

2009-06-27 Thread Michael Baird
monitored. Regards Michael Baird They have for me. I suppose they wouldnt if it were obvious such as with burn marks, etc. I will say one thing, their RMA process is slow. They must be busy. -RickG On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 5:44 PM, jree...@18-30chat.netjree...@18-30chat.net wrote

[WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-06-28 Thread Michael Baird
with this antenna, or these scenarios? I expected this bigger, more expensive antenna to gain all across the board. Regards Michael Baird WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-06-28 Thread Michael Baird
the teletronics VSWR is 1.1:4, vs 1.5 on the Tranzeo. The Teletronics is down about 6db on the CPE side for all the clients on the test sector, on the AP side it's the same. I tested multiple tilt's as well, between 0-1 degree was the best on the CPE side. Regards Michael Baird First thing

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Performance

2009-06-29 Thread Michael Baird
it, it cost a lot more and should be a better antenna, as I believe gain not only comes with narrowing coverage (sector width), but antenna design. Regards Michael Baird Gain only comes from narrowing coverage with antennas. If there are both 120* antennas you can't have HIGHER gain with GREATER

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