Re: [WISPA] Question concerning IP Schema

2008-05-15 Thread D. Ryan Spott
I do this with my tranzeo's cpe as well I don't want to know or have any cotrol over what happens on the customer's side of the cpe. This gives me a clear demark between the customer's network and mine. It also helps limit the amount of client machine broadcasts my network needs to hear. I bill

[WISPA] Hutton...

2008-04-24 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Chris Govostis Anyone know his email address? Thanks! WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: w

Re: [WISPA] Future

2008-04-22 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Chuck, What speeds do you sell to your end customers at 128:1 oversub? (I am assuming that you never really go this high!) :) ryan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 1:33 PM To: WISPA General Lis

Re: [WISPA] uptime

2008-04-07 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Mac SE/30 running netBSD 3+ years of service echoing uptime: :MM:DD:MM:SS every few seconds. :D I am such a geek! ryan On Apr 7, 2008, at 6:12 PM, Travis Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > I just had to get into a Cisco 3512XL switch that we have installed > in a > commercial office building. Wh

Re: [WISPA] Mail Server

2008-03-13 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Do you have a reason they are being rejected? Log file from either server? ryan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 1:31 PM To: WISPA List Subject: [WISPA] Mail Server I need to setup a small mail s

Re: [WISPA] RB333

2008-03-08 Thread D. Ryan Spott
I have only seen this on mine when my power over enet was bad. I query for uptime via snmp and graph the resulting tick count. You should see a VERY boring rise on your graphs... If you see a sawtooth, things are bad and rebooting too much. Also, my 333 had a bios update with the recent 3.4 upd

Re: [WISPA] Weird Tranzeo problem...

2008-03-06 Thread D. Ryan Spott
I am using that combo with over 100 CPQ and a couple of XR2s in MT units. What issue are you seeing Marlon? ryan On Mar 6, 2008, at 10:15 PM, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: > I'm having trouble with the cpq and mt with xr2 cards. > > There's a problem that they aren't figuring out yet. > > marlon

Re: [WISPA] OT: Cheating spouse software

2008-02-27 Thread D. Ryan Spott
http://www.kmint21.com/keylogger/ I used to catch kids doing bad things with this at a k20 I worked at. ryan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 12:41 PM To: WISPA List Subject: [WISPA] OT: Chea

Re: [WISPA] Tranzeo tr-6000 ap

2008-02-24 Thread D. Ryan Spott
om: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > Behalf Of D. Ryan Spott > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 8:29 PM > To: WISPA General List > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tranzeo tr-6000 ap > > Replacing my last 6000 series AP next week. I had to. The

Re: [WISPA] Tranzeo tr-6000 ap

2008-02-22 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Replacing my last 6000 series AP next week. I had to. The Latvian solution I have been using for the last year "just works better" (TM). You are completely correct about Jeckle and Hyde. I had one that would just stop responding for NO reason. At the same tower site I had a 6500 series that

Re: [WISPA] Small generators - cheap or inexpensive?

2008-02-18 Thread D. Ryan Spott
You probably want to finance something like the Yamaha or Honda 1000 to 3000 series "i" generators. They run on an inverter so they can purr at variable RPMS (saving you gas) while providing enough power to your backhauls. The 1000 series fit in the trunk of your car, are darn near silent an

Re: [WISPA] MT tools

2008-02-14 Thread D. Ryan Spott
I think you hit this on the head Travis. "there is no real "magic" number... is all relative." I wish I had a magic method of telling when things were going well on a link. I just have to be a geek about it and have a general "feel" for what is good/bad. Maybe some of these vendors could g

Re: [WISPA] MT tools

2008-02-13 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Gather these stats with SNMP or a screen scrape. MRTG/Cacti/InsertNameHere already does this. 1. gather datapoint1 2. Wait X time. 3. gather datapoint2 4. perform basic math (datapoint1-datapoint2)/time. I use the graphs I produce to show me when a change I made screwed something up. It might t

Re: [WISPA] Strange BH Behavior

2008-02-04 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Was this device recoverable or just dead? I have a 532 that is exhibiting the same thing. ryan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Justin S. Wilson Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 12:10 PM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] Strange BH

Re: [WISPA] Strange managed switch request

2008-02-04 Thread D. Ryan Spott
lly take 12 - 72 vdc > > Gino A. Villarini > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. > tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of D. Ryan Spott > Sent: Monday

Re: [WISPA] Strange managed switch request

2008-02-04 Thread D. Ryan Spott
7.273.4145 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of D. Ryan Spott Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 12:25 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Strange managed switch request Hey guys, I am looking for an 8-port, 10/100 managed switch for a remote site. It n

[WISPA] Strange managed switch request

2008-02-04 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Hey guys, I am looking for an 8-port, 10/100 managed switch for a remote site. It needs to be a small form factor switch. The weird part is that it needs to be 12V DC! Anyone know of such a beast? Thanks in advance, ryan ---

Re: [WISPA] PfSense

2008-02-03 Thread D. Ryan Spott
As a firewall. For remote login (VPN etc) I am using radius served off of win2k3 for my commercial clients with that sort of infrastructure. ryan On Feb 3, 2008, at 8:29 AM, Ugo Bellavance wrote: > D. Ryan Spott wrote: >> I use it's older brother Monowall for my personal fir

Re: [WISPA] PfSense

2008-02-03 Thread D. Ryan Spott
I use it's older brother Monowall for my personal firewall. I also use Monowall software for some commercial clients. ryan On Feb 3, 2008, at 7:36 AM, Ugo Bellavance wrote: > Hi, > > Anyone using PfSense as a firewall? I use it and I'm looking to > exchange information/knowledge. > > Th

Re: [WISPA] Private vs Public addresses for end-users

2008-01-28 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Don't forget to track who has what dynamic IP address, and when they had it. You will need this information with the law enforcement agencies come a knocking for some kiddie porn peddler using your network. ryan On Jan 28, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Jason Hensley wrote: > Not sure where the 10+ min

Re: [WISPA] Cell Company Towers

2008-01-13 Thread D. Ryan Spott
I think this is where WISPA really needs to come in. Why are we not negotiating contracts with the cell companies that benefit ALL WISPA members? Cell companies do it why can't we, as an association do it? just my $0.1 worth. ryan On Jan 13, 2008, at 11:57 AM, Tom DeReggi wr

Re: [WISPA] Cell Company Towers

2008-01-12 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Seconded.. WOW, they are obnoxious. I just spent 6 months working with an outsourced, outsourced, outsourced tower lease management company for Verizon. (yes, 3 TIMES removed from the company) to be told "nope, you are too small, we are waiting for ClearWire to come spend money with us" Thi

Re: [WISPA] Akamai

2008-01-08 Thread D. Ryan Spott
George, This is pretty simple to do, your colo provider might charge you a nominal cross connect fee for the fiber you send to NWAX. However, once you connect and your MAC address is registered, you can then negotiate pretty decent deals with the other providers in the exchange. All of th

RE: [WISPA] brain cramp, can someone jog my memory?

2007-12-29 Thread D. Ryan Spott
ain cramp, can someone jog my memory? Does that really take any less time than just doing it in Radio Mobile? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: "D. Ryan Spott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General Li

Re: [WISPA] brain cramp, can someone jog my memory?

2007-12-28 Thread D. Ryan Spott
John, As a quick method, you can use National Geographic's Topo! software. I live in a pretty hilly area. When folks call us for service, my wife asks them their address and she puts it into Google Maps. Google maps gives her their general lat and long. Then she tosses those coordinates i

RE: [WISPA] Nuclear Reactor

2007-12-19 Thread D. Ryan Spott
The anti-nuclear advocates are taking a 180 on their stance as things get hotter on the planet: ryan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Wednesday, December 19,

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

2007-12-09 Thread D. Ryan Spott
<$1000.00 You need to get out more! :) Easy. ryan On Dec 9, 2007, at 8:32 PM, Travis Johnson wrote: Now we aren't comparing Apples to Oranges (literally). A new HP laptop that is decent is $600 at Best Buy. The same performance out of a Mac laptop is $1,400. Travis Microserv

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

2007-12-09 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Mac OS. ryan On Dec 9, 2007, at 8:04 PM, Travis Johnson wrote: Hi, My two daughters both have laptops. They both play Sims2 with all the expansion packs. Will that run on Ubuntu? What about Roller Coaster Tycoon? What about iTunes for their iPods? Trust me, I would _love_ to be done wi

RE: [WISPA] Reducing per customer costs

2007-11-30 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Join WISPA, $25 bucks a month. The URL is at the bottom of this email. You get great advice and answers to this email on the members list! :) ryan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Will Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 1:09 PM To:

RE: [WISPA] What basic ROI do you target?

2007-11-30 Thread D. Ryan Spott
I used to think that leasing was a bad thing, that I had to own everything outright.. Then I decided that I was going to have this business longer than3-6 years so leasing items for 3 years and then buying them for a buck was to my advantage. I get to expand my coverage and use the money that I "s

RE: [WISPA] Non-paying Subs

2007-11-23 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Hey Sam, want to elaborate? How do you do this? Thanks! ryan -Original Message- From: "Sam Tetherow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: 11/23/07 5:01 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Non-paying Subs And if you have a way to send them to a captive page that says the account ha

RE: [WISPA] DC PoE

2007-11-16 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Don't know if this helps you, but it might! Hit that link and you can convert from whatever to whatever.. I would avoid the Zane as I have had nothing but problems with them and getting i

RE: [WISPA] Subscriber Module Mounts?

2007-11-15 Thread D. Ryan Spott
You are a WISPA member so I replied on the members list. For 1/8th of the cost of a Motorola-CPE (har har!) WISPs can join WISPA: http://signup.wispa.org/wispa-newacct.html http://www.wispa.org/?page_id=5 ryan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Beh

Re: [WISPA] On-Call Compensation

2007-11-13 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Excellent slashdot "articles" on this very thing: http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/04/27/1946245 http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=11917&cid=255567 <- I kinda like this one My $.002 below We had a special email address "emergency@" that customers were told was to be used

[WISPA] Friday Fun!

2007-11-02 Thread D. Ryan Spott
At least we all know now that there was interference before linksys! :) http://www.tundracomics.com/pages/SUNDAYS/10-07.jpg Enjoy! ryan WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ --

[WISPA] OT: The National Cable TV Coop... anyone here a member?

2007-10-26 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Hit me offlist, I have questions. Thanks! ryan ** Join us at the WISPA Reception at 6:30 PM on October the 16th 2007 at ISPCON ** ** ISPCON Fall 2007 - October 16-18 - San Jose, CA www.ispcon.com ** ** THE

RE: [WISPA] Trango Site

2007-10-23 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Perhaps one of the towers run by skyriver.net is down due to the fires? I called them and that is the case. Skyriver is closed due to the fires and the towers are down. Trango radios have some great specs, but I don't think fireproof is one of them! :) Hopefully everyone will cut them some slack.

RE: [WISPA] Advertising / who you should not have as customers.

2007-10-22 Thread D. Ryan Spott
I am honest and forward with my customers, to a fault. I tell them when I have issues at towers, with ISPs, with mistakes _I_ have made! It just seems to work better than covering up everything with crazy messed up PR. If they don't like that then they can go somewhere else. They will be back and

RE: [WISPA] OT Comcast email issues

2007-10-22 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Reply back with the following: %whois 64.146.146.8 Northwest Open Access Network NOANET-BLK2 (NET-64-146-128-0-1) 64.146.128.0 - 64.146.255.255 Douglas County PUD NOANET-DCPUD-64-146-146-0-1 (NET-64-146-146-0-1) 64.146.146.0 - 64.

Re: [WISPA] getting a Tranzeo TR5A back to defaults

2007-10-19 Thread D. Ryan Spott
You "find" them using the CPE locator from support.tranzeo.com Once you are able to get a username/password prompt via a web- interface you call Tranzeo with the MAC address. They give you a backdoor password and away you go. ryan On Oct 19, 2007, at 6:46 PM, Leon D. Zetekoff wrote: I've

[WISPA] Friday Fun.

2007-10-19 Thread D. Ryan Spott
This week started out as a long one but evened out toward the end… Here are some fun pics to share: 1. How do we get to the tower again? I forget what road to follow? I wish all tower roads were labeled this well! http://www.irongoat.net/friday/WhatRoadToTheTower.jpg This road is

[WISPA] Friday Fun.

2007-10-19 Thread D. Ryan Spott
This week started out as a long one but evened out toward the end. Here are some fun pics to share: 1. How do we get to the tower again? I forget what road to follow? I wish all tower roads were labeled this well! http://www.irongoat.net/friday/WhatRoadToTheTower.jpg This road is no

RE: [WISPA] Intrameta / BOSS

2007-10-19 Thread D. Ryan Spott
"stock to buy" list. >>Thanks! >>ryan Regards, Kris Efland IntraMeta Corporation t. 972.231.5999 f. 972.231.7022 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of D. Ryan Spott Sent: Thursday, September 13

RE: [WISPA] Emergency request for a RB532

2007-10-15 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Yeah I did know that. I did some quick pricing and the cost was more than the 532! Thanks! ryan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wireless@wispa.org Sent: 10/15/07 9:38 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Emergency request for a RB532 You do know that most airlines and the UPS/Fedex/

RE: [WISPA] Emergency request for a RB532

2007-10-15 Thread D. Ryan Spott
. Ryan Spott Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 6:23 PM To: WISPA General List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WISPA] Emergency request for a RB532 Due to a short circuit at one of my towers I have a COOKED RB532. If anyone in the Washington, Oregon or Idaho region has one of these boards they could sell

[WISPA] Emergency request for a RB532

2007-10-14 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Due to a short circuit at one of my towers I have a COOKED RB532. If anyone in the Washington, Oregon or Idaho region has one of these boards they could sell me I will drive to you. Please contact me off-list. ryan -

RE: [WISPA] Why the Nokia E70 is better than the iPhone

2007-10-12 Thread D. Ryan Spott
I have one of these phones. I am pretty impressed with it so far. If you download the java based Opera you can even manage Tranzeo CPE/APs! (the iPhone crashes on the Base64/java conversion thing) Usually I carry around my Macbook to fix problems on my network when I am away from home. This fall I

Re: [WISPA] Vista wireless issues?

2007-10-03 Thread D. Ryan Spott
I use Tranzeo gear. Early versions of Vista/Internet Exploder (beta mostly) would open so many connections at once it would tank the routing/NAT engine in the CPQs. (Apple's safari would do this to during it's beta run several years ago.) I turned the device into a bridge, and had the custo

Re: [WISPA] Email Error

2007-10-03 Thread D. Ryan Spott
You need a _host_ name not a domain.. #nslookup 208.100.1.33 Server: 10.0.1.1 Address:10.0.1.1#53 Non-authoritative answer: 33.1.100.208.in-addr.arpa name = ics-il.net. Authoritative answers can be found from: 1.100.208.in-addr.arpa nameserver = ns3.nozonenet.com. 1.100.

RE: [WISPA] MT scripting

2007-09-27 Thread D. Ryan Spott
:while true do={/interface monitor-traffic wlan1 once do={ :if($received-packets-per-second>50) do={/tool e-mail send to="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" from="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" server="10.1.1.1" subject=(" PPS Exceeds 50!") :delay 1s } } :delay 10s } :while true do={/interface monitor-traffic <> o

RE: [WISPA] tower site monitoring help

2007-09-26 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Take a close look at the site for the RMS. IIRC the creators of the RMS had just this issue and they overcame it. Thanks! ryan -Original Message- From: "Rob Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: 9/26/07 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] tower site monitoring help D

RE: [WISPA] XR 9 cards

2007-09-26 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Seeing as the SR9 cards were not compatible with the Tranzeo TR900 series and these XR9 cards are not compatible with the SR9 cards, does that mean the XR9 cards are compatible with TR900s? SR9 <> TR900 XR9 <> SR9 XR9 = TR900 :) Can anyone comment on this? ryan -Original Message- From:

Re: [WISPA] SCADA

2007-09-16 Thread D. Ryan Spott
"mind the wrap" :) For others on the list, if you place your URLs in < > marks they will not wrap, even when they are replied to, forwarded etc. The < > marks will disappear in some mail clients, and show up,

RE: [WISPA] Intrameta / BOSS

2007-09-13 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Have you seen some of the hardware they use?! In one of my colo towers I looked in their rack. I think I saw both a vacuum tube and a roll of tin foil in there! That rack must have put out 1500W of heat as well. They have since upgraded the equipment so perhaps USAMobility is pulling out of a di

[WISPA] RE: [Tranzeo] Does any one know of software that can read tranzeo radios signal strength on snmp?

2007-09-13 Thread D. Ryan Spott
of the things that I had to find out for myself as I started doing all of this. When I put it out, I think I might put it in the WISPA members' area. Have a good day! ryan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of D. Ryan Spott Sent: Wednesday

RE: [WISPA] Legal Charges used in Malicious Interference Situations

2007-09-12 Thread D. Ryan Spott
If you are a lawyer, or you can cite specific case law or examples. (URL is required) then continue this thread. If not.. Don't! :) ryan (usually a great producer of list noise, but not today!) ** Join us at the W

RE: [WISPA] Thoughts on 900MHz mesh networks

2007-09-12 Thread D. Ryan Spott
I think they failed via a "strategic investment" by some of the larger players. (ATT I think?). The investment was large and like a typical dot-com they spent and expanded far faster than they should have 'cause hey, there's a second round coming and when they went looking for that second round

RE: [WISPA] OT: Cell Phone Repeaters.

2007-09-06 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Oh for the love of Pete! This list _was_ getting useful.. Please subtract 9 billion mod points for the Troll please and send him back to Slashdot or NANOG, his natural environment. Ty, thanks for the quick answer. Things like that make this list _usefull_ and _relevant_ to my work. ryan -Or

RE: [WISPA] OT: Cell Phone Repeaters.

2007-09-06 Thread D. Ryan Spott
My father-in-law lives in Northern Idaho completely off-grid. He uses this little device for his home phone: http://www.coolproductz.com/ You plug your Cell-phone into it and it becomes a little CO for your home. You plug the device into any of your home phone wires (as long as you are not connec

RE: [WISPA] OT: Cell Phone Repeaters.

2007-09-06 Thread D. Ryan Spott
I am wondering. If you put in a repeater... can you charge a roaming fee to the provider/subscriber? ryan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ty Carter Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 4:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List Subje

Re: [WISPA] Merchant Services

2007-09-05 Thread D. Ryan Spott
BofA resells Cybersource. I find the subscription interface to be a GREAT method of billing customers. I just set them up as a monthly bill @ whatever amount with whatever the setup fee is. The system bills the customer for you each month and emails them an invoice that you can customize. I

Re: [WISPA] 2.4ghz antennas

2007-08-24 Thread D . Ryan Spott
I bought my 120Vs from Hyperlink. My experience with the 120Hs from Tranzeo was a poor one with me returning them about 60 days later. Damian swears they are "in production in our WISP in BC" but I don't know. The 90H17s from Tranzeo are rock solid. I think the 120s are basically the same

RE: [WISPA] Potential Wireless Access Point converted to a Home

2007-08-23 Thread D. Ryan Spott
I lived in a redwood water tower for about 6 months in Northern California. My room was right below the tank. The tank sat on a tar covered floor with drains on all 4 corners. I really couldn't figure out why they needed drains _below_ the tank.. maybe for overflow.. who knew.. About a week later I

Re: [WISPA] PITA customers...

2007-08-17 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Very well said. Customers 1-3 I bend over backward for. One customer recently was very vocal about their connection going downhill as the trees leafed out. I went as far as climbing 50 feet up several trees and topping them for this customer. That is not a PITA customer. (I have to admit, I

RE: [WISPA] PITA customers...

2007-08-16 Thread D. Ryan Spott
man once told me that 10% of your customers cause you 90% of your work. With that advice I decided the best thing to do was send the 10% to my competition. Brian D. Ryan Spott wrote: > I am looking for advice and examples of what to do with PITA customers. > > > > I have a fe

[WISPA] PITA customers...

2007-08-16 Thread D. Ryan Spott
I am looking for advice and examples of what to do with PITA customers. I have a few that are just shy of abusive on the phone. Do you read them the riot act? Do you turn them off? Do you collect an early termination fee? Share your stories or policies. Thanks! ryan -

RUS grants (was: RE: [WISPA] BLM fees)

2007-08-16 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Sorry to hijack this thread... Has anyone on this list ever received a RUS grant? Care to contact me off list please? Thanks! ryan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 3:54 PM To: WISPA General

RE: [WISPA] BLM fees

2007-08-16 Thread D. Ryan Spott
You have just made me smile.. Big. :) ryan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Forrest W. Christian Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 3:29 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] BLM fees Travis Johnson wrote: > They are now doing "aud

Re: [WISPA] BLM fees

2007-08-16 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Travis, You should fall under the WISP heading here: http://www.blm.gov/nhp/what/lands/realty/rental_schedule/ comm_uses_a1.pdf Depending on what zone you are in the fees could be from 2-13,000. The USFS/BLM is actually ahead of the game with this site: http://www.blm.gov/nhp/what/lands/realty

Re: [WISPA] Managed IT Service

2007-08-15 Thread D. Ryan Spott
ional $49 for a "PC Safety Check". Before they leave you are out 160 bucks! (plus hardware!) ryan On Aug 15, 2007, at 5:31 PM, D. Ryan Spott wrote: Totally random notes: My rate is $70 an hour _if_ the customer signs up for 1 year of service with me @ 1/2 hour per machine per mo

Re: [WISPA] Managed IT Service

2007-08-15 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Totally random notes: My rate is $70 an hour _if_ the customer signs up for 1 year of service with me @ 1/2 hour per machine per month. The customer likes this because they know how much they are paying a month, every month. Basically they get an IT department looking out for them without

Re: [WISPA] Conduits

2007-08-15 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Make sure you have a filter BEFORE the fan providing suction to the vacuum! String+motor axle=mess! ryan On Aug 15, 2007, at 8:47 AM, Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: Put a small parachute (remember the ones you made from a napkin as a kid???) tie that to a string. Hook a vacuum to

[WISPA] Surety bond-ers?

2007-08-08 Thread D. Ryan Spott
I am looking for a bonding company that can assist me with a pole attachment bond. This bond is required by my local power company to attach to their poles. Do any of you have a bond of this type? Could you hit me offlist to tell me who you are using? Thanks! ryan -

RE: [WISPA] Google: Wireless Internet - What to Sell?

2007-08-03 Thread D. Ryan Spott
I have to agree with this. I am flat broke most of the time and found it in my pocketbook to not drink the fru fru coffee drinks, stick to plain black coffee and send my $25 a month to WISPA. If I can do this, so can _you_ :) ryan (ok, ok... so really my wife and Dr told me to lay off the fru

Re: [WISPA] Tools for making LMR400 "N" connectors...

2007-08-03 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Consulting services 42846865 (icq)WISP Operator since 1999! [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.odessaoffice.com/wireless www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam - Original Message - From: "D. Ryan Spott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISP

[WISPA] Tools for making LMR400 "N" connectors...

2007-08-02 Thread D. Ryan Spott
I am looking for tools to / kits for LMR400 "N" connectors. I was recently given a few hundred feet of LMR400 and I am always in need of short runs of cable here and there. What kits/tools do you use? Where can I get these tools/kits/parts? Why do you like the ones you have? ryan

Re: [WISPA] Cabinet or Enclosure source

2007-08-01 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Do what Marlon does if you can. Use a refrigerator! Insulated from cold and warm! ryan On Aug 1, 2007, at 4:10 PM, Jason wrote: Anyone know where I can get an outdoor enclosure, preferably metal, approx 2' x 2' x 4'. Surplus, used, etc; near Arizona? Jason --

Re: [WISPA] self inflicted interference

2007-07-24 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Marlon, How are these APs hooked to each other? If you are using a hub, get a switch. If it is a switch, get a different switch. I have had this happen on 3 of my repeater sites. ryan On Jul 24, 2007, at 8:09 AM, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: Hi All, I just completely rebuilt a tower site.

RE: [WISPA] Tranzeo, & routers

2007-07-20 Thread D. Ryan Spott
That results in double nat... That plays hell with streaming and VPN in my area. I can always tell when someone has done that in this area because they call me to tell me how much the service stinks. If people want to have a wireless router in their house I tell them to set the LAN IP of the wifi-

[WISPA] Green Field Developments

2007-07-11 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Hello, I was wondering if any of you have ever worked on green field devlopments. I have been asked by 2 developers to work up some numbers to provide services to homes that are not yet built. Thanks! ryan Would

[WISPA] RUS grant applications.

2007-07-10 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Has anyone here received a RUS grant? If so, would you be comfortable sharing a copy of your grant with me or the group? thanks! ryan Would you like to see your advertisement here? Let the WISPA Board know your

[WISPA] Nifty little thing...

2007-06-18 Thread Ryan Spott (Excell Data Corporation)
I have no idea what the cost is: http://ortronics.com/us/products/wi-jack-duo/ ryan -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/

[WISPA] Rental of Spectrum Analyzer?

2007-06-15 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Who can I rent a spec analyzer from? Does anyone know of rates? ryan -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/

RE: [WISPA] Copper Plant

2007-06-15 Thread D. Ryan Spott
http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/27/technology/broadband_ruling/ Why be a telco and comply with all of those silly tariffs that make you share your infrastructure at wholesale rates when you can just be a "broadband provider" and be the only came in town... like the cable-cos! ryan -Original Mes

RE: [WISPA] MT Babble

2007-06-10 Thread D. Ryan Spott
own, you need to get your own certs. MT and Star do not sell assembled products, yet. hence you can't buy their certified system, you have to make your own. We do have a cert list at wispa, contact Jack Unger if your a paid wispa member. George D. Ryan Spott wrote: > I will pay $

[WISPA] How much does FCC certification cost?

2007-06-10 Thread D. Ryan Spott
? ryan -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/

RE: [WISPA] MT Babble

2007-06-10 Thread D. Ryan Spott
o pay for the same system certified? Travis Microserv D. Ryan Spott wrote: > I don't really care for the whole discussion of whether certified gear > should be used or not. Every piece of gear has advantages and > disadvantages as well as pricing considerations. Regardless of whether

RE: [WISPA] MT Babble

2007-06-10 Thread D. Ryan Spott
I don't really care for the whole discussion of whether certified gear should be used or not. Every piece of gear has advantages and disadvantages as well as pricing considerations. Regardless of whether someone is willing to use uncertified gear, I am sure that given the choice between uncer

RE: [WISPA] Interesting RUS info

2007-05-26 Thread D. Ryan Spott
during the application process that public notice was required, but that has been years ago, other services have started up in areas that still are not being serviced by RUS loan awardees. - Original Message - From: "D. Ryan Spott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'

[WISPA] Interesting RUS info

2007-05-25 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Look and see who is moving into your community: http://broadbandsearch.sc.egov.usda.gov/SearchTabs.aspx The interesting text is located here: http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/broadband-search.htm "Special Note to Potential Loan Applicants: Potential applicants should note that Rural Dev

RE: [WISPA] Free Standing Towers

2007-05-25 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Can you give us a round about price for what this thing cost you and perhaps where you bought it? Thanks! ryan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Rogers Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 7:38 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: RE: [WISPA] Free

[WISPA] BNSF tower co-location

2007-05-18 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Does anyone here have a contact for BNSF (Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Rail Road) tower co-location? I have called the gentleman listed in the FCC database for the towers I am interested in and he has "passed on my information" a few times now with no results. An actual co-location person

Re: [WISPA] A Box

2007-05-12 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Bingo: Item: http://www.bndcom.com/rms/rms.htm US Distro: https://shop.invictusnetworks.com/detail.php?id=16030 I use these to monitor VERY remote radio repeater systems, their batteries, reboot radios remotely etc... Just run POE to the device over one ethernet cable. ryan On May 12, 2

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

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

[WISPA] How many of you actually use your own service?

2007-04-09 Thread Ryan Spott
I always tell my clients that I use my own service and that I will usually know before they do that things are slow or not working because my family will call me MUCH faster than any client. This builds trust with my clients. ... Recently I was emailed by another WISP in my area and I noticed

[WISPA] Google's New Broadband service!

2007-04-01 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Surfs up! http://www.google.com/tisp/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/

[WISPA] McCaw losing money?

2007-03-28 Thread Ryan Spott
Just a little bit! I was just talking to a local PC reseller and I asked him what ClearWire gave him when he signed up a new customer. 180 bucks! Per sub! It is normally 80 bucks per sub but when he reaches a certain threshold, he gets 180. So what does the next-net equipment cost? and the

Re: [WISPA] Following the FCC rules are now simply about being "stickerconscious" or not??

2007-02-18 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Patrick, Please just pick up the phone and contact the FCC yourself. Apply for the job, get a shiny badge and go out on the range to take down all of the Illegal wisps you see out there. Every other email from you on this list (even when the thread starts with someone asking for advice) e

[WISPA] Looking for dual band 2.4 and 900 Sector antennas

2007-02-16 Thread Ryan Spott
I am trying to reduce wind-loading on a tower. Any suggestions would be great! thanks! ryan -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/

Re: [WISPA] WA State WISPS

2007-02-14 Thread Ryan Spott
Anyone? ryan D. Ryan Spott wrote, On 2/13/2007 4:43 PM: Hello all! I am looking at leasing space on the ground or on a tower owned by WA State Department of Natural Resources. When I look at the leasing brochure they list "wireless broadband providers and cellular telephone carriers&

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