Re: [WISPA] suggestions for shows on ispradio.com
This is crazy, I was just thinking last week that somebody should do something like this, it's like you read my mind to post your question here! Or perhaps I subconsciously noticed the message in my inbox... inception. On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Dennis Burgess dmburg...@linktechs.net wrote: We will have to work on that. Everything is moved to our new system, so assume that old RSS feed would be invalid. L [image: DennisBurgessSignature] www.linktechs.net – 314-735-0270 – dmburg...@linktechs.net *From:* wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] *On Behalf Of *Zach Underwood *Sent:* Sunday, September 07, 2014 2:23 PM *To:* WISPA General List *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] suggestions for shows on ispradio.com What happen to the RSS feed, the last show that I got was from 6-25-2014. On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Dennis Burgess dmburg...@linktechs.net wrote: There are links in the upper right corner, one is quicktime J [image: DennisBurgessSignature] * Office*: 314-735-0270 *Website*: http://www.linktechs.net *From:* wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] *On Behalf Of *timothy steele *Sent:* Friday, September 05, 2014 7:41 PM *To:* WISPA General List *Cc:* memb...@wispa.org; WISPA General List *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] suggestions for shows on ispradio.com Can you make your site iPhone friendly or get a pandora channel? Says I need flash.. Fiber, 450's, long cat5 runs, Epmp vs UBNT news, Mikrotik tips tricks on the daily — Sent from Mailbox https://www.dropbox.com/mailbox On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Jim Patient jpati...@linktechs.net wrote: Are there any particular topics that y'all would like to have covered in one of the future ispradio.com broadcasts? You can look through the archives on the site for previous topics that have been covered and download them to listen. We are looking for input from ISPs on things that are useful and of interest to you, the listeners. If there is a particular topic you would like to hear a show on let me know. I can't promise we can get an expert in that field to do one but we will certainly do our best to fill the requests. The site is vendor neutral so all manufactures, vendors, and suggestions are welcomed. If you are a vendor, manufacturer, or WISP with a topic of interest to the community, contact me off-list to become a speaker. These should be useful, informational topics, and not just a sales pitch for your products. Thx, Jim Patient Office: 314-735-0270 Skype: jim.patient linktechs.net http://www.linktechs.net/ towercoverage.com http://www.towercoverage.com/ ispradio.com http://www.ispradio.com/ ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- Zach Underwood (RHCE,RHCSA,RHCT,UACA) greenvilletowers.com My website http://zachunderwood.me/ ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
[WISPA] T-Mobile Wi-Fi calling
Has anyone looked at exactly how T-Mobile's Wi-Fi Calling works? http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-1680 I'm interested in what protocols they use, if there are any special provisions possible on the Wi-Fi network side, how reliable it is, and how seamlessly it works on your networks? Reason being, IOS 8 is adding similar functionality. Isn't this bound to rock the voice boat somewhat, and start re-slicing the pie? On a related note, is anyone invoicing any of the incumbents for data used by their customers in some sort of data offloading agreement, yet? Regards Coenraad Loubser WISH Networks (Pty) Ltd. 2nd Floor, Merriman Place, Cnr. Merriman Bird Str, Stellenbosch, 7600, ZA Office: 087 805 7480 Skype: Wish_Support Email: coenr...@wish.org.za Cell: 073 772 1223 (By appointment) Web: http://wish.org.za -- Spending Money is like watering a plant. Your money is your ultimate ballot. ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] Comcast asking FCC for more 5GHz spectrum.
You guys are hilarious. In seriousness though, it shouldn't be a difficult if the argument is turned into what the value of the bands is to the economy, vs other uses. On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 2:26 AM, Scott Carullo sc...@brevardwireless.comwrote: Sure, why else would there be African bands... Of course its for the African customers. Silly question. Scott Carullo Technical Operations 855-FLSPEED x102 -- *From*: Robert nos...@avantwireless.com *Sent*: Thursday, November 14, 2013 7:24 PM *To*: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org *Subject*: Re: [WISPA] Comcast asking FCC for more 5GHz spectrum. So does that mean I can use the African bands for my S. African customers and etc...? On 11/14/2013 04:12 PM, Scott Carullo wrote: You can always go to the Japanese channels, they always seem to be nice and quiet ;) We have lots of Asian customers so we are allowed to use them in some areas... Scott Carullo Technical Operations 855-FLSPEED x102 *From*: Matt Hoppes mhop...@indigowireless.com *Sent*: Thursday, November 14, 2013 6:59 PM *To*: sc...@brevardwireless.com, WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org *Subject*: Re: [WISPA] Comcast asking FCC for more 5GHz spectrum. Yeah... this is why I always preach 20dB above the noise floor... signals in the 45 to 55 range. If you install in the 70s you have no where to go. Matt Hoppes Director of Information Technology Indigo Wireless +1 (570) 723-7312 On 11/14/13, 6:52 PM, Scott Carullo wrote: Hard to tell, noise floor is noise floor which keeps creeping up - we all know things work better when its quiet. This used to worry me a lot when I saw it coming, but then I realized it was already there and I had no idea until I just happened to scan on some radios (I don't usually install the stuff). I'm not worried any more, if its not one thing it will be another any way. Thats what gives us the edge every day, flexibility. We will work around it, we always do. I figure a high gain antenna on a tower with a good directional CPE will continue to work fine. Their omni low gain antenna can't compete with a 20-30db directional one. Still sucks though, you drive down the street and see one after another running 5Ghz just knowing there probably isn't 3 connections in the whole city to them Scott Carullo Technical Operations 855-FLSPEED x102 *From*: Matt Hoppes mhop...@indigowireless.com *Sent*: Thursday, November 14, 2013 6:43 PM *To*: sc...@brevardwireless.com sc...@brevardwireless.com, WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org *Cc*: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org *Subject*: Re: [WISPA] Comcast asking FCC for more 5GHz spectrum. Are you seeing any impact from them? On Nov 14, 2013, at 18:03, Scott Carullo sc...@brevardwireless.com mailto:sc...@brevardwireless.com wrote: Yeah, won't matter either way with a 5Ghz AP on every street corner. Already seeing that in our areas do a wireless scan and you see 354 5Ghz APs now in addition to the 2Ghz ones (they run dual band APs now). Scott Carullo Technical Operations 855-FLSPEED x102 *From*: Bret Clark bcl...@spectraaccess.com mailto:bcl...@spectraaccess.com *Sent*: Thursday, November 14, 2013 5:49 PM *To*: wireless@wispa.org mailto:wireless@wispa.org *Subject*: Re: [WISPA] Comcast asking FCC for more 5GHz spectrum. What could go wrong with Comcast taking up yet more 5GHz of spectrum...[/sarcasm off] On 11/14/2013 01:40 PM, ralph wrote: I hope the links at the bottom come through. --- Comcast needs the FCC to open up the 5 GHz spectrum band to power next-generation Wi-Fi services that could allow it to deliver wireless broadband at speeds of up to 1 Gbps, SVP of Business Development Tom Nagel testified at a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Wednesday. Nagel disclosed in his prepared testimony that Comcast has expanded the number of Wi-Fi access points for Xfinity high-speed Internet customers to 350,000. The nation's largest cable MSO also began deploying wireless gateways from Cisco earlier this year that Comcast has said may be able to power millions of neighborhood hotspots. While Comcast already is already using the 5 GHz band, Nagel said it needs more of the unlicensed spectrum to meet demand from subscribers for Wi-Fi. It faces potential opposition from Toyota and other automobile manufacturers who want to use the 5 GHz band to deliver next-generation connected car applications, including applications that would warn drivers of collision threats. Toyota principal researcher John Kenney
Re: [WISPA] iPerf as a Real-World Performance Simulation Tool
Note on IPerf! It tests and reports UPLOAD by default, not download. Check the commandline options carefully to differentiate between UDP, TCP, Up, Down and concurrency. It will gladly send 1Gbps UDP and report that it is doing so... but that doesn't mean jack! -d -r -b On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Sam w...@csilogan.com wrote: Has anyone used iPerf before? I'm curious of your thoughts as to the reliability, and how the results would map to a real-world environment. For example, a friend was testing some 3.65 radios (which had no connection to the Internet) using iPerf. Based upon the iPerf results, a determination was made regarding maximum concurrent users per AP and maximum aggregate bandwidth capacity of the radio. For the maximum concurrent users I believe they tested this at several different download and upload speed for the fictional users. Having never used iPerf, I don't know if the results from their tests (which were very poor by the way - much lower than common configurations of DL/UL rates as well as number of users per AP I've read many of you describing on these lists) map reasonably to what one would expect from a given AP, or if they tend to be wonky. Thanks, Sam ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] Windows XP
Getting your users to just use Firefox or Chrome will prolong the life of their XP boxes. An light footprint anti-virus perhaps even more so, if the machine can handle it. Most exploits come in through IE. Your sysadmin should be able to detect IE and/or XP on proxy logs, if you really care, and would like to pro-actively block ports or put them on a list. Most people's computers will just stop working and they'll take it to a repair shop. (At which point their bank accounts, etc may be long compromised...) There they will either be recommended to buy a new PC with an OEM Windows... or they may get a friend to load a bootleg Windows - which will just further expose them to having their sensitive data compromised. Best yet, switch to Mint Linux or Ubuntu. Mint is surprisingly compatible and easy to use for Windows users. Much friendlier than Windows, in fact. In fact, Mint is more like Windows, than Windows 8 is. What are they losing? Windows games and Microsoft Office. And if they can afford those, they can afford a new Windows. I've seen XP SP2 machines that haven't been updated since 2008... and are still running clean. Without antivirus. The firewall is on and they only run Firefox. And they're on isolated LAN's, behind NAT. It's not as much about the OS as it is about what flash discs are plugged into them, what else is on their LAN, or what websites they visit and what executable they download. If they can... many of them are behind filtering proxies and network firewalls, locked in boxes with no access to their USB ports. On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Greg Osborn gregwosb...@gmail.com wrote: It works itself out…… ** ** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4eCd6xUSik ** ** *From:* wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] *On Behalf Of *Mike Hammett *Sent:* Monday, October 14, 2013 5:32 AM *To:* WISPA General List *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] Windows XP ** ** Well, it won't be working for long if they don't upgrade. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ** ** -- *From: *Blair Davis the...@wmwisp.net *To: *memb...@wispa.org, WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org *Sent: *Sunday, October 13, 2013 11:09:39 PM *Subject: *[WISPA] Windows XP Windows XP security updates end in April 2014. Windows XP usage still above 30%. Is there anything we, as ISP's, can do to protect our users who, for whatever reason have not, will not or can not upgrade? I have users who won't spend $$ to replace a working system if they don't see a good reason to. -- West Michigan Wireless ISP Allegan, Michigan 49010 269-686-8648 A Division of: Camp Communication Services, INC ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ** ** ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] Latest trend for heavy wooded areas
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's not even an April fools joke. http://www.google.com/loon/ Maybe if you can get hold of a human at Google you could interest them in running a trial with you... Coenraad Loubser WISH Networks (Pty) Ltd. 2nd Floor, Merriman Place, Cnr. Merriman Bird Str, Stellenbosch, 7600, ZA Office: 087 805 7480 Skype: Wish_Support Email: coenr...@wish.org.za Cell: 073 772 1223 (By appointment) Web: http://wish.org.za -- Spending Money is like watering a plant. Your money is your ultimate ballot. On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.comwrote: Well the one I remember is Canopy and Ubnt on the same tower, both 900. The Canopy would rx more than enough to work while Ubnt wouldn't hear the AP at all. Moving around the trees (similar distance from the tower) the signal would appear strong. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.net wrote: Almost every time someone has detailed their installations to me, there just isn't enough signal to do anything. They're getting a -76 and wondering why it doesn't work. Increase that another 15 dB and try again. The Canopy will work a little better because it requires less signal, but it also has nowhere near the same throughput, so they're really apples and oranges. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com From: Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 9:20:24 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Latest trend for heavy wooded areas Ubnt 900 apparently has extremely poor nlos for 900 MHz. I've heard this a handful of people but haven't tried it myself. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.net wrote: How is it junk? IIRC, everyone I've asked that claimed a given 900 MHz system was junk had a poor RF environment. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com From: Erik Anderson erik.ander...@hocking.net To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 8:49:55 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Latest trend for heavy wooded areas 98% of our terrain is heavily wooded. Ubiquiti 900 is junk (but their other products perform quite well when they can be used). Cambium 900 is better. Out limited experience with whitespace has been good. All of these technologies have very low bandwidth. On 8/22/2013 12:04 AM, Chris Fabien wrote: What are you guys deploying lately in heavily wooded areas? We've used both Cambium pmp320 Wimax and UBNT M900, with mixed results on both. We just put up a 130ft tower in a heavily wooded river valley area, leaning towards the UBNT solution but hate putting money into something I'm not really satisfied with. ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] Strange problem with Canopy 9000APC
Extreme bad luck - or perhaps not - are all the radios perhaps from a faulty batch? Vandalism - Is there any sort of access control or surveillance at the site? The first thoughts that spring to mind. On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 4:40 PM, David Hannum oujas...@gmail.com wrote: Never tried that before. We always use LPU's on the CAT-5 but I've never put one on the antenna lead. What kind of line loss does it cause? I don't see that in the Tech Specs. Also, does it come with a male antenna connector side? Dave Hannum On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Kurt Fankhauser li...@wavelinc.comwrote: Can you possibly put a polyphaser on the 9000APC? I use these: http://www.tessco.com/products/displayProductInfo.do?sku=531462eventPage=1 ** ** ** ** ** ** Kurt Fankhauser Wavelinc Communications P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 http://www.wavelinc.com tel. 419-562-6405 fax. 419-617-0110 *From:* wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] *On Behalf Of *David Hannum *Sent:* Thursday, June 13, 2013 10:11 AM *To:* WISPA General List *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] Strange problem with Canopy 9000APC ** ** The first radio went bad on the first antenna. The second and third radios have gone bad on the second antenna. We'll probably swap the antenna again this afternoon on this one. Dave Hannum New Era Broadband ** ** On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Jason Bailey j284...@yahoo.com wrote: That's why I said antenna. It happened frequently after changing the antenna. --- On *Thu, 6/13/13, David Hannum oujas...@gmail.com* wrote: From: David Hannum oujas...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WISPA] Strange problem with Canopy 9000APC To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Date: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 10:01 AM ** ** Moisture is not an issue. Good drip loops on both the antenna cable and CAT-5 Cables. We actually sealed the entry of the radio with mastic to be sure. The first radio lasted about 10 months. When it went, we first swapped antennas, thinking maybe a lightning strike damaged it (we've had the same effect on signal from bad antenna). That did nothing to help, so we next swapped the radio. Signal back. That lasted about four weeks. Swapped radio again, and signal back. Lasted about 12 hours this time.** ** No visible damage to any of the radios. No moisture found inside. We don't have capability to test in-house. Will send to SWG or Wireless Units to have them take a look. Dave Hannum New Era Broadband ** ** On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Fred Goldstein fgoldst...@ionary.comhttp://mc/compose?to=fgoldst...@ionary.com wrote: On 6/13/2013 7:43 AM, David Hannum wrote: We're having an issue with a 9000APC that is very strange. Here is the situation. We have a remote water tank (stand pipe 75' high) that has a few homes around it. So, we have a 9000APC and a connectorized 2450AP on the tower, both on Omni's. The antennas are on a stand almost exactly 4' apart. There are six subs on the 900MHz radio. About a month ago, I had an issue where (after about 9 months) the signal to all of the customers just faded out, to the point that only two subs were still good. I swapped the antenna and that did not help. I swapped the radio, and that fixed the problem. Trouble is, it only lasted about three weeks, and the same thing happened again. I swapped the radio again yesterday, and today, I'm back in the same boat. The radio in the AP keeps going out. I had the climbers check the grounding, and we actually ran a dedicated ground yesterday off the water tank. My knee jerk feeling today is that maybe the radios are too close together, and the 2450 is burning up the 900. Could this be the case? Any ideas? Here is an example of what happens. Customers that run signals -47 to -57 become -70 to -75 and those who's signals were -70 and up fall clear off. Swap the radio, and everything goes back to normal. This is now three radios that have gone, each lasting a much shorter time than the previous. (this one did not make it 24 hours). I can't completely rule out lightning - the tower is in a very wooded area. But usually you burn up the NIC in that case - not weaken the radio. Thoughts? Interesting mystery! Clearly you don't want to blow more radios this way. Any more clues about what may have happened right before the failures? I'm wondering about weather events. Did it fail after a rain storm? Water coming in to the radio or corroding the antenna connectors might result. And if the antenna's connector is flaky, re-attaching it to a new radio might be a temporary fix, but reattaching it to an old radio might fix it too (temporariy). Have you examined the broken radios in the shop? -- Fred R. Goldstein fred
Re: [WISPA] Airband aquired
You're begging for another response! :-p Perhaps we should demand a full hike report or set of photos instead? PS. Smart mail software has an option to only respond if you are explicitly in the list of recipients, so as to avoid this exact scenario. On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Andy Trimmell atrimm...@precisionds.comwrote: Please turn off autoreply while you're on your extended hike. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of mbuss...@designnine.com Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 12:12 PM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] Airband aquired I will be on vacation from 5-5-2013 to 5-13-2013. I will be on an extended hike and will truly have no access to phone or email. Please contact Mike Vellines for assistance (mvelli...@designnine.com, 540.951.4400). Thanks, Matt ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
Re: [WISPA] Industry Accronym
+1 Loving FiWi. (We use Wi-Fi to turn the industry on its head!) Coenraad Loubser WISH Networks (Pty) Ltd. 2nd Floor, Merriman Place, Cnr. Merriman Bird Str, Stellenbosch, 7600, ZA Office: 087 805 7480 http://+27878057480 Cell: 073 772 1223 Skype: Wish_Support Email: coenr...@wish.org.za Web: http://wish.org.za -- Spending Money is like watering a plant. Your money is your ultimate ballot. On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 5:02 AM, Jack Unger jun...@ask-wi.com wrote: +1 for FiWi (for fixed wireless - the broadband is almost a given) Pronounced fy why On 4/16/2013 5:17 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: FiWi IMO Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Apr 16, 2013 8:15 PM, Jorge Santiago jscnetwo...@gmail.com wrote: Gino, honestly that sounds weird! LOL On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Gino Villarini g...@aeronetpr.comwrote: So I was thinking that us as Wisp need a service acronym to market… like WiFi, 4G, LTE and DSL…. And it hit me… Fixed Wireless Broadband… FiWi-B Promunced feewee bee? No? Gino A. Villarini g...@aeronetpr.com Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. 787.273.4143 ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing listWireless@wispa.orghttp://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Author (2003) - Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks Serving the WISP Community since 1993www.ask-wi.com 760-678-5033 jun...@ask-wi.com ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
