[WISPA] Layer 3 routing

2010-12-30 Thread Mark McElvy
I have setup a wireless network and setup up on a separate subnet per customer 
request. The only device the customer had to do routing is a Netgear GSM7324 
Layer 3 switch. The routing is working for TCP and UDp packets but one 
application they use uses Multicasting. The multicast packets are not passing 
across the Layer 3 switch. Best I can tell I have multicasting setup on the 
switch but documentation is scarce. Anyone try this before? Good or Bad? 
 
Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, inc.



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[WISPA] NS2 Ethernet issue

2010-07-14 Thread Mark McElvy
Curious if other have seen issue with bad Ethernet ports on NS2's. I
have a customer with a strange setup and he has blown the Ethernet port
on 3 NS2's so far. Setup is a PS2/Client to the Internet  on a 50ft mast
on a hillside, Ethernet runs 150ft down a hill to power and is plugged
into a NS2 in AP mode transmitting down the hill to the house where
there is another NS2 as a client to the NS2 on the hill. The issue is
with the AP/NS2 up the hill keeps blowing the Ethernet port. It is on a
10ft Ethernet cable and the LAN ports of the two POE's (NS2/AP and
PS2/Client to the Internet) are connected together with a crossover. Any
thoughts on why just this one radio would blow the ether port?

 

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[WISPA] FW: Keya Paha Co

2010-07-14 Thread Mark McElvy
This person is interested in wireless if anyone can help

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.


-Original Message-
From: cheryl evenson [mailto:ckeven...@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 10:07 AM
To: Mark McElvy
Subject: Keya Paha Co

Nebraska, 30 miles east off Highway 12.

Then south and east.

The middle of nowhere.

For some reason some newspaper articles had led us to believe that
internet via satelite was a real thing in the US for rural folks.

Thanks for your response.

Calle


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Re: [WISPA] NS2 Ethernet issue

2010-07-14 Thread Mark McElvy
Yes powered up and working fine from wireless side, no link on Ethernet 

Mark McElvy


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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Robert West
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 4:14 PM
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] NS2 Ethernet issue

Is the unit still powering up from the POE ??

 

And you just can't talk to it?

 

 

 

From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Mark McElvy
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 5:11 PM
To: wireless@wispa.org
Subject: [WISPA] NS2 Ethernet issue

 

Curious if other have seen issue with bad Ethernet ports on NS2's. I
have a customer with a strange setup and he has blown the Ethernet port
on 3 NS2's so far. Setup is a PS2/Client to the Internet  on a 50ft mast
on a hillside, Ethernet runs 150ft down a hill to power and is plugged
into a NS2 in AP mode transmitting down the hill to the house where
there is another NS2 as a client to the NS2 on the hill. The issue is
with the AP/NS2 up the hill keeps blowing the Ethernet port. It is on a
10ft Ethernet cable and the LAN ports of the two POE's (NS2/AP and
PS2/Client to the Internet) are connected together with a crossover. Any
thoughts on why just this one radio would blow the ether port?

 

Mark McElvy


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Re: [WISPA] Filing a Response

2010-05-19 Thread Mark McElvy
I am finding the list of applications but not where to protest

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Behalf Of Brian Webster
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 3:51 PM
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] Filing a Response

That is correct but as I understand it you have to manually draw your
coverage area in their mapping tool for each application you would be
protesting.



Thank You,
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Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 5:36 PM
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Subject: [WISPA] Filing a Reponse

broadbandusa.gov

I suppose you go look at the list of Public Notices for a state and
check
each ones and click on the action button and then click on view
communities.
See if any are in your county/service area and the list button out the
right
gives pico more information. Then if something overlaps that you have
service in, click at the bottom File a Response.  





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Re: [WISPA] Filing a Response

2010-05-19 Thread Mark McElvy
I am apparently not on the right site

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Stuart Pierce
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 10:13 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Filing a Response

Bottom button, File a Response

-- Original Message --
From: Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com
Reply-To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
Date:  Wed, 19 May 2010 20:57:57 -0500

I am finding the list of applications but not where to protest

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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Brian Webster
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 3:51 PM
To: spie...@avolve.net; 'WISPA General List'
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Filing a Response

That is correct but as I understand it you have to manually draw your
coverage area in their mapping tool for each application you would be
protesting.



Thank You,
Brian Webster


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Behalf Of Stuart Pierce
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 5:36 PM
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Subject: [WISPA] Filing a Reponse

broadbandusa.gov

I suppose you go look at the list of Public Notices for a state and
check
each ones and click on the action button and then click on view
communities.
See if any are in your county/service area and the list button out the
right
gives pico more information. Then if something overlaps that you have
service in, click at the bottom File a Response.  





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Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti Sector Tilt angle

2010-03-31 Thread Mark McElvy
Ok, dumb question time. How does electrical downtilt work on an omni?

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Josh Luthman
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 9:50 PM
To: sarn...@info-ed.com; WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti Sector Tilt angle

Electrical down tilt helps for that kind of installation.

On 3/30/10, Scottie Arnett sarn...@info-ed.com wrote:
 As a rule of thumb, as the dB gets higher(or smaller in negative
speak) in
 an antenna, the beam width of the opposing polarity of the antenna
gets
 smaller, and thus harder to work with.

 As an example, I have used 15dB Omni's in 2.4Ghz(I'll leave the brand
 unannounced). I first put them about 60 feet in the air and found that
I
 could not get a good usable signal unless I was about 2 miles or so
from the
 tower. I dropped them to 20 - 25 feet and picked up clients within .25
miles
 out to a couple of miles. The horizontal beam width on the Omni was so
 small, I was way overshooting my intended target.

 Lesson learned was to always look at both vert and horiz beam width,
and
 lesson learned on the 15dB Omni is to only use in trailer parks, very
small
 subdivisions, and RV parks... and ... to not mount it above 30 feet
high.

 Scottie

 -- Original Message --
 From: Robert West robert.w...@just-micro.com
 Reply-To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
 Date:  Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:41:21 -0400

Well, I've been setting up a service contract with my friends on
planet
Wispalon so I need to find the proper tilt angle to beam the signal
into
space.  :)

Yeah, I've been mindful to stay off the horizon, seems wasteful in a
big
way.  I'm not a trig scholar so I use basic tilt angle calculators
which
have never failed me but these things have me upside down.  Tower
height,
distance desired and all are good to have but I was really interested
in
others experiences with them and how they have been able to get their
angles.  Again, the smaller, lower gain sectors have been right on the
 money
but I wasn't aware (ignorant) that these high gain units would give me
a
smaller slice to work with.  On the advice of another member I have
been
trying one AP with 4 120 degree 19dbi sectors used as 90's.  Signal is
 great
where we can see it, just needed a good fix for not having to do the 2
man
show all over the county.  (With everyone in a pickup truck stopping
to ask
why we're by the road with an antenna)

Bob-


-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
Behalf Of Lawrence E. Bakst
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 5:50 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti Sector Tilt angle

Technically speaking you're wrong. The highest gain area of a sector
 antenna
is the center point between the horizontal and vertical spreads. If
you
don't downtilt you are sending the strongest part of the signal
parallel to
the horizon. Why would you ever want to do that? The whole reason you
downtilt is to get the strongest signal pointed to the area you want.

Figuring this out takes some basic trig calcs using the tangent
function.

No one has asked the most important questions you need to know when
calculating downtilt:

1. How high up is the sector antenna?

2. How far out or in what range near to far do you want the sweet
spot?

3. How close in to the tower do you need service?

#2 and #3 can conflict with each other and you may have to make a
tradeoff.

leb

At 2:22 PM -0400 3/29/10, Faisal Imtiaz wrote:
. Technically speaking.. if you are not concerned about dealing
with
'near' customers less than 1 or 2 miles... then you can pretty
much
leave the sectors at '0' tilt.. and you have coverage to the
horizon

The built-in electrical down-tilt typically throws folks off..
only
becomes a factor if you are needing to down tilt for near customers..

Faisal.

On 3/29/2010 1:36 PM, Robert West wrote:
 I'm having a heck of a time with the large UBNT sectors getting the
tilt
 angle to jive.  With the smaller sectors, they behave perfectly and
go
right
 where the calculations say they will however, with the larger ones,
nothing
 I do other than have someone 10 miles out with a CPE check levels
while
 I
 tilt up and down seems to be good.  I REALLY don't want to have to
do
that
 with all of them...



 Anyone having any success or insight with the proper tilt of these
things?
 Using the 120 degree 5GHz flavors.



 Thanks!



 Robert West

 Just Micro Digital Services Inc.

 740-335-7020



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Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti Sector Tilt angle

2010-03-31 Thread Mark McElvy
So its just something that is there with no adjustment?

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Greg Ihnen
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 7:45 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti Sector Tilt angle

It projects a cone instead of a disc.

Greg

On Mar 31, 2010, at 7:56 AM, Mark McElvy wrote:

 Ok, dumb question time. How does electrical downtilt work on an omni?
 
 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
 Behalf Of Josh Luthman
 Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 9:50 PM
 To: sarn...@info-ed.com; WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti Sector Tilt angle
 
 Electrical down tilt helps for that kind of installation.
 
 On 3/30/10, Scottie Arnett sarn...@info-ed.com wrote:
 As a rule of thumb, as the dB gets higher(or smaller in negative
 speak) in
 an antenna, the beam width of the opposing polarity of the antenna
 gets
 smaller, and thus harder to work with.
 
 As an example, I have used 15dB Omni's in 2.4Ghz(I'll leave the brand
 unannounced). I first put them about 60 feet in the air and found
that
 I
 could not get a good usable signal unless I was about 2 miles or so
 from the
 tower. I dropped them to 20 - 25 feet and picked up clients within
.25
 miles
 out to a couple of miles. The horizontal beam width on the Omni was
so
 small, I was way overshooting my intended target.
 
 Lesson learned was to always look at both vert and horiz beam width,
 and
 lesson learned on the 15dB Omni is to only use in trailer parks, very
 small
 subdivisions, and RV parks... and ... to not mount it above 30 feet
 high.
 
 Scottie
 
 -- Original Message --
 From: Robert West robert.w...@just-micro.com
 Reply-To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
 Date:  Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:41:21 -0400
 
 Well, I've been setting up a service contract with my friends on
 planet
 Wispalon so I need to find the proper tilt angle to beam the signal
 into
 space.  :)
 
 Yeah, I've been mindful to stay off the horizon, seems wasteful in a
 big
 way.  I'm not a trig scholar so I use basic tilt angle calculators
 which
 have never failed me but these things have me upside down.  Tower
 height,
 distance desired and all are good to have but I was really
interested
 in
 others experiences with them and how they have been able to get
their
 angles.  Again, the smaller, lower gain sectors have been right on
the
 money
 but I wasn't aware (ignorant) that these high gain units would give
me
 a
 smaller slice to work with.  On the advice of another member I have
 been
 trying one AP with 4 120 degree 19dbi sectors used as 90's.  Signal
is
 great
 where we can see it, just needed a good fix for not having to do the
2
 man
 show all over the county.  (With everyone in a pickup truck stopping
 to ask
 why we're by the road with an antenna)
 
 Bob-
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
 On
 Behalf Of Lawrence E. Bakst
 Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 5:50 PM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti Sector Tilt angle
 
 Technically speaking you're wrong. The highest gain area of a sector
 antenna
 is the center point between the horizontal and vertical spreads. If
 you
 don't downtilt you are sending the strongest part of the signal
 parallel to
 the horizon. Why would you ever want to do that? The whole reason
you
 downtilt is to get the strongest signal pointed to the area you
want.
 
 Figuring this out takes some basic trig calcs using the tangent
 function.
 
 No one has asked the most important questions you need to know when
 calculating downtilt:
 
 1. How high up is the sector antenna?
 
 2. How far out or in what range near to far do you want the sweet
 spot?
 
 3. How close in to the tower do you need service?
 
 #2 and #3 can conflict with each other and you may have to make a
 tradeoff.
 
 leb
 
 At 2:22 PM -0400 3/29/10, Faisal Imtiaz wrote:
 . Technically speaking.. if you are not concerned about dealing
 with
 'near' customers less than 1 or 2 miles... then you can pretty
 much
 leave the sectors at '0' tilt.. and you have coverage to the
 horizon
 
 The built-in electrical down-tilt typically throws folks off..
 only
 becomes a factor if you are needing to down tilt for near
customers..
 
 Faisal.
 
 On 3/29/2010 1:36 PM, Robert West wrote:
 I'm having a heck of a time with the large UBNT sectors getting
the
 tilt
 angle to jive.  With the smaller sectors, they behave perfectly
and
 go
 right
 where the calculations say they will however, with the larger
ones,
 nothing
 I do other than have someone 10 miles out with a CPE check levels
 while
 I
 tilt up and down seems to be good.  I REALLY don't want to have to
 do
 that
 with all of them...
 
 
 
 Anyone having any success or insight with the proper tilt of these
 things?
 Using the 120 degree 5GHz flavors

[WISPA] AP Weirdness

2010-03-14 Thread Mark McElvy
I am still having troubles with an AP. One of three on a water tower, MT
3.30, RB532A/WLM54G30-ESD, 802.11B/20 and PPPoE via Radius. What seems
to be happening, subs are staying associated but losing PPPoE
authentication. You see authentication request over and over again.
Radius on the AP shows no attempts or failures. It eventually
authenticates the PPPoE sessions after a period o time under 30 minutes.
I am also seeing TX/RX drops and errors on the RB532 ethernet interface.
Customers are complaining of speed issues.

Mark




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[WISPA] Ethernet transmit errors

2010-03-09 Thread Mark McElvy
I have a tower running 3x120 sectors, MT AP's RB532's. Ethernet down
tower to a switch. I noticed that on one of the RB532's I have 861 TX
errors and 861 TX drops in 5 days of uptime. I replaced this AP 5 days
ago and the previous board showed the same errors. I have moved the
Ethernet cable to a different port on the switch. Is it possible I have
a bad Ethernet cable?

 

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[WISPA] Poor performing customer

2010-03-05 Thread Mark McElvy
I have a customer I set up a couple of months ago, UBNT PS2 running in
B, 30ft mast on roof. It has been running fine till last week.

Customer end is showing -75 with -85 noise, the noise seems weird since
the are in the middle of nowhere and the cpe can only see my tower and
their own router.

Tower end see's them @-85 with -99 noise. 

I have a feeling its interference/noise but do not have a Spectrum
analyzer to confirm. Did realize the there is a direct line from client
to my tower to competitors tower. Client to my tower 6 miles and another
6 miles to competitors tower.

 

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Re: [WISPA] Moisture Abatement Techniques

2010-03-02 Thread Mark McElvy
I use a small tiewrap around the end to prevent that from happening.

Mark

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Greg Ihnen
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 6:36 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Moisture Abatement Techniques

Does't the glue on the Super-33 start to fail with time and you end up
with the end of the tape coming loose and flapping in the wind? That's
why I like to finish with the rubber tape.

Greg

On Mar 2, 2010, at 12:22 AM, Kurt Fankhauser wrote:

 YES!!! This is how I seal connections, has never failed yet!
 
 1. Tape a layer of Super-33 from the bottom up. Just one layer.
 2. Put on a layer of the rubber tape from the bottom up. Just one
layer.
 3. Tape another layer up with the Super-33 again. From the bottom up
as
 well. Just one layer.
 
 This system has worked great for 5 years and all my connections have
always
 been bone dry when taken apart with a utility knife.
 
 One thing I can tell you is it better be bone dry when you put this
together
 cause if its not then you just trapped the water in cause nothing is
getting
 in or out.
 
 I get the rubber tape at True Value hardware stores. Its less then $4
and
 does not leave a sticky mess when removed. It has a blue layer between
 itself on the role so the rubber does not stick together. Its always
in the
 same area as the electrical tape and electrical supplies. I guess its
used
 widely by electricians.
 
 I showed a Two Way Radio technician that has 30+ years experience in
RF my
 method and he was very impressed.
 
 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 Greg Ihnen
 Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 7:01 PM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Moisture Abatement Techniques
 
 Does anyone like the pure rubber self vulcanizing tape over the vinyl
tape?
 I like how that doesn't come loose over time.
 
 Greg
 
 On Mar 1, 2010, at 1:29 PM, Jerry Richardson wrote:
 
 NS2's and other outdoor radios can take care of themselves. I add a
little
 seal around the cable exit on the bottom of the cover. The bullets
make me a
 little nervous - I don't trust the grommet that comes with them - a
little
 sealer on the back at the cable exit is a good idea.
 
 This is how I was taught for RF connectors
 
 3 layer process:
 Layer 1 - 3M Super33 or Super88 electrical tape over the entire
connection
 extending 2 past the shrink wrap at both ends
 Layer 2 - 3M Mastic 2229 over the electrical tape - squeeze
repeatedly to
 conform all of the seams to one contiguous seal
 Layer 3 - 3M Super33 or Super88 over the Mastic - this is to keep the
 mastic in place and for UV protection
 
 http://picasaweb.google.com/aircloud.com/AntennaCoaxSeal#
 
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
 Behalf Of Israel Lopez-LISTS
 Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 9:46 AM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: [WISPA] Moisture Abatement Techniques
 
 Hey All,
 
 So how do you guys avoid getting water/moisture in your gear?
 
 I'm going to be standing up a 9 end-point network, with some Ubiquiti

 (Bullet2, Nanostation) gear, Directional  H-Pol Omni antennas, 
 Polyphasers, Ethernet Lightning Arrestors, etc,.  I'm not going to be

 able to travel to the site again in at least a year; its a rainy part
of 
 the world, so I'd like to prevent any damage to the gear as much as 
 possible.
 
 Anything I should do to prevent moisture from getting into the gear?
Or 
 other protective measures... Teflon on the coax connectors,
Electrical 
 Tape on the Edges of the gear?  If there was a place I could see some

 pictures of the implementations that would be good too.
 
 -Israel
 
 
 



 
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Re: [WISPA] Reflector grid or dish for NS2/NS2L

2010-02-16 Thread Mark McElvy
www.mowinet.com

 

 

From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Blair Davis
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 6:40 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: [WISPA] Reflector grid or dish for NS2/NS2L

 

I am looking for reflectors that can be used with the NS2 or NS2L to
increase gain and directionality.

Has anyone seen or heard of something like this?  It seems to me to be
an obvious add-on to the radios and a much better way to get more gain
than using the external antenna port on the NS2.  I expect it would be
less expensive than grid and pigtail as well.

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Re: [WISPA] multiple networks on one cable...

2010-01-15 Thread Mark McElvy
I have Dell managed switches. A 24 and 48 port 10/100 and a 16 port Gb

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Subject: Re: [WISPA] multiple networks on one cable...

On 2010-01-14 15:47, Mark McElvy wrote:
 I would if I had my brain wrapped around VLan's

What equipment are you using? We could provide some guidance...


 Mark McElvy
 AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.


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 Subject: Re: [WISPA] multiple networks on one cable...

 2010/1/14 Mark McElvymmce...@accubak.com:
 I am moving my servers to a new location in the same building. I only
 have 2 Ethernet runs from the current room to the new. I also have
 several networks to move. What would it hurt to have several
different
 IP networks traveling across a single cable for say a week as I moved
 the servers, ie, 10.25.1.x and 172.22.1.x and 172.22.255.x all
plugged
 into the same switch?

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[WISPA] multiple networks on one cable...

2010-01-14 Thread Mark McElvy
I am moving my servers to a new location in the same building. I only
have 2 Ethernet runs from the current room to the new. I also have
several networks to move. What would it hurt to have several different
IP networks traveling across a single cable for say a week as I moved
the servers, ie, 10.25.1.x and 172.22.1.x and 172.22.255.x all plugged
into the same switch?

 

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Re: [WISPA] multiple networks on one cable...

2010-01-14 Thread Mark McElvy
I would if I had my brain wrapped around VLan's 

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.


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Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 2:15 PM
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] multiple networks on one cable...

2010/1/14 Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com:
 I am moving my servers to a new location in the same building. I only
 have 2 Ethernet runs from the current room to the new. I also have
 several networks to move. What would it hurt to have several different
 IP networks traveling across a single cable for say a week as I moved
 the servers, ie, 10.25.1.x and 172.22.1.x and 172.22.255.x all plugged
 into the same switch?

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Re: [WISPA] wind turbine

2010-01-14 Thread Mark McElvy
I would say you need one that will furl in high winds.

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Subject: [WISPA] wind turbine

Anyone using wind turbines in high-wind areas?  We had a Southwest wind 
power AirBreeze get shredded - probably 80+mph winds.  Are 5 or 6-blade 
turbines going to handle high wind better?

-- 
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Vice President
InfoWest, Inc

435-674-0165 x 2010

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[WISPA] Sectors

2009-12-02 Thread Mark McElvy
Well I just upgraded the RB from a 433 to a 433AH because I was seeing
processor hitting 60-80% during peak times. I am actually just planning
ahead because I keep hearing 30 as a magic number per AP.

Mark

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Behalf Of os10ru...@gmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 8:10 AM
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] Sectors

Do you think you're hitting the limit of 802.11b/g or is it the lack of
horsepower on the AP's CPU?

Greg
On Dec 2, 2009, at 8:33 AM, Jason Hensley wrote:

 On this same subject, would it be better to put up 3 individual AP's,
or
 would something like the Deliberant Quad work well if the issue is AP
 overload.  I have an AP that has 35 subscribers right now.  We've seen
a
 performance drop on it and are considering sectoring.  
 
 Any thoughts on a dual (or quad) radio on a single board vs multiple
boards
 with single radios?
 
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
 Behalf Of Rick Harnish
 Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 6:28 AM
 To: 'WISPA General List'
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Sectors
 
 Mark,
 
 If I remember right, you are in Missouri.  I was looking for the
strength of
 your omni.  We have had good success with 9 db omni's in the Indiana
 farmland.  When we need to sectorize but the market capacity is not
that
 high, we often go to (2) 180 Superpass 9 db sectors.  We have had good
luck
 with them over the years.  They improve our signal to existing clients
and
 enable affordable expansion in rural areas.  If the market will
justify 3
 sectors, I would go that way though.  
 
 Many of our Wireless POPs are pico-cells and we try to limit our
salesmen to
 a 6 mile diameter around the tower. Although, we can often go farther,
we
 try to stay inside these guidelines when possible. To achieve a high
density
 of broadcast stations, many locations are needed.  Luckily, we are
well
 established in our area and have most of these sites already in
operation.
 Your mileage may vary given your topology and broadcast site density.
 
 Rick Harnish
 
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On
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 Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 10:51 PM
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 Subject: [WISPA] Sectors
 
 I am running 2.4 HPOL It has taken about 1.5 yrs to grow this AP to
32
 subs.
 
 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
 Behalf Of 3-dB Networks
 Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 9:37 PM
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 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Sectors
 
 What frequency band and polarization?
 
 I would also strongly consider your reasoning for moving from the
Omni
 to
 the sectors.  If it is because your AP is overloaded so you need to
 offload
 some, 3 AP's might be attractive for future proofing sakes.
 
 Daniel White
 3-dB Networks
 http://www.3dbnetworks.com
 
 
 -Original Message-
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On
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 Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 8:29 PM
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 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Sectors
 
 9db
 
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On
 Behalf Of Rick Harnish
 Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 7:42 PM
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 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Sectors
 
 What size omni are you using?
 
 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
 On
 Behalf Of Josh Luthman
 Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 7:59 PM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Sectors
 
 That is the general suggestion - two 120s.  That one guy that does
 antenna design said so :)
 
 You will get some less coverage then three 120s but at the cost of
 the
 extra radio/antenna it isn't cost efficient.
 
 On 12/1/09, Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com wrote:
 I need to sector a tower  that currently is an omni. I don't really
 want
 to go to 3x 120's but find it hard to find 180's and have heard
 they
 don't tend to work great. I have also heard 2x 120's will work, any
 comments?
 
 
 
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[WISPA] Sectors

2009-12-01 Thread Mark McElvy
I need to sector a tower  that currently is an omni. I don't really want
to go to 3x 120's but find it hard to find 180's and have heard they
don't tend to work great. I have also heard 2x 120's will work, any
comments?

 

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Re: [WISPA] Sectors

2009-12-01 Thread Mark McElvy
9db

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Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 7:42 PM
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What size omni are you using?

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 Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 7:59 PM
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 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Sectors
 
 That is the general suggestion - two 120s.  That one guy that does
 antenna design said so :)
 
 You will get some less coverage then three 120s but at the cost of the
 extra radio/antenna it isn't cost efficient.
 
 On 12/1/09, Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com wrote:
  I need to sector a tower  that currently is an omni. I don't really
 want
  to go to 3x 120's but find it hard to find 180's and have heard they
  don't tend to work great. I have also heard 2x 120's will work, any
  comments?
 
 
 
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[WISPA] Sectors

2009-12-01 Thread Mark McElvy
I am running 2.4 HPOL It has taken about 1.5 yrs to grow this AP to 32
subs.

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of 3-dB Networks
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 9:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] Sectors

What frequency band and polarization?

I would also strongly consider your reasoning for moving from the Omni
to
the sectors.  If it is because your AP is overloaded so you need to
offload
some, 3 AP's might be attractive for future proofing sakes.

Daniel White
3-dB Networks
http://www.3dbnetworks.com


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Behalf Of Mark McElvy
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 8:29 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Sectors

9db

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Behalf Of Rick Harnish
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 7:42 PM
To: 'WISPA General List'
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Sectors

What size omni are you using?

 -Original Message-
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On
 Behalf Of Josh Luthman
 Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 7:59 PM
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 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Sectors
 
 That is the general suggestion - two 120s.  That one guy that does
 antenna design said so :)
 
 You will get some less coverage then three 120s but at the cost of the
 extra radio/antenna it isn't cost efficient.
 
 On 12/1/09, Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com wrote:
  I need to sector a tower  that currently is an omni. I don't really
 want
  to go to 3x 120's but find it hard to find 180's and have heard they
  don't tend to work great. I have also heard 2x 120's will work, any
  comments?
 
 
 
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Re: [WISPA] Intermittant connectivity

2009-11-19 Thread Mark McElvy
Ok, I went out the problem customer and switched them to bridged mode
and set their router to do PPPoe and ShaZam, all is good. Why is this
only happening with some of the CPQ's and not all? 

Thanks Marlon.

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Re: [WISPA] UBNT Radio Plastic Door Question

2009-11-18 Thread Mark McElvy
No I say he is referring to the NS2's and Loco's. Having to push down on
the tab and the get the cover to slide can be annoying. It would be nice
if there was a thumb grip area on the cover to allow traction;)

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.


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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Scott Carullo
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 8:34 AM
To: wireless@wispa.org
Subject: [WISPA] UBNT Radio Plastic Door Question

Either I have a personal problem or these doors are a PITA.

Whats the secret to make it easy?  I can get them open, but it is not 
something I can do without a screwdriver and two hands while saying
obscene 
words.

Scott Carullo
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Re: [WISPA] Intermittant connectivity

2009-11-17 Thread Mark McElvy
The trees/ brush grew up, when installed the signal was more like -78.
The problem is I have other towers/ aps with similar customers, ones
whose links have degraded over time due to foliage and those AP's seem
fine.

Mark McElvy

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 8:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] Intermittant connectivity

509.988.0260

I'll tell you though, trees are a no no.  ESPECIALLY with such low
signal 
levels.  I've found that anything less than about -85 won't be stable.
I 
try really hard to stay closer to -75.
marlon

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Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 2:36 PM
Subject: [WISPA] Intermittant connectivity


 Here we go again... referring to the frustrating install customer
issue.




 It basically comes down to intermittent ability to ping the AP
 interface, pings for a bit then time out for a bit, then starts
replying
 again. First noticed the issue with a new install on an AP I have not
 added a customer to for a while. I had another customer on the AP poor
 connectivity issues but did not see the on and off pinging and they
were
 shooting through under growth, I moved there radio to the other side
of
 the house and put a NS2 on instead of the CPQ.  I went to another
 customer on this AP and they have the same issue with pings coming and
 going. And random web browsing timeouts.



 I am kind of pondering AP issues but why would my other customers have
 the problem? I do have on customer with a really poor signal, -90/-92
 due to a shot kinda through trees.



 Is there anyone using similar equipment willing to talk on the phone
to
 discuss this problem?



 Mark McElvy
 AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.
 573.247.9980 - Cell








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[WISPA] XR2 radio firmware

2009-11-16 Thread Mark McElvy
Is there firmware on the Ubiquity radio cards that can be updated via
Mikrotik?

 

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.



 




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[WISPA] Intermittant connectivity

2009-11-16 Thread Mark McElvy
Here we go again... referring to the frustrating install customer issue.


 

It basically comes down to intermittent ability to ping the AP
interface, pings for a bit then time out for a bit, then starts replying
again. First noticed the issue with a new install on an AP I have not
added a customer to for a while. I had another customer on the AP poor
connectivity issues but did not see the on and off pinging and they were
shooting through under growth, I moved there radio to the other side of
the house and put a NS2 on instead of the CPQ.  I went to another
customer on this AP and they have the same issue with pings coming and
going. And random web browsing timeouts.

 

I am kind of pondering AP issues but why would my other customers have
the problem? I do have on customer with a really poor signal, -90/-92
due to a shot kinda through trees.

 

Is there anyone using similar equipment willing to talk on the phone to
discuss this problem?

 

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.
573.247.9980 - Cell

 




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Re: [WISPA] Frustrating connectivity issues.

2009-11-05 Thread Mark McElvy
24v on a RB532/XR2 @ 200ft

Mark McElvy


-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Josh Luthman
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 9:55 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Frustrating connectivity issues.

What POE/routerboard is it?

If it's a 24v POE on the rb4xx I'm sure you're OK.

I run 24v POE on rb433 and rb411 with XR5 cards and a good 250 cat5.

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
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Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

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[WISPA] Frustrating connectivity issues.

2009-11-04 Thread Mark McElvy
Recently I posted an issue with a new customer that had a great signal
but poor throughput. A lot of people sais multipath. Well now I have
more data and another customer seeing the same thing.

 

1.   If you get connected to an RDP session it stays connected.

2.   If you do a constant ping, you get responses for a while, you
won't get responses for a while.

3.   While the pings respond, you can web browse fast.

4.   While the pings don't respond, you get page cannot be
displayed.

5.   The whole time the RDP session will stay connected and
functional.

6.   Customer says the online game they play will take several
attempts to connect but once connected it works great.

 

Someone else suggested power but tried different power supplies with
same result. These are Tranzeo CPQ's as clients and MT AP/RB532/XR-2/120
16db HPol.

 

 

 

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.



 




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Re: [WISPA] [Mikrotik] Frustrating connectivity issues.

2009-11-04 Thread Mark McElvy
Yes the RDP session is functioning because I am using to monitor the AP.
The radio is staying associated and the PPPoE session as well.
I am pinging the wireless interface of the AP. I am running the 4.05
software on the CPE's. I don't see the ping drops while pinging the CPE
from the office. 

Mark McElvy
 

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Josh Luthman
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:33 PM
To: Mikrotik discussions
Cc: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Mikrotik] Frustrating connectivity issues.

The whole time the RDP session will stay connected and functional.

Are you sure it's functional?  I expect it probably isn't usable while
the
pings stop just like browsing isn't capable.

What are you pinging from/to?

Do you have the Tranzeo fix applied to your CPEs as you're using a
Mikrotik
AP?  Is the Tranzeo rebooting per their interpretation of the RFC?  Is
the
wireless registration staying up according to the AP?

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however
improbable, must be the truth.
--- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com wrote:

 Recently I posted an issue with a new customer that had a great signal
 but poor throughput. A lot of people sais multipath. Well now I have
 more data and another customer seeing the same thing.



 1.   If you get connected to an RDP session it stays connected.

 2.   If you do a constant ping, you get responses for a while, you
 won't get responses for a while.

 3.   While the pings respond, you can web browse fast.

 4.   While the pings don't respond, you get page cannot be
 displayed.

 5.   The whole time the RDP session will stay connected and
 functional.

 6.   Customer says the online game they play will take several
 attempts to connect but once connected it works great.



 Someone else suggested power but tried different power supplies with
 same result. These are Tranzeo CPQ's as clients and MT
AP/RB532/XR-2/120
 16db HPol.







 Mark McElvy
 AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.





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[WISPA] Sectoring a tower

2009-10-27 Thread Mark McElvy
I have one of my towers that has grown to 32 subs, This is a MT ap and I
hear that is the magic limit. The only current issue I have with it  CPU
maxing out at peak times and I am planning a board swap for that. I was
also thinking of sectoring but do not feel the need for three. Having a
hard time finding a 180 deg HPOL 2.4Ghz sector. Found one that SuperPass
sells but the quality does not seem to be there.

 

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[WISPA] Link stability

2009-10-26 Thread Mark McElvy
I have a wireless backhaul link that is not as stable as I would like.
It is a 15.5 mile shot that has been up for 3 years. MT/CM9/32db dish on
both ends. On a clear day I am only seeing a -83 on each end. All the
radio equip was replaced April 08 due to lighting, still have the
original 3ft LMR-400 and antenna. I seem to remember the signal being in
the -70 range prior to the lightning replacements. 

 

Right now the link is down with random reconnects with a -92 and then it
will drop again. Weather is misty thick and overcast. I kinda of have a
twofold question, could the weather be attenuating the signal enough to
drop the connection? I think yes. Second, could I have a
weakened/damaged antenna causing the general drop in signal?

 

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Re: [WISPA] Link stability

2009-10-26 Thread Mark McElvy
Aligned and re-aligned. I suppose there is a possibility I am catching
side lobes. We climbed to realign back in the spring when we had some 70
mph gusts move things. Could not get any better than -85.

Mark 

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Travis Johnson
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 3:33 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Link stability

Hi,

According to my path calculator, this link should be -55 on each side. 
Are you sure it was aligned when it was first installed?

Travis
Microserv


Mark McElvy wrote:
 I have a wireless backhaul link that is not as stable as I would like.
 It is a 15.5 mile shot that has been up for 3 years. MT/CM9/32db dish
on
 both ends. On a clear day I am only seeing a -83 on each end. All the
 radio equip was replaced April 08 due to lighting, still have the
 original 3ft LMR-400 and antenna. I seem to remember the signal being
in
 the -70 range prior to the lightning replacements. 

  

 Right now the link is down with random reconnects with a -92 and then
it
 will drop again. Weather is misty thick and overcast. I kinda of have
a
 twofold question, could the weather be attenuating the signal enough
to
 drop the connection? I think yes. Second, could I have a
 weakened/damaged antenna causing the general drop in signal?

  

 Mark 

  






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Re: [WISPA] Link stability

2009-10-26 Thread Mark McElvy
They have had radome covers since installed

Mark 


-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of jp
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 3:37 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Link stability

I'd change the LMR jumper and/or feedhorn. There's a strong chance there

is water in the jumper and changing it might fix it. There's also a 
chance that the feedhorn has failed. If you end up changing the 
feedhorn, consider putting a radome on the dish to protect the feedhorn 
from weather. It's not necessary, but it is additional protection.

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 02:39:47PM -0500, Mark McElvy wrote:
 I have a wireless backhaul link that is not as stable as I would like.
 It is a 15.5 mile shot that has been up for 3 years. MT/CM9/32db dish
on
 both ends. On a clear day I am only seeing a -83 on each end. All the
 radio equip was replaced April 08 due to lighting, still have the
 original 3ft LMR-400 and antenna. I seem to remember the signal being
in
 the -70 range prior to the lightning replacements. 
 
  
 
 Right now the link is down with random reconnects with a -92 and then
it
 will drop again. Weather is misty thick and overcast. I kinda of have
a
 twofold question, could the weather be attenuating the signal enough
to
 drop the connection? I think yes. Second, could I have a
 weakened/damaged antenna causing the general drop in signal?
 
  
 
 Mark 
 
  
 
 
 



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Re: [WISPA] Link stability

2009-10-26 Thread Mark McElvy
Yes, the pigtail was replaced, just not the coax and antenna. It is a
PacWireless dish


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[WISPA] Identifying 2ft dish frequency

2009-10-21 Thread Mark McElvy
I have 4 two ft dishes that where pulled down when the previous wisp
went out of business. There are no markings on them and I need to
determine frequency and polarity.

 

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Re: [WISPA] Identifying 2ft dish frequency

2009-10-21 Thread Mark McElvy
These appear to be Pac Wireless dishes. Is there any instructions on
setting the polarity? I seem to remember setting up an new Pac dish and
there where instructions showing the polarity setting based on a pin on
the feed horn.

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Eje Gustafsson
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:08 AM
To: 'WISPA General List'
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Identifying 2ft dish frequency

It's the feed that determine the frequency. If there is no markings on
it
the only reasonable way is to use something like a Bird Site Analyzer to
figure out your VSWR on the feed and see where the VSWR and return loss
is
the best. 
The dish itself only focus the energy in one particular spot then it's
up to
the feed to pick out the frequency you are interested in. If it's a grid
dish certain spacing between the members are good for certain ranges of
frequency but a solid does not have this issue.

Polarity comes down to the feed again how it's installed in the dish. By
rotating the feed 90deg in the mount will change your polarity. 

/ Eje

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Mark McElvy
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 8:43 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: [WISPA] Identifying 2ft dish frequency

I have 4 two ft dishes that where pulled down when the previous wisp
went out of business. There are no markings on them and I need to
determine frequency and polarity.

 

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.



 






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Re: [WISPA] Identifying 2ft dish frequency

2009-10-21 Thread Mark McElvy
I happen to know they are either 5.8 or 2.4 as this was the only
equipment I have found of theirs, they left it all when they went out of
business.

Mark McElvy
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573.729.9203 - Fax
573.247.9980 - Mobile
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-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of ccrum
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:29 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Identifying 2ft dish frequency

Got a spectrum analyzer and a frequency generator? Or a good network 
analyzer will do, but most people don't have one laying around. The 
feeds could literally be anything. You might be better off just calling 
the MFG of the dish and buying new feeds in the range you want unless 
you you have a few hours of extra time on your hands.

Cameron

Mark McElvy wrote:
 I have 4 two ft dishes that where pulled down when the previous wisp
 went out of business. There are no markings on them and I need to
 determine frequency and polarity.

  

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Re: [WISPA] Identifying 2ft dish frequency

2009-10-21 Thread Mark McElvy
I suppose the may not be pacwireless as I have determined they are 2.4
by hooking the up to a CM9 and when ap is in 5.8 I see nothing and when
in 2.4 I can see. Now I just need to find 5.8 feedhorns to fit this
dish.

Mark 
-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Josh Luthman
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:10 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Identifying 2ft dish frequency

Assuming they're Pac (not sure how that was determined)

You know they are 2.4 or 5Ghz

Eje just said: If these are Pacific Wireless dishes then they are 5GHz
assuming these are
solid dishes since Pac never produced a 2.4GHz feedhorn for their solid
dishes at least during the 6+ years we been one of their distributors.

Obviously it's 5GHz!

Polarity is normally done with an arrow sticker on the base of the
feedhorn.  Of course if it's been out in the weather it's long gone.

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however
improbable, must be the truth.
--- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Brad Belton b...@belwave.com wrote:

 BTW Mark, if you determine they are PacWireless antennas I'd just punt
them
 on EBay and replace them with RadioWaves or Gabriel 2' antennas.  In
the
 long run you'll be a lot happier.  Just my opinion...

 Best,


 Brad




 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
 Behalf Of Brad Belton
 Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:01 AM
 To: 'WISPA General List'
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Identifying 2ft dish frequency

 Ok, just checking.  Good cover...grin

 Best,


 Brad

 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
 Behalf Of Josh Luthman
 Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:56 AM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Identifying 2ft dish frequency

 The feedhorn specifically.  Maybe the length will help you too.  I
know
 with
 higher gain the 5GHz grids are noticeably longer.

 Josh Luthman
 Office: 937-552-2340
 Direct: 937-552-2343
 1100 Wayne St
 Suite 1337
 Troy, OH 45373

 When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however
 improbable, must be the truth.
 --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


 On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Brad Belton b...@belwave.com
wrote:

  Hmmm, pretty sure a 2' dish is a 2' dish regardless of
frequency...or are
  you speaking of the diameter of the feed?
 
  Best,
 
 
  Brad
 
  -Original Message-
  From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
  Behalf Of Josh Luthman
  Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:40 AM
  To: WISPA General List
  Subject: Re: [WISPA] Identifying 2ft dish frequency
 
  Can you measure diameter and compare it with the 2.4 and 5.8 GHz
dishes?
  Never thought about it but they would have to be different sizes.
 
  Josh Luthman
  Office: 937-552-2340
  Direct: 937-552-2343
  1100 Wayne St
  Suite 1337
  Troy, OH 45373
 
  When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains,
however
  improbable, must be the truth.
  --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
 
 
  On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com
 wrote:
 
   I happen to know they are either 5.8 or 2.4 as this was the only
   equipment I have found of theirs, they left it all when they went
out
 of
   business.
  
   Mark McElvy
   AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.
   573.729.9200 - Office
   573.729.9203 - Fax
   573.247.9980 - Mobile
   http://www.accubak.com/
   http://www.accubak.net/
   Nationwide Internet Access
   Accurate backups for your critical data!
  
  
   -Original Message-
   From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org
[mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
 On
   Behalf Of ccrum
   Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:29 AM
   To: WISPA General List
   Subject: Re: [WISPA] Identifying 2ft dish frequency
  
   Got a spectrum analyzer and a frequency generator? Or a good
network
   analyzer will do, but most people don't have one laying around.
The
   feeds could literally be anything. You might be better off just
calling
   the MFG of the dish and buying new feeds in the range you want
unless
   you you have a few hours of extra time on your hands.
  
   Cameron
  
   Mark McElvy wrote:
I have 4 two ft dishes that where pulled down when the previous
wisp
went out of business. There are no markings on them and I need
to
determine frequency and polarity.
   
   
   
Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  


   
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[WISPA] Identifying 2ft dish frequency

2009-10-21 Thread Mark McElvy
I decided they are pacwireless based on buying some new dishes several
years back and they are built exactly the same. May be a bad assumption.

Mark 


-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Josh Luthman
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:10 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Identifying 2ft dish frequency

Assuming they're Pac (not sure how that was determined)

You know they are 2.4 or 5Ghz

Eje just said: If these are Pacific Wireless dishes then they are 5GHz
assuming these are
solid dishes since Pac never produced a 2.4GHz feedhorn for their solid
dishes at least during the 6+ years we been one of their distributors.

Obviously it's 5GHz!

Polarity is normally done with an arrow sticker on the base of the
feedhorn.  Of course if it's been out in the weather it's long gone.

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however
improbable, must be the truth.
--- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Brad Belton b...@belwave.com wrote:

 BTW Mark, if you determine they are PacWireless antennas I'd just punt
them
 on EBay and replace them with RadioWaves or Gabriel 2' antennas.  In
the
 long run you'll be a lot happier.  Just my opinion...

 Best,


 Brad




 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
 Behalf Of Brad Belton
 Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 10:01 AM
 To: 'WISPA General List'
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Identifying 2ft dish frequency

 Ok, just checking.  Good cover...grin

 Best,


 Brad

 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
 Behalf Of Josh Luthman
 Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:56 AM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Identifying 2ft dish frequency

 The feedhorn specifically.  Maybe the length will help you too.  I
know
 with
 higher gain the 5GHz grids are noticeably longer.

 Josh Luthman
 Office: 937-552-2340
 Direct: 937-552-2343
 1100 Wayne St
 Suite 1337
 Troy, OH 45373

 When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however
 improbable, must be the truth.
 --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


 On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Brad Belton b...@belwave.com
wrote:

  Hmmm, pretty sure a 2' dish is a 2' dish regardless of
frequency...or are
  you speaking of the diameter of the feed?
 
  Best,
 
 
  Brad
 
  -Original Message-
  From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
  Behalf Of Josh Luthman
  Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:40 AM
  To: WISPA General List
  Subject: Re: [WISPA] Identifying 2ft dish frequency
 
  Can you measure diameter and compare it with the 2.4 and 5.8 GHz
dishes?
  Never thought about it but they would have to be different sizes.
 
  Josh Luthman
  Office: 937-552-2340
  Direct: 937-552-2343
  1100 Wayne St
  Suite 1337
  Troy, OH 45373
 
  When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains,
however
  improbable, must be the truth.
  --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
 
 
  On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com
 wrote:
 
   I happen to know they are either 5.8 or 2.4 as this was the only
   equipment I have found of theirs, they left it all when they went
out
 of
   business.
  
   Mark McElvy
   AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.
   573.729.9200 - Office
   573.729.9203 - Fax
   573.247.9980 - Mobile
   http://www.accubak.com/
   http://www.accubak.net/
   Nationwide Internet Access
   Accurate backups for your critical data!
  
  
   -Original Message-
   From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org
[mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
 On
   Behalf Of ccrum
   Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:29 AM
   To: WISPA General List
   Subject: Re: [WISPA] Identifying 2ft dish frequency
  
   Got a spectrum analyzer and a frequency generator? Or a good
network
   analyzer will do, but most people don't have one laying around.
The
   feeds could literally be anything. You might be better off just
calling
   the MFG of the dish and buying new feeds in the range you want
unless
   you you have a few hours of extra time on your hands.
  
   Cameron
  
   Mark McElvy wrote:
I have 4 two ft dishes that where pulled down when the previous
wisp
went out of business. There are no markings on them and I need
to
determine frequency and polarity.
   
   
   
Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  


   
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[WISPA] Keyon Communications

2009-10-20 Thread Mark McElvy
We were solicited for purchase by this company today. Anyone have
anything to share about them?

 

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Re: [WISPA] Gotta Have

2009-10-19 Thread Mark McElvy
Where do you get or call those 1ft long wires?

Mark McElvy
 


-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 9:09 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Gotta Have

Travis,

If you'll go through $200 per month in connectors these will save you at
least $500 in labor. 

It takes less than half the time to make a connection and they are NEVER
wrong.  These and the Times LMR400 stripper have been some of the best
tools I've ever purchased.

Those and a 1' long wire that slips just inside a cat5 cable so that
it can easily be pushed through a wall without getting hung up on the
insulation etc.

Laters,
marlon

  - Original Message - 
  From: Travis Johnson 
  To: WISPA General List 
  Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 2:00 PM
  Subject: Re: [WISPA] Gotta Have


  These do look great... and I would love to buy them for my
installers... but $.50 per connector compared to what I pay now would
cost me an extra $200 per month just in connectors. :(

  Travis
  Microserv

  Mike wrote: 
They DO sell shielded. Part PLT-100020-050
  Look further down the list at: www.ezrj45.com


At 11:13 AM 10/18/2009, you wrote:
  Yeah, those are awesome.  I wish they had shielded connectors as well.

marlon

- Original Message -
From: Mike m...@aweiowa.com
To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 7:01 AM
Subject: [WISPA] Gotta Have


I have learned a lot from this list.  I think there is some real
talent lurking here.  We all have discovered certain things which
just make life as a WISP easier.  I think it would be beneficial to
list participants in general if there was a thread which contained a
description and use of something you find invaluable -- hardware,
software etc ... you would like to share with the group.

I'll start:

what: EZRJ-45 connector system
where: www.ezrj45.com
why:  As my eyes get older, and especially in low light situations, I
find it very difficult to get all those individual conductors on a
CAT5 run in the right order while crimping an end.  This is a quite
ingenious system.  The plugs have holes all the way through.  You can
verify the color code easily BEFORE crimping and cutting the
tags.  It takes a special crimp tool which has a pair of blades that
cut the tags as it crimps the connector in place.  Maybe not a time
saver in my case, but definitely a GRIEF saver.  I've not miswired an
Ethernet plug since I started using this system.

Mike





 


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Re: [WISPA] Gotta Have

2009-10-19 Thread Mark McElvy
I use 50ft (about 45ft actual) Rohn telescoping mast for site surveys
when I need height. We have lots of massive trees. And we regularly
extend them full height while holding them about 15 to 20 ft up.

Mark 


-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Mike
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 9:44 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Gotta Have

Not on a windy day!  I do push it up 26' unguyed regularly.  34 foot 
is a little harrier. They have a drive on mount that makes it nice as 
a socket to hold the pole.  It's fiberglass so you can't get 
electrocuted if you get stupid.  It pushes up real easily, a lot 
better than that rat shack steel one.  That is a Rohn, right?

Mike

At 09:16 AM 10/19/2009, you wrote:
Can it go 40' unguyed?  How hard it is to push it up?  I've got a
similar
30' that came from Radio Shack I think, but I can't get it to 30'
unguyed.
But, it was a LOT less cost than this one.





-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Robert West
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 8:54 AM
To: 'WISPA General List'
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Gotta Have

Damn, I love this thing already.Good price too, how quick can you
put
this up?



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Behalf Of Mike
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 9:01 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: [WISPA] Gotta Have

what:   wonderpole 40' fiberglass push up pole
where:  http://www.wonderpole.com/wp640_630.html
why:It is easy to take a telescoping pole to a site survey and
put a panel up in air for testing.  I don't push mine out to 40'
often, and not for long, but regularly push it up 26' or so to do a
test.  Well made, reasonably priced, and made in the good old USA.




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Re: [WISPA] New install driving me crazy....

2009-10-19 Thread Mark McElvy
So I go back out to the customer to do some testing. Customers router is
on channel 11 and I am on 5.
The client radio can see two of my AP's, one on channel 5 and the other
on 6. The tower I am connected to now is 2.7miles away @ 324 degrees and
the other tower is 5.5 miles @ 355 degrees. I tried turning to left of
the tower, away from the distant tower till I was @ about -70 and I get
the same result.

Here is something I find interesting. I started a constant ping to the
AP and the border router. I can RDP to my monitoring server and connect
to my exchange server in the office while getting no ping response but
cannot browse. If the pings start responding, I can browse. The pings
will respond for a minute or so then stop for a few minutes. I am not
seeing this at my other customers on this AP.

Still think multipath? I tried to connect to the distant AP with a
signal @ -80 but it did not want to associate.

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 8:45 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] New install driving me crazy

Is that a bigger or smaller antenna size than what you have now?

If you moved up by 10' and increased your signal levels, what 1000% or
so, 
I'd REALLY say that this is looking like a multipath issue.

Often with multipath I've seen the signals hold well but performance
suck. 
It'll sometimes kill the signal though.

I had one install that has some power lines in the way.  Fought
intermittent 
outages etc. for over a year.  His signal was OK, but not great.
Finally 
something changes a bit and his signal dropped too low.

Hmmm, bad radio.  So I pulled his radio out and put in a brand new one, 
still crappy signal.

Double hm

I put the old radio back in, left it off the mount and moved it around
to 
see what would happen.  (I always leave 6 to 10' of cable on the mount
just 
for things like this.)

Triple hm

Move the radio to the west 6' and DOWN 2' and he's got great signal,
faster 
speeds than ever and is happy as a clam.  Now one of my biggest PITA 
customers just never calls anymore.  It was a very amazing
transformation to 
his service.

Again, there were some powerlines *close* to the path but not in it.
Things 
actually looked pretty good to me.  But not to the radio.

Your symptoms look like multipath to me.  We don't see it's effect very 
often, the systems handle it quite well today.  But when it hits it can
hit 
hard.

laters,
marlon

- Original Message - 
From: Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com
To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 4:50 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] New install driving me crazy


 Well before moving to the current setup, I originally had a CPQ-19, 10
 ft lower. It had a -80 with the same result and I was seeing a lot of
 retries.

 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
 Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer
 Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 9:30 PM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] New install driving me crazy

 Change from b to g or g to be mode.

 Turn your power WAY down.  That's way too hot of a signal.

 Any metal, trees, houses, power lines etc. anywhere near the signal
 path?

 This looks a LOT like multipath.
 marlon

 - Original Message - 
 From: Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com
 To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
 Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:30 PM
 Subject: [WISPA] New install driving me crazy


 Installing a new customer, Tranzeo CPQ-19 to a MT AP, -60 signal
 up/dn,
 -102 noise. About half the time I don't get name resolution and can't
 browse pages. This happens with two different radios. It is kind of
 acting like I am loosing routing or something. I also notice I will
 get
 very high ping times sporadically along with drop pings. Best of my
 knowledge no one else having issue on this AP, about a dozen users.



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Re: [WISPA] New install driving me crazy....

2009-10-16 Thread Mark McElvy
Well before moving to the current setup, I originally had a CPQ-19, 10
ft lower. It had a -80 with the same result and I was seeing a lot of
retries.

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 9:30 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] New install driving me crazy

Change from b to g or g to be mode.

Turn your power WAY down.  That's way too hot of a signal.

Any metal, trees, houses, power lines etc. anywhere near the signal
path?

This looks a LOT like multipath.
marlon

- Original Message - 
From: Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com
To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:30 PM
Subject: [WISPA] New install driving me crazy


 Installing a new customer, Tranzeo CPQ-19 to a MT AP, -60 signal
up/dn,
 -102 noise. About half the time I don't get name resolution and can't
 browse pages. This happens with two different radios. It is kind of
 acting like I am loosing routing or something. I also notice I will
get
 very high ping times sporadically along with drop pings. Best of my
 knowledge no one else having issue on this AP, about a dozen users.



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Re: [WISPA] New install driving me crazy....

2009-10-16 Thread Mark McElvy
Marlon I do not disagree with your assessment but the original
installation was a 30ft mast sitting on the roof of the garage and
strapped to the eve of the second story roof. This put a 19db radio 20
ft above the roof, given the signal, -80~ and the retries a figured it
was shooting through the mass of oak trees. I added 10ft to the mast and
to 19db radio went to -56~ so I swapped the radio to a 15db version.
This is a 2.7 Mile link. It is going to be rather hard to move.

Mark McElvy


-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 8:45 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] New install driving me crazy

Is that a bigger or smaller antenna size than what you have now?

If you moved up by 10' and increased your signal levels, what 1000% or
so, 
I'd REALLY say that this is looking like a multipath issue.

Often with multipath I've seen the signals hold well but performance
suck. 
It'll sometimes kill the signal though.

I had one install that has some power lines in the way.  Fought
intermittent 
outages etc. for over a year.  His signal was OK, but not great.
Finally 
something changes a bit and his signal dropped too low.

Hmmm, bad radio.  So I pulled his radio out and put in a brand new one, 
still crappy signal.

Double hm

I put the old radio back in, left it off the mount and moved it around
to 
see what would happen.  (I always leave 6 to 10' of cable on the mount
just 
for things like this.)

Triple hm

Move the radio to the west 6' and DOWN 2' and he's got great signal,
faster 
speeds than ever and is happy as a clam.  Now one of my biggest PITA 
customers just never calls anymore.  It was a very amazing
transformation to 
his service.

Again, there were some powerlines *close* to the path but not in it.
Things 
actually looked pretty good to me.  But not to the radio.

Your symptoms look like multipath to me.  We don't see it's effect very 
often, the systems handle it quite well today.  But when it hits it can
hit 
hard.

laters,
marlon

- Original Message - 
From: Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com
To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 4:50 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] New install driving me crazy


 Well before moving to the current setup, I originally had a CPQ-19, 10
 ft lower. It had a -80 with the same result and I was seeing a lot of
 retries.

 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
 Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer
 Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 9:30 PM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] New install driving me crazy

 Change from b to g or g to be mode.

 Turn your power WAY down.  That's way too hot of a signal.

 Any metal, trees, houses, power lines etc. anywhere near the signal
 path?

 This looks a LOT like multipath.
 marlon

 - Original Message - 
 From: Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com
 To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
 Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:30 PM
 Subject: [WISPA] New install driving me crazy


 Installing a new customer, Tranzeo CPQ-19 to a MT AP, -60 signal
 up/dn,
 -102 noise. About half the time I don't get name resolution and can't
 browse pages. This happens with two different radios. It is kind of
 acting like I am loosing routing or something. I also notice I will
 get
 very high ping times sporadically along with drop pings. Best of my
 knowledge no one else having issue on this AP, about a dozen users.



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Re: [WISPA] New install driving me crazy....

2009-10-16 Thread Mark McElvy
My radio is the router/PPPoE client. Yes their indoor AP is routing also
but I see issue when connected directly with my laptop.

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.
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-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Andy Trimmell
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 9:28 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] New install driving me crazy

Are you using the CPE as a bridge? Or are you using their router as a
PPPoE connector?

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Mark McElvy
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 7:25 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] New install driving me crazy

Yes there is an indoor router, but so does every other client I have.

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Josh Luthman
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 4:36 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] New install driving me crazy

That is 2.4 - is there an indoor WiFi router on the other side of the
wall
causing interference?

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however
improbable, must be the truth.
--- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Ryan Spott rsp...@cspott.com wrote:

 How many subs on the tower?

 Is the tower linked to a CPE that is linked to your main tower (poor
 mans repeater?)

 ryan

 On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com
wrote:
  Installing a new customer, Tranzeo CPQ-19 to a MT AP, -60 signal
up/dn,
  -102 noise. About half the time I don't get name resolution and
can't
  browse pages. This happens with two different radios. It is kind of
  acting like I am loosing routing or something. I also notice I will
get
  very high ping times sporadically along with drop pings. Best of my
  knowledge no one else having issue on this AP, about a dozen users.
 
 
 
  Mark McElvy
  AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



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[WISPA] New install driving me crazy....

2009-10-15 Thread Mark McElvy
Installing a new customer, Tranzeo CPQ-19 to a MT AP, -60 signal up/dn,
-102 noise. About half the time I don't get name resolution and can't
browse pages. This happens with two different radios. It is kind of
acting like I am loosing routing or something. I also notice I will get
very high ping times sporadically along with drop pings. Best of my
knowledge no one else having issue on this AP, about a dozen users. 

 

Mark McElvy
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Re: [WISPA] New install driving me crazy....

2009-10-15 Thread Mark McElvy
About a dozen on this sector. 

No

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Ryan Spott
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 4:35 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] New install driving me crazy

How many subs on the tower?

Is the tower linked to a CPE that is linked to your main tower (poor
mans repeater?)

ryan

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com
wrote:
 Installing a new customer, Tranzeo CPQ-19 to a MT AP, -60 signal
up/dn,
 -102 noise. About half the time I don't get name resolution and can't
 browse pages. This happens with two different radios. It is kind of
 acting like I am loosing routing or something. I also notice I will
get
 very high ping times sporadically along with drop pings. Best of my
 knowledge no one else having issue on this AP, about a dozen users.



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Re: [WISPA] New install driving me crazy....

2009-10-15 Thread Mark McElvy
Yes there is an indoor router, but so does every other client I have.

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Josh Luthman
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 4:36 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] New install driving me crazy

That is 2.4 - is there an indoor WiFi router on the other side of the
wall
causing interference?

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however
improbable, must be the truth.
--- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Ryan Spott rsp...@cspott.com wrote:

 How many subs on the tower?

 Is the tower linked to a CPE that is linked to your main tower (poor
 mans repeater?)

 ryan

 On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com
wrote:
  Installing a new customer, Tranzeo CPQ-19 to a MT AP, -60 signal
up/dn,
  -102 noise. About half the time I don't get name resolution and
can't
  browse pages. This happens with two different radios. It is kind of
  acting like I am loosing routing or something. I also notice I will
get
  very high ping times sporadically along with drop pings. Best of my
  knowledge no one else having issue on this AP, about a dozen users.
 
 
 
  Mark McElvy
  AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



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[WISPA] FreeRadius / Accounting data

2009-10-12 Thread Mark McElvy
I am running FreeRadius and FreeSide usinf PPPoE. Freeside currently
does not give me the reports I need for my accounting data. When I run a
report, it gives you details on each record but does not give you totals
for each user. I would like to generate a report that would give me
upload/download totals for a given time period. Anyone know of software
I can run against the FreeRadius accounting data to get this info or
have any Freeside customization that would like to share to do this?

 

I am looking at bitcap bill if you have not guessed;)

 

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Re: [WISPA] FreeRadius / Accounting data

2009-10-12 Thread Mark McElvy
That was very useful, I was able to cut and paste in into Excel so I
could sort. You seem to have gotten the UL and DL labels backward. And
the total ends up in the same column as the UL number. 

Another issue is that there are some accounting records that cross the
first of the month. Is there any way to force an accounting record
daily?

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Tim Sylvester
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 4:47 PM
To: 'WISPA General List'
Subject: Re: [WISPA] FreeRadius / Accounting data

If you store the accounting data in MySQL, you can perform the following
SQL
query to list the number of bytes Downloaded, Uploaded, Total Bytes by
user
for a give time period.

select username, sum(acctinputoctets) as Download, sum(acctoutputoctets)
as
Upload, sum(acctinputoctets + acctoutputoctets) as Total Bytes FROM
radacct where acctstarttime BETWEEN '2009-06-01' and '2009-07-01' group
by
username;

Tim

 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
 Behalf Of Mark McElvy
 Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 8:51 AM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: [WISPA] FreeRadius / Accounting data
 
 I am running FreeRadius and FreeSide usinf PPPoE. Freeside currently
 does not give me the reports I need for my accounting data. When I run
 a
 report, it gives you details on each record but does not give you
 totals
 for each user. I would like to generate a report that would give me
 upload/download totals for a given time period. Anyone know of
software
 I can run against the FreeRadius accounting data to get this info or
 have any Freeside customization that would like to share to do this?
 
 
 
 I am looking at bitcap bill if you have not guessed;)
 
 
 
 Mark McElvy
 AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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[WISPA] Multipath

2009-09-29 Thread Mark McElvy
I am curious if anyone thinks this is multipath and has a suggestion on
how to fix.

 

This just happens to be my dads house, radio mounted to a j-mount on eve
of house, clear LOS to tower 1 mile away, -56 signal. This eve is over
the porch roof to the east and signal shoots over the south plane of the
roof which is an approx 30deg angle. I was over this morning and he is
complaining the Internet is not working and I go in to do some
troubleshooting. I setup a constant ping to the AP and I am getting
1ms, I start to browse and the pings jump to 300ms and random lost
packets.

Configure a new radio in the house and have a -75 signal in the house,
try the ping thing again and all seems fine. I replace he radio on the
roof and I am back to the poor ping times again.

 

Now I don't understand multipath as well I should but it seems to make
sense in this case. Is it possible to reduce or remedy without moving
the radio to a totally different location?

 

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Re: [WISPA] Multipath

2009-09-29 Thread Mark McElvy
First radio Tranzeo CPQ15 second was a Ubiquity NS2. I never noticed a
signal fluctuation.

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.


-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Josh Luthman
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 1:54 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Multipath

Bump it up about 10 degrees and see if that helps your multipath issue.

Does the signal strength stay at -57 or does it fluctuate?  On MT gear
it's
very easy to identify it as you'll see -55 for the most part, then -70
for a
quick moment.  I'm assuming you're using Canopy here - watch the
alignment
tool page (I suggest having it refresh every 3 or 4 seconds) and see if
it
jumps around.

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
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Re: [WISPA] Multipath

2009-09-29 Thread Mark McElvy
I am on the same AP with no issue and other customers are not talking if
they are having issues.

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.


-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Josh Luthman
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 2:01 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Multipath

Any issues, or are there any, with other stations on that same AP?

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however
improbable, must be the truth.
--- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com
wrote:

 It has been up for a few years and he has complained on and off.

 Mark McElvy
 AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.

 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
 Behalf Of Bob Moldashel
 Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 2:02 PM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Multipath

 Mark,

 Was this an existing installation and it just started acting up or has
 it been doing this since day one??

 -B-


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[WISPA] Micropops

2009-09-24 Thread Mark McElvy
I suppose that is a good term, I would like to be able to redistribute
service to small pockets of houses, 6-12, without putting up a full
blown AP/BH setup. Any one else doing this? I normally use 5.8 for BH
typically and 2.4 for clients, I was thinking of maybe using a PS2 to
receive/BH and connect it to an NS2 with small omni to redistribute.
Both would be in a bridge and allow the clients connected to connect to
the main AP for PPPoE authentication. Is this a reasonable or ridiculous
solution? Any other solutions others are using that might be better? I
know I could use MT but that would add complexity to the mix I don't
need.

 

Mark 

 




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Re: [WISPA] Net Neutrality

2009-09-22 Thread Mark McElvy
20 Meg would cost me 5k.

Mark 


-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Josh Luthman
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 10:22 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Net Neutrality

$1500 for 20 megs here.  Nearly double your cost.

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
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Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however
improbable, must be the truth.
--- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Matt lm7...@gmail.com wrote:

  Yup.  We pay almost 800 bucks for 20/20 meg.  To not do any shaping
we
 would

 Thats cheap compared to what we pay!  You are paying about $40 a meg.
 Is that tier1 bandwidth?  We are paying about $100 meg for tier1.

 Matt

  have to charge way more than anyone will pay.  Take the 800 bucks
split
 by
  20 then add overhead costs and it's too much to bear.  Bandwidth
that
 will
  handle 500+ customers with shaping would then, if totally net
neutral,
 only
  go to 20 customers or less.  To be true net neutral is just to pass
all
 the
  traffic through with no touching it.  Reasonable network management,
as
 Josh
  says, is pretty broad in definition.






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Re: [WISPA] Net Neutrality

2009-09-22 Thread Mark McElvy
What are you using to tabulate your accounting data?

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.


-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of David Sovereen
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 10:27 AM
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] Net Neutrality

We measure and record each subscriber's usage (easy to do with Mikrotik
HotSpot functionality and RADIUS accounting data).




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Re: [WISPA] Hotspot controller

2009-09-15 Thread Mark McElvy
Are you saying you have a RADIUS server that can read AD's users or are
you using Microsoft's IAS as a RADIUS server? You could have Freeside
setup to do your new hotspot users, accounts setup automatically via the
Mikrotik interface. 

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.


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Behalf Of Andy Trimmell
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 10:46 AM
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] Hotspot controller

AD doesn't have the ability to create usernames and passwords on its
own. We have a radius server that checks in with AD for current
customers. We want to be able to give current customers access through
all of our hotspots but people that aren't the ability to purchase time
when they're within hotspot range. We're looking for a complete billing
and account creation solution. Very little interaction by us so they
people can just hit a hotspot, pay for time, surf, go home.



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Re: [WISPA] 900Mhz question

2009-09-03 Thread Mark McElvy
I am curious about 900 noise. My 2.4 gear sees noise levels of about -98 to 
-102, but the XR9 setup I have with H120 sector see -80 to -85 or so. I am in a 
small town of 5000 and I am curious what might be generating such a high noise 
floor.

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.

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From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf 
Of RickG
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 10:42 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] 900Mhz question

Lol, and the answer is because horizontal usually has less noise.
Whcih has nothing to do with the size of the wave cycle. Unless
someone knows something I dont - which is always possible.

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:15 PM, Paul
Ricepaul.r...@boomerang-networks.com wrote:
 heh, the question was why folks doing 900 preferred horizontal

 --
 From: RickG rgunder...@gmail.com
 Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:41 PM
 To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] 900Mhz question

 On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Paul
 Ricepaul.r...@boomerang-networks.com wrote:
 Folks like horizontal for 900 MHz due to the size of the wave cycle
 approx
 13 inches long

 I knew that but couldnt figure out why you specified horizontal. I
 guess you might have said  Folks like 900 MHz due to the size of the
 wave cycle approx 13 inches long.

 Thanks! -RickG

 On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Paul
 Ricepaul.r...@boomerang-networks.com wrote:
 same size.  The electromagnetic wave is the same, polarity refers to the
 orientation of the wave. up and down or side to side.
 13 inches is the wavelength (length of a single cycle).

 --
 From: RickG rgunder...@gmail.com
 Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 7:33 PM
 To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] 900Mhz question

 The wave size of vertical would be different? -RickG

 On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Paul
 Ricepaul.r...@boomerang-networks.com wrote:
 Folks like horizontal for 900 MHz due to the size of the wave cycle
 approx
 13 inches long

 --
 From: RickG rgunder...@gmail.com
 Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 11:02 AM
 To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] 900Mhz question

 But look at all the experience you are gaining :)

 On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Robert
 Westrobert.w...@just-micro.com
 wrote:
 Why horizontal polarity?  Cause I'm a total idiot when it comes to
 900mhz
 and as my luck usually runs, if I go by the book nothing works until
 I
 do
 what I'm not supposed to do.  But, also as my luck runs, the opposite
 of
 what I try first will work  So it actually won't matter what I do
 including
 sitting the antennas 5 feet in front of each other, it will never
 work
 the
 first time out.  :)

 Bob-


 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
 On
 Behalf Of Tim Edwards
 Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 12:33 AM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] 900Mhz question

 I'm with Chuck, much better performance with the Trango vs. Mikrotik
 in
 my experience.
 Why horizontal pol?  Vertical cuts through the foliage much bettter,
 at
 least with the NorCal
 foliage we have here.

 tim

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 Chuck Hogg wrote:
 I find that the Trango 900 can handle the noise and capacity much
 better
 than MikroTik/XR9.  I have a few hundred on Trango and it works
 better
 imo than XR9's.  Canopy's GPS synch is the only reason I would
 prefer
 their 900MHz option.

 Regards,
 Chuck Hogg
 Shelby Broadband
 502-722-9292
 ch...@shelbybb.com
 http://www.shelbybb.com


 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
 On
 Behalf Of Robert West
 Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 4:49 PM
 To: 'WISPA General List'
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] 900Mhz question

 I'm actually about to test something similar in a few days.  We have
 a
 2.5
 mile link to put in with half a mile of it through trees with .25
 miles
 of
 that running right over a creek.  Doing it on the cheap, or trying
 to.
 Have
 2 Mikrotik 411 boards on both sides running a transparent bridge
 using
 XR9
 cards attached to a pac wireless grid antenna setup with horizontal
 polarity.  The antennas are up and the boxes are configured, just
 have
 to go
 out tonight or tomorrow and run power to them and try to see what
 kind
 of
 throughput we can get, if any.  Haven't tried it before but we'll
 see.

 Bob-


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 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions

2009-08-30 Thread Mark McElvy
If I did not mount on roofs I would not do many installs, most of my
installs consist of 3ft tripod with 10ft mast or 30ft mast on roof peak
with guy wires.

Mark 

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 11:34 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions

We mount to the roof when we have to.  Last resort but there are times
when 
it's the only option.

We put down silicone then run the mounting screws though that.  Never
had a 
leak.  People have been mounting things on roofs for a very very long
time.

As for brick, we use GOOD plastic anchors and longer screws than they
would 
normally have.  None have fallen off yet.  When running the cable I
drill 
the anchor holes into the mortar instead of the brick.

I finally broke down and bought a nearly top of the line Bosch hammer
drill. 
The DeWalt cordless is nice, but it's not really capable of dealing with

high end brick or concrete.

laters,
marlon

- Original Message - 
From: Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com
To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 7:49 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions


What's so bad about brick?  I would imagine there is lags made for it
(not the mortor).  've always used the saufet ?sp? And gutter to
tuck/hide the cable so there is no damage.

On 8/28/09, Steve Barnes st...@pcswin.com wrote:
 I agree,  I will never again install on a roof.  That cost me money
once,
 not again.  Can't even tell you how many homeowners have thanked us
for 
 not
 installing on the roof.  They hate their satellite dish being up there
and
 are willing to pay extra for anything to keep it off the roof.  What I

 hate
 is brick homes. No way to mount no way to run cable and for some
reason
 those are always the people who have their computers on an inside
wall, 
 are
 tighter than ticks and don't want to pay for anything but the standard
 install.

 Steve Barnes
 Manager
 PCS-WIN
 RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service

 Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through
experience 
 of
 trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared,
ambition
 inspired, and success achieved.
 - Helen Keller


 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
 Behalf Of Robert West
 Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 2:02 AM
 To: 'WISPA General List'
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions

 I have a big problem with making holes in a roof. I just don't!

 Reason is, any drip or drop then becomes the internet guys fault no
matter
 if the roof is 40 years old and missing half the shingles already.
Too 
 many
 people out to gotcha.  And the ones who ask to see our liability 
 insurance
 before we do anything...  Red flags!  They turn out to be
nightmares, 
 we
 get permission in writing from those folks for every hole drilled.



 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
 Behalf Of Josh Luthman
 Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 7:21 PM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions

 Tripods like roof hole making tripods?

 On 8/27/09, Brian Rohrbacher br...@reliableinter.net wrote:
 I guess I'm just old fashioned using tripods and 10 ft masts. Channel
 master. Tripods are $18 and masts are $11. We charge $30 for the
tripods
 and $15 for 10ft mast including install.

 Brian

 Scott Reed wrote:

 4 length of strut at the peak.
 5' length of strut down where ever it falls on the eaves.
 Strut pipe clamp to fit pipe.

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/-\
  / \
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  /\




 Mike wrote:


 'splain please!  How is that configured? Thanks.

 At 10:50 AM 8/27/2009, you wrote:



 ... We now mount 2 pieces of 1-5/8
 Unistrut with 1/4 lags and clamp the pipe to it.








 
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Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions

2009-08-30 Thread Mark McElvy
Trees an terrain. We have 50-60 ft Oak trees very dense. Terrain varies
from 1200 ft in town to 1100-1400 all around. Tried some 900 but had
trouble getting it to work well.

 

Mark

 

From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Brian Rohrbacher
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 6:30 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions

 

That is a lot of questions but I bet I can answer with one word.
Terrain.

Brian

Josh Luthman wrote: 

Wow that's a lot of extra work per install!  How high/far are your APs
and what band are you using that needs this extra effort?
 
On 8/30/09, Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com
mailto:mmce...@accubak.com  wrote:
  

If I did not mount on roofs I would not do many installs, most
of my
installs consist of 3ft tripod with 10ft mast or 30ft mast on
roof peak
with guy wires.
 
Mark
 
-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org
[mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 11:34 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions
 
We mount to the roof when we have to.  Last resort but there are
times
when
it's the only option.
 
We put down silicone then run the mounting screws though that.
Never
had a
leak.  People have been mounting things on roofs for a very very
long
time.
 
As for brick, we use GOOD plastic anchors and longer screws than
they
would
normally have.  None have fallen off yet.  When running the
cable I
drill
the anchor holes into the mortar instead of the brick.
 
I finally broke down and bought a nearly top of the line Bosch
hammer
drill.
The DeWalt cordless is nice, but it's not really capable of
dealing with
 
high end brick or concrete.
 
laters,
marlon
 
- Original Message -
From: Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com
mailto:j...@imaginenetworksllc.com 
To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
mailto:wireless@wispa.org 
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 7:49 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions
 
 
What's so bad about brick?  I would imagine there is lags made
for it
(not the mortor).  've always used the saufet ?sp? And gutter to
tuck/hide the cable so there is no damage.
 
On 8/28/09, Steve Barnes st...@pcswin.com
mailto:st...@pcswin.com  wrote:


I agree,  I will never again install on a roof.  That
cost me money
  

once,


not again.  Can't even tell you how many homeowners have
thanked us
  

for


not
installing on the roof.  They hate their satellite dish
being up there
  

and


are willing to pay extra for anything to keep it off the
roof.  What I
  

hate
is brick homes. No way to mount no way to run cable and
for some
  

reason


those are always the people who have their computers on
an inside
  

wall,


are
tighter than ticks and don't want to pay for anything
but the standard
install.
 
Steve Barnes
Manager
PCS-WIN
RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service
 
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only
through
  

experience


of
trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision
cleared,
  

ambition


inspired, and success achieved.
- Helen Keller
 
 
-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org
[mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
  

On


Behalf Of Robert West
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 2:02 AM
To: 'WISPA General List'
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Mount extensions
 
I have a big problem with making holes in a roof. I just
don't!
 
Reason is, any drip or drop then becomes the internet
guys fault no
  

matter


if the roof is 40 years old and missing half the
shingles already.
  

Too

Re: [WISPA] solar site

2009-08-26 Thread Mark McElvy
The solar list that I participate in recommend not using the charge
controller included in that kit as it is junk. They always recommend
MorningStar for like $60.00.

Mark

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of ralph
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 7:38 PM
To: 'WISPA General List'
Subject: Re: [WISPA] solar site

I was going to ask about this. 
Harbor freight has a set of 3 on sale for 199 with controller and a few
other goodies.
I keep meaning to go get some before they go off sale again (I may be
too
late already)


-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Mike
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 2:30 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] solar site

I was shocked to find the 15W panels at Northern for $79.00.  I 
ordered some and they work great.  You need a charge controller, 
$45.00 to keep the batteries from over charging.  You have to get 
creative with uni-strut and angle iron to make your own mount, or buy 
them.  Batteries are the biggest expense.  So to answer your question,
yes.


At 11:29 AM 8/25/2009, you wrote:
Are you really saying that less than 500 bucks will build a solar
system
good enough for our radios these days?

Dude, if that's true I can open up a LOT more doors!
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Re: [WISPA] solar site

2009-08-26 Thread Mark McElvy
No negative comments, they seem to be fine.

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[WISPA] recieve signal loss

2009-08-13 Thread Mark McElvy
I have been battling with one of my AP having receive signals 8-10 db
less at the AP than the client. This is a RB532A with SR-2 and 16db 120
deg sector.  I replaced the radio, pigtail, cable and the lightning
arrestor. I finally pulled out the lightning arrestor and the signal are
now mostly symmetrical up/down. I do not see this on my other AP's with
the same style arrestor. Any ideas? I tried two different arrestors with
the same result. 

 

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Re: [WISPA] WAN HotSpot and Polarity

2009-05-01 Thread Mark McElvy
It has an adaptive mode which does both.

 

Mark

 

From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Brian Rohrbacher
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:31 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] WAN HotSpot and Polarity

 

Dual polarity as in you are horizontal and vertical.

Or as in the nano will do either polarity?

As far as I know the nano does either (software switchable) not both.
But, it would not be the first time I was wrong.

Brian

Charles Wyble wrote: 

The NS2 is dual polarity.
 
Not sure what polarity the clients are. We get a lot of Iphones/Ipods as

clients.
 
So I haven't done any scientific studies, but wanted to give a real 
world indication of AP selection and coverage area.
 
 
 
Tom DeReggi wrote:
  

well thats interesting, but you didn't address the primary
question of 
polarity.
 
Or what polarity hotspot CPE devices generally see.
 
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL  Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
 
 
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From: Charles Wyble char...@thewybles.com
mailto:char...@thewybles.com 
To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
mailto:wireless@wispa.org 
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] WAN HotSpot and Polarity
 
 


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

Over the years, there have been many theories
and strategies regarding 
what
polarity is best to use for various purposes.
As an engineer, I as well have my theories. But,
I wanted to get an 
updated
opinion based on field trials of others, for the
following 
application
 
Application... 2.4Ghz WAN WIFI HotSpot
Specs...
1) Average sub located within 100 yards to 1/2
mile.
2) Find and Subscribe by Search for available
Networks, via laptop's 
WIFI
card.
3) If RF signal good enough to get a web splash
screen to user, will 
display
instruction for ordering higher gain antenna
self-install kit for inside
their window mount or balcony.
4) Access Point would likely use a sector panel
(60 deg?), with an EIRP 
of
36db.
 
The goal here is enabling residential users
to find the ISP's AP on
their own.
 
So my questions are
 
1. If a Horizontally polarized antenna is used
at the AP, Is it likely 
the
consumer will equally be able to find your AP,
compared to if it had been
verical pol'd?
 
The idea being, horizontal pol's noise floor is
much lower in the 
particular
area, and more likely ISP will avoid the noise
from consumer APs that 
ship
with vert pol antennas, where end users by
default will stick the 
antennas
straight up in Verticle pol position.
 
2. By the time the ISP's horizontal signal gets
to the end user, is it
received in multiple polarities, based on all
the reflections in end 
users
home and stuff?
 
3. Are laptop wifi cards typically no
polarity, and pick up Horizontal 
as
good as verticle signals?
 
4. Laptops would appear to have Horizontal pol
antennas in some cases,
expecially if a PCMCIA card. Is this true?  Or
are most laptops starting 
to
embed verticle pol antennas on the sides of
screens?
 
 

Re: [WISPA] 802.11 a, b, g booster

2009-04-27 Thread Mark McElvy
Have you looked at Trendnet routers? They have a repeater mode. 

Mark McElvy
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Subject: [WISPA] 802.11 a, b, g booster

We're looking for a low cost device that our customers can (preferably)
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install in their locations to boost or repeat their WiFi (802.11 A,
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[WISPA] Colocation

2009-03-23 Thread Mark McElvy
I would like to offer a customer rackspace at my office. Two 2U servers
with UPS provided by customer and put in our rack. Managed by us.

 

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Re: [WISPA] Colocation

2009-03-23 Thread Mark McElvy
I guess I should have finished with how do you price such a thing. 

I would like to offer a customer rackspace at my office. Two 2U servers
with UPS provided by customer and put in our rack. Managed by us.

 

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[WISPA] Multiple hotspots on one MT router

2009-02-17 Thread Mark McElvy
We have a special event coming to town and I want to provide Hotspot
access for them. I already have a hotspot setup for users around town. I
want to setup a second hotspot with custom pages for the event users.
Can I have separate HTML?

 

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Re: [WISPA] Lost routes...

2009-02-04 Thread Mark McElvy
Only losing the route to the client that is created by OSPF/PPPoE. I am
running the latest Firmware and have tried 2.9.51 but went back to 50 as
that is what is sy=table on the others.

Mark McElvy
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Behalf Of Jim Patient
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:42 AM
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] Lost routes...

Your prolly loosing the default route.  This was in one of the release 
notes a while back but if you update the OS and firmware on the 2.9 
stuff your problem should go away.

Jim

Mark McElvy wrote:
 I am running 5 MT AP's, 2 are 3.x and 3 are 2.9.50, all are running
OSPF
 and PPPoE. Clients are mostly Tranzeo CPQ and SL2 with a few Ubiquity
 NS2. On only ONE of the 2.9 AP's, I randomly loose the route to the
 customer. The log will show a PPPoE disconnect, the route will go
away,
 but the PPPoE session will still show in the active connections
window.
 If I disconnect the active session the client will reconnect.

  

 Any thoughts?

  

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Re: [WISPA] Lost routes...

2009-02-04 Thread Mark McElvy
First there are only 6 clients on this AP. All are Tranzeo except one,
it has been rock solid. Most of the time it is one particular client
that I see this with but it happens with others as well. I replaced the
radio on the one client to see if it help but it did not. I believe it
to be issue with the AP. Log shows disconnect, OSPF route to client
disappears but the PPPoE session stays.

Mark McElvy
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Behalf Of Paolo Di Francesco
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:52 AM
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Cc: mikro...@part-15.org; mikro...@mail.butchevans.com
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Lost routes...

you could have two problems:

1) you are loosing the default routes
2) the PPPoE client is not working. I tested Ubiquiti NS5 PPPoE client
and it looks like it does not work with mikrotik AP PPPoE. So if the
Ubiquiti NS is loosing the PPPoE session, you will have the client
locked, the AP will see an hanging connection and the route could
disappear.

Not sure which one is the worst problem.

Try to upgrade to a newer mikrotik routeros and see if the OSPF
improves.

If the problem is #2 then I am not sure how to solve, I did not test
latest versions of UBIQUITI, you could give it a try. I did not want to
implement mixed PPPoE because in our testing environment I saw PPPoE not
working (I cannot say who is wrong, the client or the AP, but both
mikrotik works)
Try to swap a mikrotik routeros with the UBIQUITI and see what happens.

Please let us know!

Just my 2 cents.

 I am running 5 MT AP's, 2 are 3.x and 3 are 2.9.50, all are running
OSPF
 and PPPoE. Clients are mostly Tranzeo CPQ and SL2 with a few Ubiquity
 NS2. On only ONE of the 2.9 AP's, I randomly loose the route to the
 customer. The log will show a PPPoE disconnect, the route will go
away,
 but the PPPoE session will still show in the active connections
window.
 If I disconnect the active session the client will reconnect.
 
  
 
 Any thoughts?
 
  
 
 Mark McElvy
 
 AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.
 
 
 



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Re: [WISPA] National Map - NEED HELP

2009-02-04 Thread Mark McElvy
I am downloading it now...

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.


-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Brian Webster
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 1:21 PM
To: WISPA List; memb...@wispa.org; Motorola Canopy List
Subject: [WISPA] National Map - NEED HELP

The map is progressing and the data is coming in faster than ever. I'm
keeping up but having an issue with trying to compute the demographics.
I
need to download a bunch of Census GIS data and I either get timed out
or
run out of hours in the day to complete the task. Can I get a volunteer
to
download everything in the following directories and burn them to disk
and
send them to me?

ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/tiger/tiger2k/

ftp://ftp2.census.gov/census_2000/datasets/Summary_File_1/

ftp://ftp2.census.gov/census_2000/datasets/Summary_File_3/


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Re: [WISPA] Lost routes...

2009-02-04 Thread Mark McElvy
Any known issue taking a RB532 (not 532A) to 3.x?

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.


-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Jim Patient
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 1:55 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Lost routes...

I had the issue myself with loosing default routes using OSPF.  The 
issue happened between 3.x routers and 2.9 routers. 
When I updated all to 3.11 the problem went away just as MT told me it 
would.  If you look through the changelog you will find
a pile of OSPF fixes in 3.x.  I am running 3.20 fireware 2.19 now and 
not having any issues.  I would try updating to 3.20.


Jim



Mark McElvy wrote:
 Only losing the route to the client that is created by OSPF/PPPoE. I
am
 running the latest Firmware and have tried 2.9.51 but went back to 50
as
 that is what is sy=table on the others.

 Mark McElvy
 AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.

 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
 Behalf Of Jim Patient
 Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:42 AM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Lost routes...

 Your prolly loosing the default route.  This was in one of the release

 notes a while back but if you update the OS and firmware on the 2.9 
 stuff your problem should go away.

 Jim

 Mark McElvy wrote:
   
 I am running 5 MT AP's, 2 are 3.x and 3 are 2.9.50, all are running
 
 OSPF
   
 and PPPoE. Clients are mostly Tranzeo CPQ and SL2 with a few Ubiquity
 NS2. On only ONE of the 2.9 AP's, I randomly loose the route to the
 customer. The log will show a PPPoE disconnect, the route will go
 
 away,
   
 but the PPPoE session will still show in the active connections
 
 window.
   
 If I disconnect the active session the client will reconnect.

  

 Any thoughts?

  

 Mark McElvy

 AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.




 


 
   
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Re: [WISPA] Lost routes...

2009-02-04 Thread Mark McElvy
Can I go straight from 2.9.50 to 3.20?

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.


-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Jim Patient
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 2:11 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Lost routes...

I'm running 3.20 on a few older 532 boards without issues.

Jim

Mark McElvy wrote:
 Any known issue taking a RB532 (not 532A) to 3.x?

 Mark McElvy
 AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.


 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
 Behalf Of Jim Patient
 Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 1:55 PM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Lost routes...

 I had the issue myself with loosing default routes using OSPF.  The 
 issue happened between 3.x routers and 2.9 routers. 
 When I updated all to 3.11 the problem went away just as MT told me it

 would.  If you look through the changelog you will find
 a pile of OSPF fixes in 3.x.  I am running 3.20 fireware 2.19 now and 
 not having any issues.  I would try updating to 3.20.


 Jim



 Mark McElvy wrote:
   
 Only losing the route to the client that is created by OSPF/PPPoE. I
 
 am
   
 running the latest Firmware and have tried 2.9.51 but went back to 50
 
 as
   
 that is what is sy=table on the others.

 Mark McElvy
 AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.

 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
 
 On
   
 Behalf Of Jim Patient
 Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:42 AM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Lost routes...

 Your prolly loosing the default route.  This was in one of the
release
 

   
 notes a while back but if you update the OS and firmware on the 2.9 
 stuff your problem should go away.

 Jim

 Mark McElvy wrote:
   
 
 I am running 5 MT AP's, 2 are 3.x and 3 are 2.9.50, all are running
 
   
 OSPF
   
 
 and PPPoE. Clients are mostly Tranzeo CPQ and SL2 with a few
Ubiquity
 NS2. On only ONE of the 2.9 AP's, I randomly loose the route to the
 customer. The log will show a PPPoE disconnect, the route will go
 
   
 away,
   
 
 but the PPPoE session will still show in the active connections
 
   
 window.
   
 
 If I disconnect the active session the client will reconnect.

  

 Any thoughts?

  

 Mark McElvy

 AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.




 
   


   
 
   
 
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[WISPA] Lost routes...

2009-02-03 Thread Mark McElvy
I am running 5 MT AP's, 2 are 3.x and 3 are 2.9.50, all are running OSPF
and PPPoE. Clients are mostly Tranzeo CPQ and SL2 with a few Ubiquity
NS2. On only ONE of the 2.9 AP's, I randomly loose the route to the
customer. The log will show a PPPoE disconnect, the route will go away,
but the PPPoE session will still show in the active connections window.
If I disconnect the active session the client will reconnect.

 

Any thoughts?

 

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Re: [WISPA] Grain leg safety cage (was Re: Tower accident)

2009-01-08 Thread Mark McElvy
I have the pipe type on one of my water towers, where do you get and
what do you call the device to connect to it?

Mark 

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Scottie Arnett
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 12:31 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Grain leg safety cage (was Re: Tower accident)

They use that type safety(pipe with notches) on most water tanks in my
area.

Scottie

-- Original Message --
From: Chuck McCown - 3 ch...@beehive.net
Reply-To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
Date:  Wed, 7 Jan 2009 13:01:50 -0700

No but you could fall down and get so tangled up the rescue would be 
difficult.  I have climbed caged ladders that had a pipe up the center
of 
the ladder with small ratchet notches in it.  The arrester device was a
pipe 
looking thing that would slide up the safety pipe/rail.  It had a
spring 
loaded dog that would engage the notches if you fell.  I thought it was
a 
pretty good system.
- Original Message - 
From: 3-dB Networks wi...@3-db.net
To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Grain leg safety cage (was Re: Tower accident)


 That's what the safety cage is for. if you fall basically you should
only 
 be
 leaning back on the cage.



 You technically shouldn't be able to fall with a safety cage.



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 3-dB Networks

 http://www.3dbnetworks.com



 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
 Behalf Of Brian Rohrbacher
 Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 12:30 PM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Grain leg safety cage (was Re: Tower accident)



 What happens when you fall?

 Brian

 John Valenti wrote:

 Brian,
 Why would you want to add a safety cable to the cage?  I'm on several
 legs with the cages and they seem great. I usually just lean back to
 take a break while climbing.

 It seems like an unnecessary bother, and something else to get in the
 way while climbing the ladder.  Just curious what your thinking is,
 maybe I'm missing something.
 -John


 On Jan 6, 2009, at 9:20 PM, Brian Rohrbacher wrote:



 I have seriously thought about putting a cable going up the center of
 the ladders on all the elevator legs we're on.  There is already one
 on
 the leg that has no cage.  Then we could clip on a go, with either a
 belt or a light harness (unlike my big sit down elk river harness
that
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Re: [WISPA] wholesale bandwidth

2008-12-18 Thread Mark McElvy
ShowMe Power

-Original Message-
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Behalf Of Mike Hammett
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 12:06 AM
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] wholesale bandwidth

If you let me know who that carrier is, I can help you out.


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--
From: Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 5:18 PM
To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
Subject: Re: [WISPA] wholesale bandwidth

 I am in Salem, MO but I have Fibre to my office. My Fibre carrier has
 POP's in Rolla and St Louis so if I can find some cheap bandwidth they
 can transport for me.

 Mark

 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
 Behalf Of David E. Smith
 Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 4:48 PM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] wholesale bandwidth

 Mark McElvy wrote:
 I am looking for wholesale bandwidth providers to either St Louis or
 Rolla Missouri.

 Do you need it delivered to your door, or just somewhere in town?
 Saint Louis has a couple downtown telco-hotel facilities (900 Walnut
and

 210 Tucker, I think); you should be able to rent rack space and get
 basically as much connectivity as you want there.

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[WISPA] eratic ethernet connection

2008-12-18 Thread Mark McElvy
I have a new WAN connection, it is a Long range Ethernet connection. It
is being connected to a RB532 Mikrotik v2.9.46 router. When I do
bandwidth tests through this connection, it is very erratic. If I
connect the circuit directly to a PC I get a nice smooth throughput. I
also tried connecting the circuit to a switch then to the MT with the
same result. This occurs on two different routers. I have tried
different Ethernet port settings, the LRE adapter is set to 10 Full. 

 

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Re: [WISPA] Winter connectivity issues

2008-12-17 Thread Mark McElvy
My closest tower to this one is 14 miles. We are fairly rural.

Mark

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8:52 AM
To: lakel...@gbcx.net; WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Winter connectivity issues

Try changing channels too.  Water *usually* give strange signal
levels 
Looks more like interference to me.  Very possibly from some of your own

towers???
marlon

- Original Message - 
From: lakel...@gbcx.net
To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Winter connectivity issues


 Water in connectors. When it freezes it crystalizes and gives a poor 
 connection. Maybe a cracked/broken antenna with moisture incursion.

 Antennas on towers are subject to falling ice regardless of the type
of 
 antenna.
 Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

 -Original Message-
 From: Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com

 Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:58:25
 To: mikro...@mail.butchevans.com; wireless@wispa.org
 Subject: [WISPA] Winter connectivity issues


 I have 4 tower locations, only one seems to be having issues. Last
week,
 then today I have a few customers on one tower having slow connection
 issues. High ping times from less than 1 ms to 4-500ms with packet
loss.
 The one complaining customer has a -56 @ client end and -60 @ AP. The
 common denominator is weather, it is currently about 10 deg F and we
had
 some, not a lot of freezing rain last night.

 This tower is running a RB 433 w/ XR2 and HPol omni. New in spring due
 to lightning storm. The only time I experienced issues last year was
 with heavy icing.



 Any thought? Would you think it's the ice or maybe freezing moisture
in
 the enclosure?



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[WISPA] wholesale bandwidth

2008-12-17 Thread Mark McElvy
I am looking for wholesale bandwidth providers to either St Louis or
Rolla Missouri.

 

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Re: [WISPA] wholesale bandwidth

2008-12-17 Thread Mark McElvy
I am in Salem, MO but I have Fibre to my office. My Fibre carrier has
POP's in Rolla and St Louis so if I can find some cheap bandwidth they
can transport for me. 

Mark

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of David E. Smith
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 4:48 PM
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] wholesale bandwidth

Mark McElvy wrote:
 I am looking for wholesale bandwidth providers to either St Louis or
 Rolla Missouri.

Do you need it delivered to your door, or just somewhere in town? 
Saint Louis has a couple downtown telco-hotel facilities (900 Walnut and

210 Tucker, I think); you should be able to rent rack space and get 
basically as much connectivity as you want there.

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[WISPA] Winter connectivity issues

2008-12-15 Thread Mark McElvy
I have 4 tower locations, only one seems to be having issues. Last week,
then today I have a few customers on one tower having slow connection
issues. High ping times from less than 1 ms to 4-500ms with packet loss.
The one complaining customer has a -56 @ client end and -60 @ AP. The
common denominator is weather, it is currently about 10 deg F and we had
some, not a lot of freezing rain last night.

This tower is running a RB 433 w/ XR2 and HPol omni. New in spring due
to lightning storm. The only time I experienced issues last year was
with heavy icing.

 

Any thought? Would you think it's the ice or maybe freezing moisture in
the enclosure?

 

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Re: [WISPA] Winter connectivity issues

2008-12-15 Thread Mark McElvy
The ones that seem to have issues are close and LOS the further ones
seem to be ok.

Mark

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 3:45 PM
To: 'WISPA General List'
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Winter connectivity issues

Are any of your links not line of sight? I have to back off power on
some of
my clients because in the summer they are fine but in the winter when
the
leaves fall off I get a lot of multi-path which causes poor performance.

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 McElvy
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 2:58 PM
To: mikro...@mail.butchevans.com; wireless@wispa.org
Subject: [WISPA] Winter connectivity issues

I have 4 tower locations, only one seems to be having issues. Last week,
then today I have a few customers on one tower having slow connection
issues. High ping times from less than 1 ms to 4-500ms with packet loss.
The one complaining customer has a -56 @ client end and -60 @ AP. The
common denominator is weather, it is currently about 10 deg F and we had
some, not a lot of freezing rain last night.

This tower is running a RB 433 w/ XR2 and HPol omni. New in spring due
to lightning storm. The only time I experienced issues last year was
with heavy icing.

 

Any thought? Would you think it's the ice or maybe freezing moisture in
the enclosure?

 

Mark in South central Missouri






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Re: [WISPA] Winter connectivity issues

2008-12-15 Thread Mark McElvy
Signal levels are stable. Ping times are erratic and Customers complain
of slow internet. PPPoE will not stay connected.

Mark

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Josh Luthman
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 5:00 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Winter connectivity issues

In my experience water in the connector makes the RSSI drop from mid
-60s to
-90s

Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
--- Henry Spencer


On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com
wrote:

 The ones that seem to have issues are close and LOS the further ones
 seem to be ok.

 Mark

 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
 Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser
 Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 3:45 PM
 To: 'WISPA General List'
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Winter connectivity issues

 Are any of your links not line of sight? I have to back off power on
 some of
 my clients because in the summer they are fine but in the winter when
 the
 leaves fall off I get a lot of multi-path which causes poor
performance.

 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 McElvy
 Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 2:58 PM
 To: mikro...@mail.butchevans.com; wireless@wispa.org
 Subject: [WISPA] Winter connectivity issues

 I have 4 tower locations, only one seems to be having issues. Last
week,
 then today I have a few customers on one tower having slow connection
 issues. High ping times from less than 1 ms to 4-500ms with packet
loss.
 The one complaining customer has a -56 @ client end and -60 @ AP. The
 common denominator is weather, it is currently about 10 deg F and we
had
 some, not a lot of freezing rain last night.

 This tower is running a RB 433 w/ XR2 and HPol omni. New in spring due
 to lightning storm. The only time I experienced issues last year was
 with heavy icing.



 Any thought? Would you think it's the ice or maybe freezing moisture
in
 the enclosure?



 Mark in South central Missouri





 
 
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Re: [WISPA] [Mikrotik] Winter connectivity issues

2008-12-15 Thread Mark McElvy
12, all Tranzeo CPQ except one.

Mark

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Josh Luthman
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 6:24 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Mikrotik] Winter connectivity issues

Multiple CPEs on the same AP?

On 12/15/08, Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com wrote:
 Signal levels are stable. Ping times are erratic and Customers
complain
 of slow internet. PPPoE will not stay connected.

 Mark

 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
 Behalf Of Josh Luthman
 Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 5:00 PM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Winter connectivity issues

 In my experience water in the connector makes the RSSI drop from mid
 -60s to
 -90s

 Josh Luthman
 Office: 937-552-2340
 Direct: 937-552-2343
 1100 Wayne St
 Suite 1337
 Troy, OH 45373

 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
 --- Henry Spencer


 On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com
 wrote:

 The ones that seem to have issues are close and LOS the further ones
 seem to be ok.

 Mark

 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
 On
 Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser
 Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 3:45 PM
 To: 'WISPA General List'
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Winter connectivity issues

 Are any of your links not line of sight? I have to back off power on
 some of
 my clients because in the summer they are fine but in the winter when
 the
 leaves fall off I get a lot of multi-path which causes poor
 performance.

 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 McElvy
 Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 2:58 PM
 To: mikro...@mail.butchevans.com; wireless@wispa.org
 Subject: [WISPA] Winter connectivity issues

 I have 4 tower locations, only one seems to be having issues. Last
 week,
 then today I have a few customers on one tower having slow connection
 issues. High ping times from less than 1 ms to 4-500ms with packet
 loss.
 The one complaining customer has a -56 @ client end and -60 @ AP. The
 common denominator is weather, it is currently about 10 deg F and we
 had
 some, not a lot of freezing rain last night.

 This tower is running a RB 433 w/ XR2 and HPol omni. New in spring
due
 to lightning storm. The only time I experienced issues last year was
 with heavy icing.



 Any thought? Would you think it's the ice or maybe freezing moisture
 in
 the enclosure?



 Mark in South central Missouri






 
 
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Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
--- Henry Spencer

Re: [WISPA] [Mikrotik] Winter connectivity issues

2008-12-15 Thread Mark McElvy
There are 12 clients total on the AP

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Josh Luthman
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 7:10 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Mikrotik] Winter connectivity issues

All of the CPEs on that one AP? Or all of the Tranzeo CPEs on that AP?

On 12/15/08, Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com wrote:
 12, all Tranzeo CPQ except one.

 Mark

 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
On
 Behalf Of Josh Luthman
 Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 6:24 PM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] [Mikrotik] Winter connectivity issues

 Multiple CPEs on the same AP?

 On 12/15/08, Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com wrote:
 Signal levels are stable. Ping times are erratic and Customers
 complain
 of slow internet. PPPoE will not stay connected.

 Mark

 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
 On
 Behalf Of Josh Luthman
 Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 5:00 PM
 To: WISPA General List
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Winter connectivity issues

 In my experience water in the connector makes the RSSI drop from mid
 -60s to
 -90s

 Josh Luthman
 Office: 937-552-2340
 Direct: 937-552-2343
 1100 Wayne St
 Suite 1337
 Troy, OH 45373

 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
 --- Henry Spencer


 On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Mark McElvy mmce...@accubak.com
 wrote:

 The ones that seem to have issues are close and LOS the further ones
 seem to be ok.

 Mark

 -Original Message-
 From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]
 On
 Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser
 Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 3:45 PM
 To: 'WISPA General List'
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] Winter connectivity issues

 Are any of your links not line of sight? I have to back off power on
 some of
 my clients because in the summer they are fine but in the winter
when
 the
 leaves fall off I get a lot of multi-path which causes poor
 performance.

 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 McElvy
 Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 2:58 PM
 To: mikro...@mail.butchevans.com; wireless@wispa.org
 Subject: [WISPA] Winter connectivity issues

 I have 4 tower locations, only one seems to be having issues. Last
 week,
 then today I have a few customers on one tower having slow
connection
 issues. High ping times from less than 1 ms to 4-500ms with packet
 loss.
 The one complaining customer has a -56 @ client end and -60 @ AP.
The
 common denominator is weather, it is currently about 10 deg F and we
 had
 some, not a lot of freezing rain last night.

 This tower is running a RB 433 w/ XR2 and HPol omni. New in spring
 due
 to lightning storm. The only time I experienced issues last year was
 with heavy icing.



 Any thought? Would you think it's the ice or maybe freezing moisture
 in
 the enclosure?



 Mark in South central Missouri







 
 
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Re: [WISPA] Tool to find out if you might have whitespacesspectrumavailable in your area.

2008-10-28 Thread Mark McElvy
Did that.

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.
573.729.9200 

-Original Message-
From: Jeff Broadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 20:38
To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tool to find out if you might have 
whitespacesspectrumavailable in your area.

You have to go in and check all or some of the channels. 

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Mark McElvy
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 3:01 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tool to find out if you might have white
spacesspectrumavailable in your area.

I guess I am missing something, no matter where I look I see no contour
lines.

Mark McElvy


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Brian Webster
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 9:28 PM
To: WISPA List
Cc: Stephen Coran
Subject: [WISPA] Tool to find out if you might have white spaces
spectrumavailable in your area.

Ok, so the static image maps I have been creating do not show an accurate
picture channel by channel of the available white space spectrum. I decided
that I would create a tool that all WISP's could use right now and get a
good idea of how their own markets may be affected by white space spectrum
being released. I used my GIS tools to create data layers channel by
channel. From that I exported the results to a Google Earth file. (It's a
large one, sorry the file size is large for list distribution, I compressed
it as much as possible)

Here is how you can use this. Open the file in Google Earth and you will see
the folders specified by TV channel number. Zoom to your area of interest.
Click on a channel and see if any contours show up in you desired coverage
area. If they don't great, but you still need to check adjacent channels.
You would do this by checking the boxes for the channel above and below the
one you want to use. If no contours from those channels touch your desired
area, you have a clean channel for potential use. This will all depend of
course on how the final FCC rules are developed.

DISCLAIMERS

This mapping data was current as of 7-28-08 and only shows what I could best
determine as digital channels. This is my best guess as to what will be on
the air after the February 2009 cutover date and is by no means the final
word. Things could change between now and then and some of these contours
could change. This also does not show any current analog stations. There are
some provisions for low power and translator stations to stay on the air in
analog form and/or move channels after the cutover. This is pretty accurate
but I'm not a Broadcast industry expert. Some of the digital stations might
be temporary or for testing.
I haven't had the time to look in to all the codes from the FCC database to
weed that type of stuff out.

You can download a free version of Google Earth at http://earth.google.com


Thank You,
Brian Webster
www.wirelessmapping.com




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Re: [WISPA] Tool to find out if you might have white spaces spectrumavailable in your area.

2008-10-27 Thread Mark McElvy
I guess I am missing something, no matter where I look I see no contour
lines.

Mark McElvy


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Brian Webster
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 9:28 PM
To: WISPA List
Cc: Stephen Coran
Subject: [WISPA] Tool to find out if you might have white spaces
spectrumavailable in your area.

Ok, so the static image maps I have been creating do not show an
accurate picture channel by channel of the available white space
spectrum. I decided that I would create a tool that all WISP's could use
right now and get a good idea of how their own markets may be affected
by white space spectrum being released. I used my GIS tools to create
data layers channel by channel. From that I exported the results to a
Google Earth file. (It's a large one, sorry the file size is large for
list distribution, I compressed it as much as possible)

Here is how you can use this. Open the file in Google Earth and you will
see the folders specified by TV channel number. Zoom to your area of
interest.
Click on a channel and see if any contours show up in you desired
coverage area. If they don't great, but you still need to check adjacent
channels.
You would do this by checking the boxes for the channel above and below
the one you want to use. If no contours from those channels touch your
desired area, you have a clean channel for potential use. This will all
depend of course on how the final FCC rules are developed.

DISCLAIMERS

This mapping data was current as of 7-28-08 and only shows what I could
best determine as digital channels. This is my best guess as to what
will be on the air after the February 2009 cutover date and is by no
means the final word. Things could change between now and then and some
of these contours could change. This also does not show any current
analog stations. There are some provisions for low power and translator
stations to stay on the air in analog form and/or move channels after
the cutover. This is pretty accurate but I'm not a Broadcast industry
expert. Some of the digital stations might be temporary or for testing.
I haven't had the time to look in to all the codes from the FCC database
to weed that type of stuff out.

You can download a free version of Google Earth at
http://earth.google.com


Thank You,
Brian Webster
www.wirelessmapping.com



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Re: [WISPA] Spammers or not?

2008-10-22 Thread Mark McElvy
I sorry, but by your definition ALL email is spam if you did not
specifically ask for it. If I emailed you directly I would be spamming
you unless I called and asked first.

Mark


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Paul Dowling
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 2:10 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Spammers or not?

The definition of spam is an unsolicited e-mail.  Obviously we didn't
ask
you to sendus the request so it was an unsolicited e-mail.  Just because
you
politely ask to
send spam doesn't make it right.

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Butch Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:

 On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, Paul Dowling wrote:

 I was pissed when Butch Evans sent his spam from the list.  You
 click a link to unsubscribe, then they send you another e-mail to
 verify your unsubscription and you have to return the e-mail or
 click on a link.  Double opt-out?!?!?!  I just blocked his whole
 domain in our spam filter for the entire network.

 There was no spam sent.  In fact, the original message was intended
 to ask your permission to do so.  The unsubscribe is normal for a
 mailman list.  It is not double opt-out at all.  It is a
 confirmation message.  The reason I configured it that way was so
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[WISPA] reduced signals

2008-10-12 Thread Mark McElvy
I have a site running a MT BH and AP. The BH is a RB411/sr5/rootennae
and the AP is a RB433/XR2/9db omni w/ v3.10. This setup has been up and
running about 6 months. Last Tuesday we had thunder storms run through
and I woke uo tp a dead tower. Turned out that the BH power supply died,
great, easy fix. Get back to the office and realize not all customers
are reconnecting. The send and receive signals are down at least 15db.
Replaced radios with no change. Realized that we ended up with two glass
tube lightning arresters, one near antennae and the other next to radio.
Pulled the one near antennae and everything seemed back to normal.

 

Well Saturday morning I was checking things out and its back to the
reduced signals. I am at a loss as to what to do. Since Tuesday we have
had clear skys, cool temps at night and lots of dew.

 

 

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AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.






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[WISPA] Testing radio cards

2008-10-09 Thread Mark McElvy
Is there a good way to test how a radio card is performing? I have
several mini-PCI radios, XR2, CM-9, etc, that I need to determine if
they are performing to specification. They are in the office on the
bench.

 

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.






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[WISPA] OT - DSL Modem recomendation

2008-08-12 Thread Mark McElvy
Just wondering if there are others doing DSL along with their  wireless?
Would like a product recommendation and source.

 

Thanks

 

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Re: [WISPA] OT - DSL Modem recomendation

2008-08-12 Thread Mark McElvy
Well actually was referring to a DSL modem recommendation...

Mark McElvy
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Yes.
We use IAKNO wholesale DSL. They have been great.

 
 
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Just wondering if there are others doing DSL along with their  wireless?
Would like a product recommendation and source.

 

Thanks

 

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Re: [WISPA] OT - DSL Modem recomendation

2008-08-12 Thread Mark McElvy
End user DSL modem recommendation.

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.


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Just modems or dslams?

Randy


Mark McElvy wrote:
 Well actually was referring to a DSL modem recommendation...

 Mark McElvy
 AccuBak Data Systems, Inc. 


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 Yes.
 We use IAKNO wholesale DSL. They have been great.

  
  
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 Just wondering if there are others doing DSL along with their
wireless?
 Would like a product recommendation and source.

  

 Thanks

  

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Re: [WISPA] OT - DSL Modem recomendation

2008-08-12 Thread Mark McElvy
Well we are looking at wholesaling through Socket. We are mainly in
Embarq territory. I there a better way to go?

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.


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Mark McElvy wrote:
 End user DSL modem recommendation.
   

Hmmm.. What are you using as your DSLAM? Generally you want to pair a 
similar brand. Can you tell us a bit more about your service and 
architecture?
DSL is ridiculously complex. I have been researching it extensively and 
ATM alone is enough to make one swear off networking and use smoke 
signals. :)


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[WISPA] Weird signal levels

2008-07-26 Thread Mark McElvy
We had another electrical storm last night. One of my AP's is acting
weird. It is still running but the receive signals are up in the high
80's and low 90's now instead of 60's and 70's. They are also kinda
bouncing 20db. I am on this tower at my house and could not connect last
night or this morning but now I am at my office and see that my radio at
home has connected. 

 

I at first thought the lightening deafened my radio but I am kinda
thinkin moisture now. Thoughts?

 

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Re: [WISPA] Weird signal levels

2008-07-26 Thread Mark McElvy
But why would it be getting better?

Mark McElvy
AccuBak Data Systems, Inc.

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The radio is blown due to static electricity, at least that's my guess. 
Replace the AP (or just the radio card depending on what your AP is) and

it should be fixed.

Travis
Microserv

Mark McElvy wrote:
 We had another electrical storm last night. One of my AP's is acting
 weird. It is still running but the receive signals are up in the high
 80's and low 90's now instead of 60's and 70's. They are also kinda
 bouncing 20db. I am on this tower at my house and could not connect
last
 night or this morning but now I am at my office and see that my radio
at
 home has connected. 

  

 I at first thought the lightening deafened my radio but I am kinda
 thinkin moisture now. Thoughts?

  

 Mark McElvy
 AccuBak Data Systems, Inc. 






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[WISPA] Gotta love lighting....

2008-06-28 Thread Mark McElvy
I have lost three towers in the last two days. I got one back this
morning and may be able to get a second up this afternoon if it will
quit raining. The third tower I need some equipment for. I am in central
Missouri, near Rolla, and need RB532 or equivalent, an XR2, and a
Tranzeo TR5a-24.  If anyone can help that is close by, 4to 5 hr drive,
please call. 

 

Mark McElvy
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573.247.9980 - Mobile
 




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Re: [WISPA] FW: [WISP] Internet Monitor - new release posted

2008-06-22 Thread Mark McElvy
When run on Vista, it does not pick up the default gateway and under
Vista and XP Pro it does not pickup the Subnet mask.

Mark 


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Just a quick note:  I posted a new release of the Internet Monitor
software
today. (v. 1.0.0.17)

It's available at http://www.wispadvantage.com/html/custom_software.html

 

I addressed a few bugs and improved the stability of the speed test
features
in this release.  I also made significant changes to the email-report
mechanism.  It now generates a nice XML file when sending the test
results
back to the ISP.

 

I'm getting close to having an automated method for checking-for and
downloading-updates, but without more testing, I'm not ready to deploy
that
code quite yet.  Hopefully I'll have it within the next week.

 

Regards,

Larry Yunker

Network Consultant

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Re: [WISPA] FW: [WISP] Internet Monitor - new release posted

2008-06-22 Thread Mark McElvy
The Vista machine has two physical, Wireless and wired, XP just one. On
both the sm is 0.0.0.0 and on Vista the gateway shows the same.

Mark 


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Two questions:

1) How many network interfaces do you have running on your Vista and
your XP
Pro machines respectively
2) What does the software display for the default gateway and Subnet
mask?

Thanks,
Larry


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When run on Vista, it does not pick up the default gateway and under
Vista and XP Pro it does not pickup the Subnet mask.

Mark 


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Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 4:03 PM
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Subject: [WISPA] FW: [WISP] Internet Monitor - new release posted

Just a quick note:  I posted a new release of the Internet Monitor
software
today. (v. 1.0.0.17)

It's available at http://www.wispadvantage.com/html/custom_software.html

 

I addressed a few bugs and improved the stability of the speed test
features
in this release.  I also made significant changes to the email-report
mechanism.  It now generates a nice XML file when sending the test
results
back to the ISP.

 

I'm getting close to having an automated method for checking-for and
downloading-updates, but without more testing, I'm not ready to deploy
that
code quite yet.  Hopefully I'll have it within the next week.

 

Regards,

Larry Yunker

Network Consultant

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

 





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