[WISPA] computer service business

2010-12-28 Thread jp
. I'm looking for first hand information of people involved in buying/selling such companies regarding valuation methods, negotiated prices, etc... If you don't want to share on list, I'd be glad to correspond via my non-list email jp at midcoast dot net or I can call you if you write to my

Re: [WISPA] Free Press Floods the FCC With Net Neutrality Petitions

2010-12-16 Thread jp
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 11:56:11AM -0800, Charles N Wyble wrote: Let's get some data around this. How many WISPS here have tried to peer? With whom? On what terms? I know Akamai has traffic commits. Do the other players? Let's start some open dialog and as an industry leverage our collective

Re: [WISPA] Email Accounts

2010-12-15 Thread jp
We do our own email too with linux and just upgraded some stuff for the same and similar issues. Old box: amd64x2 or phenom9500 with postfix/amavisdnew/clamav/spamassassin spamd/spamc. New box: phenom 1075t, postfix/clamsmtp/clamav/spamassassin spamd/spamc/usermin. A new seagate enterprise

Re: [WISPA] OT, file recovery software

2010-12-06 Thread jp
A good reason for some people to still use film. Or at least such people should print the photos they want to keep. For most people's volume, they could realistically file away their memory cards after they are full without deleting photos for less money than film if they need the instant

Re: [WISPA] Question about beacon lights rules on a tower

2010-12-06 Thread jp
In our area, there are a good number of used towers installed. This could be a used tower that came from an area where it needed painting and lighting. Obviously lights are a lot easier to remove than paint. Many municipal towers are hand-me-down used towers from war surplus, all installed

Re: [WISPA] UBNT AUTO Channel

2010-11-11 Thread jp
Perhaps this feature is there to be tested for future 5.4 use. They've got DFS, now they are testing the auto channel selection, fcc is willing to do 5.4 certs again now, things are looking up and I hope UBNT takes advantage of it. On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 11:04:17PM -0500, Tom DeReggi wrote:

Re: [WISPA] Service contracts

2010-11-11 Thread jp
All the other service providers such as DSL and cable are looking to lock people into 2 year contracts as well. add to that cellular, but I don't really consider that a competitor, customers understand the similarities that there is a common need to get into a term agreement to have service.

Re: [WISPA] Full BGP on RouterOS

2010-11-02 Thread jp
We use MT BGP internally on our network; not full feeds. 1400 routes on one server. Works great for that; no reliability issues in every day operation. No problems with 12 month uptimes. I have seen some minor issues in 3.30 where if you remove a peer prior to disabling first, it can jam

Re: [WISPA] Grid dish material

2010-10-25 Thread jp
We've got some that I think are some sort of magnesium/alloy material. I haven't tried making one burn yet. Other than scrap, you can use them as extra rebar in small concrete projects. On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:58:55AM -0500, Mike Hammett wrote: A magnet has it narrowed down to aluminum or

Re: [WISPA] anyone know what this is about?

2010-10-21 Thread jp
http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2010/100610antonopoulos.html covers it with reasonable skill. Basically if this happens, illegal activity will be safely secure with illegal encryption (The cat is out of the bag with regard to quality encryption), and legal activity will be of unknown

Re: [WISPA] Just Released: UNLICENSED OPERATION IN THE TV BROADCAST BANDS/ADDITIONAL SPECTRUM FOR UNLICENSED DEVICES BELOW 900 MHZ AND IN THE 3 GHZ BAND

2010-09-24 Thread jp
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 04:04:38PM -0400, Fred Goldstein wrote: At 9/23/2010 03:43 PM, you wrote: Hmm... looks like we need to keep up the good fight: I know this is out of line with the WISPA consensus, but it seems to me that if there are more than 10 white space channels in a given area,

Re: [WISPA] WISPA Classified Ads

2010-09-20 Thread jp
Awesome; I thought it was just missing or broken before. On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 03:27:18PM -0400, Rick Harnish wrote: Thanks to Justin Wilson who helped format the WISPA Classified Ads page http://www.wispa.org/?page_id=2297 so that the content is now at the top. Respectfully,

Re: [WISPA] Tower Climb video

2010-09-17 Thread jp
Perhaps the guy is actually self employed. Still, I'd rather he used more safety. Apparently the video was pulled because he was afraid he'd get fewer future jobs from showing a lack of safety. On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:12:33AM -0400, Robert West wrote: So where in the OSHA regs does it say

Re: [WISPA] OT: Looking for Layer 3 Switch with BGP?

2010-09-10 Thread jp
On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 07:40:07PM -0400, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: Welcome to the Mid-range of traffic handling... There is nothing on the market place that is affordable that will do what you are looking for. Best thing you can do is deploy two devices.. a Gig Switch, pick your favorite

Re: [WISPA] Slightly OT - Mapping

2010-09-10 Thread jp
You'd be surprised what Google Earth can do. There are lots of websites and utilities for converting user information into kmz files for googleearth. Anything that can save to an image file (Jpeg, tif, png, etc..) or a PDF can be printed out with someone's large printer, so the software

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Providers

2010-09-02 Thread jp
On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 10:52:38AM -0400, Justin Wilson wrote: Most telcos figure 8 months or so is the time to start re-negotiating so I am surprised they did not want to start talking to you. We always start making inquiries around that time to see if we can get better pricing. This is

Re: [WISPA] Ethernet to Fiber Adapters

2010-08-23 Thread jp
Get a 24-12 or 24-5 volt dc-dc converter on ebay for it. http://stores.ebay.com/fiberopticforallwarehouse also has chassis' that work on 24v, though the individual converters probably use 12v. On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:27:00PM -0400, Scott Reed wrote: I have a tower that it looks like the

Re: [WISPA] Single radio or multiple radios in the same box?

2010-08-18 Thread jp
That UBTik looks pretty cool. Mikrotik rocks for a lot of things, but I don't trust their .N yet. For N I'll stick with Ubnt till I'm overwhelmed with reports of Mikrotik N greatness. On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 09:47:22AM -0400, Eric Rogers wrote: Why not use N radios? If you don't like UBNT

Re: [WISPA] Electrical Question.......

2010-08-13 Thread jp
I put 3 phase into my datacenter because I have a three phase generator and I knew eventually my load would be too big for a 1-phase generator and potentially too big for a 1-phase service. I know of no reason why it would handle lightning any differently. It has a neutral/ground just like

Re: [WISPA] Content Filtering

2010-08-11 Thread jp
Set setup a linux box with squid and dansguardian on it. Customers can use it at no cost by changing their proxy settings. Very reliable, almost no support required compared to installable software. Just another reason for some customers to keep service with us. On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at

Re: [WISPA] POE / Ethernet extenders

2010-08-09 Thread jp
If your fiber does not have a metal armor/messenger in it, you can run it with the 120v. You might consult an electrician, but I'd probably run the single mode fiber and 3 conductors of thwn electrical wire into a bundle, terminate the fiber for the top end, hoist it up, chop the bottom of the

Re: [WISPA] DOS attack

2010-08-03 Thread jp
If you use squirrelmail, add the restric_senders plugin. Stops the spammers quick by setting normal reasonable limits to the numbers of recipients per time period. They'll go elsewhere. On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 10:56:39PM -0700, Gary Garrett wrote: Lately I have had some Pfishers get passwords

Re: [WISPA] emerg. switch to NS2,5 for AP?

2010-08-03 Thread jp
Replace the Nanos with rocket/airmax sectors ASAP, or put mikrotiks back. You lose MASSIVE signal by using pigtails with the NS gear, thus the invention of the Bullets. I have used high quality 23dbi flatpanels with a NS5 once and it only got 1db better than the internal antenna; all due to

[WISPA] tree heights

2010-08-03 Thread jp
Wonder if this is potentially useful/accurate enough for our industry: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/07/21/nasa.tree.map/index.html -- /* Jason Philbrook | Midcoast Internet Solutions - Wireless and DSL KB1IOJ| Broadband Internet Access, Dialup, and Hosting

Re: [WISPA] Generators

2010-07-30 Thread jp
If you go propane/NG upsize quite a bit to have smooth power. Diesel's torque makes for smoother power output undering changing loads. Diesel can run full rated load of datacenter load. I went diesel (Cummins/Onan) for my datacenter. I put the generator inside to prevent winter fuel gelling,

Re: [WISPA] Overheating UPS?

2010-07-28 Thread jp
I've had the 2u rackmount APCs eventually get hot and overcharge the battery. They'd be quite warm with little or no load, and the batteries would bulge. This is in 72f datacenter. They last much shorter in 95 degree heat in my opinion. When it happens, we pull them out of service and use a

Re: [WISPA] Lightening protection

2010-07-28 Thread jp
Make sure the tower is grounded to the electrical system ground as well. Sort of like every house is grounded with a lightning rod, but uses the electrical system ground also. On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 09:18:04AM -0600, Mark Dueck wrote: I've been wanting to ask this question for a few days.

Re: [WISPA] Pole-mounted base stations

2010-07-20 Thread jp
I would check with the electric utility to see if they will do poles and for how much, sometimes it's reasonable. Local electricians will know who the inexpensive pole subcontractors are, as electricians often need poles installed in the course of installing their part of new electrical

[WISPA] interference from ships

2010-06-19 Thread jp
We've got a 700' drilling ship moored about a mile off our coast for a few days for repairs. http://www.stena-drilling.com/sub.asp?m=drillingp=stenaforth Since it came in, 900mhz within a couple miles of it has stopped working. We went out with the spectrum analyser after the Alvarion

Re: [WISPA] How the FCC Proposes the Regulate Broadband

2010-05-28 Thread jp
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 01:39:06PM -0600, Matt Larsen - Lists wrote: Tom, Thank you for asking your questions - I have some awesome answers for you. 1) Alaska. Alaska does indeed have an infrastructure problem. Alaska also receives an enormous amount of federal support already

Re: [WISPA] How the FCC Proposes the Regulate Broadband

2010-05-28 Thread jp
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 11:15:08AM -0400, Tom DeReggi wrote: I've always been pro-tax credit, based on my personal agenda. I think it incourages investment, not only helps reduce an ISP's tax burden. However, from my experience debating ARRA, I learned there can be some disadvantages of Tax

Re: [WISPA] Becoming a Wisp

2010-05-27 Thread jp
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 08:56:53AM -0700, finkle dinkle wrote: So, I've got space in a building in So. Cal with a lot of neighbors with crappy connections. In the beginning, I wanted to bring in a gig PTP from the datacenter 12 miles away... I'm not a salesman, I think with the bandwidth I

Re: [WISPA] How the FCC Proposes the Regulate Broadband

2010-05-27 Thread jp
On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 02:55:21AM -0700, MDK wrote: As long as there is money on the table - as long as any administration or agency or even Congress has the means to buy off resistance - there is no reliable massive block of resistance. As was pointed out in other emails, an alliance

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth

2010-05-26 Thread jp
There is no such thing as collisions now on ethernet/fiber as we use switches instead of hubs. Each link is full duplex and capable of handing 100% capacity. However if you basing utilization on 5 minute averages like MRTG, keep in mind that's a 5 minute average and you could be going from

Re: [WISPA] WISPA classifieds?

2010-05-18 Thread jp
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 09:44:38AM -0400, Tom DeReggi wrote: However, I argue there are few items that are not atleast worth their weitht in shipping. Many Liquidators would accept donated equipment. And EBAY has proven, that just about anything can be sold for a profit. One mans's trash is

Re: [WISPA] Looking for iput on 900MHz H-Pol Sector Choices. Not healthcare, taxes or government related.........

2010-04-30 Thread jp
MTI is the shizz for this. MTI will give much better coverage than a superpass, more than enough coverage to be worth the extra money. The MTI's radiating/listening pattern is pretty neat too, whereas the Superpass will be kinda like a lopsided omni. The pac-wireless hoz 900 sectors are

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL Users

2010-04-26 Thread jp
We've been using VL since it came out. I would also recommend the 5.5.26 firmware for vl 5.8ghz. We routinely install it on overlapping or adjacent channels on the same tower. (I.e. 5830 for a backhaul, 5820 for a sector 40 feet away). If you have revA gear, change it to rev C or better and

Re: [WISPA] Solar

2010-04-22 Thread jp
Two 75w panels would be about right for just the MT411. And you'd need a bigger charge controller. 150w/12v= 10A. On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 03:57:01PM +, Akinlolu Ajayi-Obe wrote: I have a repeater with one microtik 411, two motorolla canopy and one 1amp 12v switch. I want to run it

Re: [WISPA] Bizarre *Cold* front coming from the west

2010-04-22 Thread jp
Antenna icing mostly happens when things are real close to freezing. Like a wet cloud depositing moisture on cold antennas. When things are well below freezing, like most mountain the northeast for the whole winter, there is not much icing. We do get a little at the beginning and ending of

Re: [WISPA] Seagate 7200.11 Hard Drives

2010-04-20 Thread jp
Long time ago, I got burned bad buying IBM deathstar drives. IBM is a good conservative choice right? Seagate has long been the troublefree conservative choice. I still prefer seagate and consider them a somewhat safe bet, despite the race to zero quality in that industry. However, some of

Re: [WISPA] Internet for festival: Laptop/PDA signal strength?

2010-04-19 Thread jp
I would suggest checking with the organizers to see if they want basic/free/cheap or really nice with cost. They may have big dreams and will seek a way to make it happen in conjuction with you for reasonable money. I don't do free festivals or events. I give away enough every month to regular

Re: [WISPA] Switch recommendations

2010-04-19 Thread jp
procurve 2650 is exactly what you are asking for. On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 05:41:18PM -0500, Mike Hammett wrote: I had a Dell PowerConnect 3048 die on me today... I owned it for probably 6 years and only paid $150 for it. Recommendations for a reasonably priced managed 48 port switch?

Re: [WISPA] Friday Funnies

2010-04-16 Thread jp
I remember some of the old macs (open transport?) had an arrow that went up or down to indicate the status of the PPP connection. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:50:45PM -0700, Forbes Mercy wrote: The 80 year old dial up customer calls, he's running Windows 3.1 and regularly complains about speed,

Re: [WISPA] Experiences with State Broadband Mapping Agencies

2010-04-14 Thread jp
Maine has asked for it. I'll try to get some details privately emailed to you. On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 08:28:46AM -0400, Brian Webster wrote: To All; My contact at the NTIA has asked me to provide a list of the states who have been asking WISP's to provide a list of the

Re: [WISPA] monitoring product (was Re: Ubiquiti Beta 5.2.4 Released)

2010-04-12 Thread jp
I dont' graph temp/humidity at my towers. I do graph it for my detatched garage and datacenter though. (The most important locations) I have a little atom PC running centos, 1-wire temp/humidity sensor from www.hobby-boards.com, owfs, mrtg, apache. It also has rsync and a 2tb drive for offsite

Re: [WISPA] connected nation mapping data

2010-04-12 Thread jp
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 11:51:34AM -0600, Matt Larsen - Lists wrote: I was on a conference call with the State of Nebraska broadband mapping contractors and the Public Service Commission this morning and came away with a bad feeling. Based on the Form477 data, and the PSC's broadband

Re: [WISPA] email issues

2010-04-08 Thread jp
Many customers have shared their passwords with webmail phishers. (who want to use their webmail accounts). We have squirrelmail webmail for our users. We had a bunch of with people from nigeria entering into our customers' webmail accounts. We installed the restrict sender plugin from the

Re: [WISPA] Building Heights?

2010-03-30 Thread jp
Use the profiler on here: http://www.heywhatsthat.com/ The website author made it usable for wireless for us. He'll do custom sites that show only your tower locations too if you want. On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 04:42:27PM -0700, Forbes Mercy wrote: Wouldn't it be cool if when using Google Earth

Re: [WISPA] Building Heights?

2010-03-29 Thread jp
Tax assessing data 45 degree square and a tape measure on flat ground. 45 degree square, laser rangefinder, scientific calculator. On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 02:07:36PM -0400, Charles Hooper wrote: Hello, Does anyone know a reliable source/method of getting building heights? Something like

Re: [WISPA] FCC Enforcements

2010-03-12 Thread jp
The moto problem in San Juan was gear that was probably tampered with to operate outside it's intended band. That's what got them in trouble. If it were the right equipment for the job, the operator could have fixed it to play nicer. On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 03:25:45AM -0500, Blair Davis wrote:

Re: [WISPA] State Education Networks?

2010-03-12 Thread jp
We don't, but were involved in the most recent in Maine. Back quite a while ago, when the network was first built, the BELL LEC (I don't rember what name they went by that year), was fined $20 million for overcharging rate payers. Instead of paying the fine, they suggested the state should

Re: [WISPA] here it come$

2010-03-12 Thread jp
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 02:38:44PM -0500, Larry Yunker wrote: RANT Gee, now this (ESPN Live 360) won't make the Cable-Op internet providers have an unfair advantage over traditional ISPs! You have to imagine that the cable-op's are negotiating this internet service into their network

Re: [WISPA] DC Powered sites

2010-03-10 Thread jp
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:26:17AM -0600, Scott Piehn wrote: We a looking to setup a couple of our sites to run directly from DC power. AC comes in, convert to DC At this point, plan is to have a 24v setup of deep cycle batteries. Use a packetflux to monitor the battery voltage level Use

Re: [WISPA] Fw: [WISPA Approved Ad] Special offer from Propel Software for WISPAmembers

2010-03-08 Thread jp
You mean like Proxyconn? We used to use that, but stopped because they haven't made any new software for a long time as well. http://ziproxy.sourceforge.net/ is what we replaced it with. Basically ziproxy being the customer facing side of a squid server. Even speeds up 1mbps sort of

[WISPA] 477 data uses/sharing

2010-03-04 Thread jp
Some more insight into allowed uses and sharing for 477 data. -Jason - Forwarded message from Lindley, Phil phil.lind...@maine.gov - X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.0-rc1 (2009-12-22) on saucer.midcoast.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.8

Re: [WISPA] tower contracts

2010-03-03 Thread jp
On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 04:28:02PM -0800, Ryan Spott wrote: Well, the lawyer is not gonna like my advice.. How else does he get paid? :) I also like binding arbitration, of course, the one that files suit pays for the arbitration fees. Again, this forces people to 'figure it out' before they

Re: [WISPA] small generator with ATS

2010-03-02 Thread jp
We just ordered a GE 7KW from homedepot. #100661779 It comes with automatic transfer for $2239. No idea if it auto exercises; I'll find out soon enough. What's your actual load? For most of my tower sites, deep cycle batteries and tripplite APS are my solution. On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at

Re: [WISPA] small generator with ATS

2010-03-02 Thread jp
[mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of jp Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 10:01 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] small generator with ATS We just ordered a GE 7KW from homedepot. #100661779 It comes with automatic transfer for $2239. No idea if it auto exercises; I'll find out soon

Re: [WISPA] Data Site Consortium Threats?

2010-03-02 Thread jp
On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 10:46:58AM -0700, Jason Wallace wrote: Does anyone know anything about a company named Data Site Consortium? Someone named Debra Dupée is calling and asking for information about my company that has to do with the Federal Broadband Mapping Program I'm not aware of

Re: [WISPA] Private fiber deployments

2010-03-02 Thread jp
On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 10:27:45AM -0800, MDK wrote: I have a situation where a rural housing development (very rural, up in the mountains, far far from town, heavily wooded) is wanting broadband, and it seems to me that the best way would be to wire these guys up. I have 900 gear onsite,

Re: [WISPA] That black magic

2010-02-24 Thread jp
Columbus and Armstrong were busy using federal $, not running a business. On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 09:43:47AM -0600, Mike wrote: Josh said I agree with Jason, too. Just because you can does not mean you should. Columbus, or Neil Armstrong, or Edmund Hillary never said that! :-)

Re: [WISPA] That black magic

2010-02-23 Thread jp
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 08:55:31AM -0600, Mike wrote: I need to do a reality check with those of you familiar with knife edge diffraction as a propagation medium. First, I should paint the scene: I have a corporate farmer almost 16 miles away who is motivated. His options are satellite,

Re: [WISPA] FBI wants records kept of Web sites visited | Politics and Law - CNET News

2010-02-09 Thread jp
More burden (potentially unconstitutional) for us, and no lasting effect on crime. a VPN or p2p by the criminals would undermine the whole thing. Is the government trying to catch only the stupid criminals? They can hang out on craigslist for that, and won't need any new laws. It's amazing how

[WISPA] am tower proximity

2010-02-09 Thread jp
I am considering constructing a small tower site (for microwave ptp uses mostly) next to an AM radio tower. Like about 300' away. I know not to be on the tower itself. Am I likely to run into any issues with that sort of closeness to AM radio? It's a 1KW station based on current public

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Promo

2010-01-27 Thread jp
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 09:42:09AM -0600, Mike Hammett wrote: As Matt Larsen has been talking about, he built out 125 miles of backhaul to connect his network back to civilization. Others have even further to go. - Mike Hammett Looks like we'd have to go across three states to get

Re: [WISPA] Side Mount to Wooden Utility Pole?

2010-01-25 Thread jp
I'd first check for the stuff electricians mount buried entrance conduits to the pole with like used for the plastic conduit in this photo. http://www.f64.nu/gallery2007/view_photo.php?full=1set_albumName=album182id=DSC7495 We mounted a couple antennas to a pole using a pole-pipe mounting kit

[WISPA] telco cabinet in unserved area

2010-01-25 Thread jp
Roadside SLC/wiring cabinet. http://www.f64.nu/gallery2007/view_photo.php?full=1set_albumName=album182id=DSC7491 We're looking to do some wireless in the neighborhood here. Looks like the phone company has a tough time just keeping dialtone working here. Judging by the ducttape marks on the

Re: [WISPA] Spectrum Analyzer Recommendation?

2010-01-22 Thread jp
We've got an older HP (now agilent) spectrum analyzer that does up to 22ghz. Most people don't know how to use it. I had plenty of experience with O-scopes, and obtained a manual for it, so I'm comfortable with it. The average 25 year old geek would be lost after turning it on. We occasionally

Re: [WISPA] Spectrum Analyzer Recommendation?

2010-01-22 Thread jp
During high school and college, I had a nice summer job repairing and final testing some expensive government electronics. It used skills I already had, rather than anything from college. The people involved in building what I tested and fixed didn't have any electronics education. They knew

Re: [WISPA] stolen solar site

2010-01-18 Thread jp
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 08:50:47AM -0800, Marlon K. Schafer wrote: Deep sigh. I put up my first solar site 3 weeks ago. Today it's gone. $3,000 in hardware, poof. What do you guys do to secure them? Two of mine are on islands. You'd have to have a real nice boat to get to them. That

Re: [WISPA] Send MONEY Now!

2010-01-14 Thread jp
Done, and I'm not an easy pushover for donations. Haiti is our neighbor and to say they need help is an understatement. These helpful firsthand recommendations for aid wouldn't be possible without the Internet. Getting the money routed and people organized wouldn't be efficient without the

Re: [WISPA] Network Gigabit Switch Recommendations

2010-01-13 Thread jp
I'd go for HP procurve. Lifetime warranty to prove the cisco like quality. Excellent documentation. Free software upgrades for life. New/Used doesn't really matter. On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 09:24:06PM -0800, Scott Vander Dussen wrote: Need to upgrade several 10/100 switches to 10/100/100; I'm

Re: [WISPA] OT - Glad I Didn't Buy an iPhone

2010-01-08 Thread jp
I can make change by either math or the count to 100 method, but I'll stick up for the guy a little bit. After taking 5 calculus classes, differential equations, discrete mathematics, and algorithms, my ability to do simple addition and subtraction was permanently impaired. I studied CS

Re: [WISPA] StarOS Operator gets Stimulus Funding

2010-01-08 Thread jp
I think it's probably a case of the ISP wanting to get it feet wet and prove itself. The'll do it right, get some press, and apply for a bigger project in another round. On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 11:12:33PM -0500, Tom DeReggi wrote: Yes, that is a very good point. BUT... He can use the profit

Re: [WISPA] TrangoLink45 Link Problem

2010-01-08 Thread jp
There was one firmware version where the adaptive modulation didn't adapt back up properly. I'd also add making sure the firmware is up to date. On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 12:35:40PM -0500, Tom DeReggi wrote: Scott, You are doing the right thing targetting a -60 rssi. We design most of our

Re: [WISPA] Wimax gear

2010-01-05 Thread jp
On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 05:28:49PM -0600, Wallace Walcher wrote: Having built my WISP from scratch with my own resources and currently being debt free in my operations, I often wonder who the people are who so quickly classify Mikrotik and Ubiquity gear as trash. I am making a very good

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti ready for prime time?

2009-12-29 Thread jp
We've been using the pacw wideband dual pole 2' and 3' solid dishes. On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 01:13:26AM -0500, Scott Carullo wrote: What antenna of choice are you using for rockets jp? Scott Carullo Brevard Wireless 321-205-1100 x102 From: jp

Re: [WISPA] Wireless backhauls for Cell Carriers

2009-12-24 Thread jp
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 09:24:34PM -0500, Matt Liotta wrote: That doesn't seem inline with any of the RFPs. Generally speaking, the carriers that want TDM only want it for voice and generally don't require more than 5 T1s for voice. Almost all of the carriers now seek Ethernet for for

Re: [WISPA] Testing radios

2009-12-22 Thread jp
Your plan sounds good. We have a guy take the radios and a laptop up to the third floor of our building where we have LOS to multiple APs of ours of multiple technologies. He'll make them associate, evaluate signal levels, run some traffic over it, and if it's good, set it back to defaults.

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti ready for prime time?

2009-12-21 Thread jp
I would suggest trying it on a small project or two first. I've not been satisfied with the normal nanostation gear for urban/suburban use. The rocketm's have been great for ptp backhaul so far, despite some manual tweeking to override their software's distance ack shortcoming. On Sat, Dec 19,

Re: [WISPA] stimulus announcements thus far

2009-12-18 Thread jp
Working with GWI beats working with Fairpoint. They are a skilled and fair project leader. Any participant will have the same advantages provided by the project and could tap in at any splice point on the rings. I counter that it's not a monopoly if no provider can have more than 25% of it.

Re: [WISPA] stimulus announcements thus far

2009-12-17 Thread jp
It's a mix of miracles, talent, and deparation. Usually when the state government gets involved, Fairpoint (or whoever owns the phone company this week) manages to use their role in government to screw things up good. It's a miracle that didn't happen succesfully. The backers AND planners

Re: [WISPA] stimulus announcements thus far

2009-12-17 Thread jp
-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of jp Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 2:06 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] stimulus announcements thus far It's a mix of miracles, talent, and deparation

Re: [WISPA] Anyone have nanostation m5 in stock?

2009-12-11 Thread jp
We just got some rocket5m stock. We needed 2, but ordered 6 because we never know where/when more might be in stock. It's guys like us that cause inventory to fluctuate on the demand side. I do hope they improve in their supply. Until then, the gear is cheap enough that we'll continue to order

Re: [WISPA] Insurance....

2009-12-08 Thread jp
I run a Maine WISP, and we use the state government choice health insurance. We feel providing health insurance is an important benefit to attracting and retaining quality workers of all ages, especially young ones with families. I idealogically disfavor our states plan, but it saved us

Re: [WISPA] 5.8 Grids

2009-12-08 Thread jp
We've noticed 5.8 grids are far more affected by icing than 2.4 or 900. Ice buildup isn't different, just attenuation is. We stick to solid dishes or flat panels for 5.8. On Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 11:05:01AM -0500, Michael Baird wrote: I've been testing a few 5.8 grids for some p2p applications

Re: [WISPA] One long @#$% day!

2009-12-07 Thread jp
I don't think an rb14 can handle the power need of multiple XR cards. I'd suggest unless you have a good reason besides saving $100, either use routerboards or stick to manufactured radio systems from a reputable and reliable manufacturer. You pay more money or give up a little flexibility,

Re: [WISPA] health insurance

2009-12-05 Thread jp
Another option would be to split into two companies to keep them the right size. A installation subcontracting company that loses you money might be good for your taxes. On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 05:50:02PM -0700, Travis Johnson wrote: Hi, What are everyone else's plans if this new health

Re: [WISPA] Alvarion VL Access Control

2009-11-27 Thread jp
We use this for setting up VL radios, including speed. If you want to automate it, just use $1, $2 as command line variables instead of reading in answers from questions. Then you could include it in a loop that cycles through a database generated list. I wish more manufacturers actually knew

Re: [WISPA] RadWin 2000 5.8

2009-11-24 Thread jp
I haven't tried MT 4.x yet, but the other 3.x frequency scan only showed 802.11 stuff with the same channel size too. For a half way useful scan, you'd have to scan on 5,10,20,40 mhz channel sizes and compile the results yourself. They've traditionally been weak on spectrum analysis and noise

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-18 Thread jp
http://www.versatek.com/products/vxveb160r2.htm On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:06:37PM -0500, RickG wrote: Those old phone line units could only do 1Mbps. My question was: Can anyone show me reliable equipment that will do 100Mbps+ on cat 3? Not according to this:

Re: [WISPA] X86 low power board w/3 or more ethernet

2009-11-18 Thread jp
I've bought these to run routerOS very successfully: http://rackmountmart.stores.yahoo.net/newrmexshor1.html looks like they have a newer faster version too. I haven't tried this yet. http://rackmountmart.stores.yahoo.net/nermexsh1ura.html As you can see they are fanless and have a laptop style

Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5

2009-11-17 Thread jp
Cat3 == phone line phone line != Cat3 Phone wiring doesn't even have to make the scale of categories. A lot of the phone wiring is put in daisy chained with wire nuts, by electricians, homeowners, etc... On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 01:12:10PM -0800, Forbes Mercy wrote: We currently run a Cat5

[WISPA] example of needing middle mile

2009-11-13 Thread jp
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=295654ac=PHnws Bankrupt Fairpoint backbilling and threatening an ISP/CLEC because Fairpoint doesn't want to continue an interconnection agreement. It's a bit sensationalized (according to my conversation with the ISP in the story), but shows how

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

2009-11-13 Thread jp
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 09:17:58AM -0800, MDK wrote: I guess you could call me lucky in that I have access to darn good rates. I'm currently at $60/mbit and working to see if my provider will give me a break for doubling my commit. Continued business with you should be important. If you

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

2009-11-13 Thread jp
people probably don't have the same grief. We still reserve 900 as a last option, as it's slower and more expensive than line-of-sight options. -- From: jp j...@saucer.midcoast.com Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 9:32 AM To: WISPA General

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

2009-11-13 Thread jp
I think it's something about 2x2 rocketM that is better. The only bullets I really like are Wolf Match Target in .22LR; they are almost as hard find in stock in any quantity. This is a 13 mile link using dual polarity dishes, a 2' on one end, 3' on the other, going over water. One end has

Re: [WISPA] Small Managed Switches

2009-11-12 Thread jp
Some of their better managed switches do these things. Perhaps it's an incentive for people to who value those features to go upmarket a little. I do love their switches. I mostly buy used ones. I think the 26xx series can allow you to label ports. All the telnet/snmp manageable ones allow

Re: [WISPA] vlan tagging/trunking

2009-11-12 Thread jp
Yes. http://cdn.procurve.com/training/Manuals/2520-ATG-Nov09-S_14_03.pdf is a pretty good overview of vlan implementation. We use vlans to keep data separate on the same switch and reduce broadcasts, scope of mistakes, etc... A MT router might use VLANs to create separate interfaces (all over

Re: [WISPA] CPE - who buys it?

2009-11-09 Thread jp
We own the CPE radio in 95% of our installs and the router in probably 80%. Nobody wants finger pointing when things stop working. If we think it's the CPE causing an outage, we just replace it no questions asked, no fussing over who's fault it or coordinating amongst the customer and their

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