Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-06 Thread Randy Cosby
Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) Actually, their new M series has 5.4 GHz certification. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: jp j...@saucer.midcoast.com Sent: Friday, October 02

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-05 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
, 2009 9:15 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) I think you guys know most of this already, but here is my take FWIW. I'm not a WISP, but I spent 5 years leading the design and development of an 802.11[agb] security system. We did our own polling solution based on 802.11e HCCA

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-05 Thread Jayson Baker
To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 9:15 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) I think you guys know most of this already, but here is my take FWIW. I'm not a WISP, but I spent 5 years leading the design and development of an 802.11[agb] security

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-05 Thread Robert West
to think of the other guy down the line, it might even be you. Bob- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 11:05 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-05 Thread Mike Hammett
, October 05, 2009 10:16 AM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) Agreed. We turn down power levels on a lot of things--for that reason. i.e. we have a handful of customers that could spit and hit our tower. Their OP is down as low as it'll go (5dB

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-05 Thread Jayson Baker
Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: Jayson Baker jay...@spectrasurf.com Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 10:16 AM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) Agreed. We turn down power levels

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-05 Thread John Thomas
Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 8:42 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) Actually, their new M

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-04 Thread Scottie Arnett
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Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-04 Thread Gino Villarini
[mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jack Unger Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 1:40 AM To: sarn...@info-ed.com; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) Yep it's too bad that many wireless ISPs have no interest in learning about wireless. Scottie Arnett wrote

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-04 Thread Mike
At 11:15 PM 10/3/2009, Lawrence wrote: ... All things being equal (which they often aren't) 802.11b will give you a higher S/N and C/I than 802.11g, because in almost all cases and especially at higher speeds. 802.11g has to lower the PA power because of the PAPR of OFDM and meeting the 802.11g

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-04 Thread Brian Webster
th issue so we raised our test AP up a little higher than the other one. As I said, the test AP seems to be better, but next to it on top of the tower we can get around 8 or 9 meg down (locked into G mode), but at the CPE's we're still barely gett

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-04 Thread D. Ryan Spott
: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless- boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jack Unger Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 1:40 AM To: sarn...@info-ed.com; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) Yep it's too bad that many wireless ISPs have no interest in learning about

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-04 Thread Jerry Richardson
Google has been a great solution to my ignorance. It's like downlading from the Matrix :-) From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Brian Webster Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 7:29 AM To: sarn...@info-ed.com; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-04 Thread Butch Evans
On Sun, 2009-10-04 at 02:31 -0500, Scottie Arnett wrote: Ok Jack, I have to admit, I have not read your book, but if it reads like this discussion, I have no desire too, unless you 1. either state that your book is for the advanced wireless subjects, or 2. Thoroughly describe your acronyms.

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-04 Thread Rick Harnish
and collaborating with others who have similar interests and challenges. Respectfully, Rick Harnish -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Scottie Arnett Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 3:32 AM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-04 Thread RickG
Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Scottie Arnett Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 3:32 AM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) Ok Jack, I have to admit, I have not read your book, but if it reads like

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-04 Thread Scottie Arnett
: Sunday, October 04, 2009 3:32 AM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) Ok Jack, I have to admit, I have not read your book, but if it reads like this discussion, I have no desire too, unless you 1. either state that your book is for the advanced wireless subjects

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread jp
787.273.4145 -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 8:42 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) Actually, their new M series has 5.4 GHz certification

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
25 subs on this one. LOTS of other 2.4 in the area. marlon - Original Message - From: Jason Hensley ja...@jaggartech.com To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 7:58 AM Subject: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) In 2.4 land, if you have a lot of noise

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread Randy Cosby
...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 8:42 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) Actually, their new M series has 5.4 GHz certification. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread Matt Larsen - Lists
. About 25 subs on this one. LOTS of other 2.4 in the area. marlon - Original Message - From: Jason Hensley ja...@jaggartech.com To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 7:58 AM Subject: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) In 2.4 land, if you have

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread RickG
: Jason Hensley ja...@jaggartech.com To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 7:58 AM Subject: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) In 2.4 land, if you have a lot of noise, which protocol is better - B or G? Is it better to run an AP as locked into one mode

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread Rubens Kuhl
Hammett Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 8:42 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) Actually, their new M series has 5.4 GHz certification. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread Gino Villarini
-Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Rubens Kuhl Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 7:15 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) Curious note: Ubiquiti Nanostation 5 is 5.4 GHz certified in .br, which has similar

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread Mike Hammett
-- From: jp j...@saucer.midcoast.com Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 2:42 PM To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 11:08:02PM -0400, David Hulsebus wrote: I have used 411 AP's with XR5 cards and NS5L's with good success in small

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread Lawrence E. Bakst
test AP has a 9db antenna compared to the 13db on the production AP. Other than that, they are identical as far as equipment goes. So, back to the subject question though, what's real-world experience with G-only mode in the field

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread Scottie Arnett
though, what's real-world experience with G-only mode in the field? WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread Jack Unger
st" AP has a 9db antenna compared to the 13db on the "production" AP. Other than that, they are identical as far as equipment goes. So, back to the subject question though, what's real-world experience with G-only mode in the field? --

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-02 Thread Travis Johnson
Wow... are we really going to start this _again_? I started in 1997 with WaveLan 900mhz ISA cards in DOS based 386 PC routers using Novell drivers to make a router box. We have used WaveLan, Solectek, Orinoco, CM3's, 3Com, Trango, Mikrotik and lately Canopy. I have built a network from 0

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-02 Thread Travis Johnson
Here was the original part of the message (that somehow got left off your reply): "For a very long time we got caught in the Canopy mentality "my Canopy is better than your any other vendor here" We finally opened our eyes, got jumped out of the gang, and are very happy we did. It seems a

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-02 Thread Mike
I built one of the very first Canopy networks back in 2002. Joe Schneider even sat at my desk and helped configure the first cluster. We even helped them iron out some problems with the early CMM. Ken Magro was near the top of my speed dial list. The only serious competition at the time was

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-02 Thread jp
On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 11:08:02PM -0400, David Hulsebus wrote: I have used 411 AP's with XR5 cards and NS5L's with good success in small subdivision projects. 1/2 to 1 mile using 5M channels running G, mostly horizontal. We lock the rates lower than 54 if we see any CCQ numbers

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-02 Thread Gino Villarini
, 2009 3:43 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 11:08:02PM -0400, David Hulsebus wrote: I have used 411 AP's with XR5 cards and NS5L's with good success in small subdivision projects. 1/2 to 1 mile using 5M channels running G, mostly

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-02 Thread Randy Cosby
[mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of jp Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 3:43 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 11:08:02PM -0400, David Hulsebus wrote: I have used 411 AP's with XR5 cards and NS5L's with good success in small

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-02 Thread Mike Hammett
@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 11:08:02PM -0400, David Hulsebus wrote: I have used 411 AP's with XR5 cards and NS5L's with good success in small subdivision projects. 1/2 to 1 mile using 5M channels running G, mostly horizontal. We lock the rates lower than

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-02 Thread Gino Villarini
: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) Actually, their new M series has 5.4 GHz certification. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: jp j...@saucer.midcoast.com Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 2:42 PM To: WISPA

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread jp
as equipment goes. So, back to the subject question though, what's real-world experience with G-only mode in the field? WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Mike
can. The new test AP has a 9db antenna compared to the 13db on the production AP. Other than that, they are identical as far as equipment goes. So, back to the subject question though, what's real-world experience with G-only mode in the field

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Josh Luthman
, what's real-world experience with G-only mode in the field? WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Mike
thoughts? We changed everything we can. The new test AP has a 9db antenna compared to the 13db on the production AP. Other than that, they are identical as far as equipment goes. So, back to the subject question though, what's real-world experience with G-only mode

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Mike
. Other than that, they are identical as far as equipment goes. So, back to the subject question though, what's real-world experience with G-only mode in the field

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Jason Hensley
we have up to see if it makes a difference on the couple of clients we have on there right now. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 11:47 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Steve Barnes
-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jason Hensley Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 1:26 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) Smaller channel sizes is one thing we haven't done yet, but we can'd do it permanently unless we swap out a few CPE's. Have a couple of older

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Jayson Baker
antenna compared to the 13db on the production AP. Other than that, they are identical as far as equipment goes. So, back to the subject question though, what's real-world experience with G-only mode in the field

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Ryan Spott
to the subject question though, what's real-world experience with G-only mode in the field? WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Jayson Baker
to the subject question though, what's real-world experience with G-only mode in the field? WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Mike
, what's real-world experience with G-only mode in the field? WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Jayson Baker
a 9db antenna compared to the 13db on the production AP. Other than that, they are identical as far as equipment goes. So, back to the subject question though, what's real-world experience with G-only mode in the field

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Mike
We get a capital fee up front that covers most of the equipment charges. It was harder a few years ago with $380.00 radios, but like most electronic stuff they keep getting better and cheaper. Soon they will just be giving them to us. :-) At 06:49 PM 10/1/2009, you wrote: Like I said, we

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread RickG
compared to the 13db on the production AP.  Other than that, they are identical as far as equipment goes. So, back to the subject question though, what's real-world experience with G-only mode in the field? WISPA

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Travis Johnson
equipment goes. So, back to the subject question though, what's real-world experience with

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Butch Evans
On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 19:47 -0600, Travis Johnson wrote: As soon as you can offer 7ms latency to 100 people off the same AP using WiFi based radios, please let me know. I will buy 200 AP's and 5,000 CPE. ;) That kind of density is NOT necessary for MANY WISPs. I know that is the cry that

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Tom Sharples
You'll see a dramatic improvement by upgrading from Wrap to Alix. Our net throughput easily doubled when we did that. Tom S. - Original Message - From: RickG rgunder...@gmail.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread David Hulsebus
though, what's real-world experience with G-only mode in the field? WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Jayson Baker
Yes, how childish. Don't ever talk bad about Canopy to a Canopy Operator. It'll get them all flustered and they start flaming. I find it pretty hilarious, really. I've come to surmise that the reason EVERY Canopy Operator gets so pissed off when you talk about anything non-Canopy is because

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Scottie Arnett
I agree. We first started as a Canopy 900 Mhz WISP. We have lots and I mean lots of hills around here. You normally can not go over 3 hundred feet without hitting a hill in your way. We started by using 900Mhz Canopy equipment. I will hear disputes from my partnerbut it is still the same.

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread RickG
General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) We've been running B mode since 2004. I dont lock the rates down but always shoot for 11Mbps. I like the idea of G mode but every time I try it, performance drops on the customer