Re: [WISPA] State Resources Page

2010-08-20 Thread Charles N Wyble
I'll be happy to take Southern California. Not currently a WISPA member, but hope to become one very soon. I've been able to have a fairly healthy discussion with small groups of people from the public list. Jack Unger lives not too far from me. Please let me know how I can assist. Rick

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Grounding

2010-08-20 Thread Blair Davis
Beldon 1300A cat5 cable and shielded connectors will solve 95% of UBNT static and lighting problems... RC wrote: got some feelers out on the forums.. I'll let you know. RC chris cooper wrote: We've had numerous storms here over the past couple of weeks. We have

Re: [WISPA] State Resources Page

2010-08-20 Thread Charles N Wyble
Sorry. That was supposed to be off list. :( WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List:

Re: [WISPA] [Motorola II] Broadband work with Indian Reservation

2010-08-20 Thread Blair Davis
I can't help with the politics, but based on experience, cash only... Sam Tetherow wrote: Rather than kill the thread, can we drag it back on topic, kicking and screaming if we have to. It appears that we have a group of people that are trying to put together some action that will bring

[WISPA] Trango Link 45 P5055m-EXT-US for sale

2010-08-20 Thread Cameron Kilton
I have two outdoor radios (no poe) for sale. Make an offer. -- Thanks, Cameron Kilton Project Manager Midcoast Internet Solutions http://www.midcoast.com c...@midcoast.com (207) 594-8277 x 108 WISPA Wants You!

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Grounding

2010-08-20 Thread Steve Barnes
What tool do you use to do this quickly and properly at the top of a 30Ft TV tower. Steve Barnes General Manager PCS-WINhttp://www.pcswin.com/ RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Servicehttp://www.rcwifi.com/ From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Robert West

[WISPA] Tower site thefts

2010-08-20 Thread Blake Bowers
http://www.wirelessestimator.com/breaking_news.cfm#Generator Don't take your organs to heaven, heaven knows we need them down here! Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today. WISPA Wants You! Join today!

[WISPA] More WISPA State Facilitator/Coordinators Needed

2010-08-20 Thread Rick Harnish
As we seek to develop a better State presence with regards to building relationships with State and Local governments, explore peering opportunities with neighboring WISPs, discussing State legislation and other State-centric opportunities and concerns, WISPA is looking for volunteers to assist in

[WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread Justin Wilson
I know a good majority of you deal with the annoyance of waiting on Windows to timeout when there is no DHCP server. Anyone found a fix for this? Registry setting? Very annoying waiting on windows to timeout DHCP when you know it will not get one. Sure a static IP shortens this time, but

[WISPA] Ethernet to Fiber Adapters

2010-08-20 Thread Scott Reed
I have a tower that it looks like the only option is to run fiber to the RB433 as there is an FM repeater station just below us. All my RBs are running at 24VDC. What Ethernet to Fiber adapters are folks using that run on 24VDC? -- Scott Reed Sr. Systems Engineer GAB Midwest 1-800-363-1544

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread Mark Dueck
LOL. if you have a Deliberant radio you might want to look into increasing it to 5 minutes because that's how long they take to boot up. I tried looking into it a while ago, but did not find anything that easily. Had to tell my customers to wait 5 minutes to startup the computer once they

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread Justin Wilson
I just get sick of configuring units, such as mikrotik, and switching devices and then having to wait until DHCP times out. Pretty annoying when you have 50 Mikrotik boards to configure. Takes longer for me to wait on DHCP than to drop the config file on it. -- Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread Philip Dorr
Put a static IP on the computer and access the Mikroik devices via MAC On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Justin Wilson li...@mtin.net wrote:    I just get sick of configuring units, such as mikrotik, and switching devices and then having to wait until DHCP times out.  Pretty annoying when you

Re: [WISPA] Tower site thefts

2010-08-20 Thread RickG
They should be hung from the highest..tower! On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Blake Bowers bbow...@mozarks.com wrote: http://www.wirelessestimator.com/breaking_news.cfm#Generator Don't take your organs to heaven, heaven knows we need them down here! Be an organ donor, sign your donor card

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread Steve Barnes
Look for a program called Net Profile Switch. Helps you go from static to dynamic in seconds. Steve Barnes RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Philip Dorr Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread RickG
Disable the ethernet port until its configured, then re-enable it. On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Justin Wilson li...@mtin.net wrote: I just get sick of configuring units, such as mikrotik, and switching devices and then having to wait until DHCP times out. Pretty annoying when you

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread Justin Wilson
Upgrading firmware and other such things can be quite unreliable over mac winbox. It¹s just not Mikrotik though. Have other vendors I have to wait until DHCP times out. As I mentioned in the original post a static IP is an option, but still annoying. If there is a way to shorten the DHCP

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread Scott Reed
That doesn't allow me to use the DHCP function after I get the device configured. I think Justin and I are looking for the same thing. I want to leave the laptop on DHCP and have it time out in 10 seconds instead of minutes. If the device isn't ready until 15 seconds, it is still faster to

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread Mark Dueck
Title: Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7 I've been running openSuse on my laptop for 2 years now. Very simple NIC config straight from command line. And if you have plugged and unplugged your cable a few times, the Network manager stops trying to get an IP address. All I do is: up

Re: [WISPA] Tower site thefts

2010-08-20 Thread Blake Bowers
These guys are alleged to have ripped out AC units, and copper wire at many of the sites in question. Isn't alleged a cute word, it means they did it but to keep the attorneys at bay we use it Don't take your organs to heaven, heaven knows we need them down here! Be an organ donor, sign your

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread Scott Reed
Except a bunch of equipment we configure only has Windows-based configuration programs. And I have never had great success with WINE, etc. Mark Dueck wrote: I've been running openSuse on my laptop for 2 years now. Very simple NIC config straight from command line. And if you have plugged and

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread Greg Ihnen
I'm not sure if this is what you're talking about but I always set my DHCP server to hand out DHCP for 5 minutes. That way if I want to reconfigure the network I can make a change and in a few minutes everything is switched over. IT's also handy to see what clients are currently online, I just

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread Justin Wilson
All fine and dandy but if you are plugged into a standalone device runnign a DHCP server does you no good. How many times has everyone been at a tower site wanting to go home only to have to wait 1-2 minutes until DHCP times out? Then if you have to reboot the device or something. 3 reboots

Re: [WISPA] More BTOP/BIP

2010-08-20 Thread Matt Jenkins
Where does Bip/Btop post these awards? On 08/17/2010 06:51 PM, Charles Wu (CTI) wrote: Word on the street is that there are a few more award announcements coming out tomorrow… -Charles WISPA Wants You!

Re: [WISPA] More BTOP/BIP

2010-08-20 Thread Justin Wilson
Here are some more recent ones (Aug18) http://www.mtin.net/blog/2010/08/18/vice-president-biden-announces-recovery- act-investments-in-broadband-projects-to-bring-jobs-economic-opportunity-to- communities-nationwide-the-white-house/ -- Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net http://www.mtin.net/blog ­ xISP

[WISPA] Franken goes ballistic on Verizon, Google, Comcast, and NBCU

2010-08-20 Thread Cliff LeBoeuf
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/08/sen-franken-and-fcc-blast-ve rizongoogle-nn-proposal.ars WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread Jonathan Schmidt
Isn't Windows IPCONFIG with its options fast and flexible enough? . . . j o n a t h a n From: Justin Wilson li...@mtin.net To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 1:37:37 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7 All fine and dandy but if you

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread John Valenti
Justin, I don't quite understand what you are trying to do, so I can't offer suggestions. Can you elaborate? (I use a Mac generally, and have that configured with several profiles. But sometimes I use Windows, I know that supports profiles but I've never bothered setting them up.) On Aug 20,

Re: [WISPA] More BTOP/BIP

2010-08-20 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 8/20/2010 02:49 PM, you wrote: Where does Bip/Btop post these awards? http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/20100818_Broadband_Awards.pdf The BIP money mostly went to ILECs, it seems. Windstream cleaned up again. I see one WISP there (Wave Wireless). And a bunch of

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread Josh Luthman
I use a netsh batch script to set a static ip (options 1 to 8) or dhcp (option 9). If you want it let me know. Works on XP and 7 for sure. Nice how on 7 the IP change is instant. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Aug 20,

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread Justin Wilson
The whole thing is windows takes so long if there is no DHCP server available. For example, plug into a fresh Mikrotik with no configuration. How long does Windows take to time out if it is set to DHCP? I have timed this at 1.5 minutes. My mac only takes 17 seconds to say ³hey there is no

Re: [WISPA] Tower site thefts

2010-08-20 Thread Jeromie Reeves
That, and there is no proof that they ARE the ones responsible for doing it, as yet reported. Likely, since one or both of them seam loose lipped, they will confess to at least some of the sites in question. They were only caught at one site after all. On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Blake

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread Data Technology
Justin, I know exactly why you are asking about this. I have been aggravated by this myself. It's never a issue unless you are in a hurry and then it's like it never times out. You would think there would be a registry setting but I have googled this and lots of people ask about this but

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread Josh Luthman
I know mine doesn't take nearly 1.5 minutes or at least it doesn't take that long before I can get to Winbox. I think it waits about 30s and then sets a 169.254.x.x. While it is searching for a DHCP lease, I can look at Winbox which will fail when it sets that 169.254.x.x. Josh Luthman Office:

[WISPA] Single Mode Fiber to Multimode Fiber Convertor?

2010-08-20 Thread can...@believewireless.net
Is there a simple solution to convert single mode to multimode? We have a location where the customer required their contract put in the conduit and pull their own cables. Well, they installed and ran 650ft of single mode even though we explicitly said multimode. This is for a Bridgewave

Re: [WISPA] Single Mode Fiber to Multimode Fiber Convertor?

2010-08-20 Thread Josh Luthman
Try asking Jenne for a media converter that fits? https://www.jenne.com/Default.aspx Or Tessco? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 4:47 PM, can...@believewireless.net p...@believewireless.net wrote: Is there

Re: [WISPA] Franken goes ballistic on Verizon, Google, Comcast, and NBCU

2010-08-20 Thread Jeff Broadwick - List
I miss the days when he was funny on SNL... _ From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Cliff LeBoeuf Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 3:14 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Franken goes ballistic on Verizon, Google, Comcast, and NBCU

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread Jeromie Reeves
When I used Windows, a program called tftpd32 was a life saver. Does tftp (for router flashing) does syslog (for log testing) and dhcp (to your self!) so you can avoid having to wait. a quick cmd -- ipconfig /release cr ipconfig /renew and you have what ever IP you need. Once I went full Gentoo,

Re: [WISPA] Franken goes ballistic on Verizon, Google, Comcast, and NBCU

2010-08-20 Thread St. Louis Broadband
He was great last night in the in the live web stream from theuptake! Did a lot of tweeting. ~V~ From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Broadwick - List Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 4:13 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA]

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread John Valenti
Justin, I would think you would want to have it setup to just switch quickly to a static address via profile or script or something. But perhaps another solution would be to use a switch or hub? If your windows computer is plugged into that (rather than directly into a radio), it will keep

[WISPA] No More RUS Satellite Funding

2010-08-20 Thread St. Louis Broadband
RUS has completed their funding of satellite projects. http://www.telecompetitor.com/no-more-broadband-satellite-stimulus-funding/ Victoria Proffer - President/CEO www.ShowMeBroadband.com www.StLouisBroadband.com 314-974-5600

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread Josh Luthman
I hit start, down, 1-8, enter and I'm ready to go in 5 seconds. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 5:37 PM, John Valenti vale...@lir.msu.edu wrote: Justin, I would think you would want to have it setup to

Re: [WISPA] Franken goes ballistic on Verizon, Google, Comcast, and NBCU

2010-08-20 Thread Tom DeReggi
Franken goes ballistic on Verizon, Google, Comcast, and NBCUThe problem I have with this arcticle's speaker's comments is. the SPIN SPIN SPIN. all coporations care about is the bottom line a dodge to avoid providing common carrier protections to consumers. The spin is Pretending

Re: [WISPA] More BTOP/BIP

2010-08-20 Thread RickG
Is this free money or loans? On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Fred Goldstein fgoldst...@ionary.comwrote: At 8/20/2010 02:49 PM, you wrote: Where does Bip/Btop post these awards? http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/20100818_Broadband_Awards.pdf The BIP money mostly

Re: [WISPA] Tower site thefts

2010-08-20 Thread RickG
Security cameras are one of the greatest inventions in recent times. I havent looked lately but I assume like other electronics, the costs are getting lower lower. Who makes a decent DVR/Cam combo these days? I've got some towers to secure :) On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Jeromie Reeves

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread RickG
I used to use net profile but grew tired of the time it takes for windoze to switch. I can just type it in faster. Another thing to do is just leave the ethernet port unplugged until its configured. Once programmed it wont wait for dhcp. On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Steve Barnes

Re: [WISPA] Tower site thefts

2010-08-20 Thread Justin Wilson
Heck even Menards and lowes sell an IP addressable DVR/Camera combo for around $400. -- Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net http://www.mtin.net/blog ­ xISP News http://www.twitter.com/j2sw ­ Follow me on Twitter Wisp Consulting ­ Tower Climbing ­ Network Support From: RickG rgunder...@gmail.com

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread RickG
I did that once with a bunch or tranzeos. Works good. of course, having a switch up on a tower isnt practical. I'm sure there must be a registry entry for the dhcp timeout on windoze somewhere? On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 5:37 PM, John Valenti vale...@lir.msu.edu wrote: Justin, I would think you

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread Mike
Try using a batch file and NETSH commands: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en- us/netsh_dhcp_example.mspx?mfr=true Mike Gilchrist Disruptive Technologist Advanced Wireless Express P.O. Box 255 Toledo, IA 52342 Mike's

Re: [WISPA] More BTOP/BIP

2010-08-20 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 8/20/2010 10:04 PM, you wrote: Is this free money or loans? I think it's all grants. The funny thing is that the RUS BIP grants were basically only given to existing RUS lendees. So they won't be asking Windstream et al to repay these. Of course the repayment doesn't come from them --

Re: [WISPA] Tower site thefts

2010-08-20 Thread Ralph
This is right next to one of our sites. Glad they caught them! Subject: [WISPA] Tower site thefts http://www.wirelessestimator.com/breaking_news.cfm#Generator WISPA Wants You! Join today!

Re: [WISPA] Changign DHCP timeout XP/WIn7

2010-08-20 Thread Josh Luthman
Keep in mind I have one to share if you want. On Aug 20, 2010 10:50 PM, Mike m...@aweiowa.com wrote: Try using a batch file and NETSH commands: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/netsh_dhcp_example.mspx?mfr=true Mike Gilchrist Disruptive

Re: [WISPA] Franken goes ballistic on Verizon, Google, Comcast, and NBCU

2010-08-20 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 8/20/2010 09:39 PM, Tom DeReggi wrote: ... Another great line from Copps (I like Copps): I suppose you can't blame companies for seeking to protect their own interests, the Commissioner concluded. But you can blame policy makers if we let them get away with it. This is the standard

Re: [WISPA] Tower site thefts

2010-08-20 Thread Jeromie Reeves
There are good $75 ethernet cameras. Use a linux PC for the DVR/Face Rec/Alerts On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Ralph ralphli...@bsrg.org wrote: This is right next to one of our sites. Glad they caught them! Subject: [WISPA] Tower site thefts

Re: [WISPA] Tower site thefts

2010-08-20 Thread RickG
In that case, what do you use for the DVR software? On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Jeromie Reeves jree...@18-30chat.netwrote: There are good $75 ethernet cameras. Use a linux PC for the DVR/Face Rec/Alerts On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Ralph ralphli...@bsrg.org wrote: This is right

Re: [WISPA] Tower site thefts

2010-08-20 Thread Josh Luthman
Probably FTP still images? On Aug 20, 2010 11:54 PM, RickG rgunder...@gmail.com wrote: In that case, what do you use for the DVR software? On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Jeromie Reeves jree...@18-30chat.net wrote: There are good...

Re: [WISPA] Tower site thefts

2010-08-20 Thread Jeromie Reeves
most of them have a a automatic FTP upload or other streaming feature. VLC on the backend works as do a few other options On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 8:49 PM, RickG rgunder...@gmail.com wrote: In that case, what do you use for the DVR software? On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Jeromie Reeves

Re: [WISPA] Tower site thefts

2010-08-20 Thread Jason Bailey
$50 dollar fence charger? tsc,here we come! --- On Fri, 8/20/10, Jeromie Reeves jree...@18-30chat.net wrote: From: Jeromie Reeves jree...@18-30chat.net Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tower site thefts To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Date: Friday, August 20, 2010, 11:55 PM most of them have a

Re: [WISPA] Tower site thefts

2010-08-20 Thread Blake Bowers
LOL... One can usually surmise pretty well when they are caught with the generators from 3 other sites, complete with serial numbers. Of course I guess someone could have slipped those monster units onto their trailer without them knowing about it. I say it again, alleged is just a nicety.

Re: [WISPA] Tower site thefts

2010-08-20 Thread Jeromie Reeves
Now see, you are not playing fair. The article in the link does not say that. For what you have said to be true, you must have other articles on the subject. On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Blake Bowers bbow...@mozarks.com wrote: LOL... One can usually surmise pretty well when they are