[WISPA] New employee quiz

2012-02-28 Thread Andy Trimmell
I know a few months back someone was very happy with their online quiz they had for new employees to take before interviewing them. They got it from another WISP and was looking for the same thing. Looking to hire someone else and need some kind of quiz to weed out the useless people for the job.

Re: [WISPA] SBA Towers

2012-02-28 Thread Andy Trimmell
I sent you offlist because of the abundance of negative comments I have about them. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Chris Gotstein Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 2:47 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] SBA

Re: [WISPA] SBA Towers

2012-02-28 Thread Chuck Hogg
I have towers with SBA and have had no issues with them. I think we are right below Nextel on a 300' self supporter and we pay about $400/mth for 2 omnis and a backhaul. I have 100+ customers on this site, so it's worth it. Regards, Chuck On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Chris Gotstein

Re: [WISPA] SBA Towers

2012-02-28 Thread Andy Trimmell
Was it SBA before or after you became a tenant? From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Hogg Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:17 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] SBA Towers I have towers with SBA and have had no issues with

Re: [WISPA] New employee quiz

2012-02-28 Thread Josh Luthman
Jay maybe? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Feb 28, 2012 9:15 AM, Andy Trimmell atrimm...@precisionds.com wrote: I know a few months back someone was very happy with their online quiz they had for new employees to take before

[WISPA] PPPoE and home router question

2012-02-28 Thread Phil Curnutt
We have recently started switching over to PPPoE on our network and are having a devil of a time with home routers disconnecting and reconnecting. Have any of you using PPPoE found any particular router that works best on your wireless network? Phil

[WISPA] tower height near airport

2012-02-28 Thread Jay DeBoer
I've got a buisness that wants me to setup a ptp link for them I did the path study and need to be about 50' in the air to get line of site clearance. The problem is the road right next to them (road is about 200 yards east and the runway starts about 400 yards north.) dead-ends into a grass

Re: [WISPA] PPPoE and home router question

2012-02-28 Thread DJ Anderson
We are using Linksys e1000s and WRT54GS2’s without any trouble. Make sure you have the keep alive going in the router when you setup the PPPOE connection, I have seen that cause problems in the past. DJ Anderson Shelby Broadband 888-364-4232 *From:* wireless-boun...@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] tower height near airport

2012-02-28 Thread Daniel White
http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/towairSearch.jsp Daniel White (303) 746-3590 -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jay DeBoer Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:38 AM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] tower

Re: [WISPA] tower height near airport

2012-02-28 Thread Blake Bowers
http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/towairSearch.jsp will give you a quick read on the need for an FAA. http://wireless.fcc.gov/outreach/index.htm?job=tower_notification will get you started on a NEPA and SHPA - but using it is voluntary. The NEPA and SHPA I would not build a new tower

Re: [WISPA] PPPoE and home router question

2012-02-28 Thread Josh Luthman
Are you sure the problem is the router and not the connection between the PPPOE server and the tower? Take a customer router and plug it in to the server as close (network wise) as you can to confirm. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373

Re: [WISPA] PPPoE and home router question

2012-02-28 Thread Paolo Di Francesco
using pppoe in production since years (mikrotik/airos) no problem if well configured One issue we had some years ago with airos but the bug is gone in the last versions are you sure it's a pppoe issue and not something else, like link or other things? Regards Paolo We have recently started

Re: [WISPA] tower height near airport

2012-02-28 Thread Scott Reed
I can not remember if it is on the FCC or FAA website, but there is a tool that will get you started. It will tell you whether you can put a tower there an dhow high. On 2/28/2012 9:37 AM, Jay DeBoer wrote: I've got a buisness that wants me to setup a ptp link for them I did the path study

Re: [WISPA] PPPoE and home router question

2012-02-28 Thread Phil Curnutt
There are a number of issues, this being one. We are updating APs and Backhaul at the same time, but this particular problem is on an updated link and presaged the upgrade. Plus the member I am working with is jacked into the Backhaul and is only one hop from the pppoe server. Phil On

Re: [WISPA] tower height near airport

2012-02-28 Thread Cameron Crum
There is a consultant out there, Ken Patterson ( http://airspace-ken.com/ ) that I utilized back when I worked for Sprint and several consulting companies. I think his fee to perform a full blown air space safety analysis on a proposed new tower is like $350 and probably worth every penny. The

Re: [WISPA] PPPoE and home router question

2012-02-28 Thread Andy Trimmell
We use Cisco E1000 E1200 WRT54g. We also found out that WRT110 120 and 300 320 do not pass traffic through PPPoE no matter what you do. We're also using a Microsoft network if that question was to come up. I've also found out that Belkin's are horrible for staying connected and Netgears by

Re: [WISPA] New employee quiz

2012-02-28 Thread Andy Trimmell
I found a decent website for online quizzes. Just looking to see what kind of questions people would go with. From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:24 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] New

Re: [WISPA] DFS2 gear

2012-02-28 Thread Gino Villarini
Yikes, seem ages you haven't looked at Canopy, Classic Aps do 14 Mbps, new ones 45 Mbps, next one (Q2 2012) 90 Mbps Gino A. Villarini g...@aeronetpr.com Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. 787.273.4143 -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]

Re: [WISPA] DFS2 gear

2012-02-28 Thread Jeromie Reeves
Yup, Its been 10 years since I used it in my wisp. When the next line came out it did no better then Atheros based radios in my environment and cost 5x as much to deploy. I do not have a business rich environment, and even if I did, they do not like $500 installs and $100/mo. This makes my primary

Re: [WISPA] tower height near airport

2012-02-28 Thread lakel...@gbcx.net
Just follow the links provided by Blake. Real simple. The FAA will give you a determination and you can build as required. You don't really need a third.party. things are pretty straight forward Bob - Reply message - From: Blake Bowers bbow...@mozarks.com To: WISPA General List

Re: [WISPA] DFS2 gear

2012-02-28 Thread Freylekhman, Alex
Gino, In regards to the 90mbps - 2x2 mimo can either be set as matrix A or B, there is a decision to be made if you go after distance or capacity. Aleksander Freylekhman Sales Director, North America Axxcelera Broadband Wireless a Moseley Company p: (804) 864-4125 m: (440) 220-2192

Re: [WISPA] DFS2 gear

2012-02-28 Thread Gino Villarini
Aleksander, the Cambium networks System its not Wimax based, its proprietary RF on FPGA so no contains or Wimax protocol compromises... 90 Mbps will be available at the AP... Gino A. Villarini g...@aeronetpr.com Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. 787.273.4143 -Original Message- From:

Re: [WISPA] DFS2 gear

2012-02-28 Thread Gino Villarini
And low latency to boot!!! Gino A. Villarini g...@aeronetpr.com Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. 787.273.4143 -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Gino Villarini Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:59 PM To: WISPA General

Re: [WISPA] DFS2 gear

2012-02-28 Thread Freylekhman, Alex
LOL .. the low latency is true, can't argue here. WiMAX does carry a latency of ~3-4 times the frame duration. However, MIMO is not WiMAX specific. It's about spatial multiplexing and diversity coding, the concept is pretty much the same between WiFi, WiMAX, LTE or proprietary Aleksander

[WISPA] ISP America

2012-02-28 Thread Jim Patient
We chartered an offshore fishing trip out of Cape Canaveral on Tuesday 3/27. There are 2 open seats. If you're coming in early for the show and want to go fishing Tuesday, shoot me an email off-list. Jim Patient Link Technologies, Inc. 314-735-0270 x102 http://mywificoverage.com

Re: [WISPA] DFS2 gear

2012-02-28 Thread Josh Luthman
The 90 mbps is all OFDM MIMO Cambium mode. I think moto-mode sounds better myself. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Gino Villarini g...@aeronetpr.com wrote: And low latency to boot!!! Gino A.

Re: [WISPA] SBA Towers

2012-02-28 Thread Chuck Hogg
Before and After. Regards, Chuck On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Andy Trimmell atrimm...@precisionds.comwrote: Was it SBA before or after you became a tenant? ** ** *From:* wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] *On Behalf Of *Chuck Hogg *Sent:* Tuesday,

Re: [WISPA] DFS2 gear

2012-02-28 Thread Gino Villarini
Well, they have the Secret Sauce... but I cant tell you! You're from the Dark Side! Lol! Gino A. Villarini g...@aeronetpr.com Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. 787.273.4143 -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Freylekhman,

Re: [WISPA] ISP America

2012-02-28 Thread Jim Patient
The seats are filled. Jim From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jim Patient Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:01 AM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] ISP America We chartered an offshore fishing trip out of Cape Canaveral on Tuesday

Re: [WISPA] ISP America

2012-02-28 Thread Chuck Hogg
As in the 2 of us included or we're out? Regards, Chuck On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Jim Patient jpati...@linktechs.net wrote: The seats are filled. ** ** Jim ** ** *From:* wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] *On Behalf Of *Jim Patient

Re: [WISPA] DFS2 gear

2012-02-28 Thread Freylekhman, Alex
Story of my life .. haha Aleksander Freylekhman Sales Director, North America Axxcelera Broadband Wireless a Moseley Company p: (804) 864-4125 m: (440) 220-2192 afreylekh...@axxcelera.com www.axxcelera.com -Original Message- From: Gino Villarini [mailto:g...@aeronetpr.com]

Re: [WISPA] ISP America

2012-02-28 Thread Doug Clark
Chuck, go Bass fishing. You will really like that! We did that twice last time we were down there, it was a blast! I am not sure that Jim remembers it beings that he might have been in a state of oblivion. ---Original Message--- From: Chuck Hogg Date: 2/28/2012

Re: [WISPA] ISP America

2012-02-28 Thread Chuck Hogg
Bass fishing is fun, I can do that around here though... Offshore fishing is something I have not yet done. Regards, Chuck On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Doug Clark d...@txox.com wrote: Chuck, go Bass fishing. You will really like that! We did that twice last time we were down there,

Re: [WISPA] [Bulk] Re: ISP America

2012-02-28 Thread Jeff Broadwick - Lists
They throw 5 pounders back on Lake Okeechobee... Regards, Jeff ImageStream Sales Manager 800-813-5123 x106 _ From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Hogg Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:38 PM To: WISPA General List Subject:

Re: [WISPA] ISP America

2012-02-28 Thread Jim Patient
Easy Doug, don't throw stones from your glass house. I remember an oblivion epidemic J From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Hogg Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:38 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] ISP America Bass

Re: [WISPA] SBA Towers

2012-02-28 Thread Andy Trimmell
We've had nothing but issues with our rep. He wants to quadruple our rent every time we want to renegotiate equipment. From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Hogg Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:14 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re:

Re: [WISPA] New employee quiz

2012-02-28 Thread Simon Westlake
Are you looking for networking stuff, wireless stuff or both? I wrote one a while back that was mostly things like 'What is a subnet mask' or 'What's the difference between an IP address and a MAC address?' A lot of the time people would get them wrong (depending on skill level) but you

Re: [WISPA] New employee quiz

2012-02-28 Thread Josh Luthman
Ooo care to share??? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Simon Westlake si...@powercode.com wrote: Are you looking for networking stuff, wireless stuff or both? I wrote one a while back that was

Re: [WISPA] SBA Towers

2012-02-28 Thread Chuck Hogg
I added an antenna not too long ago, rent increased $100. Regards, Chuck On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Andy Trimmell atrimm...@precisionds.comwrote: We’ve had nothing but issues with our rep. He wants to quadruple our rent every time we want to renegotiate equipment. ** ** *From:*

Re: [WISPA] DFS2 gear

2012-02-28 Thread Tom DeReggi
Yes, according to FCC rules, DFS2 must be used for new installs. But, if you have a grandfathered SITE, you are allowed to repair that site with a replacement radio, and accordingly its legal for the manufacturer to sell it for that purpose.. (I'd argue manufacturering laws might require keeping

Re: [WISPA] DFS2 gear

2012-02-28 Thread Tom DeReggi
No question that Canopy stayed in the PtMP game longer, to go beyond the 10mb barrier, with advantage line and OFDM.. But to keep it real At a typical Trango Link Budget / Max distance, inserting a legacy Canopy w/ its inferior small antenna size and weaker link budget, Canopy would be

Re: [WISPA] SBA Towers

2012-02-28 Thread Andy Trimmell
Whose your rep? I'm dealing with McNamara. I forgot too the $2500 engineering study Im required to pay to add anything. From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Hogg Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:22 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re:

Re: [WISPA] DFS2 gear

2012-02-28 Thread Tom DeReggi
We did an evaluation of Axxelera a number of years back, and we felt it was a pretty hot product, and more affordable than some of the alternatives.. (But then Ubiquiti came out with Dirt cheap MIMO) Axxelera Rep, Are you saying Axxelera now has a MIMO prioduct, that supports either MAtric A

Re: [WISPA] SBA Towers

2012-02-28 Thread Chuck Hogg
Oshatz. Regards, Chuck On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Andy Trimmell atrimm...@precisionds.comwrote: Whose your rep? I’m dealing with McNamara. ** ** I forgot too the $2500 engineering study Im required to pay to add anything. ** ** *From:* wireless-boun...@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] DFS2 gear

2012-02-28 Thread Gino Villarini
A more reasonable comparison would be a trango unit vs a Canopy with Lens or Stinger Gino A. Villarini g...@aeronetpr.com Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. 787.273.4143 -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Tom DeReggi Sent:

Re: [WISPA] SBA Towers

2012-02-28 Thread Andy Trimmell
Exactly! From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Hogg Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:50 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] SBA Towers Oshatz. Regards, Chuck On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Andy Trimmell

Re: [WISPA] tower height near airport

2012-02-28 Thread Brian Webster
www.airspaceusa.com is another good consulting firm that can do a study for around $200. If this is listed as an FAA public airport definitely do a study. If it is not in their database as a public strip but rather a private one, you do not have to file. You can certainly do a quick check on the

Re: [WISPA] DFS2 gear

2012-02-28 Thread Brad Belton
The every day, CAnopy versus Trango thread :-) First it was the Proxim vs. Sunstream (aka Trango) threads with Allen M. Winner = Sunstream (aka Trango) Second it was Alvarion vs. Trango threads with Patrick L. Winner = Trango Third it was Canopy vs. Trango threads.I

Re: [WISPA] DFS2 gear

2012-02-28 Thread Freylekhman, Alex
Tom, The MIMO comment made earlier was in reference to the 90mbps as a roadmap feature for Canopy. As far as AXX, both of the WiMAX lines are not MIMO. The system is built based on the SEQUANS 802.16d chipset so customers get all of the bells and whistles as well as powerful dual-core processed

Re: [WISPA] DFS2 gear

2012-02-28 Thread Gino Villarini
This are air rates our real troughput? Sent from my Motorola Startac... On Feb 28, 2012, at 5:19 PM, Freylekhman, Alex afreylekh...@axxcelera.commailto:afreylekh...@axxcelera.com wrote: Tom, The MIMO comment made earlier was in reference to the 90mbps as a roadmap feature for Canopy. As far

Re: [WISPA] DFS2 gear

2012-02-28 Thread Freylekhman, Alex
These are real aggregate throughput numbers based on UDP packets. Since equipment is a layer 2 bridge, TCP numbers will be less and will vary as a result of framesize and latency. In regards to the over the air rates, to be completely honest, I'm not sure what they are since we never talk about

Re: [WISPA] DFS2 gear

2012-02-28 Thread Josh Luthman
I think you mean lower? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Feb 28, 2012 4:59 PM, Freylekhman, Alex afreylekh...@axxcelera.com wrote: These are real aggregate throughput numbers based on UDP packets. Since equipment is a layer 2

Re: [WISPA] DFS2 gear

2012-02-28 Thread Freylekhman, Alex
Usually, over the air includes overhead, as example gross 54mbps would look like net 36mbps Aleksander Freylekhman Sales Director, North America Axxcelera Broadband Wireless a Moseley Company P: (804) 864-4125 M: (440) 220-2192 afreylekh...@axxcelera.com www.axxcelera.com From: Josh

Re: [WISPA] DFS2 gear

2012-02-28 Thread Josh Luthman
The OTA is 20% higher. I thought you were talking about TCP. Misunderstanding. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Freylekhman, Alex afreylekh...@axxcelera.com wrote: Usually, over the air includes

Re: [WISPA] New employee quiz

2012-02-28 Thread Simon Westlake
I just dug for it, doesn't look like I kept it, sorry - it's probably languishing in a file cabinet in Milwaukee. I wrote it for TWC when I worked there since the HR interviews were generally things like 'Why do you like sunshine?' and 'What is your favorite color of hair?' so they kept hiring

Re: [WISPA] New employee quiz

2012-02-28 Thread Josh Luthman
I agree on who to hire, but I don't have the brain to come up with those questions to weed out the first set! Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Simon Westlake si...@powercode.com wrote: I just dug

[WISPA] ethernet and towers with FM transmitters

2012-02-28 Thread Tim Warnock
Hi All, I have a question as to how other operators are handling POE radio links and high power FM transmitters. We often see things like a radio will run errors or drop to 10mbps instead of 100mbps until we find a good position on the tower that its happy with. Once its happy we never have an

Re: [WISPA] ethernet and towers with FM transmitters

2012-02-28 Thread Josh Luthman
Far as I know it requires fiber and DC power to be reliable. Haven't seen any other solutions with many +1s Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Feb 28, 2012 9:54 PM, Tim Warnock tim...@timoid.org wrote: Hi All, I have a question

Re: [WISPA] ethernet and towers with FM transmitters

2012-02-28 Thread Joe Fiero
Tim, I have had 100% success by using a good quality shielded cable and following a strict bonding regiment. Bonding the antenna, radio, mast and cable to the tower at the top is imperative, as is the same process at the bottom. It's also important that the tower be bonded and that the bond is

Re: [WISPA] New employee quiz

2012-02-28 Thread Simon Westlake
Well, I think some of the ones I mentioned are alright. It depends if you're hiring tech support or a network engineer but for mid-level tech support/pseudo engineer type role I'd ask things like: What is a subnet mask? If they got that one.. what is a /29 subnet mask? If I told you a subnet