Re: [WISPA] Software for network monitoring

2015-01-09 Thread Gino Villarini
Ot: how aré you liking the ZTE switches? Gino A. Villarini @gvillarini On Jan 9, 2015, at 6:31 PM, Fabrizio Fiore Donati a...@2bite.netmailto:a...@2bite.net wrote: what about cambium wireless manager ? Fabrizio Fiore Donati Mobile: +39 3289872420 E-mail:

Re: [WISPA] Software for network monitoring

2015-01-09 Thread Chris Hudson
I'm using the aNag app for android. It gives you alerts and what not. Chris Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note® 3, an ATT 4G LTE smartphone div Original message /divdivFrom: George Rogato wi...@oregonfast.net /divdivDate:01/09/2015 7:57 PM (GMT-06:00) /divdivTo: WISPA General

Re: [WISPA] Software for network monitoring

2015-01-09 Thread George Rogato
I use Nagios for up, down, unreachables. It has a plug in for mozilla firefox that sits in the bottom add on bar which shows you up, down, unreachables and more. It's customizable. On 1/9/2015 2:11 PM, Fabrizio Fiore Donati wrote: Hi all we have a network of about 200 wireless pop, each pop

Re: [WISPA] Software for network monitoring

2015-01-09 Thread Matt Hoppes
Opennms is relatively easy to setup. On Jan 9, 2015, at 17:11, Fabrizio Fiore Donati a...@2bite.net wrote: Hi all we have a network of about 200 wireless pop, each pop have about 8 devices, what software do you suggest to use for monitoring ? Wireless devices are a mix of mikrotik,

Re: [WISPA] Software for network monitoring

2015-01-09 Thread Ryan McKenzie
I have to put a vote in for The Dude. After playing with Nagios, Solarwinds and PRTG, and flirting a bit with Cacti, I stick with MikroTik, just for the flexibility. Once you take the time to learn the ins and outs, just like RouterOS, TheDude will do just about anything. There are some size

Re: [WISPA] Software for network monitoring

2015-01-09 Thread Justin Wilson - MTIN
Use version 3.6 instead of 4 and you have to worry about the database size limits. Justin -- Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net http://www.mtin.net Managed Services – xISP Solutions – Data Centers http://www.thebrotherswisp.com Podcast about xISP topics http://www.midwest-ix.com Peering – Transit –

[WISPA] AirFiber Snow issues

2015-01-09 Thread Robert Clark
Looking at acquiring AirFiber back haul but I am concerned that the front of the antenna is very flat and that snow would stick to it and degrade and possibly take down the link? Has anyone seen this We will be using them on a 2 mile link and need 99.999 uptime Robert W Clark Network

Re: [WISPA] AirFiber Snow issues

2015-01-09 Thread Rubens Kuhl
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 2:28 PM, Robert Clark rcl...@boltinternet.com wrote: Looking at acquiring AirFiber back haul but I am concerned that the front of the antenna is very flat and that snow would stick to it and degrade and possibly take down the link? Has anyone seen this We will be

Re: [WISPA] AirFiber Snow issues

2015-01-09 Thread Adair Winter
heard people talk about the never wet product also. never tried it, yet. On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Patrick Narkinsky patr...@narkinsky.com wrote: Someone suggested to me coating a satellite dish with RainX... Never tried it. On Friday, January 9, 2015, Josh Reynolds

Re: [WISPA] AirFiber Snow issues

2015-01-09 Thread Matt Hoppes
Naw I have yet to have my 1.5 mile airFiber go down or even de-modulate past 6x in rain. Matt Hoppes Director of Information Technology Indigo Wireless +1 (570) 723-7312 On 1/9/15 11:34 AM, Adair Winter wrote: good luck with 99.999% uptime if it rains a lot in your area. On Fri, Jan 9,

Re: [WISPA] AirFiber Snow issues

2015-01-09 Thread Matt Hoppes
That's right on... hmmm interesting. On 1/9/15 11:48 AM, Adair Winter wrote: Mine is actually 2.77 miles and it at -60 On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Matt Hoppes mhop...@indigowireless.com mailto:mhop...@indigowireless.com wrote: What signal levels do you have on your 1.5 mile hop?

Re: [WISPA] AirFiber Snow issues

2015-01-09 Thread Josh Reynolds
The ITU method is overly simplified. Many would argue Crane's method was more accurate. ( For the sheer sake of argument) We have found bay fog to be far better at disruption than any rains we have here. Even tidal shifts on open water shots don't mess with our links as much as bay fog does.

Re: [WISPA] AirFiber Snow issues

2015-01-09 Thread Phil Curnutt
We have a four mile AF24 link that dropped, but not disconnect, in a heavy snow a couple of weeks ago. It was a very dense blizzard like storm. I could see it moving across the face of the Sangre de Cristo's from 20 miles away where the sun was shinning bright. Phil On Friday, January 9, 2015,

Re: [WISPA] AirFiber Snow issues

2015-01-09 Thread Patrick Narkinsky
Someone suggested to me coating a satellite dish with RainX... Never tried it. On Friday, January 9, 2015, Josh Reynolds j...@spitwspots.com wrote: Snow is RF transparent (virtually). Melting, wet snow can attenuate the signal at 24ghz pretty well. Here in Alaska we hardly ever have an AF24

Re: [WISPA] AirFiber Snow issues

2015-01-09 Thread Matt Hoppes
Not sure where you are physically But I have a 1.5 mile and 2.7 mile airFiber link and have yet to have either of them even modulate down beyond 6x through sticky wet snow. On 1/9/15 11:28 AM, Robert Clark wrote: Looking at acquiring AirFiber back haul but I am concerned that the front of the

Re: [WISPA] AirFiber Snow issues

2015-01-09 Thread Adair Winter
Mine is actually 2.77 miles and it at -60 On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Matt Hoppes mhop...@indigowireless.com wrote: What signal levels do you have on your 1.5 mile hop? On 1/9/15 11:44 AM, Adair Winter wrote: That's because all you get is dainty rain I guess. at .5 to 1 and hour

Re: [WISPA] AirFiber Snow issues

2015-01-09 Thread Adair Winter
When it rains here, it can really freaking rain. we get some pretty big storms. I just don't want to give people false hope. Make sure you have a back up if it must be up all the time. we had one outage last 45 minutes due to rain along the path. others were 7-15 minutes. frustrating. I also have

Re: [WISPA] AirFiber Snow issues

2015-01-09 Thread Adair Winter
http://www.texasstormchasers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014-09-05_15-01-56.jpg http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ama/?n=april30storms An example of some of the storms we get. 10-40 miles. These aren't just rain storms they are thunderstroms. On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Matt Hoppes

Re: [WISPA] AirFiber Snow issues

2015-01-09 Thread heith
My AirFiber 24's are 3 5 miles here in the northern plains with no issue with the snow. Someone said snow is transparent and I'd agree, but the rain sure kicks us once in a while Heith From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Robert Clark Sent:

Re: [WISPA] AirFiber Snow issues

2015-01-09 Thread Josh Reynolds
Snow is RF transparent (virtually). Melting, wet snow can attenuate the signal at 24ghz pretty well. Here in Alaska we hardly ever have an AF24 go down, and we are right on the coast. It's going to depend on the type of weather you commonly have and the distance of the link. On January 9,

Re: [WISPA] AirFiber Snow issues

2015-01-09 Thread Adair Winter
you're right, I assumed AF24. oops! On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Clay Stewart cstew...@stewartcomputerservices.com wrote: Whooaaa... you mean AF24 or AF5? Yes AF24 has rain fade. Robert did not say which. If it will be a problem (we have not had a real snow yet), I will use one of the

Re: [WISPA] AirFiber Snow issues

2015-01-09 Thread Adair Winter
That's because all you get is dainty rain I guess. at .5 to 1 and hour along the path, it will drop. On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Matt Hoppes mhop...@indigowireless.com wrote: Naw I have yet to have my 1.5 mile airFiber go down or even de-modulate past 6x in rain. Matt Hoppes

Re: [WISPA] AirFiber Snow issues

2015-01-09 Thread Adair Winter
good luck with 99.999% uptime if it rains a lot in your area. On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Robert Clark rcl...@boltinternet.com wrote: Looking at acquiring AirFiber back haul but I am concerned that the front of the antenna is very flat and that snow would stick to it and degrade and

Re: [WISPA] AirFiber Snow issues

2015-01-09 Thread Clay Stewart
Whooaaa... you mean AF24 or AF5? Yes AF24 has rain fade. Robert did not say which. If it will be a problem (we have not had a real snow yet), I will use one of the new waterproof sprays that is superhydrophobic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPM8OR6W6WE On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Robert

Re: [WISPA] AirFiber Snow issues

2015-01-09 Thread Matt Hoppes
What signal levels do you have on your 1.5 mile hop? On 1/9/15 11:44 AM, Adair Winter wrote: That's because all you get is dainty rain I guess. at .5 to 1 and hour along the path, it will drop. On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Matt Hoppes mhop...@indigowireless.com

[WISPA] Software for network monitoring

2015-01-09 Thread Fabrizio Fiore Donati
Hi all we have a network of about 200 wireless pop, each pop have about 8 devices, what software do you suggest to use for monitoring ? Wireless devices are a mix of mikrotik, ubiquity, cambium and siae microelettronica. Switches are zte and cisco. Right now we use ipswitch whatsup gold but i'm

Re: [WISPA] AirFiber Snow issues

2015-01-09 Thread Jim Patient
I haven't saw any issues yet with snow on my 3.2 mile af24 link but it drops and fails over to the back up MT link in heavy rain =.3/hr. I posted some graphs a while back showing the traffic, signals, and rainfall rate during a storm. jpati...@linktechs.net

[WISPA] Tech raises

2015-01-09 Thread Josh Luthman
What kind of raises is everyone else going? Primarily looking at service call/installer/tower hand guy. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 ___ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] Tech raises

2015-01-09 Thread Simon Westlake
When I was at TWC, it was 0-5% unless you changed positions. It's an easy system. I think in a small business, it's better to have a more flexible reward scheme for really valued employees, as it makes it much more likely they will continue to give 110% and continue to help improve the

Re: [WISPA] AirFiber Snow issues

2015-01-09 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
Yea !... But I will argue the Murphy's method is even more accurate... If you Airfiber link drops in rain then .. you have 24ghz Rain Fade.. If your Airfiber link does not drop in rain then you have no 24ghz Rain Fade... For the sheer sake of argument ! Comparing how my link does when

Re: [WISPA] Software for network monitoring

2015-01-09 Thread Josh Luthman
Strictly for monitoring? Cacti Xymon Dude Smokeping Pingplotter PRTG Nagios Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Fabrizio Fiore Donati a...@2bite.net wrote: Hi all we have a network of about 200 wireless

Re: [WISPA] Software for network monitoring

2015-01-09 Thread Gino Villarini
Intermapper Gino A. Villarini President Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. www.aeronetpr.com @aeronetpr From: Fabrizio Fiore Donati a...@2bite.netmailto:a...@2bite.net Reply-To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.orgmailto:wireless@wispa.org Date: Friday, January 9, 2015 at 6:30 PM To: WISPA

Re: [WISPA] Software for network monitoring

2015-01-09 Thread Tim Way
Zenoss, nagios core, solarwinds On Jan 9, 2015 4:11 PM, Fabrizio Fiore Donati a...@2bite.net wrote: Hi all we have a network of about 200 wireless pop, each pop have about 8 devices, what software do you suggest to use for monitoring ? Wireless devices are a mix of mikrotik, ubiquity, cambium

Re: [WISPA] Software for network monitoring

2015-01-09 Thread Fabrizio Fiore Donati
what about cambium wireless manager ? Fabrizio Fiore Donati Mobile: +39 3289872420 E-mail: fabrizio.fioredon...@2bite.net 2bite s.r.l. Via Campo di Pile 67100 L'Aquila (AQ) - Italy Tel.: +39 0862441583 2015-01-09 23:16 GMT+01:00 Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com: Strictly for

Re: [WISPA] Software for network monitoring

2015-01-09 Thread Jerry Richardson
Download CactiEZ Install it on a dedicated machine Configure Done Jerry Richardson airCloud Communications On Jan 9, 2015, at 2:11 PM, Fabrizio Fiore Donati a...@2bite.net wrote: Hi all we have a network of about 200 wireless pop, each pop have about 8 devices, what software do you

Re: [WISPA] Tech raises

2015-01-09 Thread Martha Huizenga
We go with inflation rate which this year was 1.7% and add to it for performance. No more than 10% though. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone - Reply message - From: Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] Tech

Re: [WISPA] Tech raises

2015-01-09 Thread Martha Huizenga
Rats that was supposed to say no more than 5%. Was multi tasking. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone - Reply message - From: Martha Huizenga mar...@dcaccess.net To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA]Tech raises Date: Fri, Jan 9, 2015 4:10 PM We go with