Re: [WISPA] MicroTik HWMPplus mesh?

2010-06-18 Thread Fred Goldstein
for HWMPplus? -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701 WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] MicroTik HWMPplus mesh?

2010-06-18 Thread Fred Goldstein
nodes. I can't find any documentation for it on line, though, and a distributor I've been talking to has never tried or sold it. So does anyone on the list have any experience with the HWMPplus mesh? Or any other suggestions? Thanks! -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com

Re: [WISPA] MicroTik HWMPplus mesh?

2010-06-18 Thread Fred Goldstein
difficult a location to do otherwise. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701 WISPA Wants You! Join today! http

Re: [WISPA] MicroTik HWMPplus mesh?

2010-06-18 Thread Fred Goldstein
requirements clearer. This is a challenge to serve the most impossible place we know of; our second expected project area some miles away looks to be just a bit easier. (Still convex beach and wooded hills, but it doesn't look as steep.) -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com

Re: [WISPA] What, no response to the FCC vote today?

2010-06-19 Thread Fred Goldstein
Order while meeting one aspect of the letter. (I'm probably out today so don't expect responses before much later.) -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] MicroTik HWMPplus mesh?

2010-06-19 Thread Fred Goldstein
node IDs in Layer 2, it becomes smarter than IP, and IP can thus be run as a dumb stub protocol. (Suggested reading: Patterns in Network Architecture: A Return to Fundamentals, by John Day.) -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http

Re: [WISPA] interference from ships

2010-06-19 Thread Fred Goldstein
be some kind of process taking place there that uses ISM, though radar looks more likely to me. The FCC lets us use these bands without license because they're basically junkyards. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1

Re: [WISPA] interference from ships

2010-06-20 Thread Fred Goldstein
frequency. You'll find a lot of weather-related radar, especially doppler radars used for wind profiling. Different radar frequencies get different pieces of the weather picture. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1

Re: [WISPA] MicroTik HWMPplus mesh?

2010-06-20 Thread Fred Goldstein
), but I haven't seen it in the unlicensed low-cost world. Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet Telecom On 6/19/2010 8:50 PM, Fred Goldstein wrote: This is one of the problems with any kind of best efforts routing or bridging. Loss does accumulate. Of course it's the single-frequency meshes

Re: [WISPA] interference from ships

2010-06-20 Thread Fred Goldstein
of allocations, 915 is a federal primary, not civilian, so it's not clear that a drill ship should be running that radar, if that's what it is. The rules might differ in other countries. Greg On Jun 20, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Fred Goldstein wrote: At 6/20/2010 07:36 AM, Greg Ithen wrote: A quick

Re: [WISPA] MicroTik HWMPplus mesh?

2010-06-20 Thread Fred Goldstein
is underutilized in rural areas. USF and large-area licensing policies have distorted the market. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 6/20/2010 11:19 AM, Fred Goldstein wrote: At 6/20/2010 12:32 AM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: You know your stuff in-side out

Re: [WISPA] MicroTik HWMPplus mesh?

2010-06-20 Thread Fred Goldstein
a lot of details. And I'm not sure what pole-mountable multi-radio processors it can run on. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] MicroTik HWMPplus mesh?

2010-06-21 Thread Fred Goldstein
, a decent-sized node, even sectorized, could be built out of this class of gear, given some nice packaging. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] Maximum sector power?

2010-06-23 Thread Fred Goldstein
antennas, something like that will become relatively easy. But we're not quite there yet. Thoughts? -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] Maximum sector power?

2010-06-24 Thread Fred Goldstein
and will be replaced with a nano5m. http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/8832/snapshot3v.png -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] Maximum sector power?

2010-06-25 Thread Fred Goldstein
(Customer - WISP) that is made using directive antennas can follow PtP instead of PtMP rules, which would apply only to the downlink (WISP - Customer) . -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] MicroTik HWMPplus mesh?

2010-06-25 Thread Fred Goldstein
Helpdesk: 305 663 5518 option 2 Email: supp...@snappydsl.net On 6/21/2010 9:08 AM, Fred Goldstein wrote: At 6/21/2010 01:01 AM, you wrote: MicroTik says they have a meshing protocol, HWMPplus, that provides Layer 2 (this is critical; we're not building a Layer 3 network, and with this many

Re: [WISPA] MicroTik HWMPplus mesh?

2010-06-25 Thread Fred Goldstein
. It sure would be nice if either of the dueling WRT teams implemented it. And btw I stand corrected on OLSR -- it's IP only -- BATMAN-adv is Layer 2. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] Maximum sector power?

2010-06-26 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 6/26/2010 12:55 AM, Jack Unger wrote: Fred Goldstein wrote: At 6/25/2010 03:31 AM, Blair Davis wrote: I thought this one was settled a long time ago... The FCC regulates transmitters. In general, yes. But they have claimed authority over receivers too. Remember that even receive-only

Re: [WISPA] yet another WiMAX vs LTE article

2010-07-01 Thread Fred Goldstein
could see a market, especially if it nulled out interference. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701 WISPA Wants You! Join

Re: [WISPA] yet another WiMAX vs LTE article

2010-07-01 Thread Fred Goldstein
Imtiaz Snappy Internet Telecom On 7/1/2010 9:57 AM, Fred Goldstein wrote: I wonder how WiMAX would work on 900 MHz. Beamforming base antennas would be rather large, but I could see a market, especially if it nulled out interference. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com

Re: [WISPA] yet another WiMAX vs LTE article

2010-07-01 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 7/1/2010 12:45 PM, Rogello wrote: On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 6:57 AM, Fred Goldstein fgoldst...@ionary.com wrote: It's not a fair comparison. Some people (is this especially an American disease?) treat everything as a one-on-one death match, and in this case act as if there were a WiMAX

Re: [WISPA] Licensed band info

2010-07-05 Thread Fred Goldstein
Villarini g...@aeronetpr.com wrote: Any specific band? -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701 WISPA Wants You! Join today

Re: [WISPA] OT: Limiting range of Wifi AP

2010-07-07 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 7/7/2010 03:36 PM, Greg wrote: Yes, but turning down the TX power is a better idea. An attenuator is going to decrease the RX sensitivity. I agree. And keep the hot spot inside, away from the windows. The walls will attenuate the signal too. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein

Re: [WISPA] quot;Missingquot; Bridgewave

2010-07-11 Thread Fred Goldstein
Prog Lines, and was asking about 30-50 MHz (low band) or 170 MHz (high band). Nowadays those both look like DC bands. :-) -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] Rural Telco in Washington Gets $17,763 per line

2010-07-12 Thread Fred Goldstein
editing my Comment in the current FCC Broadband Internet NOI. My comment on USF, which I won't actually include in the final submission, is that their treatment of WISPs is tantamount to the Chinese policy of billing the families of executed prisoners for the bullet. -- Fred Goldsteink1io

Re: [WISPA] Rural Telco in Washington Gets $17,763 per line

2010-07-13 Thread Fred Goldstein
. ;-) -- Original Message -- From: Fred Goldstein fgoldst...@ionary.com Reply-To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:41:07 -0400 At 7/13/2010 12:31 AM, Chuck Hogg wrote: That's a double edged sword... You don't pay into USF

Re: [WISPA] Rural Telco in Washington Gets $17,763 per line

2010-07-13 Thread Fred Goldstein
more. On Jul 12, 2010, at 11:36 PM, Jack Unger wrote: WISPs get a share of the USF funds that will be redirected to broadband? Noodle me that... -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] DD-WRT

2010-07-13 Thread Fred Goldstein
over (around 1983). I had a CompUServe account for a little while. It was $3/hour at 300 bps, $9/hour at 1200 bps. Guess which one I used.. And my take-away is that at each step of the way, at each time, that was seen as the cat's pajamas. And we got a lot done with it. -- Fred

Re: [WISPA] Pole-mounted base stations

2010-07-19 Thread Fred Goldstein
used to fancy cellular and fiber installs, not WISP-style radios. So we may also want to bring in someone with this kind of WISP experience to do some consulting or setup with us too. Thanks. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http

Re: [WISPA] Pole-mounted base stations

2010-07-19 Thread Fred Goldstein
with this kind of WISP experience to do some consulting or setup with us too. Thanks. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] Pole-mounted base stations

2010-07-19 Thread Fred Goldstein
be the bigger deal. The big engineering firms are more used to fancy cellular and fiber installs, not WISP-style radios. So we may also want to bring in someone with this kind of WISP experience to do some consulting or setup with us too. Thanks. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein

Re: [WISPA] What if you can't get a T3?

2010-07-20 Thread Fred Goldstein
. That was several thousand dollars/month for a local loop. But the vast majority of WISPs are in rural areas, where there are no such choices. That's why Special Access reform is so important. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com

Re: [WISPA] Ping --- Radio Mobile Hates Me.

2010-07-21 Thread Fred Goldstein
://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] Ping --- Radio Mobile Hates Me.

2010-07-21 Thread Fred Goldstein
and a bit clumsy. These sorts of things aren't show-stoppers, just places where it helps reduce one's sanity just a bit more. Which can be in short supply... Fred Goldstein wrote: At 7/21/2010 11:41 AM, MarlonS wrote: Radio Mobile hates everyone that doesn't use it every day. It's a great

Re: [WISPA] Ping --- Radio Mobile Hates Me.

2010-07-22 Thread Fred Goldstein
to be a for profit program…..accept it for what it is and be thankful rather than complain. Any other options are far worse……… Brian From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Fred Goldstein Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 3:25 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re

Re: [WISPA] Ping --- Radio Mobile Hates Me.

2010-07-22 Thread Fred Goldstein
. At least it lets me redraw the networks above it though. Fred Goldstein wrote: Brian, Please don't misunderstand me. I am very appreciative of the work done on RadioMobile and the fact that it's free! And, having worked with RF for a long time, I'm well aware of how complex the issues

Re: [WISPA] Pole-mounted base stations

2010-07-27 Thread Fred Goldstein
cellular and fiber installs, not WISP-style radios. So we may also want to bring in someone with this kind of WISP experience to do some consulting or setup with us too. Thanks. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com

Re: [WISPA] Pole-mounted base stations

2010-07-28 Thread Fred Goldstein
sites this week, I'll snap some pictures. Here are the MTI brackets: http://www.mtiwe.com/UserFiles/Image/MTI/Enclosure_Units/big/MT-120018-and-M T-120018A%5B1%5D.jpg -Paul On Jul 27, 2010, at 11:32 AM, Fred Goldstein wrote: At 7/27/2010 02:12 PM, you wrote: We ourselves are an electric co-op

Re: [WISPA] USF Reform Bill Introduced - The most compelling reason to document and map your network coverage ever

2010-07-28 Thread Fred Goldstein
that it costs them (though it helps encourage the sale of overpriced flat-rate usage plans). The bill adds USF taxes to WISPs and basically prohibits them from receiving anything. This is consistent with the FCC's current pay for the bullet proposal. Such a deal! -- Fred Goldsteink1io

Re: [WISPA] Pole-mounted base stations

2010-07-28 Thread Fred Goldstein
to power a nice Routerboard arrangement, maybe with some Ethernet radios on the side. The fun will be mounting everything on the pole. Questions like who gets the top, the antenna or the windmill? (Probably the turbine, so it can move with the wind.) -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein

Re: [WISPA] USF Reform Bill Introduced - The most compelling reason to document and map your network coverage ever

2010-07-29 Thread Fred Goldstein
! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Fred

Re: [WISPA] USF Reform Bill Introduced - The most compelling reason to document and map your network coverage ever

2010-07-29 Thread Fred Goldstein
with the cable industry. I am sure they would love to see Telco's lose their USF subsidies in markets that are served by cable. Brian -Original Message- From: Fred Goldstein [mailto:fgoldst...@ionary.com] Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 9:42 AM To: bwebs...@wirelessmapping.com; WISPA General List

Re: [WISPA] USF Reform Bill Introduced - The most compelling reason to document and map your network coverage ever

2010-07-29 Thread Fred Goldstein
that this bill will receive a fair amount of opposition from the subsidy-suckers too. Brian -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Fred Goldstein Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:20 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] USF

Re: [WISPA] USF Reform Bill Introduced - The most compelling reason to document and map your network coverage ever

2010-07-29 Thread Fred Goldstein
) -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Fred Goldstein Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:20 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] USF Reform Bill Introduced - The most compelling reason to document and map your network

Re: [WISPA] MIMO 5.8 GHz panel antennas?

2010-07-30 Thread Fred Goldstein
designed for its own system; I don't know how well it would work otherwise and it's way expensive. Suggestions? Thanks! -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] MIMO 5.8 GHz panel antennas?

2010-07-30 Thread Fred Goldstein
anywhere. Of course the Proxim stuff comes at a Proxim price; I could probably gut a Powerbridge for half as much. Steve Barnes RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Fred Goldstein Sent

Re: [WISPA] XBOX live, NAT, and UPnP

2010-08-02 Thread Fred Goldstein
, NAT, and UPnP -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701 WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] [WISPA Members] Health Insurance

2010-08-03 Thread Fred Goldstein
he would pay it over a long period of time. When he said he was paying cash outright, it cost a tiny fraction of the amount the bill was for. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] MIMO 5.8 GHz panel antennas?

2010-08-03 Thread Fred Goldstein
MHz CPE, which I may want in some heavy woods. Same form factor, two very different products. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] [WISPA Members] Health Insurance

2010-08-03 Thread Fred Goldstein
not a unalienable right and neither is health care! Of course, we could give up those rights and become serfs with no choice but poor health care and watch the elite as they pay themselves huge bonuses, yachts, and other luxuries. -Rick Gunderson On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Fred Goldstein fgoldst

Re: [WISPA] net neutrality, there may be hope yet...

2010-08-03 Thread Fred Goldstein
cable, and they'd be happy to see WISPs go away. (When I see them opposing it, I think of Bre'r Rabbit and the brier patch.) -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] net neutrality, there may be hope yet...

2010-08-03 Thread Fred Goldstein
. Their ToS (I'm a customer) prohibited file and web servers; the FCC found that unreasonable. I do believe that if someone had complained about such activities on Verizon's or ATT's part, the K-Mart FCC would have found it perfectly desirable. Fred Goldstein wrote: At 8/3/2010 04:58 PM, Mike Hammett

Re: [WISPA] [WISPA Members] Health Insurance

2010-08-03 Thread Fred Goldstein
/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting

Re: [WISPA] net neutrality, there may be hope yet...

2010-08-03 Thread Fred Goldstein
is a good way to keep the average load and thus the cost and price down. Fred Goldstein wrote: At 8/3/2010 06:24 PM, Jack Unger wrote: Why would customers installing file servers cause you a problem if you limited their throughput to the Terms and Conditions of their contract where you would

Re: [WISPA] net neutrality, there may be hope yet...

2010-08-04 Thread Fred Goldstein
neutrality, there may be hope yet... Comments inline. Fred Goldstein wrote: At 8/3/2010 09:03 PM, Jack Unger wrote: Fred, Many WISPs throttle throughput according to the terms of the contracted service that each customer purchases. For example, if a WISP sells 1 Mb down and 512k up then they limit

Re: [WISPA] XBOX live, NAT, and UPnP

2010-08-04 Thread Fred Goldstein
Warner (TW Telecom) is my upstream. We aren't paying for IP addresses, but we only have a /27 of addresses with them. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] Multiple sectors, one frequency?

2010-08-04 Thread Fred Goldstein
of crowded to be having three access frequencies plus two or more backhaul frequencies... thanks. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] Multiple sectors, one frequency?

2010-08-04 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 8/4/2010 04:03 PM, you wrote: Jerry Richardson Sent Mobile Jerry, did the body of your message get lost? I just got your .sig. Thanks. On Aug 4, 2010, at 12:58 PM, Fred Goldstein fgoldst...@ionary.com wrote: At 8/4/2010 03:37 PM, Jerry Richardson wrote: It will not work. But you

Re: [WISPA] Multiple sectors, one frequency?

2010-08-04 Thread Fred Goldstein
-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Fred Goldstein Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 2:55 PM To: fai...@snappydsl.net; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Multiple sectors, one frequency? At 8/4/2010 05:14 PM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: Well this is the formula we

Re: [WISPA] Multiple sectors, one frequency?

2010-08-04 Thread Fred Goldstein
backhaul frequencies... thanks. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701 WISPA Wants You! Join today! http

Re: [WISPA] Multiple sectors, one frequency?

2010-08-05 Thread Fred Goldstein
...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Fred Goldstein Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 12:06 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Multiple sectors, one frequency? At 8/4/2010 11:50 PM, Robert West wrote: A mess. Just run Air View and it will answer your question. As long as one radio can see one

Re: [WISPA] Multiple sectors, one frequency?

2010-08-06 Thread Fred Goldstein
links and use XR5s in 11a mode for everything else that doesn't need the speed... Thanks! Slavinski- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Fred Goldstein Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 12:25 PM To: WISPA General List

Re: [WISPA] Lightning AGAIN

2010-08-06 Thread Fred Goldstein
routers are expensive. So rather than let anything conductive touch them (other than the power feed, which presumably has its own protectors), use a jumper of all-dielectric fiber to isolate them from anything that goes near the outside. Sort of an air gap, but made of glass... -- Fred

Re: [WISPA] 4G carrier for carriers

2010-08-10 Thread Fred Goldstein
leased lines, selling to ISPs and wireless carriers. It's basically an unregulated monopoly. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] 4G carrier for carriers

2010-08-10 Thread Fred Goldstein
might not be that great, which could help keep it small. jack Fred Goldstein wrote: At 8/10/2010 10:15 AM, Blake Bowers wrote: Although they do use that satellite word a lot, elsewhere in their page they talk about 40,000 cell sites - as in possibly they are doing their backhaul using

Re: [WISPA] RB1100

2010-08-11 Thread Fred Goldstein
and I don't like those outdoors. The forums have had some complaints about heat in the CPU, so downclocking it might make sense. (Somebody posted a note about the new heat sink, with a picture of an anvil.) -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting

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

2010-08-14 Thread Fred Goldstein
mistreated for another century. Finally they get good lawyers and lobbyists and open casinos. Sounds like its a lot better than being a WISP or an Integrator. :-) When you add it all up, I don't really think so. :-( -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at http://ionary.comionary.com ionary

Re: [WISPA] More BTOP/BIP

2010-08-20 Thread Fred Goldstein
of satellite stuff. The BTOP side was a little more varied. 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 -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting

Re: [WISPA] More BTOP/BIP

2010-08-20 Thread Fred Goldstein
-- it comes from USF, another tax. On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Fred Goldstein mailto:fgoldst...@ionary.comfgoldst...@ionary.com wrote: At 8/20/2010 02:49 PM, you wrote: Where does Bip/Btop post these awards? http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites

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

2010-08-20 Thread Fred Goldstein
regulating all ISPs in a manner that would hurt the big guys a little and the little guys, like WISPs, a lot. So VZ, who is impacted the least, is happy with it. The correct answer is to open the networks, and leave self-provisioned ISPs (WISPs) alone. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein

Re: [WISPA] Slightly different question - Single radio or multiple radios in the same box?

2010-08-21 Thread Fred Goldstein
/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] Seeking 4.9Ghz Advice

2010-08-27 Thread Fred Goldstein
provide the PS users with some assurance of capacity. But I don't know if it can be provisioned in any of the low-cost router OSs. Sure would be nice. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirMax Sectors

2010-08-30 Thread Fred Goldstein
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Re: [WISPA] Suggestions for high bandwidth @ 25 miles.

2010-08-31 Thread Fred Goldstein
. An SO-239 was on top and it could absorb a kilowatt for a brief test, or a smaller load for a longer time. I did watch somebody smoke one with a serious 2-meter grounded-plate amplifier. Those 8877 tubes were great. It was a very generous kilowatt amp.) -- Fred Goldsteink1io

Re: [WISPA] netflix/hulu IP's

2010-08-31 Thread Fred Goldstein
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Re: [WISPA] Single radio or multiple radios in the same box?

2010-09-01 Thread Fred Goldstein
radios in one rb. As I recall there is interference but someone had a solution. I am sure someone will chime in or you could check the archive. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] Net Neutrality statement from Genakowski

2010-09-02 Thread Fred Goldstein
, has begotten. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701 WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] Net Neutrality statement from Genakowski

2010-09-02 Thread Fred Goldstein
the performance of broadband Internet access services at any given time, including during periods of peak usage.20 end quote -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] Net Neutrality statement from Genakowski

2010-09-03 Thread Fred Goldstein
the performance of broadband Internet access services at any given time, including during periods of peak usage.20 end quote -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] Over-water shots

2010-09-04 Thread Fred Goldstein
will hit different heights at different times.) Horizontal polarization is said to work better over water. So is it crazy to try a dual-polarization MIMO link? Thanks. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617

Re: [WISPA] Trees under half mile

2010-09-13 Thread Fred Goldstein
try to deal with IP addresses. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701 WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] Trees under half mile

2010-09-13 Thread Fred Goldstein
on what you mean by the term, though; I use it generically. On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Fred Goldstein fgoldst...@ionary.com wrote: At 9/13/2010 07:02 PM, you wrote: 900 won't do 10 megs. The new Ubiquiti M-series Airmax 900 MHz radios should do it. MCS10 in a 5 MHz quarter-channel

Re: [WISPA] Trees under half mile

2010-09-13 Thread Fred Goldstein
RocketM sectors look better than anything MT has. The specs are pretty close but the scuttlebutt on the boards is that the UBNT cards outperform the R52HNs. On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Fred Goldstein fgoldst...@ionary.com wrote: At 9/13/2010 09:23 PM, you wrote: With the low cost

Re: [WISPA] Taking the plunge

2010-09-13 Thread Fred Goldstein
, and thus the whole sector counts as PtP for regulatory power limit purposes. With TDMA it's only transmitting to one at a time, after all... -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] Trees under half mile

2010-09-14 Thread Fred Goldstein
R52's (not Ns) died or went into a super spew mode with lots of noise. Are you using any RF Armor or other shields? What sector antennas seem to be the least leaky? Thanks -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1

Re: [WISPA] Taking the plunge

2010-09-14 Thread Fred Goldstein
hacking, but they've gotten approved. So why shouldn't Airmax or NV2 do the same? -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] Radio Mobile reload

2010-09-14 Thread Fred Goldstein
\radio mobile directory, with the executable. The latest one seems to be from January, though I'm sure it's included in the current download (I'm up to 10.7.6). -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] FIbertower et al Ex Parte met with Commissioner Bakers legal advisor

2010-09-15 Thread Fred Goldstein
links too. A Part 101-type path licensing regime would also allow that. This might be a more practical compromise position, no? -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] I'm pulling Mikrotik

2010-09-17 Thread Fred Goldstein
/pipermail/wireless/ -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701 WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] I'm pulling Mikrotik

2010-09-17 Thread Fred Goldstein
? I'm thinking of using HWMP+ to automatically create paths (route, but not in the IP layer) them across the network (mesh, in the literal topological sense). Thanks... Sent from my iPhone4 On Sep 17, 2010, at 8:31 AM, Fred Goldstein mailto:fgoldst...@ionary.comfgoldst...@ionary.com wrote

Re: [WISPA] I'm pulling Mikrotik

2010-09-17 Thread Fred Goldstein
-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Butch Evans but...@butchevans.com wrote: On Fri, 2010-09-17 at 11:29 -0400, Fred Goldstein wrote: Glad to hear it's working. My plan is to put a router at the core and run layer 2 beyond. How flexible

Re: [WISPA] I'm pulling Mikrotik

2010-09-17 Thread Fred Goldstein
threads have suggests Mikrotik over Vyatta. Cheaper and better. I have not used Vyatta. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Fred Goldstein fgoldst...@ionary.com wrote: At 9/17/2010

Re: [WISPA] 189 mile wifi link- 5.8G Ubiquiti

2010-09-22 Thread Fred Goldstein
they wouldn't risk using them for long links over 10miles or so, because a low price product likely was lower grade. I got to say, way to go Ubiquiti! -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

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

2010-09-23 Thread Fred Goldstein
Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] Transmit Antenna Height

2010-09-23 Thread Fred Goldstein
to establish height limits for personal/portable devices. As the Commission stated in the Second Report and Order, there is no practical way to enforce such limits, and such limits are not necessary due to the different technical and operational characteristics of personal/portable devices. -- Fred

Re: [WISPA] Transmit Antenna Height

2010-09-23 Thread Fred Goldstein
-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Fred Goldstein Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 4:36 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Transmit Antenna Height This item alone may be the show-stopper, the poison pill that makes it useless to WISPs in much of the country. In places where the routine

Re: [WISPA] Transmit Antenna Height

2010-09-23 Thread Fred Goldstein
devices. As the Commission stated in the Second Report and Order, there is no practical way to enforce such limits, and such limits are not necessary due to the different technical and operational characteristics of personal/portable devices. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com

Re: [WISPA] Transmit Antenna Height

2010-09-24 Thread Fred Goldstein
and operational characteristics of personal/portable devices. -- Fred Goldsteink1io fgoldstein at ionary.com ionary Consultinghttp://www.ionary.com/http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701

Re: [WISPA] FW: Transmit Antenna Height

2010-09-24 Thread Fred Goldstein
reasonable. From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Fred Goldstein Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 2:57 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Transmit Antenna Height At 9/24/2010 02:16 PM, Tom DeReggi wrote: There is one other benefit

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