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2009-10-30 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
Anyone know what the deal is with Defacto Wireless? I can't seem to get in touch with anyone and my order never shipped. They've always been good to work with in the past. Patrick Nix, Jr., Computer Network Solutions CSWEB.NET Internet Services IT Manager http://www.cnetworksolutions.com

[WISPA] Suggestions on Firewall

2009-06-18 Thread Patrick D.. Nix, Jr
Any suggestions on a good linux firewall distro. I'm looking at either implementing this or going with an older Cisco PIX 525. Which would be the best way to go? Something with a nice GUI would be good Thanks

Re: [WISPA] Suggestions on Firewall

2009-06-18 Thread Patrick D.. Nix, Jr
-Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Patrick D.. Nix, Jr Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:30 AM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] Suggestions on Firewall Any suggestions on a good linux firewall distro. I'm looking

Re: [WISPA] Suggestions on Firewall

2009-06-18 Thread Patrick D.. Nix, Jr
...@aeronetpr.com wrote: Mikrotik Gino A. Villarini g...@aeronetpr.com Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Patrick D.. Nix, Jr Sent: Thursday

Re: [WISPA] Suggestions on Firewall

2009-06-18 Thread Patrick D.. Nix, Jr
-06-18 at 10:45 -0500, Patrick D.. Nix, Jr wrote: Basically just wanting to protect our servers 8 servers total (3 email 2 DNS 1 Web 2 offsite backup) -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Alan Long Sent: Thursday, June

[WISPA] Question re: WISP for sale

2009-07-17 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
I apologize as I know this has been discussed on the list before. We are entertaining the idea of selling out of our respectable size wireless ISP business in eastern Oklahoma. We have about 500 (growing daily) subscribers. Anyway, we are working on determining the net worth of the business.

Re: [WISPA] Question re: WISP for sale

2009-07-17 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
:-) But not until after August 14th. Thank You, Brian Webster -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org]on Behalf Of Patrick D. Nix, Jr Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 3:21 PM To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] Question re: WISP

[WISPA] 900Mhz question

2009-08-31 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
We've been using the Trango 900Mhz gear and are familiar with canopy and it's abilities. How does a Mikrotik with something like a XR9 compare in terms of penetration and throughput when paired with a Ubiquity CPE? Patrick Nix, Jr., Computer Network Solutions CSWEB.NET Internet Services IT

[WISPA] Trango 900AP

2010-05-27 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
Anyone near Oklahoma have a Trango M900AP they are willing to let go of? Patrick Nix, Jr., Computer Network Solutions CSWEB.NET Internet Services IT Manager http://www.cnetworksolutions.com http://www.csweb.net (918) 235-0414 Attention: This e-mail and

[WISPA] Utility Pole cell

2010-02-09 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
I know this subject has been visited already recently. We are meeting with a local rural electric coop about using pole space to facilitate neighborhood wireless. They have some concerns about aesthetics and liability, does anyone already doing this have some pics they can share so that we can

[WISPA] Mobile broadband for Law Enforcement (Small town)

2010-04-29 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
We are working on a project for a small town in rural Oklahoma for mobile broadband in 7 police units. Would anyone that has successfully completed such a project mind giving us some advice to start. Thanks Patrick Nix, Jr., Computer Network Solutions CSWEB.NET Internet Services IT Manager

Re: [WISPA] Mobile broadband for Law Enforcement (Small town)

2010-04-30 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
PM, Patrick D. Nix, Jr pni...@cnetworksolutions.com wrote: We are working on a project for a small town in rural Oklahoma for mobile broadband in 7 police units. Would anyone that has successfully completed such a project mind giving us some advice to start. Thanks Patrick Nix, Jr

Re: [WISPA] Mobile broadband for Law Enforcement (Small town)

2010-04-30 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Patrick D. Nix, Jr Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 9:59 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Mobile broadband for Law Enforcement (Small town) So is the general consensus to use 2.4Ghz

Re: [WISPA] Mobile broadband for Law Enforcement (Small town)

2010-04-30 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
in and day out. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 29, 2010, at 2:16 PM, Patrick D. Nix, Jr pni...@cnetworksolutions.com wrote: We are working on a project for a small town in rural Oklahoma for mobile broadband in 7 police units. Would anyone that has successfully completed such a project mind

Re: [WISPA] Mobile broadband for Law Enforcement (Small town)

2010-05-03 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Patrick D. Nix, Jr Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 5:42 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Mobile broadband for Law Enforcement (Small town) How does 4.9 perform in nLOS? Specifically looking at either the Ubiquiti SR4 or Dbii f50-PRO Patrick Nix, Jr., Computer

[WISPA] Bullet M2 association trouble

2010-05-11 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
We've noticed that the bullet's aren't associating on the initial config. We seem to have to send out a technician after the installer to re-configure the device before it will associate to the Rocket. Anyone else experiencing this problem? Patrick Nix, Jr., Computer Network Solutions

Re: [WISPA] Anyone in the Texas / Oklahoma region interested in Selling?

2010-11-08 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
We did look at selling a while back but never went anywhere with it. We might be interested in talking with you though. We are located in eastern Oklahoma. Sequoyah county. About 600 subs. Pat Csweb.net Sent from my iPad On Nov 7, 2010, at 4:09 PM, Marco Coelho coelh...@gmail.com wrote:

[WISPA] content filtering as a premium service for subscribers

2010-12-13 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
Anyone offering web content filtering as a premium service to subscribers? If so what have you found works best? We've had a few requests, and are trying to see if it is worthwhile. Thanks, Patrick Nix, Jr., Computer Network Solutions CSWEB.NET Internet Services IT Manager

[WISPA] OpenSource Email Server platform

2011-03-28 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
Since we began in '98 we've been using the same windows based email server MailMax. Because of some support/productivity issues we are investigating integrating a new box. The requirements are: webmail, web management of individuals mail accounts (with password reset), pop3/smtp/imap, can run

[WISPA] Question about QMailToaster and Powercode

2011-04-12 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
Anyone know if there is a way to integrate qmailtoaster into powercode so that email accounts can be managed from within PC? Also is there a way to allow users to add their own accounts into QMT without having to call us. Thanks in advance Patrick Nix, Jr., Computer Network Solutions

[WISPA] Fuel surcharge for Customer Repairs?

2011-04-28 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
Any thoughts on a service charge for on-site CPE repairs or relocating equipment due to changed signals. We have a bit of a disagreement within as to whether this would be ethical. The customer does not own the equipment at their location. We use a lot of 900Mhz so there are regular equipment

[WISPA] Ubiquiti 3.65 Airmax

2011-06-22 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
How does the Ubnt 3.65 perform where going thru light foliage perhaps only one or two trees? What kind of throughput? We are thinking of switching some of our 2.4 over to 3.65 because of interference issues. Thanks Patrick Nix, Jr., Computer Network Solutions CSWEB.NET Internet Services

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti 3.65 Airmax

2011-06-22 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
a straight NSM365. Customer gets about 5Mbps x 1.5Mbps. I don't think it is great at dense penetration but we've seen it work OK with a low noise floor in areas that were previously required to be 900MHz. On 6/22/2011 10:27 AM, Patrick D. Nix, Jr wrote: How does the Ubnt 3.65 perform where going thru

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti 3.65 Airmax

2011-06-22 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
to be 900MHz. On 6/22/2011 10:27 AM, Patrick D. Nix, Jr wrote: How does the Ubnt 3.65 perform where going thru light foliage perhaps only one or two trees? What kind of throughput? We are thinking of switching some of our 2.4 over to 3.65 because of interference issues. Thanks

[WISPA] Rocket M5 Dish high latency

2011-07-25 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
We are working on deploying a pair of M5 dishes on our network bridging point a and point b. When we plug in the network to the dishes, the ping times climb to 1200+ms on side b of the bridge, and equipment local to the side b of the bridge, and time out after two or more hops, essentially

Re: [WISPA] Rocket M5 Dish high latency

2011-07-25 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
a little too hot? Are you using WDS? I don't know if AirMax has changed this but I know one used to need to run with WDS on for a purely transparent bridge. Greg On Jul 25, 2011, at 12:07 PM, Patrick D. Nix, Jr wrote: We are working on deploying a pair of M5 dishes on our network bridging

Re: [WISPA] Rocket M5 Dish high latency

2011-07-25 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
a little too hot? Are you using WDS? I don't know if AirMax has changed this but I know one used to need to run with WDS on for a purely transparent bridge. Greg On Jul 25, 2011, at 12:07 PM, Patrick D. Nix, Jr wrote: We are working on deploying a pair of M5 dishes on our network bridging

Re: [WISPA] Rocket M5 Dish high latency

2011-07-25 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
: Monday, July 25, 2011 12:35 PM To: WISPA General List Cc: fai...@snappydsl.net Subject: Re: [WISPA] Rocket M5 Dish high latency Always do WDS for backhauls. On Jul 25, 2011 1:31 PM, Patrick D. Nix, Jr pni...@cnetworksolutions.com wrote: It is routed, using miktrotik routers. Do I use WDS

Re: [WISPA] Rocket M5 Dish high latency

2011-07-25 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
are the channels, and is there any interference on them ? Regards. Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, Fl 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Helpdesk: 305 663 5518 option 2 Email: supp...@snappydsl.net On 7/25/2011 1:33 PM, Patrick D. Nix, Jr wrote

Re: [WISPA] Rocket M5 Dish high latency

2011-07-25 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
Telecom On 7/25/2011 5:06 PM, Patrick D. Nix, Jr wrote: Ok, so WDS fixed the latency. At 20mhz channel and 100%ccq what should our actual throughput be. We are only seeing 20mbps max. Sent from my iPad On Jul 25, 2011, at 1:40 PM, Faisal Imtiaz fai...@snappydsl.net wrote: Yes

Re: [WISPA] Rocket M5 Dish high latency

2011-07-25 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
is unauthorized and may be illegal. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Rubens Kuhl Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 8:41 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Rocket M5 Dish high latency On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 6:06 PM, Patrick D

Re: [WISPA] Rocket M5 Dish high latency

2011-07-25 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
25, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Patrick D. Nix, Jr pni...@cnetworksolutions.com wrote: I tried airmax off but the link is almost unusable. Is there any advanced settings I need to change? The other scenario where Airmax makes better goodput is interference, either from your tower or from others

[WISPA] Power for tower sites

2011-09-20 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
Currently we are having some horrible issues with power at our tower sites. Our current configuration is that we have tripplite smart 500VA rackmout UPS connected to deep cycle marine battery. This seems to work OK for a month or so and then kills either the battery or the UPS or both. We then

Re: [WISPA] Power for tower sites

2011-09-20 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
and lockup and other weirdness. Justin -- Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net Aol Yahoo IM: j2sw http://www.mtin.net/blog – xISP News http://www.twitter.com/j2sw – Follow me on Twitter From: Patrick D. Nix, Jr pni...@cnetworksolutions.com Reply-To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] Power for tower sites

2011-09-20 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
...@mtin.net Aol Yahoo IM: j2sw http://www.mtin.net/blog – xISP News http://www.twitter.com/j2sw – Follow me on Twitter From: Patrick D. Nix, Jr pni...@cnetworksolutions.com Reply-To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:45:49 -0500 To: WISPA General List wireless

Re: [WISPA] Power for tower sites

2011-09-20 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
battieries on the UPS? If so, not good. Lead-acid and gel-cells charge at different rates. Disconnect the gel-cells. Run off just the marine batteries. Rod == - Original Message - From: Patrick D. Nix, Jr pni...@cnetworksolutions.com To: WISPA General List wireless

Re: [WISPA] What is everybody using for alarms?

2011-09-20 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
Mikrotik (the dude) works great Patrick Nix, Jr., Computer Network Solutions CSWEB.NET Internet Services IT Manager http://www.cnetworksolutions.com http://www.csweb.net (918) 235-0414 Attention: This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential

Re: [WISPA] Power for tower sites

2011-09-20 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
... On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Patrick D. Nix, Jr pni...@cnetworksolutions.com wrote: Whatever works best for reasonable $ :-) it's been a nightmare so far. Starting to upset customers. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 20, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Chris Hudson ch...@htswireless.com wrote

Re: [WISPA] Power for tower sites

2011-09-20 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
, at 2:17 PM, Patrick D. Nix, Jr wrote: What's a good model to look for? They seem kind of pricey. From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Greg Ihnen Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 12:11 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Power

Re: [WISPA] 7 days till Vegas

2011-09-30 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
Vegas is just a little too far for us especially with the workload, last year we went to broadband expo in Dallas. Any word of it coming back? Pat Csweb Sent from my iPhone On Sep 30, 2011, at 7:15 PM, John McDowell j...@readynetsolutions.com wrote: Ditto! John McDowell Sent from my

[WISPA] Aircontrol for UBNT

2011-10-19 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
Having trouble establishing communication to radios via aircontrol. It is definitely an issue with our firewall (using a imagestream rebel running iptables via powercode) because when I initiate a rebuild the communication comes up after the services process it goes down again. I already have

Re: [WISPA] Aircontrol for UBNT

2011-10-19 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Aircontrol for UBNT Just add the cameras as infrastructure. It's the easiest way and best way (it's documented!!!) Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Patrick D

Re: [WISPA] Aircontrol for UBNT

2011-10-19 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
and 172.16.2.0/24 and 192.168.233.0/24) Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Patrick D. Nix, Jr pni...@cnetworksolutions.com wrote: Cameras? No cameras, just managing the APs and CPEs.  All of my APs are added

Re: [WISPA] Aircontrol for UBNT

2011-10-19 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
Yes, it's definitely a firewall problem, the trouble is I already have open the ports that are supposed to be opened. I seem to have no trouble communicating to server on 9080. i.e. I can go to an alternate internet source via my 3g and connect to server on that port but my radios cannot

Re: [WISPA] Aircontrol for UBNT

2011-10-19 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
I ssh'd into a radio and tried the command: telnet ip of AC 9080 Nothing. Is that the proper command? -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Kristian Hoffmann Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 11:40 AM To: wireless@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] Aircontrol for UBNT

2011-10-19 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
the port to your server. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Patrick D. Nix, Jr pni...@cnetworksolutions.com wrote: I ssh'd into a radio and tried the command: telnet ip of AC 9080 Nothing

[WISPA] Aircontrol iperf question

2011-10-20 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
Anyone know a way to change the iperf options or iperf command in aircontrol so that instead of it testing to the internal ip of the server you can test to the external ip. I can switch and do a download test fine but unable to perform upload test. Many thanks,

[WISPA] UBNT Rocket M5 Throughput

2011-10-24 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
What is the best real TCP throughput up/down anyone is getting on a PtP ubnt connection? We have two rocket M5 approx 1.5 mi, CCQ 97-98%, 40mhz channel width, airmax off. Displayed TX/RX rate is 270/270. Real TCP throughput via iperf radio to radio is 40-45mbps. Are there some

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Rocket M5 Throughput

2011-10-24 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 2:45 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] UBNT Rocket M5 Throughput Turn AirMax on. Travis On 10/24/2011 1:36 PM, Patrick D. Nix, Jr wrote: What is the best real TCP throughput

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Rocket M5 Throughput

2011-10-24 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
). Regards Michael Baird - Original Message - From: Patrick D. Nix, Jr pni...@cnetworksolutions.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 3:50:50 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [WISPA] UBNT Rocket M5 Throughput Problem is when I turn airmax

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Rocket M5 Throughput

2011-10-24 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
Of Travis Johnson Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 2:45 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] UBNT Rocket M5 Throughput Turn AirMax on. Travis On 10/24/2011 1:36 PM, Patrick D. Nix, Jr wrote

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Rocket M5 Throughput

2011-10-25 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Patrick D. Nix, Jr To: WISPA General List Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 5:52 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] UBNT Rocket M5 Throughput Ok tried 20mhz, throughput drops about 10mbps to about 30mbps. My signal is at least

[WISPA] UBNT Retransmits

2011-11-02 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
Is there a simple command or option for viewing re-tx and errors on the wireless interface for troubleshooting purposes? WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] UBNT Retransmits

2011-11-02 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
This is for M-series by the way. From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Patrick D. Nix, Jr Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 9:54 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] UBNT Retransmits Is there a simple command or option for viewing re

[WISPA] Installation videos

2011-11-03 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
We are thinking of video documenting some customer installations and tower maintenance to post on youtube for the entertainment and education of our customers. Is anyone doing this now and have some videos they would like to share for ideas? Thanks, Pat Csweb.net

[WISPA] MT interface bonding

2011-11-14 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
Will bonding interfaces of 2 Rocket M5 Dish units result in full duplex transmission? We are needing to increase the backhaul throughput of one of our links. The obvious answer is to convert to a licensed full duplex unit (which we plan to do) but in the meantime to get by will bonding

Re: [WISPA] MT interface bonding

2011-11-14 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
. That way one link is always tx and the other is rx. http://stfunoo.be/?p=696 Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Patrick D. Nix, Jr pni...@cnetworksolutions.com wrote: Will bonding interfaces of 2

Re: [WISPA] MT interface bonding

2011-11-14 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
Subject: Re: [WISPA] MT interface bonding On Mon, 2011-11-14 at 09:44 -0600, Patrick D. Nix, Jr wrote: As far as performance is concerned which will offer the better end result? Bonding or routing the interfaces? Can you elaborate on how to use ospf to create dedicated tx / rx interfaces? We

Re: [WISPA] MT interface bonding

2011-11-14 Thread Patrick D. Nix, Jr
Troy, OH 45373 On Nov 14, 2011 1:17 PM, Patrick D. Nix, Jr pni...@cnetworksolutions.com wrote: Which would give the better experience? When I run duplex speed test with Rocket M5 I see 36ish Up and 45ish down. When I run transmit only (which would equate to down) I see 70 mbps. Patrick Nix