That's what kills me. Trango here, mt there, redline, etc On 7/12/09, Kurt Fankhauser <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I seen this situation of needing spares a long time ago, that's why I > choose to standardize all my towers on one platform so I only have to stock > enough routerboards for 1 full tower. Then that way it doesn't matter which > tower gets hit, I at least have the same boards on them all so my spares all > fit the same. I have 12 towers and If any one of them goes down I can get > back online if I need to with a few RB433's and a half dozen R52's. > > Kurt Fankhauser > WAVELINC > P.O. Box 126 > Bucyrus, OH 44820 > 419-562-6405 > www.wavelinc.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 4:39 PM > To: 'WISPA General List' > Subject: Re: [WISPA] URGENT need contact for Mikrotik Parts > nearsouthwestOhio > > Josh, > > What Travis and others are suggesting is really a "Best Practice" issue. > Keeping Spares on-hand is commonly practiced in the industry (all of > Telecom)... > > Before one does any kind of deployment, one has to consider "How am I going > to deal with Emergency Situations ?". > > There are a number of ways to 'skin this cat' !..... > > You can always keep exact spares on hand..... (We hardly every buy qty 1 of > anything... ) > You can always keep 'equivalent' spares on hand... Would allow you to swap > out stuff on a temp or permanent basis. > > The key point is to be aware of your 'in-service' equipment, and 'spares' > inventory, and evaluate on a regular periodic basis. > > My only other addition would be ...... Test you Spares.....don't assume that > because they are new, they are all working !! > > Good Luck. > > > Faisal Imtiaz > SnappyDSL.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Josh Luthman > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 4:28 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] URGENT need contact for Mikrotik Parts near > southwestOhio > > Travis, > > Absolutely excellent idea/point. I will definitely use that after this > weekend... > > What happens if you can't buy spares anymore? I'm planning on just swapping > them with all new stuff :( > > On 7/12/09, Travis Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> I understand, and I've been there before... however, now when we buy >> anything (new router, core switch, backhaul, etc.) we always buy a "spare" >> as part of the purchase price. If we can't afford the spare, we don't >> buy the original part. >> >> Travis >> Microserv >> >> Josh Luthman wrote: >>> >>> In a perfect world I would definitely do that. We have one service >>> vehicle, a second soon, but it sure is hard to hold onto thousands of >>> gear in a truck/shelf =/ >>> >>> Josh Luthman >>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>> 1100 Wayne St >>> Suite 1337 >>> Troy, OH 45373 >>> >>> "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however >>> improbable, must be the truth." >>> --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 1:49 PM, RickG <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Amen to that! -RickG >>>> >>>> On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Travis Johnson<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Josh, >>>>> >>>>> You may want to consider having "spares" of this equipment on hand >>>>> for future problems. We keep enough spares to replace an entire >>>>> tower >>>>> >>>> >>>> (licensed >>>> >>>>> >>>>> backhaul, AP's, UPS, rebooters, etc.) in our tower truck, and we >>>>> still >>>>> >>>> >>>> have >>>> >>>>> >>>>> enough extra stuff at the office for more repairs if needed. >>>>> >>>>> Travis >>>>> Microserv >>>>> >>>>> Josh Luthman wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Tom at Roc Noc got me taken care of. 13 hours of driving later I >>>>> got my units ready to be placed on the tower tomorrow. >>>>> >>>>> Tom - once again, thank you very very much. >>>>> >>>>> I am going to sleep for a couple hours and then fix this catastrophe. >>>>> >>>>> P.S. someone crashed and died in the fog just west of Richmond. My >>>>> heart goes out to their family and friends. >>>>> >>>>> Josh Luthman >>>>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>>>> 1100 Wayne St >>>>> Suite 1337 >>>>> Troy, OH 45373 >>>>> >>>>> "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, >>>>> however improbable, must be the truth." >>>>> --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Josh >>>>> Luthman<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> So I wake up with thunder shaking the house and 3 minutes later, >>>>> text messages start blowing up my phone. I lost two out of three >>>>> AN50 ODUs and 3 of 3 433ah boards. Two Trango 5800 APs survive >>>>> (though one needed a new poe). The 493 concentrator/switch lost some > ports, too. >>>>> >>>>> If anyone has mobile numbers for anyone at Roc Noc or Quicklink >>>>> Wireless I would greatly appreciate you providing me (offlist) with >>>>> getting a hold of them. >>>>> >>>>> I'm about 2 hours from Quicklink and 6 hous from Roc Noc. >>>>> >>>>> If anyone knows of a MikroTik vendor near south west Ohio besides >>>>> these two I would appreciate knowing about them, too, and would >>>>> love to get a hold of them this weekend. >>>>> >>>>> Josh Luthman >>>>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>>>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>>>> 1100 Wayne St >>>>> Suite 1337 >>>>> Troy, OH 45373 >>>>> >>>>> "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, >>>>> however improbable, must be the truth." >>>>> --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> ------------ >>>> >>>>> >>>>> WISPA Wants You! 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