"and all the other things you don't want to do." Does hauling everything up the tower so you don't have to count?
lol I prefer laptop duty myself But in all seriousness you are absolutely right. Scott Carullo Brevard Wireless 321-205-1100 x102 -------- Original Message -------- > From: "jp" <j...@saucer.midcoast.com> > Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:24 PM > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Changing cards in Mikrotik > > You should have someone with you on site when you climb towers. > > Even if you are self employed and not subject to OSHA rules, it's still > a good idea. Most of the tower deaths or falls I read about very likely > could have been prevented or lessened with even very modest safety > guidelines. Futhermore, if you become some statistic used to calculate > insurance rates as a result of unsafe climbing, it will tend make all of > our workers comp insurance costs increase collectively. > > That person on the ground should have a laptop to do the configuring/testing.. > They can also keep others away from the tower to protect them from > falling tools, read off signals while aligning antennas, answer your > phone calls, destroy wasp nests, and all the other things you don't want > to do. > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:42:35AM -0500, Data Technology wrote: > > Yes I know it is easy to just sit down and configure the card but, > > I do the tower climbing myself and with even a small 40-60 ft tower, by > > the time you get down, get the gear off and get to a computer the > > adrenalin is flowing and you may tend to make a mistake. And after a > > 160 ft tower you (me) are more tired and you can overlook something that > > you would normally catch in an instance. > > > > I guess there are pros and cons to both ways. > > > > LaRoy > > > > > > Scott Carullo wrote: > > > It takes less than one minute to configure an interface? > > > > > > Just because you put a like card in there doesn't mean ROS should assume > > > its the same freq, same power output etc. I think its actually better it > > > lets you set it up instead of assuming a like replacement. My 2 cents > > > > > > Scott Carullo > > > Brevard Wireless > > > 321-205-1100 x102 > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > > > >> From: "Data Technology" <w...@dtisp.com> > > >> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 12:19 PM > > >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > > >> Subject: [WISPA] Changing cards in Mikrotik > > >> > > >> As much as I Love Mikrotik, I HATE the fact that you have to reconfigure > > >> > > > > > > > > >> when you change out a card. > > >> I don't see why Mikrotik did not design it to work like StarOS. > > >> > > >> I have 1 StarOS AP still running and I had to change out a CM9 that went > > >> > > > > > > > > >> out. > > >> This AP has not been touched in probably 4 years. > > >> I just took out the old card, put in the new one and the users were > > >> passing traffic before I could close the lid. > > >> This was one of the few good things I liked about StarOS. > > >> > > >> Ok, just feels good to rant and rave every now and then. > > >> > > >> LaRoy McCann > > >> Data Technology > > >> www.dtisp.com > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ---- > > > > > >> WISPA Wants You! 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