Unfortunately I don't know all the specifics on that part Josh offhand,
my part in this was troubleshooting why the basement didn't have cell
service on Verizon and how to get them service, I just told the field
team I needed to get the GPS signal from the roof. I believe they used
a connector to switch to a different cable type that allowed them to run
it to the roof without too much attenuation (unless that plan fell
through and they ended up doing something entirely different and never
updated me - which is also very possible). But the external antenna
that comes with the SCS wouldn't make it from where we had to install
the unit to any exterior wall or the roof 6 floors up.
-- Samuel Kirsch, Network Support
Plexicomm - Internet Solutions | www.plexicomm.net
Office: 1.866.759.4678 x109 | Fax: 1.866.852.4688
Emergency Support: 1.866.759.9713 | sam...@plexicomm.net
------ Original Message ------
From: "Josh Luthman" <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>
To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com>
Sent: 2/9/2016 1:33:56 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Verizon "network extender"
How did you get a GPS antenna from the roof to the SCS box?
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 1:28 PM, samuel <sam...@plexicomm.net> wrote:
Verizon's Samsung SCS series 3G and 4G Network Extender is what I was
dealing with. We had to run our own GPS antenna from the roof down to
the basement to get the damn thing to sync properly.
As an aside, I didn't realize the Low E windows were code now, and
this is a very newly renovated building. Will keep that in mind!
-- Sam Kirsch, Network Tech Support
Plexicomm Internet Solutions
Office: 1.866.759.4678 x109 | Fax: 1.866.852.4688
sam...@plexicomm.net | Emergency Support: 1.866.759.9713
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Jaime Solorza" <losguyswirel...@gmail.com>
To: "Animal Farm" <af@afmug.com>
Date: 02/09/16 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Verizon "network extender"
cell booster or gps booster?
Jaime Solorza
Wireless Systems Architect
915-861-1390
On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 8:15 AM, Sam Kirsch <sam...@plexicomm.net>
wrote:
Pull out a GPS App on your phone and make sure you can actually read
the satellites from behind the window (I used 'GPS Test' on
Android). We had to install one of these boosters and were
troubleshooting why the damn thing wasn't working when I noticed
that my phone GPS receiver was working in rooms where the windows
were open and not working in rooms where the windows were closed.
Building management didn't even know they'd purchased the windows
with RF film.
-- Samuel Kirsch, Network Support
Plexicomm - Internet Solutions | www.plexicomm.net
Office: 1.866.759.4678 x109 | Fax: 1.866.852.4688
Emergency Support: 1.866.759.9713 | sam...@plexicomm.net
------ Original Message ------
From: "Adam Moffett" <dmmoff...@gmail.com>
To: af@afmug.com
Sent: 2/9/2016 9:50:42 AM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Verizon "network extender"
It might not be just a matter of getting the location. If they use
the 1pps clock from GPS to calibrate an oscillator before they
start transmitting, then it would legitimately take 20-30 minutes.
Telrad BTS's are like that too. Pisses me off if I ever have to
reset the power.
On 2/9/2016 12:12 AM, Jason McKemie wrote:
For whatever reason, the receivers that they use in some of these
don't seem to be "modern" at all. They frequently take an
excessively long time to get a lock.
On Monday, February 8, 2016, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Modern GPS receivers work surprisingly well, if not very
accurately, from inside a single floor wood framed house... My
oneplus one will pick up 6 satellites while standing in a central
hallway 15'+ from any window. Should be accurate enough to get a
location within 75'.
All bets are off if it is a concrete framed apartment building or
something like that.
I still find it amazing that anything works at -162 RSL. Thanks
to tiny channel size and very basic modulation.
On Feb 8, 2016 6:46 PM, "Bill Prince"
<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','part15...@gmail.com');> wrote:
Canopy NAT seems to break it with regularity. It might also
fail if the GPS location that it reports is not within a 1/4
mile of where the customer address is.
Also requires enough GPS (like near a window) to get a GPS lock.
bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
On 2/8/2016 3:34 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
What are the typical reasons for these not to work?� From the
user guide it appears to use IPSEC, so I assume anything that
prevents a VPN?
�
Verizon support told the customer they needed a Class A
address.� WTF?� Did they maybe mean it can't be a class A
address?� Customer uses 10.x.x.x addresses internally, behind
Cisco ASA firewall (which I don't manage).
�
I do see some udp/500 and udp/4500 packets, I think that means
something is using UDP for IPSEC NAT traversal?
