Re: [WISPA] Voip over Wireless
Another WISP told me Packet8 works better on a wireless network than Vonage. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David E. Smith Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 8:01 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Voip over Wireless What doesn't work with Vonage? Is it the quality of the call or the service itself? Probably call quality. Anecdotal evidence ahoy! One of my field techs, who has our wireless service at his home, tried Vonage for a few months, but the call quality was lousy. He later switched to Packet 8 and has been quite happy with it. We've also discovered that some brands work better when they're exposed (i.e. with a public IP address), and some are better behind a NATting router. Packet 8, for instance, seemed to work infinitely better behind a router than when the device had a public IP. The Vonage appliance, as I recall, was just the opposite. As I recall, Packet 8 was five bucks a month cheaper than Vonage too, but didn't have quite as good a selection of local numbers. (This is all second-hand -- I just use my cell phone for most things and a Skype account for the rare international call.) David Smith MVN.net WISPA Wants You! 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/
Re: [WISPA] Household WiFi router? Was Re: Future
I have not had as good luck with the Buffalo's. They tend to lose their settings more frequently than our router of choice. We use the Linksys WRT54GL (note the l) routers exclusively now. We load DD-WRT on them to boost the power a little and give us the flexibility to do WDS with two of them if we need to. We turn off routing (routing is done via the client radio) and turn the internet port into a 5th LAN port. And we bundle them with a small APC UPS to deal with power issues. This has worked very well for us. I tried one of the Linksys N type routers (the black one that kind of looks like the B2 Stealth Bomber). It was about the same price as the WRT54GL. But in my testing I did not see any increase in range with my laptop. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan Schmidt Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 5:48 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] Household WiFi router? Was Re: Future I've used the same list and when I got to Buffalo I stopped. I have installed wireless routers and bridges (especially to IQeye hi-res cameras w/multi-megapixel images) and these never had been rebooted in a year and a half...and, the connection is like a wire...no lockups, no hiccups, no strange incidents. Like a wire. . . . J o n a t h a n -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Valenti Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 4:47 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Household WiFi router? Was Re: Future Travis, Could you share what hardware you use for the wireless firewall/router? I've been having more trouble with those than the radios mounted outside. thanks PS - I started with Zyxel p330. The ones I bought last year are mostly still working, but they seemed to change something for this year's model. I've also tried some Belkin and Linksys and still haven't found anything I consider good. On April 20, at 10:44 PM April 20, Travis Johnson wrote: You have to provide some value to your service. We offer local support, symmetrical speeds (upload is the same as download), free wireless firewall/router with install, real static IP address, etc. -- -- WISPA Wants You! 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/ WISPA Wants You! 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/ WISPA Wants You! 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/
Re: [WISPA] 900 MHz 60 Degree Horizontal Polarization SectorRecommendation
http://www.superpass.com/902-928MH_60.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Unger Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 12:44 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] 900 MHz 60 Degree Horizontal Polarization SectorRecommendation Does anyone know who makes a 900 MHz horizontally polarized 60-degree horizontal beamwidth moderate-to-high quality sector antenna? I can't seem to find any. Thanks in advance for any help. jack -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Serving the Broadband Wireless Industry Since 1993 Author of the Cisco Press Book - Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs Vendor-Neutral Wireless Training-Design-Troubleshooting-Consulting FCC License # PG-12-25133 Phone 818-227-4220 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] WISPA Wants You! 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/ F WISPA Wants You! 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/
Re: [WISPA] MT vs StarOS
We have a mixed Network of MT and Star-OS. Last summer, we did a detailed, in-office analysis of throughput between the two OS's, using exactly the same equipment (a couple of Mini-ITX boxes) and just changing out the CF cards to switch between them. StarOS won hands down. It wasn't even close. Since then, any expansion has been exclusively StarOS. We still use MT for our main router. I really like their queue system. My dream would be the MT bells and whistles with the StarOS wireless driver. Probably never happen, but if I were MT, I would make a pretty offer to StarOS to license it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 6:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] MT vs StarOS Hi, Anyone care to help compare a Mikrotik based bridged AP/CPE solution to StarOS? Here is a quick list I have come up with. I would love to have everyone add their thoughts... Mikrotik features: graphical user interface (Winbox) more features (Torch, etc) more hardware choices (RB532, RB411, RB600, etc.) Nstreme protocol very reliable StarOS features: FCC certified CPE lower price 'Sync' feature (reconfigure all CPE from the AP side with a single change, such as frequency) OLSR feature VoIP priority with minimal config 200 CPE per wireless card (capable) Travis Microserv WISPA Wants You! 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/ WISPA Wants You! 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/
RE: [WISPA] PacWireless Dual Pol
Wisp Router in Kansas has them. www.wisp-router.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom DeReggi Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 5:47 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] PacWireless Dual Pol Anyone on the East Coast, or Central US, stock the PacWireless 29db Dual Pol parabolics? Looking for quicker ship times, at lower ship costs, as I'm east coast. Please contact me offlist. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: Butch Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 11:49 AM Subject: RE: [WISPA] CALEA On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, Larry Yunker wrote: If I am not mistaken, when you are being asked to provide information in a legal matter in which you are not a named-party in the legal action, you are being placed in the position of a witness. Exactly. This is where the duty that I mentioned in my response to Frank comes from. If we have information regarding illegal behaviour, we should provide that information to law enforcement. I'm gonna stop now with this line of thinking...it leads down a long dark road. :-) So, it is NOT uncommon or unwise for a witness to seek legal counsel before disclosing information under a subpoena. I don't know if a witness' lawyer As I said to Frank, my first recommendation to those WISPs who called for assistance was to talk to their attorney to let them handle the legal part of it. I am just being hired to handle the technical parts and am not qualified to provide legal advice. -- Butch Evans Network Engineering and Security Consulting 573-276-2879 http://www.butchevans.com/ My calendar: http://tinyurl.com/y24ad6 Training Partners: http://tinyurl.com/smfkf Mikrotik Certified Consultant http://www.mikrotik.com/consultants.html WISPA Wants You! 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/ -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.5/1085 - Release Date: 10/22/2007 10:35 AM WISPA Wants You! 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/ WISPA Wants You! 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/
RE: [WISPA] Ubiquiti PS2 -- StarOS v3
That is true. They were originally going to support the LS2 (the radio inside the PS2) but later backed away from that. I believe there was an issue with the hardware. They needed UBNT to make a change in order to support it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Nash Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 1:11 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Ubiquiti PS2 -- StarOS v3 I have heard that this unit does not run StarOS v3. Can anyone confirm or disprove this? Mark Nash UnwiredOnline.Net 350 Holly Street Junction City, OR 97448 http://www.uwol.net 541-998- 541-998-5599 fax ** Join us at the WISPA Reception at 6:30 PM on October the 16th 2007 at ISPCON ** ** ISPCON Fall 2007 - October 16-18 - San Jose, CA www.ispcon.com ** ** THE INTERNET INDUSTRY EVENT ** ** FREE Exhibits and Events Pass available until August 31 ** ** Use Customer Code WSEMF7 when you register online at http://www.ispcon.com/register.php ** WISPA Wants You! 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/
RE: [WISPA] Long Distance StarOS links
What Radios did you use? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Larsen - Lists Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 12:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WISPA] Long Distance StarOS links Hi all, Today we finished replacing our long Trango links with StarOS links, WAR-4 boards running version 3 of StarOS - hooked up to 4' Radiowaves dishes. Here are the results: 42 mile shot 10mhz channel size -58 signal strength 10-12meg throughput 62 mile shot 10mhz channel size -60 signal strength 8-10meg throughput I am fairly happy with the links, and they are pushing about double what our Trango Tlink-10 radios were able to handle. I thought they would be able to deliver a little bit higher speed, but it doesn't look like I'm going to be able to get any more out of them. If only I had sprung for the dual polarity feedhorns, I would be able to put two radios on each side and test the full duplex performance of StarOS on these links. I'm guessing that the full duplex shots would be in the 30-40 meg range in both directions since they would not have to deal with the mileage issues. What is really amazing to me is the signal strength. These are the only two links where we use the 4' dishes, and they are the strongest backhaul signals that we have on our network, even though they are the longest. I know that the 2x cloaking is part of that, but it still blows me away. Matt Larsen vistabeam.com ** Join us at the WISPA Reception at 6:30 PM on October the 16th 2007 at ISPCON ** ** ISPCON Fall 2007 - October 16-18 - San Jose, CA www.ispcon.com ** ** THE INTERNET INDUSTRY EVENT ** ** FREE Exhibits and Events Pass available until August 31 ** ** Use Customer Code WSEMF7 when you register online at http://www.ispcon.com/register.php ** WISPA Wants You! 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/ ** Join us at the WISPA Reception at 6:30 PM on October the 16th 2007 at ISPCON ** ** ISPCON Fall 2007 - October 16-18 - San Jose, CA www.ispcon.com ** ** THE INTERNET INDUSTRY EVENT ** ** FREE Exhibits and Events Pass available until August 31 ** ** Use Customer Code WSEMF7 when you register online at http://www.ispcon.com/register.php ** WISPA Wants You! 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/
[WISPA] Mounting masts to angle iron
Do you guys have any links to brackets that attach antenna masts to angle iron? ** Join us at the WISPA Reception at 6:30 PM on October the 16th 2007 at ISPCON ** ** ISPCON Fall 2007 - October 16-18 - San Jose, CA www.ispcon.com ** ** THE INTERNET INDUSTRY EVENT ** ** FREE Exhibits and Events Pass available until August 31 ** ** Use Customer Code WSEMF7 when you register online at http://www.ispcon.com/register.php ** WISPA Wants You! 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/
