Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support

[Marlon K. Schafer]

Ask the rabbits that keep eating the spark plug and o2 sensor wires on my 
cars!  sigh

Marlon

- Original Message - 
From: "RickG" 
To: "WISPA General List" 
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support


Heh, I went back to the van to get my glow rod and by the time I got
back he was gone. Now last year one of my tower sites had wires chewed
on by opossums. On a trip out there I came across the varmint near the
tower and did have my shotgun - blew him across the property. What do
they like about cables anyways?
-RickG





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Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support

[Josh Luthman]

Either because of the warmth or they think it's food.  That's all animals
worry about - food, shelter and reproduction.

Silly humans worry about innernets n stuf =þ

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On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:55 PM, RickG  wrote:

> Heh, I went back to the van to get my glow rod and by the time I got
> back he was gone. Now last year one of my tower sites had wires chewed
> on by opossums. On a trip out there I came across the varmint near the
> tower and did have my shotgun - blew him across the property. What do
> they like about cables anyways?
> -RickG
>
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Blake Bowers wrote:
> > So you had to replace the cord?
> >
> > I know if it was my site the shotgun pellets would
> > have blown right through the cord...
> >
> >
> > Don't take your organs to heaven,
> > heaven knows we need them down here!
> > Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today.
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "RickG" 
> > To: "WISPA General List" 
> > Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 9:42 AM
> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support
> >
> >
> > shelf where the equipment is which had no lights - so next I looked
> > down at the  power plug and saw a rather large snake wrapped around
> > the cord which was now unplugged!
> > -RickG
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support

[RickG]

Heh, I went back to the van to get my glow rod and by the time I got
back he was gone. Now last year one of my tower sites had wires chewed
on by opossums. On a trip out there I came across the varmint near the
tower and did have my shotgun - blew him across the property. What do
they like about cables anyways?
-RickG

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Blake Bowers wrote:
> So you had to replace the cord?
>
> I know if it was my site the shotgun pellets would
> have blown right through the cord...
>
>
> Don't take your organs to heaven,
> heaven knows we need them down here!
> Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today.
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "RickG" 
> To: "WISPA General List" 
> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 9:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support
>
>
> shelf where the equipment is which had no lights - so next I looked
> down at the  power plug and saw a rather large snake wrapped around
> the cord which was now unplugged!
> -RickG
>
>
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Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support

[Blake Bowers]

So you had to replace the cord?

I know if it was my site the shotgun pellets would
have blown right through the cord...


Don't take your organs to heaven, 
heaven knows we need them down here!
Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today. 

- Original Message - 
From: "RickG" 
To: "WISPA General List" 
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support


shelf where the equipment is which had no lights - so next I looked
down at the  power plug and saw a rather large snake wrapped around
the cord which was now unplugged!
-RickG




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Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support

[Josh Luthman]

I actually just read it 10 minutes ago :)

On 6/11/09, RickG  wrote:
> LOL, I remember someone listed tools for the truck but didnt see that!
> -RickG
>
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Josh
> Luthman wrote:
>> So you're saying you need to put a shovel to chop up the snakes in the
>> work
>> truck too?  Geez, this things getting full =)
>>
>> 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 Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:42 AM, RickG  wrote:
>>
>>> I had a similar incident with the previous wisp I owned in Palm Beach:
>>> Customer called with outage so I went to their location to find a
>>> crane lifting a large load in front of their radio. Worse yet, the
>>> crew was taking lunch and left it right in the way.
>>> My favorite outage happened just the other day. One of my towers went
>>> completely out. This tower has always been sensitive to power outages
>>> during electrical storms but there were none in the area. The
>>> equipment is located in a shed so I went in, first eyeballing the
>>> shelf where the equipment is which had no lights - so next I looked
>>> down at the  power plug and saw a rather large snake wrapped around
>>> the cord which was now unplugged!
>>> -RickG
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Lists wrote:
>>> > LOL.
>>> > I had several support calls today.  I tried to trouble shoot, but not
>>> > the
>>> > usual problems.
>>> > My Dude Server started pinging away today and sending messages to my
>>> > Blackberry around noon.  Customers were going down left and right.  No
>>> > storms in the area, the AP was up and running, no obvious problems.  So
>>> we
>>> > jumped into the jeep and headed for the highrise that this AP was on
>>> which
>>> > several businesses connect to.  All the while customers connecting and
>>> > disconnecting.
>>> > Upon approaching the end of our 57 mile drive we see the highrise
>>> > looming
>>> in
>>> > the background with a 200'+ crane standing in front of our radio
>>> > lifting
>>> an
>>> > AC off the roof.  I was relieved, but a bit upset with the property
>>> > management.
>>> > Just goes to show you, every support call can be the unexpected.
>>> >
>>> > Victoria Proffer
>>> > CEO
>>> > StLouisBroadband.com
>>> > ShowMeBroadband.com
>>> > 314.974.5600
>>> > SBA Certified WOSB
>>> >
>>> > -Original Message-
>>> > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
>>> > Behalf Of Rick Harnish
>>> > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:31 PM
>>> > To: 'WISPA General List'
>>> > Subject: [WISPA] Crazy Weather
>>> >
>>> > This isn't weather related, but we had an interesting tech call the
>>> > other
>>> > day.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > The customer said he had Dark Internet, the technician, curious to why
>>> > he
>>> > called it Dark Internet asked what he meant.  He said he only has
>>> Internet
>>> > when it is dark out.  Well, this call was made during the day and
>>> obviously
>>> > his Internet was not working at the time.  The technician could not see
>>> the
>>> > client radio from the AP so he had him check the power supply and POE.
>>>  The
>>> > customer said it was plugged into the wall but there was no light on
>>> > the
>>> > POE.  While troubleshooting, the customer said I can't see what I am
>>> doing,
>>> > I need to turn on the lights.  Miraculously, when he turned on the
>>> > light
>>> > switch, the POE light came on and his Internet service started working
>>> > again.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Imagine that!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Rick Harnish
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > From: motorola-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:motorola-boun...@wispa.org] On
>>> > Behalf Of Ken Hohhof
>>> > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:27 PM
>>> > To: Motorola Canopy User Group
>>> > Subject: Re: [Motorola II] Crazy Weather
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > This has been the wettest spring in memory here west of Chicago.  Some
>>> > of
>>> > the farmers still have not been able to work their fields because they
>>> are
>>> > too wet.  That makes them over a month late to plant, it's getting to
>>> where
>>> > it will be too late to plant anything in those fields.  Not the usual
>>> crops
>>> > of field or soybeans.  They are starting to talk sweet corn or limas.
>>> >  I
>>> > guess they could always plant hay.  Our biggest business customer is a
>>> > fertilizer dealer and they don't know day to day what things will be
>>> like,
>>> > if it rains the farmers don't spread fertilizer, if it is dry for a
>>> couple
>>> > days then they can't handle all the orders.  They do all the custom
>>> > fertilizer mixing via VPN to a central application server.  I was just
>>> out
>>> > to a location where their PIX501 stopped talking to the Canopy SM, I
>>> finally
>>> > had to put a switch inbetween.  Not a negotiation problem, just plain
>>> > strange.
>>

Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support

[RickG]

LOL, I remember someone listed tools for the truck but didnt see that! -RickG

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Josh
Luthman wrote:
> So you're saying you need to put a shovel to chop up the snakes in the work
> truck too?  Geez, this things getting full =)
>
> 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 Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:42 AM, RickG  wrote:
>
>> I had a similar incident with the previous wisp I owned in Palm Beach:
>> Customer called with outage so I went to their location to find a
>> crane lifting a large load in front of their radio. Worse yet, the
>> crew was taking lunch and left it right in the way.
>> My favorite outage happened just the other day. One of my towers went
>> completely out. This tower has always been sensitive to power outages
>> during electrical storms but there were none in the area. The
>> equipment is located in a shed so I went in, first eyeballing the
>> shelf where the equipment is which had no lights - so next I looked
>> down at the  power plug and saw a rather large snake wrapped around
>> the cord which was now unplugged!
>> -RickG
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Lists wrote:
>> > LOL.
>> > I had several support calls today.  I tried to trouble shoot, but not the
>> > usual problems.
>> > My Dude Server started pinging away today and sending messages to my
>> > Blackberry around noon.  Customers were going down left and right.  No
>> > storms in the area, the AP was up and running, no obvious problems.  So
>> we
>> > jumped into the jeep and headed for the highrise that this AP was on
>> which
>> > several businesses connect to.  All the while customers connecting and
>> > disconnecting.
>> > Upon approaching the end of our 57 mile drive we see the highrise looming
>> in
>> > the background with a 200'+ crane standing in front of our radio lifting
>> an
>> > AC off the roof.  I was relieved, but a bit upset with the property
>> > management.
>> > Just goes to show you, every support call can be the unexpected.
>> >
>> > Victoria Proffer
>> > CEO
>> > StLouisBroadband.com
>> > ShowMeBroadband.com
>> > 314.974.5600
>> > SBA Certified WOSB
>> >
>> > -Original Message-
>> > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
>> > Behalf Of Rick Harnish
>> > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:31 PM
>> > To: 'WISPA General List'
>> > Subject: [WISPA] Crazy Weather
>> >
>> > This isn't weather related, but we had an interesting tech call the other
>> > day.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > The customer said he had Dark Internet, the technician, curious to why he
>> > called it Dark Internet asked what he meant.  He said he only has
>> Internet
>> > when it is dark out.  Well, this call was made during the day and
>> obviously
>> > his Internet was not working at the time.  The technician could not see
>> the
>> > client radio from the AP so he had him check the power supply and POE.
>>  The
>> > customer said it was plugged into the wall but there was no light on the
>> > POE.  While troubleshooting, the customer said I can't see what I am
>> doing,
>> > I need to turn on the lights.  Miraculously, when he turned on the light
>> > switch, the POE light came on and his Internet service started working
>> > again.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Imagine that!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Rick Harnish
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From: motorola-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:motorola-boun...@wispa.org] On
>> > Behalf Of Ken Hohhof
>> > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:27 PM
>> > To: Motorola Canopy User Group
>> > Subject: Re: [Motorola II] Crazy Weather
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > This has been the wettest spring in memory here west of Chicago.  Some of
>> > the farmers still have not been able to work their fields because they
>> are
>> > too wet.  That makes them over a month late to plant, it's getting to
>> where
>> > it will be too late to plant anything in those fields.  Not the usual
>> crops
>> > of field or soybeans.  They are starting to talk sweet corn or limas.  I
>> > guess they could always plant hay.  Our biggest business customer is a
>> > fertilizer dealer and they don't know day to day what things will be
>> like,
>> > if it rains the farmers don't spread fertilizer, if it is dry for a
>> couple
>> > days then they can't handle all the orders.  They do all the custom
>> > fertilizer mixing via VPN to a central application server.  I was just
>> out
>> > to a location where their PIX501 stopped talking to the Canopy SM, I
>> finally
>> > had to put a switch inbetween.  Not a negotiation problem, just plain
>> > strange.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Unfortunately lightning and tornados are not limited to spring.  The last
>> > few years we have been hit in June/July, even a really bad lightning
>> storm
>> > at Christmas time.  We have had tornados and microbursts that have picked
>> u

Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support

[Josh Luthman]

So you're saying you need to put a shovel to chop up the snakes in the work
truck too?  Geez, this things getting full =)

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 Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:42 AM, RickG  wrote:

> I had a similar incident with the previous wisp I owned in Palm Beach:
> Customer called with outage so I went to their location to find a
> crane lifting a large load in front of their radio. Worse yet, the
> crew was taking lunch and left it right in the way.
> My favorite outage happened just the other day. One of my towers went
> completely out. This tower has always been sensitive to power outages
> during electrical storms but there were none in the area. The
> equipment is located in a shed so I went in, first eyeballing the
> shelf where the equipment is which had no lights - so next I looked
> down at the  power plug and saw a rather large snake wrapped around
> the cord which was now unplugged!
> -RickG
>
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Lists wrote:
> > LOL.
> > I had several support calls today.  I tried to trouble shoot, but not the
> > usual problems.
> > My Dude Server started pinging away today and sending messages to my
> > Blackberry around noon.  Customers were going down left and right.  No
> > storms in the area, the AP was up and running, no obvious problems.  So
> we
> > jumped into the jeep and headed for the highrise that this AP was on
> which
> > several businesses connect to.  All the while customers connecting and
> > disconnecting.
> > Upon approaching the end of our 57 mile drive we see the highrise looming
> in
> > the background with a 200'+ crane standing in front of our radio lifting
> an
> > AC off the roof.  I was relieved, but a bit upset with the property
> > management.
> > Just goes to show you, every support call can be the unexpected.
> >
> > Victoria Proffer
> > CEO
> > StLouisBroadband.com
> > ShowMeBroadband.com
> > 314.974.5600
> > SBA Certified WOSB
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
> > Behalf Of Rick Harnish
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:31 PM
> > To: 'WISPA General List'
> > Subject: [WISPA] Crazy Weather
> >
> > This isn't weather related, but we had an interesting tech call the other
> > day.
> >
> >
> >
> > The customer said he had Dark Internet, the technician, curious to why he
> > called it Dark Internet asked what he meant.  He said he only has
> Internet
> > when it is dark out.  Well, this call was made during the day and
> obviously
> > his Internet was not working at the time.  The technician could not see
> the
> > client radio from the AP so he had him check the power supply and POE.
>  The
> > customer said it was plugged into the wall but there was no light on the
> > POE.  While troubleshooting, the customer said I can't see what I am
> doing,
> > I need to turn on the lights.  Miraculously, when he turned on the light
> > switch, the POE light came on and his Internet service started working
> > again.
> >
> >
> >
> > Imagine that!
> >
> >
> >
> > Rick Harnish
> >
> >
> >
> > From: motorola-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:motorola-boun...@wispa.org] On
> > Behalf Of Ken Hohhof
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:27 PM
> > To: Motorola Canopy User Group
> > Subject: Re: [Motorola II] Crazy Weather
> >
> >
> >
> > This has been the wettest spring in memory here west of Chicago.  Some of
> > the farmers still have not been able to work their fields because they
> are
> > too wet.  That makes them over a month late to plant, it's getting to
> where
> > it will be too late to plant anything in those fields.  Not the usual
> crops
> > of field or soybeans.  They are starting to talk sweet corn or limas.  I
> > guess they could always plant hay.  Our biggest business customer is a
> > fertilizer dealer and they don't know day to day what things will be
> like,
> > if it rains the farmers don't spread fertilizer, if it is dry for a
> couple
> > days then they can't handle all the orders.  They do all the custom
> > fertilizer mixing via VPN to a central application server.  I was just
> out
> > to a location where their PIX501 stopped talking to the Canopy SM, I
> finally
> > had to put a switch inbetween.  Not a negotiation problem, just plain
> > strange.
> >
> >
> >
> > Unfortunately lightning and tornados are not limited to spring.  The last
> > few years we have been hit in June/July, even a really bad lightning
> storm
> > at Christmas time.  We have had tornados and microbursts that have picked
> up
> > silos and dropped them on the opposite side of a barn.
> >
> >
> >
> > The storm a couple days ago I had one customer router blow, and one old
> > Tranzeo radio.
> >
> >
> >
> > I also had a customer call today because they went to Florida for the
> month
> > of March, 

Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support

[RickG]

I had a similar incident with the previous wisp I owned in Palm Beach:
Customer called with outage so I went to their location to find a
crane lifting a large load in front of their radio. Worse yet, the
crew was taking lunch and left it right in the way.
My favorite outage happened just the other day. One of my towers went
completely out. This tower has always been sensitive to power outages
during electrical storms but there were none in the area. The
equipment is located in a shed so I went in, first eyeballing the
shelf where the equipment is which had no lights - so next I looked
down at the  power plug and saw a rather large snake wrapped around
the cord which was now unplugged!
-RickG

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Lists wrote:
> LOL.
> I had several support calls today.  I tried to trouble shoot, but not the
> usual problems.
> My Dude Server started pinging away today and sending messages to my
> Blackberry around noon.  Customers were going down left and right.  No
> storms in the area, the AP was up and running, no obvious problems.  So we
> jumped into the jeep and headed for the highrise that this AP was on which
> several businesses connect to.  All the while customers connecting and
> disconnecting.
> Upon approaching the end of our 57 mile drive we see the highrise looming in
> the background with a 200'+ crane standing in front of our radio lifting an
> AC off the roof.  I was relieved, but a bit upset with the property
> management.
> Just goes to show you, every support call can be the unexpected.
>
> Victoria Proffer
> CEO
> StLouisBroadband.com
> ShowMeBroadband.com
> 314.974.5600
> SBA Certified WOSB
>
> -Original Message-
> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
> Behalf Of Rick Harnish
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:31 PM
> To: 'WISPA General List'
> Subject: [WISPA] Crazy Weather
>
> This isn't weather related, but we had an interesting tech call the other
> day.
>
>
>
> The customer said he had Dark Internet, the technician, curious to why he
> called it Dark Internet asked what he meant.  He said he only has Internet
> when it is dark out.  Well, this call was made during the day and obviously
> his Internet was not working at the time.  The technician could not see the
> client radio from the AP so he had him check the power supply and POE.  The
> customer said it was plugged into the wall but there was no light on the
> POE.  While troubleshooting, the customer said I can't see what I am doing,
> I need to turn on the lights.  Miraculously, when he turned on the light
> switch, the POE light came on and his Internet service started working
> again.
>
>
>
> Imagine that!
>
>
>
> Rick Harnish
>
>
>
> From: motorola-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:motorola-boun...@wispa.org] On
> Behalf Of Ken Hohhof
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:27 PM
> To: Motorola Canopy User Group
> Subject: Re: [Motorola II] Crazy Weather
>
>
>
> This has been the wettest spring in memory here west of Chicago.  Some of
> the farmers still have not been able to work their fields because they are
> too wet.  That makes them over a month late to plant, it's getting to where
> it will be too late to plant anything in those fields.  Not the usual crops
> of field or soybeans.  They are starting to talk sweet corn or limas.  I
> guess they could always plant hay.  Our biggest business customer is a
> fertilizer dealer and they don't know day to day what things will be like,
> if it rains the farmers don't spread fertilizer, if it is dry for a couple
> days then they can't handle all the orders.  They do all the custom
> fertilizer mixing via VPN to a central application server.  I was just out
> to a location where their PIX501 stopped talking to the Canopy SM, I finally
> had to put a switch inbetween.  Not a negotiation problem, just plain
> strange.
>
>
>
> Unfortunately lightning and tornados are not limited to spring.  The last
> few years we have been hit in June/July, even a really bad lightning storm
> at Christmas time.  We have had tornados and microbursts that have picked up
> silos and dropped them on the opposite side of a barn.
>
>
>
> The storm a couple days ago I had one customer router blow, and one old
> Tranzeo radio.
>
>
>
> I also had a customer call today because they went to Florida for the month
> of March, they have been back since the beginning of April, and their
> Internet has not worked since then.  I actually left a phone message for
> them in April, they are an older couple anb honestly I was worried they had
> died or something.  Oddly, another Tranzeo customer.  All they had to do was
> power cycle the radio.  But waiting 2.5 months before calling?
>
>
>
> - Original Message -
>
> From: Steve D 
>
> To: Motorola Canopy   User Group
>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 5:10 PM
>
> Subject: Re: [Motorola II] Crazy Weather
>
>
>
> As I was reading this very thread, the first big bo

Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support

[Lists]

LOL.  
I had several support calls today.  I tried to trouble shoot, but not the
usual problems.
My Dude Server started pinging away today and sending messages to my
Blackberry around noon.  Customers were going down left and right.  No
storms in the area, the AP was up and running, no obvious problems.  So we
jumped into the jeep and headed for the highrise that this AP was on which
several businesses connect to.  All the while customers connecting and
disconnecting.  
Upon approaching the end of our 57 mile drive we see the highrise looming in
the background with a 200'+ crane standing in front of our radio lifting an
AC off the roof.  I was relieved, but a bit upset with the property
management.  
Just goes to show you, every support call can be the unexpected.

Victoria Proffer 
CEO 
StLouisBroadband.com 
ShowMeBroadband.com 
314.974.5600 
SBA Certified WOSB

-Original Message-
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Rick Harnish
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:31 PM
To: 'WISPA General List'
Subject: [WISPA] Crazy Weather

This isn't weather related, but we had an interesting tech call the other
day.  

 

The customer said he had Dark Internet, the technician, curious to why he
called it Dark Internet asked what he meant.  He said he only has Internet
when it is dark out.  Well, this call was made during the day and obviously
his Internet was not working at the time.  The technician could not see the
client radio from the AP so he had him check the power supply and POE.  The
customer said it was plugged into the wall but there was no light on the
POE.  While troubleshooting, the customer said I can't see what I am doing,
I need to turn on the lights.  Miraculously, when he turned on the light
switch, the POE light came on and his Internet service started working
again.

 

Imagine that!

 

Rick Harnish

 

From: motorola-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:motorola-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Ken Hohhof
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:27 PM
To: Motorola Canopy User Group
Subject: Re: [Motorola II] Crazy Weather

 

This has been the wettest spring in memory here west of Chicago.  Some of
the farmers still have not been able to work their fields because they are
too wet.  That makes them over a month late to plant, it's getting to where
it will be too late to plant anything in those fields.  Not the usual crops
of field or soybeans.  They are starting to talk sweet corn or limas.  I
guess they could always plant hay.  Our biggest business customer is a
fertilizer dealer and they don't know day to day what things will be like,
if it rains the farmers don't spread fertilizer, if it is dry for a couple
days then they can't handle all the orders.  They do all the custom
fertilizer mixing via VPN to a central application server.  I was just out
to a location where their PIX501 stopped talking to the Canopy SM, I finally
had to put a switch inbetween.  Not a negotiation problem, just plain
strange.

 

Unfortunately lightning and tornados are not limited to spring.  The last
few years we have been hit in June/July, even a really bad lightning storm
at Christmas time.  We have had tornados and microbursts that have picked up
silos and dropped them on the opposite side of a barn.

 

The storm a couple days ago I had one customer router blow, and one old
Tranzeo radio.

 

I also had a customer call today because they went to Florida for the month
of March, they have been back since the beginning of April, and their
Internet has not worked since then.  I actually left a phone message for
them in April, they are an older couple anb honestly I was worried they had
died or something.  Oddly, another Tranzeo customer.  All they had to do was
power cycle the radio.  But waiting 2.5 months before calling?

 

- Original Message - 

From: Steve D   

To: Motorola Canopy   User Group 

Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 5:10 PM

Subject: Re: [Motorola II] Crazy Weather

 

As I was reading this very thread, the first big boom of thunder of the year
shook my office!

-Steve D

 

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Dylan Bouterse 
wrote:

That sounds like an average afternoon here in Central Florida. We dread "the
season". Fortunately today has been rather calm..so far.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida#Climate

"Florida's nickname is the "Sunshine State", but severe weather is a common
occurrence in the state. Central Florida is known as the lightning capital
of the United States, as it experiences more lightning strikes than anywhere
else in the country."

L

Dylan

From: motorola-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:motorola-boun...@wispa.org] On
Behalf Of Doug Clark
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 5:52 PM
To: Motorola Canopy User Group
Subject: Re: [Motorola II] Crazy Weather

 


Its been thunderstorms and massive rain here, I have been fielding non stop
calls

with blown routers and ethernet cards :o(

 

---Original