RE: [WISPA] Trango Delimna
Now that is what a call a GEEK! We have had to recently upgrade our firmware on our 5830 so that they will talk to the Atlas, but ours had only been up for about three months, so we didn't face that dilemma. St. Louis had a huge power outage a few weeks ago. We were out a few hours because of our upstream provider. One of our POP's lost power, but our battery back up stayed up and the Trango never lost power. At another location we are on a diesel generator that will go for a month so that one was fine. Since the storm I have been contacted about setting up a network that will work if there is a general power outage. I have been checking out satellite for external feed and solar for power. Has anyone ever setup something like this? Victoria STLBroadband.com [Firmware Version] AP 1p11H8002D03100301 [Checksum] EF3391FF [Device ID] 00 01 DE 00 31 C7 [Base ID] 1 [AP ID] 2 [System Up Time] 686 day(s) 16:07:36 [Radio Temperature] 50 C Here's the question Should I upgrade the AP to new firmware, or leave it alone and maintain proof that a Trango AP will operate for almost 2 years without a reboot? (Take note that I have had three long power outages at this site, not only does give a testimonial for Trango, but also for our power backup systems.) I personally think the Trango 5830 with 1p11 will stay up for a decade, but I can't prove that if I keep restarting the clock to reboot the radio for firmware upgrades, as I've done over the years. I also planned on taking the link down and moving it, when the Fiber is lit in the building this month. But then I'd have to start the count over from scratch, somewhere else. Decisions, decisions. :-) Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
RE: [WISPA] Trango Delimna
In Arkansas,there is a deployement that has Hughes satellite and AirMatrix mesh equipment operating in that fashion. Additionally, you might contact VRFuturenet in Weatherford, TX. http://www.vrfuturenet.com he has a tower that operates 100% on solar with multiple AirMatrix mesh nodes and 900 mhz equipment operational. Remember that with solar, you want to over design to the extent that your budget will allow. For your area, you will want to take into account the lower amounts of sunlight in the winter. Oh, and remember to plan your battery bank capacity appropriately for the runtime you need based on zero charge rate. -RacerX -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Victoria Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 12:19 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: RE: [WISPA] Trango Delimna Now that is what a call a GEEK! We have had to recently upgrade our firmware on our 5830 so that they will talk to the Atlas, but ours had only been up for about three months, so we didn't face that dilemma. St. Louis had a huge power outage a few weeks ago. We were out a few hours because of our upstream provider. One of our POP's lost power, but our battery back up stayed up and the Trango never lost power. At another location we are on a diesel generator that will go for a month so that one was fine. Since the storm I have been contacted about setting up a network that will work if there is a general power outage. I have been checking out satellite for external feed and solar for power. Has anyone ever setup something like this? Victoria STLBroadband.com [Firmware Version] AP 1p11H8002D03100301 [Checksum] EF3391FF [Device ID] 00 01 DE 00 31 C7 [Base ID] 1 [AP ID] 2 [System Up Time] 686 day(s) 16:07:36 [Radio Temperature] 50 C Here's the question Should I upgrade the AP to new firmware, or leave it alone and maintain proof that a Trango AP will operate for almost 2 years without a reboot? (Take note that I have had three long power outages at this site, not only does give a testimonial for Trango, but also for our power backup systems.) I personally think the Trango 5830 with 1p11 will stay up for a decade, but I can't prove that if I keep restarting the clock to reboot the radio for firmware upgrades, as I've done over the years. I also planned on taking the link down and moving it, when the Fiber is lit in the building this month. But then I'd have to start the count over from scratch, somewhere else. Decisions, decisions. :-) Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Trango Delimna
I don't usually upgrade my radios till I have to work on them anyway. And then, I usually try to keep them up to date. I almost never put in new firmware though. I wait till it's at least a month or two old, someone else can find all of the bugs :-). Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage)Consulting services 42846865 (icq)And I run my own wisp! 64.146.146.12 (net meeting) www.odessaoffice.com/wireless www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam - Original Message - From: Tom DeReggi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 4:37 PM Subject: [WISPA] Trango Delimna [Firmware Version] AP 1p11H8002D03100301 [Checksum] EF3391FF [Device ID] 00 01 DE 00 31 C7 [Base ID] 1 [AP ID] 2 [System Up Time] 686 day(s) 16:07:36 [Radio Temperature] 50 C Here's the question Should I upgrade the AP to new firmware, or leave it alone and maintain proof that a Trango AP will operate for almost 2 years without a reboot? (Take note that I have had three long power outages at this site, not only does give a testimonial for Trango, but also for our power backup systems.) I personally think the Trango 5830 with 1p11 will stay up for a decade, but I can't prove that if I keep restarting the clock to reboot the radio for firmware upgrades, as I've done over the years. I also planned on taking the link down and moving it, when the Fiber is lit in the building this month. But then I'd have to start the count over from scratch, somewhere else. Decisions, decisions. :-) Tom DeReggi RapidDSL Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Trango Delimna
Tom DeReggi wrote: [System Up Time] 686 day(s) 16:07:36 Don't bother to upgrade your firmware, unless there's some massive problem that the new firmware will address. That's generally my rule, at least. I'll do upgrades for security purposes on our servers, but wireless gear rarely gets upgraded unless there's a really compelling reason for it (vital bug-fix, new features I think we'll actually use, etc.) Until the really nasty storm we had a couple weeks back, nasty enough to drain every UPS, and it wasn't quite safe enough to get the generator in place, I had a switch in my office with a 500+ days uptime, and a Trango SU with a similar uptime (the last time I remember looking it was at 463 days). Also, in theory, you could maintain that uptime by moving the UPS and network cable along with the radio. It'd make restringing the Ethernet all different kinds of Hell, but it might be worth it. ;) David Smith MVN.net -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
