They basically last forever, more or less, and you can plop the old config into
a shelf spare in case you brick your other box, pretty hard to beat. Online
forum support is pretty good, and you can get any number of contractors to help
you get unstuck if you can get your routing to behave.
>
I’ve seen firewall folks upselling security feeds as add-ons, but when it comes
to paywalling critical exploitable vulnerabilies, that feels more like
exploitation by deliberate omission if you ‘choose’ not to spend a nice
vacation’s pay to get back on their support treadmill so bad guys don’t
Cisco is like buying a car a piece at a time. Oh, you want the steering wheel?
For all of Mikrotik’s - Mikrotik-ness, they come preloaded with all the things.
I have a 3650 that’s sort of just working, but there was some weird update I
needed for doing OSPF or some such, can’t recall. Also,
Looking to implement TR-069 management for customer routers, but hoping not to
get locked into a vendor, so looking at openacs and libreacs server
implementations on Debian with mysql/postgresql backends. Anyone tried this? It
would be nice for automated provisioning. If no one has tried I can
What is the equivalent in Brocade / Arista / whatever-not-mikrotik that people
are using? Both Juniper and Cisco have their weird quirks, wondering what other
options are out there.
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I’m trying (unsuccessfully) to pass VLAN-tagged traffic across a Metrolinq
60GHz link. It will pass non-VLAN traffic fine. Has anyone had this issue? The
standard MTU is 1540, has anyone had to raise that (and to what) to make VLAN
traffic work? They say they support up to 7912, but I’m not
Good riddance probably, the longer a toxic employee stays the worst it gets
usually, and it spreads to less toxic folks.
> On Apr 22, 2021, at 3:49 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
>
> He had worked for about 3 months. Learned his job quickly. High performer.
> But he started acting like a
I see their new GPEN MDU “replacement” for GPON, anyone using these devices?
Really cheap, interesting concept, and they’re not UBNT. Also, they’re not 10K
for an OLT.
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Fujikura 40 S, used to be a ton of money, you can get one used sub $1500, good
quality if you don’t want a cheap Chinese unit. The convenience alone will
probably make you happier than you were before.
> On Apr 4, 2021, at 7:26 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
>
> Since fusion splicers arent 5 figures
Looking at various models, what have you found that works? I’m looking at the
Bluerock 8” Z1, not sure what the best water system is either.
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except UBNT “cloud” that is:
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/03/whistleblower-ubiquiti-breach-catastrophic/
Sad most of the vendors are forcing WISP operators’ customer data to the cloud,
getting rid of software you actually own, and promising we don’t need to be
worried about security.
and it's not
> getting to the other end. ICMP Packets will flow regardless of size (of
> course fragmenting) If I route the traffic over any of my other upstreams,
> it works fine. I have a ticket open with this upstream, but getting them to
> understand what the issue is has been
Do you have other customers with similar config/topology where you can test,
maybe who hit the same VPN server? PCAP’s aside, VPN’s don’t usually like NAT
and firewall changes, but you have to divide and conquer to track down VPN
issues often because the error reporting is vague at best
ng Galaxy S8 Active, an AT 5G Evolution capable smartphone
>
>
>
> Original message
> From: Dev mailto:d...@logicalwebhost.com>>
> Date: 3/10/21 6:14 PM (GMT-06:00)
> To: AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com>
> Subject: [AFMUG] good inexpensi
na. It works well enough.
>
> We have located every fault we ever needed to find with it.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S8 Active, an AT 5G Evolution capable smartphone
>
>
>
> Original message
> From: Dev
> Da
I’m seeing prices for about $7600, seems like a lot. I’m guessing you can get a
cheap Chinese one somewhere, but are they workable or flaming piles of junk?
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Very much yes, but some heavy lifting might be required. Sometimes you can get
it integrated as an add-on on an ELK stack distro (Elastic
Search/Logstash/Kibahna) you can just download and install on some hardware. It
can give you a ton of info about logs, trends, security info. etc. and graph
Already hearing from folks who have the service that they’re seeing dips below
15Mbps, and this at light loads with few customers, we’ll see how this scales.
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700 meter Ignitenet MetroLinq PTP60-35 running around -48dbm during clear day
says it will do >2.5Gbps with this RSSI, these things do a ton of bandwidth. It
hangs in there surprisingly well during rain unless it’s really DUMPING rain. I
think during normal or heavy rain it’s still in the mid
Had good luck with Kohler, but still hard to beat the little Hondas, they run
for 6-9 hours on a tank and are super quiet.
> On Feb 17, 2021, at 11:38 AM, Mark Radabaugh wrote:
>
> I have had it with the piece of shit Onan generator on the fiber trailer.
> If the splicing trailer didn’t
Spec sheet says they run 4.9-6.135GHz, but also: "Support of 5870 to 6135
coming in a future software upgrade". So will there be different radios once
6GHz happens that take more advantage of higher 6GHz, or are these slated to
eventually go higher in that band without new hardware?
Assuming
ports, decent
> GUI, easy to set up with VLANs, but they aren't fanless.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>] On
> Behalf Of Dev
> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2021 11:17 AM
> To: AF@af.afmug.com &
I have a friend looking for a fanless 8-12 SFP cage switch/router, preferrably
with a single 10G SFP uplink interface, something smaller than rack mount and
not Mikrotik to mount in remote cabinets where he needs more fiber out of a
single backhaul strand. Any suggestions? He’s looking at
asement. Another
> issue would be what kind of competition would you ge giving them.
>
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> On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 10:29 AM Dev <mailto:d...@logicalwebhost.com>> wrote:
> Cell company wants one across 700
Cell company wants one across 700 feet of our property to a tower they can’t
otherwise access to convert to fiber backhaul. I suggested drilling some
conduit for them. They said they wanted 4” conduit. They want a quote to buy
the easement, I would prefer to rent conduit/access, what are
If you do BGP you can send it to a black hole, otherwise if the link is truly
saturated and unusable, you’ll probably be talking upstream to someone who can
help. Later you can buy proxy scrubbing services or get an Arbor box, but that
probably doesn’t help you now.
> On Jan 20, 2021, at 3:55
orza wrote:
> > I installed an awesome 30x zoom PTZ speed dome this past Monday...it's a
> > Hikvision and was $1100.00..
> >
> > Compare
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 2:40 PM Dev > <mailto:d...@logicalwebhost.com>
> > <mailto:d...@logical
Amcrest seems to have pretty good ones priced reasonably, integrate either with
their cloud or on-prem using things like zoneminder, or just FTP archive you
manage some other way. Decent low-light, have tried dome and POV, don’t know
about pan.
> On Jan 19, 2021, at 5:05 PM, Mark - Myakka
Some full, most empty. The current development doesn’t even want them in there,
poor service for over a decade, etc. Can he kick them out?
> On Jan 18, 2021, at 3:26 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
>
> No harm. Is the conduit empty?
>
> -Original Message- From: Dev
different if the developer supplied the conduit or there
> was language in a contract saying otherwise.
>
> As usual, advice from an engineer about legal questions is worthless :-)
> Ask an attorney!
>
> Mark
>
>> On Jan 18, 2021, at 3:14 PM, Dev wrote:
>
Even used Juniper gear will lead to far less sleepless nights than MT, a lot
easier to find experts too. And they’re just…less Mikrotiky. People are
surprised when Mikrotik works, people are surprised when Juniper doesn’t,
that’s the difference.
> On Jan 18, 2021, at 8:24 AM, Chuck McCown via
In a Public Utility Easement (PUE) in a private neighborhood, the developer
says he owns it, but the ILEC is acting like they do. Doubtful ILEC can produce
a document that says they do. The ILEC has a little bit of outside plant in a
large conduit, anything to stop others from pulling fiber
Keywords are “open and defiant” use for adverse possession, different states
have various lengths until you can legally take possession.
BTW, we live off grid in the woods, built everything ourselves (roads, water,
septic, power, and uh, internet), love it. Definitely not for everyone. You
In utility pole world, those “sidewalk guys” are sometimes called Queen’s
posts, super common, very strong. They’re normally anchored with 5-6 foot
anchors you twist into the bottom of a hole and fill and compact with rocks.
All cheap and plentiful to buy. Same concept used to rig sailboat
Ubnt GPON SFP for the OLT is around $100, but other vendors are 6-7x that
amount. I doubt that means they contain 6-7x the magic pixie dust. Are there
third parties that can sell vendor-specific keyed GPON SFP’s like FS does for
Cisco/Juniper/whatever for standard SFP’s?
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Anyone heard a timeline from them? Mimosa says firmware will get you up into
low 6GHz, not sure about other vendors.
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I walked through the ovens at Auschwitz and Birkenau a couple years ago, it was
totally silent, no one spoke, we couldn’t find the words. Hardest place I’ve
ever been. Pure evil. Define that how you will.
> On Jun 12, 2020, at 12:03 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
>
> We watched a movie called
What kind of AP’s and how far apart to get decent coverage? I assume a captive
portal? Mesh topology? We’re looking at Xirrus and/or Cambium e700, anyone got
experience with either (or other suggestion)?
> On Jun 11, 2020, at 2:48 PM, Matt Hoppes
> wrote:
>
> Why are you doing fiber?
>
> We
What routers are you using in the home for fiber deployments? Calix has some
that are gold-plated and made with baby seal tears, or at least are priced as
such. They promise marital harmony in the home, bright kids who score well on
tests, etc. Is there a lest costly alternative? I don’t like
From their site: $160-325/year, depending if you get the gold plated steering
wheel.
Anyone gets one let us know how it goes? How much code do you have to build
yourself to integrate it in a meaningful way with standard tools widely
available?
> On May 6, 2020, at 2:48 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com
I see Trimble has a R1 GNSS receiver model that pairs via bluetooth with your
phone/tablet.
1. Are they accurate enough to trust for surveying things like power
poles/tower locations.
2. They’re $2500 retail, is there a cheaper option that still has “reasonable”
accuracy?
My experience with
iling a similar response.
>
> -Sean
>
>
> On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 1:43 PM Dev <mailto:d...@logicalwebhost.com>> wrote:
> https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/104100885928990/RDOF%20locations%20PN%20comments%204.10.20%20final.pdf
>
> <https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/fi
https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/104100885928990/RDOF%20locations%20PN%20comments%204.10.20%20final.pdf
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filing/104100885928990
All while working through bankruptcy and wildly overstating coverage to block
potential RDOF applicants. Pretty gutsy, is there a challenge
Also, leak documents showing you chronically underfunded builds to pay
shareholder dividends. Because that’s going to work long term.
https://stopthecap.com/2020/03/31/frontiers-inner-secrets-revealed-we-underinvested-for-years/
477’s in our area are almost entirely works of fiction, sometime fantastic
ones, like coverage where there are no residences, businesses, roads, or zero
presence by the business filing the 477.
I think the relevant term is addressable market. There will always be
opportunities which don’t pay,
Talking to Congress folks/WISPA about pushing to see if we could get an
extension on the 60 day 5.9 spectrum to something more like 6-12 months, there
seems to be an interest in raising the issue to FCC commissioners. Both
Senator/WISPA folks want to judge how much interest there would be from
hose guys would
> look at these applications and not see any problem. I didn't quite figure
> out why that was.but I have some guesses.
>
> My info comes from participating in application processes and talking to
> other applicants about what they're doing.
>
> -Adam
>
So if I understand we’ll have to provide 25/3 to ALL locations that receive
RDOF funding? If so, how would that happen without the 6GHz that isn’t out yet
and won’t be by the time this round funds?
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>
>> On Apr 2, 2020, at 4:55 PM, TJ Trout > <mailto:t...@voltbb.com>> wrote:
>>
>> cambium yes, ubnt yes but will they release a firmware update?? maybe in a
>> few weeks? ugh.
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 1:50 PM Dev > <mailto:d..
TJ Trout wrote:
>
> cambium yes, ubnt yes but will they release a firmware update?? maybe in a
> few weeks? ugh.
>
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 1:50 PM Dev <mailto:d...@logicalwebhost.com>> wrote:
> Will existing Cambium/UBNT 5.8GHz equipment work if the 6GHz unlicensed ba
Will existing Cambium/UBNT 5.8GHz equipment work if the 6GHz unlicensed band
opens up with a software upgrade in the field, or will new hardware be needed.
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Their client, at least a few years ago, was terrrible, hard to understand,
had various modules like another client to read the logs, and you had to submit
a DNA sample in triplicate to get it, or any support, even if you were just
trying to help a client figure out the networking, etc.
they
>>> > were easy to deal with and worked out well.
>>> >
>>> > Graham McIntire
>>> > Verona Networks
>>> > President/Owner
>>> >
>>> >> On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 2:40 PM wrote:
>>> >>
>
I saw this in southern Washington, but I don’t know who’s it is but I think the
pole owner is a co-op.
> On Feb 28, 2020, at 12:55 PM, Graham McIntire wrote:
>
> Has anyone deployed wireless equipment on a power company pole? I'm
> just talking about something small in the communications
Has anyone had a good experience with equipment lease/purchase/finance
companies for things like mini-ex, directional bore, etc? Our local banks are
totally clueless on equipment, so you have to go find a broker (who takes a
cut) who shops it to an out-of-state non-retail bank.
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Which eliminates some very large percentage of the WISP’s in small markets who
would be most able to help with the last mile. They’d be laughed out a bank,
assuming their bank knows what spectrum is at all.
So their option would be to hope no one bids?
> On Feb 21, 2020, at 10:41 AM, Seth
e telco says I will
> serve these areas at $150/month subsidy. Then you bid $140 etc etc.
>
> -Original Message-
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> Subject: [AFMUG] reverse auction
>
> So the FCC is
So the FCC is looking at doing a reverse auction as part of RDOF, does anyone
know how that might work in practice? Are there other examples where you’ve
been involved in a reverse auction in other contexts? Is it a good idea?
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I’m getting spammed like every day with the Preseem guys selling what seem like
expensive hacks of fq_codel to reduce bufferbloat. Is there anything else
interesting about their technology besides deploying open source implementation
of fq_codel or CAKE on commodity hardware, which we already
you are a couple million/year company to start
> with.
>
> Mark
>
>> On Jan 29, 2020, at 1:07 PM, Dev wrote:
>>
>> Got a question from an elected official type about why bids have been slow
>> to come in for CAF-II, and also looking at RDOF and the satellite &
I think it’s a confusing landscape to navigate and small operators sort of give
up because:
1. We can’t afford to dedicate an employee to checking all the boxes and doing
all the steps year round to MAYBE get funded.
2. Regulations favor larger carriers with more wherewithal, which is the same
Got a question from an elected official type about why bids have been slow to
come in for CAF-II, and also looking at RDOF and the satellite "lock up”. I’m
sure there are some opinions here, any you wish to relate?
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Longtime user of both Cisco and Juniper, prefer Juniper, though getting used to
the hierarchical structure in JunOS takes some playing with. Nice
troubleshooting commands, but it will take you a bit of time to figure out all
the “Juniperisms" that are inherent in the platform (as with any other
They’re surprisingly good, we were pleasantly shocked. We have a 35cm link
running 1300 meters at -57dBm which claims to have a theoretical max throughput
of 2.3Gbit, until it rains, then you need the built-in 5GHz backup.
They’ve had hiccups, but hey, buy a $10K link and you’ll probably get
> GPON uses a TDMA system.
> The OLT handles the timing and scheduling.
Thanks so much for simple explanation Jim, please let all the salesmen in the
OLT world know this is what is happening, they can’t explain the black magic
(without a powerpoint showing a cloud shape).
> It seems they
What is the difference between a head end OLT and just some switch that would
support GPON SFP’s? Is there such a thing? Why are OLT’s so expensive, what
else do they need to do?
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So it’s as I suspected after all, cats run the internet?
> On Feb 4, 2019, at 12:00, Bill Prince wrote:
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> This is Harley.
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>> On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 11:53 AM Colin Stanners wrote:
>> Requesting picture of the cats.
>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 4, 2019
I looked at a couple variations of buffer bloat management, and have decided to
build my own and maybe just open source the thing for “people who feel 50K
seems excessive” and just need some basic functionality on a vanilla Linux box.
The open source tech is out there, it’s just tying it all
It’s good hear the WISPA is taking a thoughtful look.
Meanwhile, if you as a vendor refuse to fix your product, which leaves network
operators little choice but to seek other options, then you sue them along with
the other guy who came up with other options, it’s easy to see why network
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