Re: [AFMUG] intersection of technical and political

2024-10-06 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Each side seems to collect a certain number of the "unique" people. The right seems to collect the conspiracy theory non-critical thinkers. The left seems to collect the rediculous to the extreme social justice warrior types. And both sides collect few other groups with extreme viewpoints. Then

Re: [AFMUG] Gen Z new college grads

2024-09-27 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
My take on this is that most high school or college grads take a while to figure out how to manage having a job. They also take a while to accumulate enough resources and get paid enough that life doesn't consist of working your ass off just to barely cover (or not) essential living expenses. Mos

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux losing sync

2024-09-25 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
There are getting to be more and more reports in the GNSS community of something at a site knocking out GPS. I can't say that I've seen more reports recently though. Usually it gets tracked down to a broken piece of gear blasting noise in the GPS band at around 1.575ghz. One tool I suggest peop

Re: [AFMUG] defunct WISPs

2024-09-23 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Works 70% of the time? On Mon, Sep 23, 2024, 11:12 AM wrote: > Ahhh, yes, that is is. I remembered sprint being involved somehow. > > Wimax 70 miles, 70 mbps and there was a third 70 but I don’t remember the > promise. > > Best Regards, > Chuck McCown > McCown Technology Corporation > 8401 N C

Re: [AFMUG] Cellphone Plans

2024-09-20 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
At PacketFlux: For employee cell use, we provide a fixed dollar amount subsidy to every employee. Since cell use around here consists pretty much of slack and a couple of similar items, it's only $25. If the employee uses a budget plan that would cover most if not all of it. If we had field

Re: [AFMUG] Vines on utility pole growing into power space - safety questions

2024-08-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Here's my thought: Some idiot in your organization thought that all power poles were equally dangerous, and they reacted accordingly. If that power pole had primary on it, I would feel like the whole safety meeting as described had a good chance of being justified. Likewise, if someone didn't

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux hot swap?

2024-07-04 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
: 7/4/2024 3:29:50 PM > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux hot swap? > > Are there two connectors and two cables? If so, assuming someone is hell > bent on hot swap, I am sure you would recommend a sequence of connection > and disconnecti

Re: [AFMUG] OT Happy Holidays

2024-07-04 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I feel that it's time for college to go through a major revision. First, I lean quite strongly toward the Mike Rowe worldview in that we need to quit telling our kids that they need a college education to make it in this world. Right now if you're in one of the blue collar trades you're far bett

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux hot swap?

2024-07-04 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
n the priority list. On Wed, Jul 3, 2024, 5:16 PM wrote: > Maybe some staggered lengths on fingers or contacts to correctly sequence > the power while inserting them? > > > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 3, 2024 4:47 PM > *To:* Ani

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux hot swap?

2024-07-03 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Definitely not recommended. The bus is not designed for hot swapping. So while you might get away with it, it isn't recommended. On Wed, Jul 3, 2024, 4:35 PM Seth Mattinen via AF wrote: > Can I (very carefully) hot add or remove a packetflux rackinjector board > on a running system? > > ~Seth

Re: [AFMUG] Multipath mitigation

2024-07-03 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
If that's the case, then maybe some uptilt on the SM, effectively moving the AP to the bottom of the pattern might work. Of course this relies on an antenna pattern with fairly sharp cutoff at the edges. On Wed, Jul 3, 2024, 12:50 PM Peter Kranz via AF wrote: > Easiest solution to this is to po

Re: [AFMUG] Multipath mitigation

2024-06-29 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Which SM are you running? With certain MIMO radios one, in theory, could put two antennas up instead of a single antenna with multiple element. I.e if you have a mimo sm with two horizontal and two vertical elements in be antenna, you might be able to swap with two single element dual polarizat

Re: [AFMUG] Grey stuff coming off a circuit board - what is this stuff?

2024-06-19 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Guess this is common. https://leadertechinc.com/ferrite-cable-shielding/special-purpose-shielding-bar-2/ The engineer in me now wonders if one is on the bottom also. On Wed, Jun 19, 2024, 1:32 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > I'm guessin

Re: [AFMUG] Grey stuff coming off a circuit board - what is this stuff?

2024-06-19 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm guessing some sort of ferrite for emi/emc shielding. Not 100% sure as I've never seen or heard of it being deployed this way. Is it rubbery or more like hard compressed pieces. I.E dried out licorice (rubbery) vs smarties (compressed sugar)? If it's hard and seems like compressed powder th

Re: [AFMUG] Sms alerting

2024-06-13 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
To add to this, it's remarkably easy to script posting to a slack channel. I'm guessing it's just a easy for other similar tools such as discord or telegram or whatever it is google is doing with messaging nowadays. The only caveat is that slack message notifications can be a bit unreliable at

Re: [AFMUG] Hey Bill Prince

2024-06-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
too been one of those weeks. Thankfully it seems over ;) On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 5:34 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > Sorry, yes 39, not 49. > > On Fri, Jun 7, 2024, 5:14 PM Bill Prince wrote: > >> There is a Ghirardelli factory/shop

Re: [AFMUG] Hey Bill Prince

2024-06-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Re: [AFMUG] Hey Bill Prince > > > > Thanks. > > > > Best Regards, > Chuck McCown > > McCown Technology Corporation > 8401 N Commerce Dr > Lake Point, Utah 84074 > 801-250-9503 Office > 435-830-4306 Cell > www.mccowntech.com > www.microtrench.pro >

Re: [AFMUG] Hey Bill Prince

2024-06-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
n > 8401 N Commerce Dr > Lake Point, Utah 84074 > 801-250-9503 Office > 435-830-4306 Cell > www.mccowntech.com > www.microtrench.pro > www.terabitnetworks.com > > > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > > *Sent:* Friday, June 7, 2024 11:58 AM > > *To:*

Re: [AFMUG] Hey Bill Prince

2024-06-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm not Bill, but I do have some recommendations based on my semi-frequent visits... First of all, don't forget to find a good, authentic mission style burrito somewhere along the way. If I find a specific place next weekend when I'm down there, I'll let you know. Santa Cruz is where I always t

Re: [AFMUG] SNMP

2024-05-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ke a security nightmare. > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Forrest Christian > (List Account) > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 8, 2024 4:13 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] SNMP > > > > Some devices can be configured to send an email

Re: [AFMUG] SNMP

2024-05-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Some devices can be configured to send an email if a contact closes, but the way this happens varies between devices. My problem with integrating this on the the sitemonitor platform has traditionally been that you need a rule system in order to determine when to send the email. I.E. what thresho

Re: [AFMUG] SNMP

2024-05-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
As others have mentioned, the existing firmware in the base 3's is basically SNMP-polling only. The Base 3 was built to be able to do all of the other items, but the whole covid supply chain pretty much killed R&D around here for a couple years other than keeping product shipping. It has finally

Re: [AFMUG] Pot

2024-05-03 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ama to > work. > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Steve Jones > > *Sent:* Thursday, May 2, 2024 10:01 PM > > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Pot > > > > lite duty, no operating machinery or equipment > &g

Re: [AFMUG] Pot

2024-05-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Utah code 26-61a-111(4).. "Nothing in this section requires a private employer to accommodate the use of medical cannabis or affects the ability of a private employer to have policies restricting the use of medical cannabis by applicants or employees." There are also federal court cases where the

Re: [AFMUG] Won One

2024-04-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
He's in league with and getting kickbacks from the throw it in the crack guy. On Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 12:30 PM Jan-GAMs wrote: > And along comes the 12 year-old neighbor kid to mow the lawn. > On 4/29/24 15:24, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > The lay it in the crack guy was there. The kick dirt on it guy co

Re: [AFMUG] DC power supplies in parallel

2024-04-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Since I accidentally derailed your thread, I figure I should reply to your original query. I'm a fan of reducing complexity where possible. The problem is that defining complexity is often ISP and site specific, and sometimes the least complex solution is also impossible to have staff maintain.

Re: [AFMUG] DC power supplies in parallel

2024-04-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
left unused for long periods of time. > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 12:43 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 26, 2024, 1:02 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: >> >>> And I'm still using AGM batteries

Re: [AFMUG] DC power supplies in parallel

2024-04-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
That is a "lie" the BMS is telling you. When the BMS reports zero, there is always a certain percentage of power left in the battery.Often around 20%. This is because a battery under 20% (or a similar amount) can be dangerous. My understanding is that some manufacturers do the same thing at

Re: [AFMUG] DC power supplies in parallel

2024-04-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
O4 batteries before storing them for long periods of time. These > batteries have a low self-discharge rate, typically losing 2% of their > charge per month. However, fully charged lithium-ion batteries can be > dangerous if left unused for long periods of time. > > On Fri, Apr 26, 20

Re: [AFMUG] DC power supplies in parallel

2024-04-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
On Fri, Apr 26, 2024, 1:02 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > And I'm still using AGM batteries while all the cool kids are using > LiFePO4 with BCMs, so definitely don't listen to me. > The more I learn about lithium batteries, the more I feel that lithium has relatively few advantages for standby applicat

Re: [AFMUG] Modbus TCP with Analog I/O

2024-03-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Lots of options at automation direct. I might just consider a click plc if none of the modbus only options work for you. On Thu, Mar 21, 2024, 1:53 PM Matt wrote: > I am looking for an affordable ethernet TCP modbus addressed device > with multiple Analog/Digital I/O. Preferably DIN rail mount

Re: [AFMUG] CALEA and WiFi

2024-03-19 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I see CALEA as a holdover from those days when most of the traffic on the internet was unecrypted. Law enforcement wanted to be able to wiretap the internet just like they could wiretap POTS. Nowadays, I'm not sure what law enforcement could actually do with the captured data. What an isp has

Re: [AFMUG] Security camera experience

2024-03-05 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The problem I've found with bullt in illumination for outdoor cameras is that often the leds for illumination are behind the glass the camera is looking through. As a result, the illuminator ends up illuminating anything that is on the glass and preventing good night vision. In an outdoor settin

Re: [AFMUG] Wood Pole Mount

2024-02-20 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Or a chimney strap mount? On Tue, Feb 20, 2024, 10:54 AM Ken Hohhof wrote: > Or the ChannelMaster 4" offset wall mounts, we call them W brackets. > > Original Message > From: "Josh Luthman" > Sent: 2/20/2024 9:37:59 AM > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Woo

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux delivery times

2024-01-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
We used to do pretty good at almost always having stock, and if we ran out of something the replenishment stock was only a few days from being on the shelf. Then 2020 happened, and then supply chain crap happened, and a thousand other things seemed to conspire to prevent us from getting back to th

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux delivery times

2024-01-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Pretty much all of the orders are going out today. A couple that need spec I think this is the start of being at least intermittently back to all the normal stuff usually being in stock. On Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 7:45 AM Tyson Burris wrote: > Yes, it’s a fairly common problem. I have gone 2-4 we

Re: [AFMUG] Packetflux delivery times

2024-01-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Shipping out today. Along with all the other base 3 orders. We're finally almost all caught up. The base 3 was the last of the regularly stocked items that we were backlogged on. On Tue, Jan 30, 2024, 7:39 AM Josh Luthman wrote: > Has anyone ordered a Site Monitor this month? I'm at 2 wee

Re: [AFMUG] compensation for employees

2024-01-29 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Plus with some of the new 401k providers being very low cost, it effectively becomes a maximum of a 4% increase in salary costs. I use guideline.com over here. Cheap, good, low cost mutual funds, etc. On Sun, Jan 28, 2024, 8:17 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > True. > > > > 1976-1988 were my Rockwel

Re: [AFMUG] Used Juniper

2024-01-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Juniper has caught the "subscription required to use on an ongoing basis" disease all big routing/switching companies seem to eventually catch. Plus HP is trying to acquire them. The current used gear is probably usable but there seems to be some debate how long this will last as far as any futur

Re: [AFMUG] Ken Hohof

2024-01-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
man wrote: > US cell phones have GLONASS support. What makes you say there's a legal > question? > > On Sun, Dec 31, 2023 at 6:10 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> Some customers wanted the added redundancy that comes wit

Re: [AFMUG] PMP450i GPS/Sync issue

2024-01-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
b647f08b33d9cf03835...@totalhighspeed.net?anonymous&ep=signature> > > This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Esta > institución es un proveedor de servicios con igualdad de oportunidades. > -- > *From:* AF on behalf of

Re: [AFMUG] PMP450i GPS/Sync issue

2024-01-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
> time to meet with me >> <https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/1f29ddb141b647f08b33d9cf03835...@totalhighspeed.net?anonymous&ep=signature> >> >> This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Esta >> institución es un proveedor de se

Re: [AFMUG] PMP450i GPS/Sync issue

2023-12-31 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Plus, if a rackinjector was previously upgraded to a reasonably-recent version (and the default settings weren't changed), it shouldn't have seen the issue at all, as the firmware in the rackinjector defaults to disabling GLONASS. (This is my plea for everyone to upgrade to the latest version as i

Re: [AFMUG] Ken Hohof

2023-12-31 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
even legal to operate a GLONASS receiver in the USA. On Sun, Dec 31, 2023 at 2:26 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > What is the benefit to using glonass? > For timing is not GPS good enough? > > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > *Sent:* Sunday, December 31, 2

Re: [AFMUG] Ken Hohof

2023-12-31 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Well hopefully most everything can be remotely handled. I'm really really hoping that the fix my current GPS vendor provided actually survives the rollover. Otherwise this is going to be a much bigger mess. I really wish multi GNSS simulators weren't so expensive. Like costs more than we make

Re: [AFMUG] WDM transceivers

2023-12-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I would be far more shocked if this doesn't work. Obviously you'd need a dwdm mux to get more than one dwdm channel in a cwdm channel, but as long as you're using dwdm optics which are in the bandpass of the cwdm channel it should work for a single channel. On Thu, Dec 21, 2023, 9:00 AM wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] RedHawk-P250i-Solid-Oxide-Fuel-Cells-GEN4-WEB.pdf

2023-12-12 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Ignoring any cost considerations, I could see this as a backup for lower power grid connected sites with a modest amount of battery. Or possibly for solar sites that once in a great while need supplemental power. Like in a no sun for 2 weeks situation, which would happen once per year or somethin

Re: [AFMUG] OT FB videos and reels

2023-12-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Probably to reduce automated copyright claims. I notice that a lot of the videos are using non-licensed material and modifying in some way. Left to right flip, zooming, stretching, adding borders, etc. Plus, I've also noticed that a lot of selfie camera video is left mirrored like it is often

Re: [AFMUG] GLONASS rollover coming end of year.

2023-12-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
My UGPS Units have FW > dated 6-12-2020, so I'm presuming that it would have the GLONASS Fix. > On 12/9/2023 4:26 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > Just a heads-up: > > Four years ago, we had a bit of an issue where the date in the GLONASS > GNSS system

[AFMUG] GLONASS rollover coming end of year.

2023-12-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Just a heads-up: Four years ago, we had a bit of an issue where the date in the GLONASS GNSS system rolled over at midnight, New Year's Eve/Day, Moscow time, and all (most) of the multi-constellation PacketFlux and Cambium sync receivers went wacky. They all needed a reboot/power cycle and retur

Re: [AFMUG] Modbus

2023-10-26 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Yes, and no. The modbus protocol defines how to move data between two devices. However, the contents of the data being passed is vendor-defined and there aren't any industry standards I'm aware of (although it wouldn't surprise me if there were). Every vendor that produces a modbus-capable devic

Re: [AFMUG] AC voltage alarm thresholds

2023-09-05 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
265V is a common top voltage threshold, but you'll need to look at the equipment specs. The US grid is specified to produce 120/240V +-5%. So 240 could be up to 254V and still be in spec. (240V+12V) Equipment is supposed to accept at least +-10%, so up to 264V. (240V+24V). Personally I'd set t

Re: [AFMUG] Question for Chuck, and anyone wise who wants to add their 0.02...

2023-08-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
nd anyone wise who wants to > add their 0.02... > > > > All CAT6 in our product line are 100% GDT. Anything that says GIGE has > solid state and GDT. I would recommend CAT6 for everything. > > > > > > > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > > *S

Re: [AFMUG] Question for Chuck, and anyone wise who wants to add their 0.02...

2023-08-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
l it. Might be a crosstalk. > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > *Sent:* Thursday, August 17, 2023 11:43 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Cc:* Chuck McCown > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Question for Chuck, and anyone wise who wants to > add their 0.02... >

Re: [AFMUG] Question for Chuck, and anyone wise who wants to add their 0.02...

2023-08-18 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
pairs. On Thu, Aug 17, 2023, 7:23 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > All CAT6 in our product line are 100% GDT. Anything that says GIGE has > solid state and GDT. I would recommend CAT6 for everything. > > > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > *Sent:* Thu

[AFMUG] Question for Chuck, and anyone wise who wants to add their 0.02...

2023-08-17 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Which of the MTC CAT6 surge suppressors that fit in the APC racks are recommended for general use? I see a Gas discharge and semiconductor diode version on the website. Guessing the GDT version is more robust and less likely to cause errors at the expense of reaction time. -- AF mailing list AF@a

Re: [AFMUG] Forrest's Time Post

2023-08-16 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Two methods I didn't mention that this group might already be familiar with: 1) They still distribute time via telephone. Call 303-499-7111 to hear the WWV (colorado) broadcast or 808-335-4363 for WWVH (hawaii) 2) You can dial in with your dialup modem and get time codes. 300 baud up to 9600 b

Re: [AFMUG] Are you reliant on searching?

2023-07-31 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I've been tapping on the windows button and typing what I've been looking for for years. Don't even know where lots of things are in the start menu anymore. Under windows 10, I did have most of my often used programs pinned to the start menu, so for those I'd click on start and them the program.

Re: [AFMUG] “Low pass” attenuator

2023-07-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Dwdm or cwdm where one hasn't taken care to balance the relative strengths of the light entering the wdm system. I believe some amplifiers have the effect of "smoothing out" the relative brightness of each carrier. But don't quote me on this as I'm just going by marketing materials likely written

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik max power really 57V?

2023-07-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
N Commerce Dr > Lake Point, Utah 84074 > 801-250-9503 Office > 435-830-4306 Cell > www.mccowntech.com > www.microtrench.pro > www.terabitnetworks.com > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > *Sent:* Monday, July 10, 2023 4:06 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users G

Re: [AFMUG] OT receiver

2023-07-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
WWV is still available on 2.5, 5, 10, 15 and 20Mhz according to NIST. Apparently they're also experimenting with 25Mhz. I have a couple of SDRs - a hackrf one, and also a cheap sdr based one. My latest rf toy (tool?) is a signalhound bb60c real-time spectrum analyzer and various calibrated anten

Re: [AFMUG] battery overcharging

2023-06-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
ld be inflating a tire to 32 lbs with the compressor > pressure set to 32 lbs. Once the tire is full the air will stop flowing. > > > > *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) > > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 7, 2023 11:58 AM > > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > >

Re: [AFMUG] battery overcharging

2023-06-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Ignoring the overvoltage for a minute.. A normal battery, when charged at a normal voltage, will take less and less current until full. It doesn't matter how much current is available, it will only take what it needs. Generally you want to limit the current based on the size of the array, bu

Re: [AFMUG] OT tracert

2023-05-31 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
See https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis/http-www-microtrench-blades-com/7zj3glpe5h?form_factor=mobile for some insights. Seems like there are some very large images which can be better compressed. And a few other things. On Wed, May 31, 2023, 10:17 AM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > Could some of

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber (and I guess CAT5) cable management in racks

2023-05-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
May 24, 2023 at 12:42 PM Josh Luthman wrote: > Full of what? Switches and patch panels? > > On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 2:37 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> Ok let me clarify. (Accidentally hit send since it's apparent

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber (and I guess CAT5) cable management in racks

2023-05-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
over. On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 12:36 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > Ok let me clarify. (Accidentally hit send since it's apparently the same > hotkey to send on gmail as I use elsewhere for "insert a return without > sending") >

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber (and I guess CAT5) cable management in racks

2023-05-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
t pictures, but definitely a good 'before' picture. We're starting from scratch here. All that exists is some side of 2 post rack cable management (rings) which holds existing cat5 cables to some patch panels. It's pretty much full too On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 12:32 PM Fo

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber (and I guess CAT5) cable management in racks

2023-05-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Nope. On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 12:21 PM Josh Luthman wrote: > Share a picture of what you have now? > > On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 2:15 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> Thanks to the (not) fun labor situation anymore, I've

[AFMUG] Fiber (and I guess CAT5) cable management in racks

2023-05-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Thanks to the (not) fun labor situation anymore, I've gotten sucked back into some more of the day to day design stuff at the WISP, specifically some of the server/fiber infrastructure at the head end. It's time for me to just fix the cable management in the racks, which apparently the previous "o

Re: [AFMUG] Headphones and earbuds

2023-05-12 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
If you can't hear ambient noise it's an issue. Safety violation. My take: If it's a loud area, then you need hearing protection. Note that most earbuds don't isolate that much, as such if you're even moderately close to the osha hearing protection levels then you can exceed them by permitting

Re: [AFMUG] On call employees

2023-04-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Under the FLSA you have to pay them at least minimum wage for all on call hours. This is assuming your definition of on call prevents the employee from doing whatever they want during the on-call hours. On Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 1:32 PM Roger Tims wrote: > i have a question about on call. (requirin

Re: [AFMUG] Ticketing systems

2023-04-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
If you find one which is inexpensive and works reliably let me know. I'm using osticket which works except it sometimes doesn't flag a ticket correctly after a customer replies to an open ticket. So you end up with a customer which has replied but you don't realize has replied. Pisses me and th

Re: [AFMUG] Short Term Employee

2023-04-08 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
He was exceptional all right, mine usually take longer to show off their skillset. On Sat, Apr 8, 2023, 1:49 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > I hired a guy to be a production manager over our grout mixing machine > product. > He came with a pedigree of doing this at other places. I didn’t check

Re: [AFMUG] OT Amazon weirdness

2023-03-24 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
In our area, UPS at least was been hiring individuals with their own private vehicles to deliver packages. These individuals apparently are fairly clueless. In at least two cases the individuals marked business not open at almost the same exact time that our normal driver was picking up our daily

Re: [AFMUG] Cisco Licensing

2023-03-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
And that's why we're switching to juniper. Cisco has moved to a model where the software and hardware are licensed or sold separately on most platforms and the software is subscription based. Not sure what the situation is with the 3660, but some revert to very basic functionality. On Wed, Mar 1

Re: [AFMUG] mail servers

2023-03-12 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
s way >> easier to buy it as a service and then it gets expensive. Another problem >> is most of the free email servers won't allow users to send more than 10 >> emails at a time and you have to wait up to an hour before you can send 10 >> more. That's why I tri

Re: [AFMUG] mail servers

2023-03-12 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
gt; is most of the free email servers won't allow users to send more than 10 > emails at a time and you have to wait up to an hour before you can send 10 > more. That's why I tried to build my own, just so I could send customers > the monthly billing automatically. I even hir

Re: [AFMUG] mail servers

2023-03-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
If you follow the instructions on https://kb.easydns.com/knowledge/easymail-spf-and-dkim-records/ you should be able to get this resolved. On Fri, Mar 10, 2023, 2:50 PM Jan-GAMs wrote: > So, since grnacres doesn't have dkim or dmarc records, they should be > getting bounced like the mail.com rec

Re: [AFMUG] RF Cage for WIFI

2023-02-27 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Three items that come to mind... If they have external antennas remove them and replace them with 50 ohm terminators appropriate for the connectors. Or, wrap in copper mesh, leaving no holes. Foil would also work but then you have heating issues. I'd ground it to the shield on the coax input.

Re: [AFMUG] I am back

2023-02-17 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Don't let him fool ya We almost had him convinced that tamales out of a can was acceptable food to eat. Lot easier to do without regular pictures of yummy Mexican food. Hey, wait, you've been back almost a full day and there haven't been any weather girl pics or food pics. You holding out

Re: [AFMUG] UDP Server Load Balancer

2023-02-16 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Just saw this, not sure if this still helps: As John Osmon said, many UDP services don't need state - for instance DNS servers. Those you can set up as an anycast server where all the servers get the same IP address on a loopback interface, and then you enter multiple routes into the upstream ro

Re: [AFMUG] FB Exchange

2023-02-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
t; > > > “Market wages do not really care about what's "fair" or "reasonable".” > > > > Correct. 100% > > > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *fiber...@mail.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 15, 2023 2:29 PM > *To:* af@af.afm

Re: [AFMUG] FB Exchange

2023-02-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
d, Feb 15, 2023, 12:12 PM wrote: > You seem surprised that you were turned down when you didn't communicate > clearly up front that the potential employee was being considered for a > $25/hr role? > > > - Jared > > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 15, 2023 > *F

Re: [AFMUG] FB Exchange

2023-02-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
; this. You can negotiate once it’s understood that both parties are > interested. > > > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Forrest Christian > (List Account) > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 15, 2023 11:10 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFM

Re: [AFMUG] FB Exchange

2023-02-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The value of someone with zero skills and experience is zero. The fact that many employers are willing to hire someone that has zero skills and experience at $15/hr and train them at zero cost to the employee is an awesome deal for a person who wants an opportunity. Unfortunately it seems that a

Re: [AFMUG] FB Exchange

2023-02-15 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I listed a job about a year ago with multiple pay rates depending on experience. The lowest tier was at $15 an hour if you have zero experience and a willingness to learn. It was also very clear in the description that this was a training wage and would only last around 6 months or less provided

Re: [AFMUG] Missed me by that much

2023-02-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Mine records only for a certain period after the ignition is off, and has enough storage that it won't overwrite for something like 36 hours of storage. I also have learned to keep a second sd card for it in the glove box since there have been a couple instances where I needed to be 100% the foota

Re: [AFMUG] Neg 48V Power Supply

2023-02-07 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Any isolated 48V supply works, just use the + wire for your return and the - for your -48v. I'm fond of the meanwell hlg supplies. The only gotcha is that some supplies will tie the negative wire to the ground pin on the ac plug, forcing it to be a +48v supply. You can use an ohmmeter to verify

[AFMUG] IP Camera Reccomendations.

2023-02-01 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Looking for some additional standards-based IP cameras to add to my system. H.264, H.265, etc. Various types. Dome, maybe 360 fisheye, and I think I need two more which are either a bit more directional or that I can swap the lens on since what I'm watching is a bit far from where I can mount th

Re: [AFMUG] 450m 3ghz sync with packetflux rackinjector

2023-01-30 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I figure I've told enough people to do this that I would have bought a few radios by now if it released the smoke. On Mon, Jan 30, 2023, 9:48 AM Steve Jones wrote: > It took a lot of faith in forrest to do this. There was no magic smoke > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 11:00 PM For

Re: [AFMUG] 450m 3ghz sync with packetflux rackinjector

2023-01-29 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
The 450m 3ghz ignores any power on the port so it is perfectly safe to provide PoE+sync to the radio. The power needs to be there to ensure reliable transmission of the sync signal. So yes, use that board, provide either +48v or -48V on that port, and the radio will be perfectly happy to get s

Re: [AFMUG] FCC Proposes $62 Million penalty against Q Link Wireless for violation of EBB program rules

2023-01-22 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Not exactly the same type of subsidy program, but I'm starting to belive that the government needs to migrate almost all of the build out subsidies to put equal access fiber in the ground. That is, the subsidy is only for the fiber build. Single strand or two from each house to a concentrator b

Re: [AFMUG] PacketFLux Gen Controller alternative

2023-01-11 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
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Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-10 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
re ends the locate ends. Why not just extend the wire with the >> new pipe? >> >> 14 gauge seems like way too big if you ask me, that's a lot of money down >> that new sewer line. >> >> On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 11:31 AM Forrest Christian (List Account) < >>

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
> > If the wire ends the locate ends. Why not just extend the wire with the > new pipe? > > 14 gauge seems like way too big if you ask me, that's a lot of money down > that new sewer line. > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 11:31 AM Forrest Christian (List Account) < >

Re: [AFMUG] backup power for small tower

2023-01-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
with ferrite. > > I have a 100% success rate with fiber (up the tower). > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 10:57 AM Forrest Christian (List Account) < > li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > >> Agreed. And if it's on the ethernet side, just adding some ferrite >> chokes t

[AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm working on doing specs for a project (home) which will require burying new water and sewer lines on the property. I'm tired of not being able to locate these after they're buried so I plan on having the contractor bury some tracer wire along with the plumbing. I've learned that the best optio

Re: [AFMUG] backup power for small tower

2023-01-09 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
Agreed. And if it's on the ethernet side, just adding some ferrite chokes to the power line might fix the problem. Or switching to shielded cable. On Mon, Jan 9, 2023, 7:52 AM Josh Luthman wrote: > Step 1 is to figure out where your packet loss is coming from. If it's > interference on the

Re: [AFMUG] OT pie

2022-12-21 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
With epipen for me. Or at least a big dose of antihistamine. And it's pee con. Or more "pee cahn", On Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 4:17 PM James Howard wrote: > With chocolate chips? > > > > *From:* AF *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown via AF > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 21, 2022 4:24 PM > *To:* AnimalFa

Re: [AFMUG] Outdoor DC Distribution

2022-11-20 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
18, 2022 at 8:46 AM Nate Burke wrote: > Can the terminal block handle 12AWG wire? If one of the outputs shorts, > does that take the entire PDU offline, or is there internal limiting with > the 3A per port. > > On 11/18/2022 6:57 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > Th

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