Re: [AFMUG] Circuit IDs

2021-04-30 Thread Mike Hammett
Doesn't really matter what type of customer it is. - Mike Hammett [ http://www.ics-il.com/ | Intelligent Computing Solutions ] [ https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL ] [ https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb ] [ https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing

Re: [AFMUG] Circuit IDs

2021-04-30 Thread Mike Hammett
What if one customer has more than one circuit? - Mike Hammett [ http://www.ics-il.com/ | Intelligent Computing Solutions ] [ https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL ] [ https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb ] [ https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing

[AFMUG] Circuit IDs

2021-04-30 Thread Mike Hammett
How are you generating circuit IDs for wired customers? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

[AFMUG] Fiber Labels

2021-04-30 Thread Mike Hammett
What kind of information are you putting on individual customer labels? Are you having them the same at the customer prem and at the CO\cabinet\etc.? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP -- AF mailing list AF

Re: [AFMUG] intuit

2021-04-29 Thread Mike Hammett
So am I, but how's that working out now? ;-) - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: ch...@go-mtc.com To: "Mike Hammett" , "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent

Re: [AFMUG] intuit

2021-04-29 Thread Mike Hammett
Sonar, PowerCode, VISP, etc. IP Pay, Pro Pay, etc. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Chuck McCown via AF" To: af@af.afmug.com Cc: ch...@go-mtc.com Sent: Thursday, Apri

Re: [AFMUG] intuit

2021-04-29 Thread Mike Hammett
Move to something for grownups? ;-) /me hides - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Chuck McCown via AF" To: af@af.afmug.com Cc: ch...@go-mtc.com Sent: Thursday, Apri

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Why isn't the internet Free?

2021-04-28 Thread Mike Hammett
Are the bikini girls the bills you have? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Seth Mattinen" To: af@af.afmug.com Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 1:45:39 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [AFMUG] OT fired a guy today

2021-04-28 Thread Mike Hammett
Hell, I was E3 the moment I signed on the line. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "dave via AF" To: af@af.afmug.com Cc: "dave" Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-15 Thread Mike Hammett
Welcome to the Internet. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Jan-GAMs" To: af@af.afmug.com Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2021 11:23:10 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Notifying custome

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-15 Thread Mike Hammett
I've found it's easier to get up early than stay up late. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Steve Jones" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Thursday,

Re: [AFMUG] Best 90degree Sector to use with UBNT LTU APs

2021-04-15 Thread Mike Hammett
, but I guess that's mostly because it doesn't seem that different than your existing products. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Caleb Knauer" To: "AnimalFarm Microw

Re: [AFMUG] Best 90degree Sector to use with UBNT LTU APs

2021-04-15 Thread Mike Hammett
What's so special about the new sector? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Caleb Knauer" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2021

Re: [AFMUG] Notifying customers

2021-04-15 Thread Mike Hammett
We get it, you don't like Facebook. Many do. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Jan-GAMs" To: "Jesse DuPont" , "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sen

Re: [AFMUG] OT: online k12 homeschool options

2021-04-07 Thread Mike Hammett
Home schooled kids trend weird. Are they home schooled because they're (and their parents) are weird? -or- Are they weird because they were home schooled? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message

Re: [AFMUG] Who is going to WISPAMERICA?

2021-04-05 Thread Mike Hammett
There is a lot of false reporting by fearmongers in the extremes on both sides of the situation. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Erich Kaiser" To: "AnimalFarm

Re: [AFMUG] Who is going to WISPAMERICA?

2021-04-01 Thread Mike Hammett
I believe so. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Chuck McCown via AF" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Cc: "Chuck McCown" Sent: Thursday, Apr

Re: [AFMUG] because the cloud is always secure

2021-03-31 Thread Mike Hammett
Someone running their own, own-prem installations wouldn't have the vulnerability of being connected to Ubiquiti's cloud systems. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Mike Ha

Re: [AFMUG] because the cloud is always secure

2021-03-31 Thread Mike Hammett
.) - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Josh Baird" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 11:07:03 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] because the cl

Re: [AFMUG] because the cloud is always secure

2021-03-31 Thread Mike Hammett
The cloud is a joke and anyone that ca n't manage a simple on-prem server deployment shouldn't be operating an ISP. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Dev" To: AF@af.afmug

Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti played fast and loose with the truth?

2021-03-30 Thread Mike Hammett
Well right, but there's not really any way around that, short of having a bunch of midgets you keep stacked in the basement with passwords written on their foreheads and you summon them by yelling the name of the site or service you need the password for. - Mike Hammett Intelligent

Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti played fast and loose with the truth?

2021-03-30 Thread Mike Hammett
Right, I read that. That doesn't mean anything. It could have just as well said that they were previously stored in a TXT file on the desktop or written backwards on the SysAdmin's forehead. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP

Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti played fast and loose with the truth?

2021-03-30 Thread Mike Hammett
I don't know that LastPass really had anything to do with it, other than that's where someone stored a password. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Steve Jones" To: &

Re: [AFMUG] EBB program

2021-03-29 Thread Mike Hammett
WISPA has a bunch of information on this. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "CBB - Jay Fuller" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Monday, March

Re: [AFMUG] PRTG

2021-03-24 Thread Mike Hammett
The guy I knew using PRTG moved to NetXMS because PRTG can't scale well. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Steven Kenney" To: "af" Sent: Wednesday, March

Re: [AFMUG] RPSMA or SMA for 450i AP?

2021-03-23 Thread Mike Hammett
I'd go that route, though. Not because I advocated for a few years for it with Tasos and JT, but because you'd have the TPA, you can easily change radios in the future. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original

Re: [AFMUG] OT well worth watching

2021-03-23 Thread Mike Hammett
He was also on the NASA broadcast for the Perseverance landing. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Robert Andrews" To: af@af.afmug.com Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Re: [AFMUG] So it begins agan

2021-03-05 Thread Mike Hammett
Eh, I'd limit that to developed areas or areas otherwise too difficult to do with LEO or fixed wireless. Rural areas with people, fixed wireless will still be king. Rural areas without people, LEO will be king. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet

Re: [AFMUG] Favorite high capacity 11Ghz XPIC backhaul

2021-03-05 Thread Mike Hammett
I'd suspect that for same number of streams, same channel size, and same modulation, nearly every licensed backhaul will be about the same (except for Ubiquiti and Mimosa). - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Official Limitations

2021-03-01 Thread Mike Hammett
Eh, it depends on what you're trying to do with it, as always. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Steven Kenney" To: "af" Sent: Monday, March 1, 2021 12:4

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Official Limitations

2021-03-01 Thread Mike Hammett
We should also not confuse "vendor is junk" with "I used it wrong". Also, there are times that both may apply. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Sterling Ja

Re: [AFMUG] LNP issue - escalate to a higher power?

2021-02-27 Thread Mike Hammett
https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Adam Moffett" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Friday, February

Re: [AFMUG] Your Own Satellite Internet

2021-02-25 Thread Mike Hammett
I believe that only applies to 5150 - 5250. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Matt Hopkins" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Thursday, February

Re: [AFMUG] FB account deleted

2021-02-25 Thread Mike Hammett
devices. The last time I checked, both LastPass and Google didn't sync between devices. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Matt Hoppes" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave User

Re: [AFMUG] FB account deleted

2021-02-25 Thread Mike Hammett
Single point of failure. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Matt Hoppes" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2021 8:57:49 AM Sub

Re: [AFMUG] FB account deleted

2021-02-25 Thread Mike Hammett
I only use 2FA when required. It's a pain in the butt. I do use a password manager with randomly generated passwords. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Steve

Re: [AFMUG] 80ghz reliability in Rain

2021-02-24 Thread Mike Hammett
http://thebrotherswisp.com/index.php/rain-fade/ I like this method of uptime calculation rather than the old methods commonly used. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Nate

Re: [AFMUG] DHCPatriot

2021-02-24 Thread Mike Hammett
I think I heard that Calix was discouraging the use of the E7-20, but I'm fuzzy on the details. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Chuck McCown via AF" To: "Jos

Re: [AFMUG] OT Helicopter on Mars

2021-02-20 Thread Mike Hammett
Not better, just good enough and apparently lighter. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Chuck McCown via AF" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Cc: &

Re: [AFMUG] Does anyone other than Onan make a decent mounted gas generator?

2021-02-17 Thread Mike Hammett
Any generator can be mounted if you try hard enough. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Mark Radabaugh" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [AFMUG] x86 Mikrotik hardware

2021-02-16 Thread Mike Hammett
Random rackmount server. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Adam Moffett" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2021 12:43:47 PM

Re: [AFMUG] Power outages

2021-02-16 Thread Mike Hammett
plants. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Jaime Solorza" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Monday, February 15, 2021 6:38:32 PM Subject: [AFMUG] Powe

Re: [AFMUG] Wow

2021-02-09 Thread Mike Hammett
TeamViewer even... - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Cameron Crum" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 9:55:12 AM Subject:

Re: [AFMUG] Modern software companies....

2021-02-08 Thread Mike Hammett
A tangent off of that. A lot of developers think they know more than you do about what you want or how things should be done. Sometimes that's true. Sometimes it's not. Generally, they're not willing to yield when it's not. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Google storage math

2021-01-27 Thread Mike Hammett
Recently, I read an article about spinning disks that should scale to 80 TB per 3.5" drive. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Bill Prince" To: af@af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] DDOS on cgnat

2021-01-21 Thread Mike Hammett
Would the tunnel problems be solved if you peered with them in a datacenter? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Zach Underwood" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave User

Re: [AFMUG] Hotel Panic Button Regulations

2021-01-19 Thread Mike Hammett
Downtown, it's not even accurate enough to locate a block. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Steve Jones" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Tuesday

Re: [AFMUG] router programming

2021-01-19 Thread Mike Hammett
whatever you bought now, regardless of what it is. :-) Elsewhere, I'm trying to decide what iron to use. It's nothing to do with my doubts of the platform, but it'll be easier to sell services to other ISPs if I'm running big iron instead of Mikrotik. - Mike Hammett Intelligent

Re: [AFMUG] Hotel Panic Button Regulations

2021-01-19 Thread Mike Hammett
Say something like, "So that I can best comply with the new law, can you let me know where I can find that law or what it's name is so I can look it up?". You'll get non-useful answers. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Bro

Re: [AFMUG] Adding Aviat Radios to LibreNMS?

2021-01-19 Thread Mike Hammett
So many vendors have absolutely terrible SNMP stacks. Occam\Calix is another. After enough connections, various part of the DSLAM just stop working, due to running out of memory. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP

Re: [AFMUG] router programming

2021-01-19 Thread Mike Hammett
it incorrectly. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Josh Luthman" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 2:20:00 PM Subject

Re: [AFMUG] router programming

2021-01-19 Thread Mike Hammett
Where have you seen it be not stable? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Cassidy B. Larson" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Tuesday, January

Re: [AFMUG] router programming

2021-01-19 Thread Mike Hammett
. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Ryan Ray" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 11:44:33 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] router programming

Re: [AFMUG] router programming

2021-01-19 Thread Mike Hammett
This one? What's new in 6.42.1 (2018-Apr-23 10:46): !) winbox - fixed vulnerability that allowed to gain access to an unsecured router; Yes, I am running a more recent version. Also, I have an aggressive input firewall. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions

Re: [AFMUG] router programming

2021-01-19 Thread Mike Hammett
It'll be fine. The underlying hardware is IBM. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Cassidy B. Larson" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Monday, January

Re: [AFMUG] router programming

2021-01-18 Thread Mike Hammett
, but it's firewalled from the world, so the risk is mitigated. My point was to illustrate that in general, Mikrotik is reliable. There may be edge cases that aren't. There are configurations that aren't. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange

Re: [AFMUG] router programming

2021-01-18 Thread Mike Hammett
to Cogent. Seems to work pretty good here. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Ryan Ray" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Monday, January 18

Re: [AFMUG] router programming

2021-01-18 Thread Mike Hammett
There are definitely some weak spots (route filters can be finicky and sometimes require senseless manipulation to recover from), but I wouldn't say it's not stable. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original

Re: [AFMUG] router programming

2021-01-18 Thread Mike Hammett
Why would you be surprised when Mikrotik worked? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Dev" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Monday, January 18, 2021

Re: [AFMUG] Fw: Emails not posting on AFMUG?

2021-01-18 Thread Mike Hammett
http://af.afmug.com/mailman/options/af_af.afmug.com - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Steve Jones" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Sunday, January

Re: [AFMUG] Ot: Managing old peoples digital footprint

2021-01-18 Thread Mike Hammett
Holy cow, we agree on something! - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Darin Steffl" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2021 9:0

Re: [AFMUG] router programming

2021-01-15 Thread Mike Hammett
"Upstream provider announcing my IPs and doing BGP for me." Sounds like Mike Anderson's network when I took it over. /me ducks. ;-) Naw, he didn't do BGP, he outsourced his only router to his upstream. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwes

Re: [AFMUG] Historical network.

2021-01-13 Thread Mike Hammett
The people that do this kind of stuff are the kind of people that complain of other companies that mix business and politics. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Steve

Re: [AFMUG] Historical network.

2021-01-12 Thread Mike Hammett
Initially, they did it across the board, but then they rolled that back. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Cameron Crum" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group&q

Re: [AFMUG] Historical network.

2021-01-12 Thread Mike Hammett
Yeah, MadIX doesn't have much going on. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Mathew Howard" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Re: [AFMUG] Historical network.

2021-01-12 Thread Mike Hammett
I've seen it on NANOG and other fora. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Mark Radabaugh" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Re: [AFMUG] Warehouse APs

2021-01-12 Thread Mike Hammett
What problem is he trying to solve? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Chuck McCown via AF" To: af@af.afmug.com Cc: "Chuck McCown" Sent: Tuesday, January

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Bitcoin

2021-01-10 Thread Mike Hammett
Well yeah, my intent isn't to mine coins, but to recover unaffiliated costs. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Craig House" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group&

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Bitcoin

2021-01-10 Thread Mike Hammett
The thought is if I'm using baseboard heaters in my basement, they produce heat and nothing else. If I use a mining rig, I get that heat *AND* some kind of cryptocurrency I can turn into a non-zero amount of real money. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Bitcoin

2021-01-10 Thread Mike Hammett
That also has a much higher cost of entry. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Mark Radabaugh" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Sunday, January

[AFMUG] OT: Bitcoin

2021-01-10 Thread Mike Hammett
. What are pools? What are stratums? Where can I find more information on asic miners, to find which ones are best able to generate a return for their cost? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP -- AF mailing list AF

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Vaccination

2021-01-09 Thread Mike Hammett
I have heard of waiting lists where at the end of the day, if they have leftover vaccines, they call people in from the waiting list so the vaccine doesn't go to waste. That may or may not be true. If true, that may or may not be widespread. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing

Re: [AFMUG] geolocation

2021-01-08 Thread Mike Hammett
Nope. That's why we made that list. ;-) - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Chuck McCown via AF" To: af@af.afmug.com Cc: "Chuck McCown" Sent: Friday, January

Re: [AFMUG] What do I do now?

2021-01-08 Thread Mike Hammett
Yes, the web format is a lot easier. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Steve Jones" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021 12:2

Re: [AFMUG] What do I do now?

2021-01-08 Thread Mike Hammett
Yes. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Chuck McCown" To: "Mike Hammett" , "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021 11:57:33

Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-08 Thread Mike Hammett
Like? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Steven Kenney" To: "af" Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021 11:39:21 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternat

Re: [AFMUG] What do I do now?

2021-01-08 Thread Mike Hammett
http://thebrotherswisp.com/index.php/geo-and-vpn/ - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Chuck McCown via AF" To: af@af.afmug.com Cc: "Chuck McCown" Sent: Friday, J

Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-08 Thread Mike Hammett
Strange. Friends of mine have used Proxmox in installations where there were many, many racks full of servers. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Steven Kenney" To: &

Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-08 Thread Mike Hammett
What features is Proxmox missing that vSphere has (and you need\use)? Proxmox also has a backup server now, though I haven't really looked at it. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From

Re: [AFMUG] vmware/veeam alternatives

2021-01-08 Thread Mike Hammett
A second vote for Proxmox. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Forrest Christian (List Account)" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Friday, Januar

Re: [AFMUG] Fw: Unsubscribe

2021-01-07 Thread Mike Hammett
I didn't even know that Lent went away. I thought we had perma-Lent. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Ryan Ray" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent:

Re: [AFMUG] Why do customers refuse to test things?

2021-01-07 Thread Mike Hammett
Hosted phone service is highly profitable and is recurring revenue. :-) - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Adam Moffett" To: af@af.afmug.com Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 202

Re: [AFMUG] 2+0 Co-Polar

2021-01-06 Thread Mike Hammett
Not from a legal perspective, but from a technical perspective. If an 80+40 = 112 setup was no worse at the channel edges, why would it matter what happened in the middle? More asking than arguing. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange

Re: [AFMUG] mess around VPS

2021-01-01 Thread Mike Hammett
* also be able to find a service like ThousandEyes that will allow you to test as you desire without building all of the infrastructure to do so. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 1072 Frustrations

2020-12-31 Thread Mike Hammett
downsize those to something more modern, but I'm too busy for things that aren't critical. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Mike Hammett" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave User

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 1072 Frustrations

2020-12-31 Thread Mike Hammett
Strange. We didn't see those BGP issues, but ours ran out of steam at anywhere from 7 - 13 gigs, depending on the alignment of the stars. I suspect the PPS load at the time. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 1072 Frustrations

2020-12-31 Thread Mike Hammett
Some place out of Georgia. I wasn't the one that procured them. I believe we were right around $1k for dual sockets and 144 GB of RAM, DC power supplies, that dual 10G NIC, 10x 2.5" drive bays. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Bro

Re: [AFMUG] mess around VPS

2020-12-31 Thread Mike Hammett
I use Steadfast out of Chicago for when I care about the quality of the network connectivity feeding it. Otherwise, I use Hetzner as it's the absolute cheapest. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 1072 Frustrations

2020-12-31 Thread Mike Hammett
I just got some R630s, but mostly for compute and light CHR duties. I got 10 core CPUs. I got it with the 2x SFP "integrated" NIC and I still have three or four expansion slots to add more. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange Th

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 1072 Frustrations

2020-12-31 Thread Mike Hammett
The Vengeance routers don't have enough horsepower for their port configurations, at least Vengeance v1. The v2 does have 50% more cores, but I'm not sure that it's enough. For moving a lot of data, you really need big CPUs. Multiple sockets of high core count CPUs. - Mike

Re: [AFMUG] ESXI raid question

2020-12-30 Thread Mike Hammett
Hardware RAID isn't always an upgrade. ;-) - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Mark - Myakka Technologies" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [AFMUG] ESXI raid question

2020-12-30 Thread Mike Hammett
The only type of software RAID I'm aware of VMWare doing is VSAN, which requires SSDs. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Mark - Myakka Technologies" To: af@af.afmug

Re: [AFMUG] MG part 101 - why does license need specific hardware?

2020-12-28 Thread Mike Hammett
I'm just guessing, but perhaps the quality\shape of the actual transmission? Some cut off at the edges much more quickly than others. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Adam Mo

Re: [AFMUG] Data center Security

2020-12-26 Thread Mike Hammett
Sometimes. Most of the ones by us have a single fiber\copper entrance, power entrances, single string of batteries, etc. DeKalb is the exception, with two cable entrances. We're the first one not Frontier to use both cable entrances. There's also three battery arrays. - Mike

Re: [AFMUG] Data center Security

2020-12-26 Thread Mike Hammett
Those companies take resiliency, restoration, and downtime more seriously than most, especially telcos. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Chuck McCown via AF" To: &

Re: [AFMUG] Data center Security

2020-12-26 Thread Mike Hammett
Can be, but telcos (at least Frontier) are terribly slow at any remedies. Someone near me just suffered a 25-hour outage on a 10G Frontier circuit. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 1072 Frustrations

2020-12-21 Thread Mike Hammett
Software fix. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Ken Hohhof" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Monday, December 21, 2020 7:36:51 PM Subject: Re: [

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 1072 Frustrations

2020-12-21 Thread Mike Hammett
We have an Intel 40 gig card in vSphere, presented to CHR. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Steven Kenney" To: "af" Sent: Monday, December 21, 2020 2:42:57 PM

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 1072 Frustrations

2020-12-21 Thread Mike Hammett
Make sure you get a server with a lot of cores. There are popular platforms that only have a few cores and they're woefully inadequate for that amount of data. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 1072 Frustrations

2020-12-21 Thread Mike Hammett
1100AHx4 issue. It affected the RB4011 as well. I'm not sure how much is public information, but they believe they've fixed it now. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Ken H

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