Re: [AFMUG] OT asterisk

2022-09-06 Thread dmmoffett
Sounds like this is FreePBX? There are multiple places to configure things and it's not always obvious which one takes precedent. I'd imagine the strip and prepend you're trying to do are overridden somewhere else. From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Friday, Septembe

Re: [AFMUG] [ External ] Re: EXTERNAL - BDC

2022-09-01 Thread dmmoffett
My instinct is to largely agree that there’s nothing wrong with the Cambium 450 web interface. Lots of detailed info as long as the person is willing to look through the screens and see what’s there. Lots of knobs to turn for the people who are willing to RTFM. That said, the Dashboard v

Re: [AFMUG] OT Voyager

2022-08-31 Thread dmmoffett
Come now; a technician is no more flammable than a sack of water. Just tell them to stop being babies about it. From: AF On Behalf Of castarritt Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 3:47 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Voyager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MH

Re: [AFMUG] OT Voyager

2022-08-31 Thread dmmoffett
I'd bet a smaller codebase helps. No gigabytes of libraries to debug. But yeah, if something I built lasted 45 years in outer space I'd pat myself on the back a bit. From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 11:50 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Cc: Chuck McCown S

Re: [AFMUG] BDC

2022-08-31 Thread dmmoffett
They knew full well that 477 was imperfect, and they must know this is too. Just hope they figure out some improvements for next year. -Adam From: AF On Behalf Of Tyson Burris Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2022 10:03 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] BDC St

Re: [AFMUG] Larger Standby Generators

2022-08-30 Thread dmmoffett
I always get the Generac “cold weather kit” now. It’s really just a battery heater pad and a heater sleeve that goes around the oil filter. It’s overpriced for what it is, but when you get theirs it’ll have the correct wires and connectors already. I think it’s ok to pay extra to not have to

Re: [AFMUG] OT Chinese solar panels

2022-08-16 Thread dmmoffett
Then you can add "Smuggler" to your resume. From: AF On Behalf Of Nate Burke Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 3:09 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Chinese solar panels Can you just fly to china, then strap some under your coat to get them back? On 8/16/2022

Re: [AFMUG] [ External ] Re: 900 MHz PtP

2022-08-16 Thread dmmoffett
Alvarion 900: Alvarion became Telrad. They have something called “BreezeAir 8000” which is available in 900mhz. But my faith in them was destroyed by my experience with the Compact 1000. Maybe BreezeAir is the best thing ever, but I’ll let someone else try it. From: AF On B

Re: [AFMUG] [ External ] Re: 900 MHz PtP

2022-08-16 Thread dmmoffett
Might be an issue with the camera..unless they're ok with a super low frame rate. When I looked at licensing a channel the $/mhz/population made it 5 digits even for a fairly rural county. I suppose if you only need 125khz then it might work out. From: AF On Behalf Of Scott Imhoff v

Re: [AFMUG] 900 MHz PtP

2022-08-16 Thread dmmoffett
At least the rocks won’t get bigger every year. From: AF On Behalf Of Craig Baird Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 10:56 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 900 MHz PtP I was afraid that would be the case. I guess I'll probably have to pitch the 450i to them. Altho

Re: [AFMUG] 900 MHz PtP

2022-08-16 Thread dmmoffett
If you can live with the capacity of PMP100 they’re going to give you the most consistent outcome. Actually, If you can live with that low of a capacity then CnReach is also an option. It can only run with very small channel sizes, but if whatever you’re doing works within those capacity constr

Re: [AFMUG] crazy bandwidth request

2022-08-12 Thread dmmoffett
Well there’s needs and then there’s needs. A few more cameras and they’ll exceed a gigabit….then there’s maybe a different kind of need. From: AF On Behalf Of Zach Underwood Sent: Friday, August 12, 2022 2:22 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] crazy bandwidth re

Re: [AFMUG] crazy bandwidth request

2022-08-12 Thread dmmoffett
If I was the cloud camera vendor, I’d try to design a hybrid system where a local NVR has the full resolution video and the cloud is only keeping a low-res “thumbnail” version. You pick a time period you want full res for and then the cloud system requests it from the NVR. Have the NVR poll th

Re: [AFMUG] OT Paranoid

2022-08-12 Thread dmmoffett
Gmail? I think it's understood that gmail is crawling your email for targeted ad purposes. Why else would it be free? I read recently that one of the data points leading to the spooky seeming ads is the proximity to other people's phones. You're talking about with someone and an hour later s

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Question for the Borg (Unifi AP-LR)

2022-08-03 Thread dmmoffett
+1 For a single AP I wouldn’t horse around From: AF On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2022 9:46 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Cc: Bill Prince Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Question for the Borg (Unifi AP-LR) I had this issue. I said screw, threw it in the trash

Re: [AFMUG] IP Geolocation update

2022-07-18 Thread dmmoffett
Thanks. Yeah I’ve done Maxmind earlier today, and that’s definitely one to do first if you’re updating them individually. I’ve just become aware of something called a “Geofeed”. Apparently you put a URL into a remark attribute of an IRR. It looks like this: Geofeed https://your-url.com

Re: [AFMUG] IP Geolocation update

2022-07-18 Thread dmmoffett
I’m wondering how it got that way. Maybe the previous user was a cell network? Maybe with multiple cities connected to the same core? More importantly, like maybe ¼ of the geolocation services have an easy “update the location” form. What are you supposed to do with the others? From

[AFMUG] IP Geolocation update

2022-07-18 Thread dmmoffett
Is there any fast/easy way to update all the geolocation services? I just got a new IP block and I'm getting conflicting results. The same IP is said to be in Manhattan, Cleveland, Dallas, DC, and Salt Lake depending which geolocation service you check. It's bizarre. -- AF mailing list AF@

Re: [AFMUG] VMWare

2022-07-15 Thread dmmoffett
Proxmox has a good feature set for a fraction of the cost. VMWare has some extra niceties, but for 10x the money. My current employer is using VMWare. The previous two had Proxmox. I like them both just fine, but if I was writing the check I’d pick Proxmox every time. ….that said, my W

Re: [AFMUG] Sonar Ticketing email outage

2022-07-11 Thread dmmoffett
I’d say email was easy until spammers made it hard. From: AF On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2022 8:34 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Sonar Ticketing email outage I really hate people that use third-party services. E-mail is so freak

Re: [AFMUG] FS: Att/Comcast wholesale transport - 10g 0mrc promo

2022-07-08 Thread dmmoffett
Lumen likes the term “HSIP” lately. “High Speed IP” They’ve used that term both when we had a loop and when we were meeting them in a datacenter. -Adam From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Friday, July 08, 2022 4:14 PM To: TJ Trout ; AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Cc:

Re: [AFMUG] Splice Documentation

2022-07-07 Thread dmmoffett
I don’t think we disagree that much here. The fundamental part is that people have to know how to use it (and then do so). If the person who understands the spreadsheet system leaves, now someone has to figure that out. Spreadsheets are basically free form entry so the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th pe

Re: [AFMUG] Splice Documentation

2022-07-07 Thread dmmoffett
Whatever you do works best if the people know how to use it and keep it up to date. There are definitely people paying for fiber mapping software who then only have partial data in it which they then mingle with institutional memory and personal knowledge, which is only slightly better than

Re: [AFMUG] russian spam

2022-06-29 Thread dmmoffett
Mmmm... Bolshevik bacon. From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 5:02 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Cc: Chuck McCown Subject: Re: [AFMUG] russian spam The pigs were fed the bodies of political enemies. So the taste is a bit bitter. From:

Re: [AFMUG] When you don't want to delete an email mailbox

2022-06-29 Thread dmmoffett
Server size parameter of “0” means unlimited. They must have set the “SIZE” value to a low number that the software rounded down to 0KB. From: AF On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2022 5:22 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] When you don't want

Re: [AFMUG] OT too old - (Soylent Green is People)

2022-06-22 Thread dmmoffett
There was a brief time in 18th century revolutionary France when terms like “Sir”, and “Madam” were seen as too much like supporting aristocracy and therefore monarchy. Some people insisted on using the terms “citizen” and “citizeness”. It didn’t last because it was stupid. Nobody’s going

Re: [AFMUG] Recommendation for cloud-hosted PBX

2022-06-16 Thread dmmoffett
My current employer uses Ring Central. I can’t say anything bad about it. My DID can receive phone calls, faxes, and SMS. I can use the Ring Central app to text with my coworkers and we do that all day long. The Ring Central app also can do phone calls and video conferences and we do that a

Re: [AFMUG] BBS

2022-06-15 Thread dmmoffett
I heard Steve wants to play Trade Wars. Is there a telnet BBS around somewhere still? From: AF On Behalf Of Steve Jones Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 2:59 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] BBS nerds On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 11:25 AM Sterling Jacobson mai

Re: [AFMUG] BBS

2022-06-13 Thread dmmoffett
I did Trade Wars too, but my addiction was Barren Realms Elite. From: AF On Behalf Of CBB - Jay Fuller Sent: Friday, June 10, 2022 8:55 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: [AFMUG] BBS Legend of the red dragon. And yes...lots of trade wars - Reply message -

Re: [AFMUG] Why do customers have such short memories?

2022-06-09 Thread dmmoffett
I think it’s become very common to make problems out to be someone else’s fault. Or maybe it always has been common? Fixing problems is hard. You have to think, and troubleshoot, and do work and stuff. Much easier to screech at someone else. From: AF On Behalf Of Mathew Howard Se

Re: [AFMUG] Unobtanium 'tik 48v DC power board

2022-06-09 Thread dmmoffett
I didn’t even know Mikrotik made that. Here I’ve been drilling a hole in the case and feeding my own cable into the case so I can splice it to the PSU connector on the board. Then I plug that into a Meanwell RSD bolted to a 1U blank. It’s the only way I’ve ever done it. -Adam Fro

Re: [AFMUG] OT - here I go again...

2022-06-06 Thread dmmoffett
That’s a fancy way to say you only get to lose a gunfight once. From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Monday, June 06, 2022 1:49 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Cc: Chuck McCown Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - here I go again... I have been shot at, but never been in comba

Re: [AFMUG] OT - here I go again...

2022-06-06 Thread dmmoffett
I’m fine with background checks and mental health screenings. The problem is crazy look like normal people until after they’ve already done something crazy, so there are no perfect answers. From: AF On Behalf Of Andy Trimmell Sent: Monday, June 06, 2022 12:54 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwa

Re: [AFMUG] Utility Pole Location

2022-06-03 Thread dmmoffett
I agree with checking with PUC or PSC, but I take a more cynical view. They don’t want 3rd party attachers because it complicates their life. If they could defensibly argue that their easement doesn’t cover an attacher then they’ll move outside the ROW and get easements knowing that it

Re: [AFMUG] I Quit

2022-06-01 Thread dmmoffett
Facebook is a nice way to keep in touch with people from my past. I block or snooze anyone who uses it as a soapbox. -Adam From: AF On Behalf Of James Howard Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2022 10:27 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I Quit Mama says Mam

Re: [AFMUG] Guy wire mystery.

2022-05-31 Thread dmmoffett
If they really don't know then it sounds like unauthorized attachments. -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Jay Weekley Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2022 1:35 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Guy wire mystery. I will look at it again in the morning. There i

Re: [AFMUG] OT post LENT

2022-05-31 Thread dmmoffett
We could use a lot more boring and respectful. From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2022 5:57 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Cc: ch...@go-mtc.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT post LENT So, in other words boring and respectful? From: Bill Prince Sent: S

Re: [AFMUG] "Show and Tell" rack

2022-05-26 Thread dmmoffett
That's not crazy. From: AF On Behalf Of Brian Webster Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2022 12:14 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] "Show and Tell" rack Raspberry Pi with a small screen displaying traffic data your normally monitor for the network? Thank you, Br

Re: [AFMUG] OT mildly political

2022-05-26 Thread dmmoffett
I know it’s very tempting to keep commenting. Lent has been invoked. We have to let it go. From: AF On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2022 9:28 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT mildly political What is an "assault style weapon"? Are you t

[AFMUG] "Show and Tell" rack

2022-05-26 Thread dmmoffett
I'm setting up a live POP site that is also supposed to be for showing off when we give people a tour of our office. Is there anything special you would do to make a 23" 2 post rack full of equipment look extra awesome? Fancy lighting? Tie Die? Lipstick? Artistry is not my bailiwick.

Re: [AFMUG] OT mildly political

2022-05-25 Thread dmmoffett
We probably should have called "Lent" yesterday. -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Jay Weekley Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 4:35 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT mildly political I see lent coming. Jeff Broadwick - Lists wrote: > Ok, I’m out. Th

Re: [AFMUG] OT mildly political

2022-05-25 Thread dmmoffett
I think it’s worth re-iterating the point that we don’t actually have more mass shootings than other countries. ** https://www.gvpedia.org/gun-myths/europe-and-us/ “The average incident rate per capita for the 28 EU countries is 0.0602 with a 95% confidence Interval of .0257 to .09477. The

Re: [AFMUG] OT mildly political

2022-05-25 Thread dmmoffett
Um….nobody advocates more abortions. More contraceptive measures maybe. You might need to take a smoke break my man. From: AF On Behalf Of Jan-GAMs Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 4:26 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT mildly political A fetus is not a child. An unwanted

Re: [AFMUG] OT mildly political

2022-05-25 Thread dmmoffett
I assumed that was intended to be satirical From: AF On Behalf Of Cameron Crum Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 4:10 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT mildly political Talk about sick. You just advocated murdering more children, especially those with disabiliti

Re: [AFMUG] OT mildly political

2022-05-25 Thread dmmoffett
In NY we ban all manner of “tactical” features on guns, we are limited to 7 rounds in a magazine, and we require background checks for every gun purchase. NY has pretty much all of the common sense measures that people push for. We still had a neo-nazi shoot a bunch of people in Buffalo a coup

Re: [AFMUG] EPMP PTP Throughput

2022-05-24 Thread dmmoffett
Yeah I was thinking you’d not quite get a full 100mb on a 20mhz channel. Might be 80-90. I would plan on 5.6ghz and 40mhz. -Adam From: AF On Behalf Of Steve Jones Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 12:50 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] EPMP PTP Throughput f

Re: [AFMUG] OT mildly political

2022-05-23 Thread dmmoffett
Figuratively inside the lines. From: AF On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Monday, May 23, 2022 1:56 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT mildly political ...you mean outside the lines? On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 1:47 PM mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com> > wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] OT mildly political

2022-05-23 Thread dmmoffett
NYDOT can be pretty accommodating, but they definitely have a lot of rules and they do want you to color inside the lines. From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Monday, May 23, 2022 1:37 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Cc: Chuck McCown Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT mildly political Once we

Re: [AFMUG] OT mildly political

2022-05-23 Thread dmmoffett
“kile (with an I not a Y and woke parents) doesn't believe asphalt and concrete are environmentally friendly” Well an asphalt road is kind of like a really long oil spill From: AF On Behalf Of Steve Jones Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2022 2:35 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Sub

Re: [AFMUG] OT mildly political

2022-05-20 Thread dmmoffett
I don’t disagree at all about woke’ism and SJW I’m all on board with equal treatment under the law, and I’d imagine at this point almost everybody is. We can do better with equality in enforcement, and there’s clear statistical evidence to support that we are currently a lot more strict wit

Re: [AFMUG] OT mildly political

2022-05-20 Thread dmmoffett
I read the Libertarian part platform and thought I could be on board. I registered as Libertarian and carried the card in my wallet. …..and then I met the other libertarians. Some I can relate with and some others are absolutely insane. From: AF On Behalf Of Jason McKemie Sent: Thursd

Re: [AFMUG] OT mildly political

2022-05-19 Thread dmmoffett
Weirdly opposite here. My brothers are vocally alt-right. All ex-military, all purport to be Christian. One is dead from substance abuse and suffered a variety of mental health issues. The surviving two are always broke, angry, and unhappy. I feel like I have to tiptoe around them so they don'

Re: [AFMUG] Fw: Would you allow Tor exit node hosting in your AS?

2022-05-18 Thread dmmoffett
Yes to TOS, but I’d also tell them verbally that if this becomes too much trouble for me then I’ll unplug it. -Adam From: AF On Behalf Of Andy Trimmell Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2022 10:21 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fw: Would you allow Tor exit node ho

Re: [AFMUG] @chuck

2022-05-12 Thread dmmoffett
The usual suspects are Site Pro and Andrew/Commscope. Be prepared to pay a lot more though. McCown Tech is giving us all a good deal. From: AF On Behalf Of Jason Wilson Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 5:11 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] @chuck >From facebook Ok so I'm l

Re: [AFMUG] -48vdc site

2022-05-06 Thread dmmoffett
I’d still use a separate converter….then I can drop in a different Mikrotik without worrying about whether they’ve changed something on that model. Just an opinion. From: AF On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Friday, May 06, 2022 1:36 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [A

Re: [AFMUG] UniFi migrate to cloud key

2022-05-04 Thread dmmoffett
Thanks for info. That all makes sense. From: AF On Behalf Of Craig Baird Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2022 11:28 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] UniFi migrate to cloud key You can either forget them and re-adopt on the cloud key or you can back up the old con

Re: [AFMUG] Weird IP issue

2022-05-04 Thread dmmoffett
Fair enough, but traffic through the router would be forward chain. Input chain only affects traffic destined for the router itself. I agree it's an easy thing to check. -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Larry Smith Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2022 4:17 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave U

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium Timing

2022-05-04 Thread dmmoffett
You have the proper name…..Ctl Req Success was how I labeled my chart. In any case, I’m reasonably sure it’s showing the % of upload bandwidth requests which were handled successfully. Those requests come in during the control slot using a contention based method. So it’s possible to have

Re: [AFMUG] Weird IP issue

2022-05-04 Thread dmmoffett
If this is a Mikrotik switch, reboot it before you waste a lot of time. I've seen weird stuff too many times. I had a CRS317 the other day where we got 98% packet loss to one specific host. Watching the switch hosts table it seemed like it kept changing it's mind as to which interface that MA

[AFMUG] UniFi migrate to cloud key

2022-05-04 Thread dmmoffett
If a unifi network is already managed in a unifi server and then someone comes along and plugs in a cloud key on the LAN, can you then just adopt all the stuff into the cloud key? Or do you have to "forget" them on the server first? -Adam -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium Timing

2022-05-04 Thread dmmoffett
The value to watch for that is Ctl Req Success. OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.161.19.3.1.12.1.19.0 Even with 8 control slots I see that fall to 70% or so at peak times on the busier AP’s. That means some of the SM’s were not able to request an upload timeslot, which means whatever they’re wanting to upload

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium Timing

2022-05-04 Thread dmmoffett
1. Some AP’s have few SM’s, some have many SM’s. I need timing to match either way. 2. Contention over control slots could cause jitter. I don’t want jitter, and there’s not that much cost to having a few more control slots….see point 3. 3. There’s only a 4% difference between 1

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium Timing

2022-05-04 Thread dmmoffett
In case it’s not obvious, the 5mhz “receive start” happens before the 30mhz “transmit end”. So the 30mhz AP is going to cause uplink interference on the 5mhz AP…..assuming there’s channel overlap. From: dmmoff...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2022 10:10 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium Timing

2022-05-04 Thread dmmoffett
I don’t know specifically how. But here’s frame calculator result for 30mhz, 75%, 10 miles, 8 control slots: AP Antenna Transmit End : 34161, 3.416176 ms AP Antenna Receive Start : 36530, 3.653073 ms AP Antenna Receive End : 49175 Now same at 5mhz: AP Antenna Transmit End : 27916, 2.791688

Re: [AFMUG] Cambium Timing

2022-05-04 Thread dmmoffett
Yes, those all match. The new challenge is comparing different channel sizes. From: AF On Behalf Of Carl Peterson Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2022 11:14 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: [AFMUG] Cambium Timing We still have our cambium network timed as if it were collocate

Re: [AFMUG] -48vdc site

2022-05-02 Thread dmmoffett
I keep Meanwell RSD-150C-48 in stock. I’d strongly suggest the RSD rather than the SD model. SD is slightly cheaper, but RSD handles faults better. The important part is C-48, that’s 48 in and 48 out. 150 is max wattage. The dimensions are such that you can bolt it to the back of a 1U

Re: [AFMUG] Pre-terminated direct burial fiber cable

2022-05-02 Thread dmmoffett
If you haven't already, you can get a quote for a custom cable assembly from Fiber Instrument Sales. What is the application anyway? I'm having trouble picturing what you would do with 12 fibers going underground between the same two points where you'd want them preterminated. I'd probably ra

Re: [AFMUG] OT old jokes

2022-05-02 Thread dmmoffett
Yakov Smirnov? “In California you can always find a party. In Russia the party can always find you.” And Putin brought it full circle. From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Friday, April 29, 2022 5:09 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Cc: ch...@go-mtc.com Subject: [AFMUG] OT old joke

Re: [AFMUG] OT FB

2022-04-29 Thread dmmoffett
I've never really used ad blockers. That's how half the web makes money. I don't want Zuckerberg's children to starve in the streets. From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Friday, April 29, 2022 1:21 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Cc: Chuck McCown Subject: [AFMUG] OT FB So, I disco

Re: [AFMUG] OT FB

2022-04-29 Thread dmmoffett
Jamie, I don’t know if we are having a language barrier issue or if that’s an inside joke…..but I have no idea what you just said. From: AF On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza Sent: Friday, April 29, 2022 1:35 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT FB You gentlemen are

Re: [AFMUG] Favorite Small Server Rack UPS

2022-04-27 Thread dmmoffett
https://www.apc.com/shop/us/en/products/APC-Smart-UPS-XL-3000VA-RM-3U-120V/P-SU3000RMXL3U Supports rack mount external battery packs too. There’s a runtime calculator right there on the product page. IMO, if you want x amount of runtime, then buy it for 2x runtime. Batteries will get weak

Re: [AFMUG] List status

2022-04-26 Thread dmmoffett
Oddly enough, mine doesn’t mark it as spam either. During that month of silence I just didn’t get anything at all. Gmail’s algorithms are surely a mystery to us mere plebes. From: AF On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2022 12:01 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG]

Re: [AFMUG] Testing uno dos tres

2022-04-25 Thread dmmoffett
Yo man. We don’t test. Testing is for nerds. From: AF On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza Sent: Monday, April 25, 2022 7:19 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: [AFMUG] Testing uno dos tres https://www.5gmmwave.com/5g-mmwave-frequency-bands/5g-mmwave-band-n260-39ghz/ -- AF maili

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Saturday April 23 is National Vagina Appreciation Day

2022-04-25 Thread dmmoffett
I appreciate all human body parts on all days. All of them are essential for the survival of our species. Except maybe the pinky. -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Friday, April 22, 2022 9:42 PM To: AFMUG Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Saturday April 23 is National Vagi

Re: [AFMUG] Transtector DC or MTC DC Surge Suppression?

2022-04-21 Thread dmmoffett
Why don’t you make a $200 super premium model? Transtector must have pretty huge margins on those things. From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2022 1:19 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Cc: Chuck McCown Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Transtector DC or MT

Re: [AFMUG] Transtector DC or MTC DC Surge Suppression?

2022-04-21 Thread dmmoffett
Transtector has a bigger board with more shit soldered to it. Maybe more is more. I don't know, I'm not the electrical engineer. I do know it's the "name brand" and you won't get in trouble with any tower owners or R56 police. When something blows up they'll say "well this guy had a transtector

[AFMUG] List status

2022-04-21 Thread dmmoffett
I have a gap in list messages between 3/31 and 4/20. I thought the list had finally died it's final death. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Another Ubiquiti Lawsuit...

2022-03-31 Thread dmmoffett
So what’s the skinny version for us 5 year olds? From: AF On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 11:19 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: [AFMUG] Another Ubiquiti Lawsuit... https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63197557/ubiquiti-inc-v-krebs/ - Mike

Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti LTU radios

2022-03-28 Thread dmmoffett
I don’t have an answer for noise except to use a different band. I mean I have no answers that you don’t already know yourself: tighter beamwidth, smaller channels, take a different path than the other guys do. Is CBRS an option for you? There’s a fee of a few dollars per month for each

Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti LTU radios

2022-03-28 Thread dmmoffett
Yes. We have a few and I’m very happy with them. The GUI gives you very intuitive feedback about available spectrum and airlink efficiency. Cambium 450m will give you more capacity on a single sector --especially with client radios distributed geographically to take better advantage of MU-MIM

Re: [AFMUG] Web page development

2022-03-24 Thread dmmoffett
Maybe 1 out of 10 ISP’s has a snazzy web page. You’ll be good company if yours sucks too. From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2022 1:08 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Cc: Chuck McCown Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Web page development It’s for my ISP.

Re: [AFMUG] EPMP1000 and DHCP failures

2022-03-24 Thread dmmoffett
Well….those packet captures were done on Mikrotik, right? One thing I found out accidentally is if the Mikrotik firewall is dropping the packet then it will not show up in the packet capture. So it might fit I guess…..would be very odd, but we’ve seen weirder stuff than that I’m sure.

Re: [AFMUG] Solid 5GHz ptp backhaul solutions

2022-03-24 Thread dmmoffett
+1 From: AF On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2022 8:57 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Solid 5GHz ptp backhaul solutions Probably adding 12x modulation over 10x modulation when it first shipped. On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 8:19 AM Jan-GAMs m

Re: [AFMUG] Solid 5GHz ptp backhaul solutions

2022-03-22 Thread dmmoffett
It’s hard to beat the value of AF5XHD. You’d spend big dollars to do better than that. From: AF On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 3:26 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Solid 5GHz ptp backhaul solutions I have two AirFiber 5GHz HD lin

Re: [AFMUG] EPMP1000 and DHCP failures

2022-03-22 Thread dmmoffett
Interesting. I think that initial offer is a broadcast packet…..maybe that “reliable multicast” setting affects broadcast as well? From: AF On Behalf Of Nate Burke Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2022 7:38 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] EPMP1000 and DHCP failures

Re: [AFMUG] managed MUX?

2022-03-16 Thread dmmoffett
Are any of those network manageable and something I could monitor with SNMP or are we talking about a handheld device that we have to go onsite for. I guess I’m trying to figure on how we could integrate WDM as a service. From: AF On Behalf Of castarritt Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 5:

Re: [AFMUG] DFS Hits El Paso Area

2022-03-16 Thread dmmoffett
I wonder how they RF secure a whole building. From: AF On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 4:20 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DFS Hits El Paso Area Speaking of TI, many moons ago we set up some temporary 5GHz video links using Trang

Re: [AFMUG] DFS Hits El Paso Area

2022-03-16 Thread dmmoffett
If it’s anything like the calculators then I bet that missile has a $10 computer from Taiwan and the DOD pays $500k for it. From: AF On Behalf Of Steve Jones Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 3:58 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DFS Hits El Paso Area I get a

Re: [AFMUG] Small dual splice case

2022-03-16 Thread dmmoffett
I don’t know what that looks like. Coyote DTC includes grommets for the flat oval drop cable, but there are optional grommets for round cable, but being intended for service drop cable it has a pretty small maximum diameter. https://preformed.com/images/pdfs/Communications/Fiber_Networks/

Re: [AFMUG] managed MUX?

2022-03-16 Thread dmmoffett
Ok, so it says the monitor port gives you an x% split (from 1%-5%) of the light on each wavelength. But what could I connect to the monitor port if I wanted to be able to remotely track received signal level on each wavelength? From: AF On Behalf Of Carl Peterson Sent: Wednesday, March

[AFMUG] managed MUX?

2022-03-16 Thread dmmoffett
When people sell wavelengths as a service, how do you monitor that? Is there something like a "managed" mux that lets you see light levels on each wavelength? -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Small dual splice case

2022-03-16 Thread dmmoffett
I forgot to ask if this was indoors. Every link you’ve seen so far is an outdoor case. They will work indoors just the same, and the DTC I believe has a couple of mounting holes to screw it to a wall. DTC also has a snap on lid which you could pry off while reaching through the ladder. For

Re: [AFMUG] Small dual splice case

2022-03-16 Thread dmmoffett
Yeah that’s the one I was thinking of. Though the LCC from your first link would also take OSP cables. So maybe more versatile if we don’t know what kind of cable we’re getting into. From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 12:23 PM To: AnimalFarm Microw

Re: [AFMUG] Small dual splice case

2022-03-16 Thread dmmoffett
Is it a drop cable? Preformed Line Products Coyote DTC. Our field guys call it a “pup”, because apparently Coyote=puppy. From: AF On Behalf Of Steve Jones Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 12:11 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: [AFMUG] Small dual splice case I ha

Re: [AFMUG] 3 Sectors posing as Omni

2022-03-16 Thread dmmoffett
Any dual slant omni is really just an array of sectors. You can see it in the polar radiation pattern. -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of David Sovereen via AF Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 11:22 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Cc: David Sovereen Subject: [AFMUG] 3 Sec

Re: [AFMUG] DFS Hits El Paso Area

2022-03-16 Thread dmmoffett
Here’s the eye poker they should use on intentionally misconfigured systems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-88_HARM From: AF On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 9:49 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DFS Hits El Paso Area It's all fun and games until s

Re: [AFMUG] DFS Hits El Paso Area

2022-03-16 Thread dmmoffett
It’s all fun and games until you interfere with a military radar. From: dmmoff...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 8:48 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: RE: [AFMUG] DFS Hits El Paso Area Some devices if you factory default them you can pick a different country

Re: [AFMUG] DFS Hits El Paso Area

2022-03-16 Thread dmmoffett
Some devices if you factory default them you can pick a different country on first bootup. I knew a guy who used to set all of his Ubiquiti stuff to “Hong Kong” so he could avoid power and DFS rules in 5.2-5.6ghz. I am not recommending this course of action, and I would personally not be comf

Re: [AFMUG] DFS Hits El Paso Area

2022-03-15 Thread dmmoffett
Change your country code to Russia and you won’t have any DFS hits anymore 😊 (not actually a good idea) From: AF On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 2:35 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DFS Hits El Paso Area This happened after 911 in Del

Re: [AFMUG] Govt money

2022-03-11 Thread dmmoffett
I understand the appeal of that model, but I see drawbacks also. The towns that need that kind of funding tend to be small and sparse. Nobody’s built them already because they weren’t cost effective. Even if the fiber is already there it has to be maintained and repaired so there’s ongoing

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