I have tried to upgrade a few customer’s older Linksys routers recently only to
find firmware is no longer available on the site. You know, just trying to be
nice and avoid hassles later when trying to provide remote support over the
phone. WRT54G2v1, the most recent example, is now a 104MB do
I think that is the general consensus. Trapping at first glance appears to be
the solution for alerting until the reliability comes into question due to the
lack of some sort of ACK within the protocol. Forrest has talked about this
numerous times and likely has some hard fought lessons learne
No precise technical term survives the marketing department.
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From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince via Af
Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2014 11:38 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Micro cell with NAT mode FSK
AT&T calls theirs a mi
op of my head
that would be useful at a half mile.
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On 12/26/2014 3:18 PM, Paul Conlin via Af wrote:
I�m thinking 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile would be fine.� Forget the IR
thing.� Not needed.� Good day time image is what people will want to
look at I think.
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what kind of magnification/lenses are required.
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On 12/26/2014 2:36 PM, Paul Conlin via Af wrote:
This question comes up on the list periodically but I haven�t seen if for
a while.� A 400 ft tower owner wants a camera to look down on his
commercial business park.� We might instal
This question comes up on the list periodically but I haven't seen if for a
while. A 400 ft tower owner wants a camera to look down on his commercial
business park. We might install and provide local bandwidth for free if
they buy the camera. A little good will between us, them, and the
communit
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/23/us-apple-cybersecurity-idUSKBN0K10
8W20141223
Interesting that the NTP vulnerability could allow hackers to take control
of the computer. Must be a buffer overflow or something because allowing
NTP to take over the computer is a really big hole. Wow.
What about arrays of lower cost consumer grade SSD's vs the more expensive
"enterprise" drives or cards. The 'I' in RAID can stand for "inexpensive".
It can make sense to mirror two cheap drives on non-big data server
applications. So the HD form factor for solid state storage is a good thing
in
notifications
Try this one:
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/General_Menu_Reports/
You have to put in the frequency range
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Paul Conlin via Af
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 11:42 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] licensed prior
Have you noticed that while stopped at lights the drivers are holding up their
cell phones. Cell phone cameras should be watching the stop lights. When the
light turns green the phone can beep to tell the driver it is time to start
thinking about finishing that text and begin to mentally prepa
We got a PCN in the next county from us for AT&T that included ALL of the 6, 11
and 18 channels. Government installation. The 14 foot high barbed wired
fences have signs saying FEMA. Yea, right “FEMA” nudge-nudge wink-wink.
For fun I was trying to look up what is actually licensed there.
Go ahead and issue the PCN for the 11 that is clear now. If they aren't paying
attention you are golden. If they are then submit the license request anyway.
It will be rubber stamped and issued. Their protest, if they bother, is going
to have to include documentation of their squatting and that
Didn’t the Betamax case make it very clear that home recording of shows for
later personal use viewing is not a copyright infringement and is 100% legal?
I have always wondered why the DCMA, the broadcast flag, and related home
recording limitations are not illegal. Are they not infringing on
Don’t you hate when someone flushes the toilet when you are in the shower?
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From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Ghering via Af
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 11:01 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Well there goes all our bandwidth. Amaz
igher clock speed, so I'm
figuring 2-
> 3 times the performance? It's definitely more money though.
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Paul Conlin via Af
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 9:58 AM
> To: af@afmug.com
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Atom D525 vs C2750
>
> We
We have been planning on standing up a couple of light duty Linux servers to
upgrade our DNS and RADIUS and maybe even a CACTI upgrade later. Are these
newer ATOM platforms and a couple of small SSD's up to these tasks? How
does the D525 do?
It appears the C2750 has been out for nearly a year bu
Yea, screw ESPN3’s model. It makes perfect sense for the content providers to
offer their service to direct, however. HBO, for example, can get the full
retail price from each viewer and keep the margin the cableco was making. Most
viewers won’t care if they pay $10 to Dish or $10 to HBO. It
ution for www.eftps.gov
Yet another reason to not use Google's DNS. It's unreliable.
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com
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From: "Paul Conlin via Af"
To: af@afmug.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 1:21:46 PM
Subject: [
Anyone having trouble resolving www.eftps.gov to 204.194.124.19. Google DNS
8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 doesn't list it. Has the Government stopped collecting
taxes? OpenDNS and others do resolve so keep sending your money. Maybe
this is Google protesting something?
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Good plan. As is the -2.5 button.
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Sean Heskett via Af
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 3:15 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] System Release 13.2 is Official
i like both of those ideas.
try to reconnect on last AP channel, if th
;1100 Wayne St
>Suite 1337
>Troy, OH 45373
>
>On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Paul Conlin via Af
>wrote:
>
>> Neutral is AC’s roughly equivalent to DC’s negative.
>>
>>
>>
>> FWIW I’d run DC up the coax to keep more of the equipment more
>acc
Neutral is AC’s roughly equivalent to DC’s negative.
FWIW I’d run DC up the coax to keep more of the equipment more accessible at
the bottom. You have more than one coax so you can run another voltage on
another one, if needed.
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From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug
We use stainless steel banding to attach conduit to water tower legs. I
repelled down the tower banding as I went. 150 ft in 30 minutes. Really works
well. Tricky part is getting the band around the leg without it flipping over
given I couldn’t reach around the leg. Fun time actually.
W
I heard it was magnets doing the magic. I’m worried they will demagnetize over
time.
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From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman via Af
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 4:35 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Kudus to Chuck and Beehive eP
Could the routers at each end be the limiting factor? What is their CPU
utilization when the link is loaded? What happens to latency if you stress
the link at 200 Mbps with a speed test? Those radios should be able to do
close to 400 Mbps all day long with no latency.
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>-
>Mike Hammett
>Intelligent Computing Solutions
>http://www.ics-il.com
>
>
>
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>
>From: "Paul Conlin via Af"
>To: af@afmug.com
>Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 1:29:14 PM
>Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Pmp450 vs epmp pros
Oh, and an ARM coprocessor to go along with the FPGA. Forgot that little detail.
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On October 20, 2014 1:38:58 PM EDT, Paul Conlin via Af wrote:
>Yes, as I understand it. Bigger CPU and also an improved RF front end.
>Don’t worry, they are insistent it will leave no
Yes, as I understand it. Bigger CPU and also an improved RF front end. Don’t
worry, they are insistent it will leave no 450SM behind. I’m thinking the
450AP will be phased out, however.
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From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince via Af
Sent:
Never seen stainless threads on custom fiber cables. Copper is too soft to be
used for nuts. You are thinking of silicon-bronze—we use them on all stainless
on towers. Cheapest solution is anti-seize from any auto parts store on the
stainless-to-stainless threads and they will never seize. R
PON is plant and customer density specific. With high customer counts home
running a strand for each can run into scaling problems. For AE you need large
distribution frames, lots of patch cables, and many SFP ports which takes up
considerable space in the CO. Power consumption and heat per s
FP_20140221220235.pdf
Gerard
On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Paul Conlin via Af wrote:
GPON technology is not housed in the SFP module as that is only the laser and
diodes. The timing smarts central to GPON is on the board. Not saying
Mikrotik couldn’t do it just that it is not a compati
t/files/pdf/FTGN2117P2CUN_FTGN2117P2TUN_GPON_Stick_Pluggable_SFP_ONU_Product_Brief_1_2014_V2.pdf
http://www.sfp-xfp.com/products/gpon-stick.html
http://www.dasannetworks.com/product_images/H640SFP_20140221220235.pdf
Gerard
On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Paul Conlin via Af wrote:
GPON technology is not housed in the SFP module as that
GPON technology is not housed in the SFP module as that is only the laser and
diodes. The timing smarts central to GPON is on the board. Not saying
Mikrotik couldn’t do it just that it is not a compatibility with a plug-in
thing. I don’t know if GPON has been boiled down to a chipset and refe
Running fiber and copper wire separately gets you the same function with lower
cost. Having both in one cable is nice but are you will to pay extra to
combine them?
If so, companies are waiting for your order. Commscope and RFS are the players
in this cable type for the Cellular carrier to
Those stupid fast speeds sure do make it harder to get face time with potential
customers however. Cable COs are making 25 Mbps the new base.
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On October 18, 2014 10:51:47 AM EDT, Ken Hohhof via Af wrote:
>Or the magic words “up to”? Like crossing your fingers behind your
>b
Why not buy a pre-terminated cable? Helps in several ways. It is could be
cheaper as they won’t use field-installable crimp connectors. They will test
it and make sure all strands are within acceptable loss limits. And if you buy
it from someone who has all sorts of different cable types on
Looking for a good place to buy Trojan wet cell batteries. Looking
specifically for the 6v L16RE-B 370AHr batteries for an off-grid solar
install. East coast destination.
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So once you get Gigabit to the home how do you deliver that via WiFi? Ok, so
you really can’t deliver 1000 Mbps via WiFi but is it really necessary to spend
$200 on the latest 802.11AC router to get 300 Mbps? What kind of WiFi
throughput can you get from an RB2011? How about the RB951Ui-2HnD?
500ms? One way or round trip?
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On October 10, 2014 5:04:42 PM EDT, Kade Sullivan via Af wrote:
>We've been deploying this and it's been as solid as it gets. We were
>against it from the start, but after evaluating it, we love it.
>
>Out of the 35 or so we have installed, I've
Way cool. Damn near broke the needle off that speed test dial. Wow.
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From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Gino Villarini via Af
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 9:52 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: [AFMUG] Check out our TV add
Its in spanish, but I think i
What did people expect? Insurance companies are the house. They always make
money. By accepting pre-existing conditions everyone else’s premiums go up.
By definition. The only way health insurance can work is if it is universal
(code for mandatory). Can’t have people who can do math, like
Channel flexibility is going to be key for the 900 band. Some want smaller
channels to avoid noise. Some want larger for more throughput. We want both.
Ability to move those channels around will be necessary. Separate channels for
Tx and Rx would be really helpful in some cases.
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Done.
Long live 900
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From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jon Paul Kelley via Af
Sent: Monday, October 6, 2014 11:46 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 900 MHz Survey - Request for Info
DONE!
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] O
If you don't have a surge suppressor then you need a tower climber to change
the switch. Either way, a climb is required.
Remember surge suppressors are not like fuses. In the sense that they
don't "blow" with every suppression event. They can shunt some spikes to
ground, save the switch po
http://www.antaira.com/ has plenty of extended temperature SFP equipped GigE
DIN mount switches--managed or unmanaged. From the outside they don't look all
that different than some of the Planet models but I am happy with Antaira
(previously called Aaxeon) and have never used the ones from Plan
For such a low load of 40W I would definitely go with Cat5E cable. Normal
POE on 2 pair would work just fine. For higher loads dedicate all 8
conductors to power. Four 24 gauge wires in the standard Cat5E cable is
electrically equivalent to one 18 gauge wire. Two groups of 4 (one
dedicated Cat5
Exede has its hooks into people who lack the will or technical
sophistication to change email accounts. Exede email is currently "Gmail
powered" using the usern...@exede.net domain name. It is 100% Gmail but
additionally branded as "Exede". So first question. Will Exede cancel the
person's "ex
the MT shows nothing happening on any IP on that
port (except discovery).
bp
On 9/23/2014 10:18 AM, Paul Conlin via Af wrote:
OMG Bill. You *have* to learn how to DST-NAT. Great for programming Canopy
radios and best get-me-out-of-this-jam rescue trick EVVVER. Access any device
on any MT router
OMG Bill. You *have* to learn how to DST-NAT. Great for programming Canopy
radios and best get-me-out-of-this-jam rescue trick EVVVER. Access any
device on any MT router anywhere-even when not routable. No VPN required.
No need for Telnet tunneling.
First put the SM on a MT interface and ass
We also can't live without 900. It is not dead. Small cells are key. It is
better for the customer than Exede. Try doing remote desktop over a VPN on
Exede. Many companies will not allow their employees to telecommute without a
VPN.
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> -Original Message-
> Fro
Are 1000BASE-LX SFP modules compatible with 1000BASE-LX-10 SFP modules?
Specifically talking SM fiber.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabit_Ethernet#1000BASE-LX says LX-10 is good
for 10km whereas LX can only do 5km. I get that LX-10 has twice the range
due to "better optics", but at distances of
If you really want to know this Bill, why didn't you ask for it earlier?
Why spring this on Cambium all of a sudden? Do you expect them to read your
mind?!
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> -Original Message-
> From: Af [mailto:af-bounces+pconlin=blazebroadband@afmug.com] On
Behalf
> Of Bill Pri
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