Re: [AFMUG] Switch powered by PoE IN on any port

2015-12-22 Thread cstanners
There's 8-port non-gigabit/transformer-based PoE injectors on eBay, you can use one of those as a PoE extractor from all the lines. But there is the risk that as they are all connected, the same PoE is going back to customers and could damage any hardware connected to their outlets that is not g

Re: [AFMUG] Sm needs to be power cycled after interference? 12.1

2015-02-16 Thread cstanners
? -Original Message- From: Jason McKemie Sender: "Af" Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 09:17:22 To: af@afmug.com Reply-To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Sm needs to be power cycled after interference? 12.1 On Monday, February 16, 2015, Jason McKemie < j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote:

Re: [AFMUG] Decent "true" DP 120° sector in 5 GHz

2015-02-17 Thread cstanners
In my limited experience taking apart antennas, most dual-polarized non-dish antennas use an array of patches fed at perpendicular angles to save space, which I believe have limitations in beamwidth going much past 90/120 deg. It's very visible in dual slant omnis which are often 4 arrays of ~90

Re: [AFMUG] FS: Trango Altum AC backhauls

2015-02-20 Thread cstanners
Oh snap -Original Message- From: Kurt Fankhauser Sender: "Af" Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:10:43 To: af@afmug.com Reply-To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] FS: Trango Altum AC backhauls I have for sale 2 Trango radios of model A600-25. For a complete link. Radios are brand new only tested o

Re: [AFMUG] Fwd: [WISPA Approved Ad] Announcing the B5-Lite - $299 Per Pair!

2015-02-24 Thread cstanners
A 750mbps link on a (supposedly good) TDMA protocol at $300 is an incredible bargain and extremely competitive offer, even though it's a wifi chipset (I know we couldn't ask for an FPGA at this price). But has anyone actually managed to buy any MIMOSA products? How many unicorns were included

Re: [AFMUG] My wife gets the credit

2015-03-14 Thread cstanners
This is art. -Original Message- From: "Chuck McCown" Sender: "Af" Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 06:12:12 To: Reply-To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] My wife gets the credit -Original Message- From: Nate Burke Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 2:24 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFM

Re: [AFMUG] System Uptime

2015-04-03 Thread cstanners
What? Start using? Orthogon radios have had SFP options for near 10 years, and most higher-end/licensed radios have them too. -Original Message- From: Josh Luthman Sender: "Af" Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 21:17:45 To: af@afmug.com Reply-To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] System Uptime I

Re: [AFMUG] Fwd: Introducing Tsunami(R) MP-835-CPE

2015-05-05 Thread cstanners
What do you mean by not optimize? 10/25mbps per CPE is fine if they're being used for single/quad-camera uplinks (of a few mbps each) to a central AP. I remember being in NYC and peering at the extensive camera deployment using a huge number of wireless links, most of those radios looked like Pr

Re: [AFMUG] Vivint wireless

2015-05-07 Thread cstanners
You see, due to the dishes' construction, their poops are notably large and metallically stiff, which accentuates the irresponsibility of the whole affair. -Original Message- From: Jason McKemie Sender: "Af" Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 02:15:42 To: af@afmug.com Reply-To: af@afmug.com Subject

Re: [AFMUG] Nanobridge M5

2015-05-07 Thread cstanners
You did account for the fact that Ubnt antenna gain specs usually add an extra 2-3db "in taxes" right?. -Original Message- From: "Glen Waldrop" Sender: "Af" Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 01:59:02 To: Reply-To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Nanobridge M5 Thanks. Accounting for 3dB "gain"

Re: [AFMUG] Old canopy surge protector

2015-06-13 Thread cstanners
As long as it's not gigabit yes, as the 100mbit models have Canopy-standard power. -Original Message- From: joseph marsh Sender: "Af" Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 19:56:54 To: Reply-To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Old canopy surge protector Will a 600ss surge protector work on a epmp cor

Re: [AFMUG] New WISP

2015-01-06 Thread cstanners
Have high installation standards - good signal level, well-attached mounts and cabling, everything high is grounded, and don't use temporary/weird/hard-to-access wood poles or popups. No exceptions to those since almost every one will bite you in the butt later, some of our competitors and supe

Re: [AFMUG] New WISP

2015-01-06 Thread cstanners
Oh and if a customer is a huge PITA or doesn't want to pay, the answer is not to keep trying to please them, it's "sorry we couldn't please you, here's a refund for the install (if they're not in arrears) and the phone number of our (least liked) competitor". -Original Message- From: Tr

Re: [AFMUG] New WISP

2015-01-06 Thread cstanners
Shielded cable is for protection against high-power RF interference, it does not correctly protect from ESD as it leads inside the house. The grounding on your tripod or mast is the protection from ESD and keeps surges outside the house. -Original Message- From: Jeremy Sender: "Af" D

Re: [AFMUG] And this is the agency that wants to tax and regulate us

2015-01-27 Thread cstanners
Ring ring ring ring Obamaphone -Original Message- From: Rory Conaway Sender: "Af" Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 20:21:15 To: af@afmug.com Reply-To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] And this is the agency that wants to tax and regulate us http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/01/26/phone-company-outrag

Re: [AFMUG] 25Mbps

2015-01-31 Thread cstanners
You can offer it right now in 2.4, 3.65 or 5.8, the customers just need to pay the money for it and to cut trees and/or buy a big tower. A few people are, the hard part is finding them... -Original Message- From: "CBB - Jay Fuller" Sender: "Af" Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 18:17:46 To: Rep

Re: [AFMUG] 25Mbps

2015-01-31 Thread cstanners
That's a quite high percentage of failures. Why? Trees and those customers didn't want to pay you to put up a residential tower? -Original Message- From: "CBB - Jay Fuller" Sender: "Af" Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 18:45:56 To: Reply-To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 25Mbps and this i

Re: [AFMUG] 25Mbps

2015-01-31 Thread cstanners
A number of our customers in trees are willing to spend a few hundred to put up a 30-40ft tower to get above the trees, but those who need a 68ft tower are rarely interested in paying a few $K for new. -Original Message- From: Bill Prince Sender: "Af" Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 18:46:59 T

Re: [AFMUG] 25Mbps

2015-01-31 Thread cstanners
So you disagree when your own high number of rejections show you should be doing it? The advantage is that it's the customer paying for the height that they need to get service, not you (mostly). -Original Message- From: "CBB - Jay Fuller" Sender: "Af" Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2015 19:52:42

Re: [AFMUG] FW: Introducing airFiber X

2015-02-02 Thread cstanners
I'm guessing AF5 chipset with the same 2-antenna support, some kind of self-feedback test to force correct setup / antenna choices, and up to 80mhz channels at 1024QAM... Allowing 2gbps (1gbps FD) in 5.4ghz where there is spectrum, or 1.4gbps in 5.8. Put it on 6ft dishes and you have one impress

Re: [AFMUG] Introducing airFiber X

2015-02-03 Thread cstanners
Depending how real-time Mimosa's SA is, Orthogon PTP400 had a kind of those 10 years before... -Original Message- From: Mike Hammett Sender: "Af" Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 23:49:44 To: Reply-To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Introducing airFiber X I think Mimosa announced that first.

Re: [AFMUG] Gtek Communications deploys PMP 450

2015-06-19 Thread cstanners
I've seen lots of the stainless steel nuts on the PMP320 CPEs seize after a few years until we've started automatically replacing them on new units. Not great to have a factory issue like that but I've heard people say that Gemtek hasn't responded/cared. -Original Message- From: "Ken Ho

Re: [AFMUG] Canopy POE end of life :-/

2015-06-25 Thread cstanners
How much do you think they make per Canopy PSU after the stockkeeping / freight /organizational work? $3 ? I'm sure losing those sales won't keep them up at night. -Original Message- From: TJ Trout Sender: "Af" Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 00:12:22 To: Reply-To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [

Re: [AFMUG] FSK 900mhz AP to SM should it read the same as a SM?

2015-06-30 Thread cstanners
From what I understand FSK Canopy doesn't estimate incoming signal level, more that it adjusts the rx pre-amp until it sees a signal it likes and then based on rx pre-amp setting it guesses what the incoming signal was. So 2 different Canopy units can in the exact same situation and signal can s

Re: [AFMUG] FS: Adjustable 900mhz Tiltk Sectors - new in box

2015-07-03 Thread cstanners
If you're ready to wait a few months (hopefully not longer) until the 900mhz 450 comes out I think you'll get many more buyers then. -Original Message- From: Adam Moffett Sender: "Af" Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 22:16:12 To: Reply-To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] FS: Adjustable 900mhz

Re: [AFMUG] Large Single Volume Data Storage Options

2015-07-14 Thread cstanners
A 2-3TB HD should be all you need for over 30 days of storage with motion-based recording... Put the triggers to be sensitive, there is no reason to be recording when absolutely nothing changes on screen. --Original Message-- From: Nate Burke Sender: Af To: Animal Farm ReplyTo: af@afmug.

Re: [AFMUG] ToughSwitch 8 PRO

2015-08-07 Thread cstanners
I can't recall last time I saw a switch that didn't gracefully mix 100 and 1000mbit - what are the symptoms? What did Ubiquiti tech support say? --Original Message-- From: Brett A Mansfield Sender: Af To: af@afmug.com ReplyTo: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] ToughSwitch 8 PRO Sent: Aug 7, 2

Re: [AFMUG] 200Mbps unlicensed solution for 5 mile link

2014-09-16 Thread cstanners--- via Af
So it only took a minute, assuming time zones are 7h apart. -Original Message- From: CBB - Jay Fuller via Af Sender: "Af" Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 05:36:05 To: Animal Farm Reply-To: CBB - Jay Fuller , Animal Farm Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 200Mbps unlicensed solution for 5 mile link

Re: [AFMUG] LIST: Overnight adjustments

2014-09-16 Thread cstanners--- via Af
Thank you Paul, PDMNet and tech for your work and dedication. --Original Message-- From: Paul McCall via Af Sender: Af To: af@afmug.com ReplyTo: Paul McCall ReplyTo: Animal Farm Subject: [AFMUG] LIST: Overnight adjustments Sent: Sep 16, 2014 7:43 AM Guys, We installed some updates in the

Re: [AFMUG] AFMUG web site???

2014-09-16 Thread cstanners--- via Af
Most of us have been here so long we don't remember how. --Original Message-- From: Rick Kunze via Af Sender: Af To: Animal Farm ReplyTo: Rick Kunze ReplyTo: Animal Farm Subject: [AFMUG] AFMUG web site??? Sent: Sep 16, 2014 11:14 AM There is no AFMUG web site? How do people subscribe to

Re: [AFMUG] ePMP Force 100 beefy

2014-09-17 Thread cstanners--- via Af
Proxim is heavy in the video surveillance market. Price/performace doesn't matter as much when you're selling to integrators whose experience isn't on the wireless side and who only know your name. -Original Message- From: Bill Prince via Af Sender: "Af" Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 18:21:2

[AFMUG] Waveguide compatibility info?

2014-09-20 Thread cstanners--- via Af
Does anyone have resources/FAQs/etc to understand Waveguide compatibility?

Re: [AFMUG] Waveguide compatibility info?

2014-09-22 Thread cstanners--- via Af
y smaller than rectangular waveguide. Circular is good for dual pol and is exceedingly low loss but extra care has to be taken to prevent polarization rotation. -Original Message----- From: cstanners--- via Af Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 6:41 PM To: Jason McKemie via Af Subje

Re: [AFMUG] Exalt part 2

2014-09-22 Thread cstanners--- via Af
This is scary, I hope they're just reorganizing, not really closed - not good to lose competition. Their licensed radios looked really good, and the unlicensed, while quite 'dumb' RF-wise, were solidly built. -Original Message- From: Eric Kuhnke via Af Sender: "Af" Date: Tue, 23 Sep 20

Re: [AFMUG] routing to/from 169.254.0.0

2014-09-23 Thread cstanners--- via Af
IIRC newer windows versions will not route to a 169.254 IP that is outside your local network - if I need to access a SM on that IP that is behind a router, I need to do as administrator "route add 169.254.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 put.routers.ip.here" --Original Message-- From: Bill Princ

Re: [AFMUG] PTP450 maximum xmit power?

2014-10-09 Thread cstanners--- via Af
IIRC AP in 5.8 is limited to 19dbm since they believe you always have a 17dbi gain antenna and 36dbm is max? --Original Message-- From: Bill Prince via Af Sender: Af To: Motorola III ReplyTo: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] PTP450 maximum xmit power? Sent: Oct 9, 2014 5:56 PM We have some

[AFMUG] Lubricant for pulling wire in conduit?

2014-10-16 Thread cstanners--- via Af
I'm at a residential customer install and I may have bitten off more than I can chew - I agreed to attempt to install on their garage and pull wire to their house through a pipe (since they have a metal roof the only other place I can install is on the front of their house - ugly). It's taking

[AFMUG] Random thought

2014-10-17 Thread cstanners--- via Af
It's interesting that we needed Ubiquiti to push forward the industry by creating a high-end/high-capacity backhaul at a very low price, and Cambium to do the same by creating a wifi-chip-based/value-priced PtMP and mid-capacity PtP system that has GPS sync and seems to work very well. A few ye

Re: [AFMUG] Mimosa pipe dream?

2014-10-21 Thread cstanners--- via Af
Shielded cat5 should not have any effect on lightning losses - the induced currents would go down the ground wire of whatever bigger structure gets affected before going down the shield of the cat5. --Original Message-- From: Matt via Af Sender: Af To: af@afmug.com ReplyTo: af@afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Idea's wanted for findmehighspeed

2014-10-27 Thread cstanners--- via Af
My blackberry doesn't support it, but will the site automatically attempt to get your location via the browers's location feature (either uses gps or nearby wifi networks)? -Original Message- From: timothy steele via Af Sender: "Af" Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 01:50:47 To: af@afmug.com Rep

Re: [AFMUG] Dielectric grease on RJ45 for radios

2014-10-28 Thread cstanners--- via Af
I don't see why anyone would do this, if water gets into your RJ45, something has failed and needs to be replaced. -Original Message- From: "Jerry Richardson \(airCloud\) via Af" Sender: "Af" Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:17:11 To: af@afmug.com Reply-To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Diele

Re: [AFMUG] AF Lodging

2014-12-08 Thread cstanners--- via Af
I had stayed at the HoJo, was cheap and a quick ride / reasonable walk to AF park. --Original Message-- From: Nate Burke via Af Sender: Af To: Animal Farm ReplyTo: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] AF Lodging Sent: Dec 8, 2014 5:30 PM On the AF website, it says to use the Hoiday-inn-express

Re: [AFMUG] MT reboot

2014-12-18 Thread cstanners--- via Af
I use those jokes at the office whenever anything breaks and it somehow never gets old. -Original Message- From: Sean Heskett via Af Sender: "Af" Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 00:11:37 To: af@afmug.com Reply-To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] MT reboot I'd try calling your ISP ;-) On T

Re: [AFMUG] MT reboot

2014-12-18 Thread cstanners--- via Af
Does the DVR do automatic uPNP port forwarding? May be triggering a MT bug? --Original Message-- From: Travis Johnson via Af Sender: Af To: af@afmug.com ReplyTo: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] MT reboot Sent: Dec 18, 2014 4:11 PM Hi, We are having a strange issue with a Mikrotik x86 based

Re: [AFMUG] EPMP with Force 110 - what am I doing wrong?

2014-12-23 Thread cstanners--- via Af
Ok, so unless your tx power at the tower is set low or there's a problem in the signal chain, it's likely a LOS issue. What does RM say for estimated signal there (assuming you have correct tree height / density settings in the program)? -Original Message- From: Alan West via Af Sender

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik

2014-12-26 Thread cstanners--- via Af
Please paste the screenshot... Just that part of the window please. Are you certain that you have the right gateway? -Original Message- From: joseph marsh via Af Sender: "Af" Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 00:44:25 To: Reply-To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik Yea i did wasn't thi