Re: [AFMUG] Security cameras

2015-10-31 Thread Sterling Jacobson
That’s my complaint too. That cost is coming way down, so for less than $100 I can stick one of those UBNT micro cameras all over inside the building and even cabinets. But then, people just show up in masks. I thought about moving the cameras out more along the perimeter of the property too,

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Testing APC units - probably a dumb question

2015-11-02 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Yes, they probably do need the batteries to even respond. At least the few that I've used over the years, they don't do anything, even if plugged in, if the batts are dead or removed. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Paul McCall Sent: Monday, November 2, 2015 12:47 PM To: af@a

Re: [AFMUG] new star trek series annouced.....where? streaming only...

2015-11-02 Thread Sterling Jacobson
It’s a bunch of different streaming services allowing a pass through of the content revenue right now. What will eventually happen, IMO, is content providers will get sick of all the middle men, get together with the device guys and create a universal protocol(s). Content will be directly acce

Re: [AFMUG] new star trek series annouced.....where? streaming only...

2015-11-02 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Yeah, that. Are there stats for how much each part of the ‘chain’ is making off a movie or TV episode/series sales? I buy a movie in HD for $5 from Amazon prime. How much of that goes to Amazon, and how much of that goes to the production company? Same with a series, it’s like $19-$40 sometim

Re: [AFMUG] Franchise Agreements with the city

2015-11-10 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Uh, I doubt they could enforce a franchise on you for a wireless company. I have a franchise agreement for fiber within the city I work in, but even then, it was illegal for them to charge any sort of per customer fee. My lawyer talked to their legal and straightened that out really quick. So ma

Re: [AFMUG] 1000BaseT to SFP media converter watt load

2015-11-14 Thread Sterling Jacobson
If I’m reading my UBNT meter correctly, a RB260GS module with 1Gbps SFP is pulling about 1.15 watts, mostly idle. My Dell 6224F 24 port SFP switches pull about 100 watts combined AC/DC per switch fully loaded with a SFP+ modules loaded in the back. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Beha

Re: [AFMUG] 5 Wifi Extenders

2015-11-17 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I never recommend them. The only acceptable ‘extender’ scenario I’ve encountered was with Apple router and extender, but the extender was wired back to the router. Can’t see how a wirelessly connected extender is going to help much with speed. Maybe it’s antenna is better than the client antenn

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Vmware Vs Xen

2015-11-20 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I’ve thought about KVM host. But since I keep my windows 10 desktop on all the time I’m going to just experiment with Microsoft VM stuff. My goal this year was to remove all but one computers in my house, except the mobile/laptops. I’m almost there. I have one Windows box running four station

[AFMUG] Ceragon 1Gbps 11Ghz link for sale

2015-11-23 Thread Sterling Jacobson
11GHz licensing is a joke. I pulled my Ceragon 1Gbps link because of the inability to get the full license for the full spectrum needed for this radio link. I think it was over $40k when I bought it. Does anyone want it for some reasonable price? I think the dishes were 3'. Ceragon IP20c 11G

Re: [AFMUG] Ceragon 1Gbps 11Ghz link for sale

2015-11-24 Thread Sterling Jacobson
45373 On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:42 PM, Chuck McCown mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote: Just use it. Whose gonna know? -Original Message- From: Sterling Jacobson Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 8:07 PM To: 'af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>' Subject: [AFMUG] Ceragon 1Gbps

Re: [AFMUG] Ceragon 1Gbps 11Ghz link for sale

2015-11-24 Thread Sterling Jacobson
speed, if you install ETSI Class 4 antennas? 68-70 dB f/b ratio and much tighter RPE for sidelobes compared to FCC CatA or CatB. Typically 6 week lead time to get them from Commscope (Andrew) depending on diameter. On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 7:07 PM, Sterling Jacobson mailto:sterl...@avative.net

Re: [AFMUG] OT Ebay

2015-11-29 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I didn't win, but I was close with verified Oct 05, 1998! -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 7:35 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Ebay I started my PayPal account in April 1999. They became a part

Re: [AFMUG] Light Based Internet Li-Fi Could One Day Replace Wi-Fi STGIST

2015-11-29 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Bah, three letters for what’s wrong with that, LOS (lol!) From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 11:39 PM To: Animal Farm Subject: [AFMUG] Light Based Internet Li-Fi Could One Day Replace Wi-Fi STGIST http://stgist.com/2015/11/light-bas

[AFMUG] Ceragon IP20 1Gbps License Question

2015-11-30 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Question about this Ceragon IP20 I have. If I want the full 1Gbps out of it, according to these charts, I should use two 30MHz channels per polarity, right? That would be for the 2+0 DP (2 x 500Mbps) Ceragon configuration. And when I go to license it, I ask the coordinator to allocate a 60MHz du

Re: [AFMUG] Ceragon IP20 1Gbps License Question

2015-11-30 Thread Sterling Jacobson
ogies, Inc. > On Nov 30, 2015, at 7:12 PM, Sterling Jacobson wrote: > > Question about this Ceragon IP20 I have. > > If I want the full 1Gbps out of it, according to these charts, I should use > two 30MHz channels per polarity, right? > That would be for the 2+0 DP (2 x 500Mbps)

Re: [AFMUG] Ceragon IP20 1Gbps License Question

2015-11-30 Thread Sterling Jacobson
? -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of SmarterBroadband Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 6:52 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Ceragon IP20 1Gbps License Question 2 x 80 -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Sterl

Re: [AFMUG] Ceragon IP20 1Gbps License Question

2015-11-30 Thread Sterling Jacobson
would allow. I think you mentioned frequency congestion and that certainly would make XPIC or a 2nd pair that much more difficult to get. From: Af [af-boun...@afmug.com] on behalf of Sterling Jacobson [sterl...@avative.net] Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 8

Re: [AFMUG] separating provider roles

2015-12-01 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I would say treat them separate internally, because some day you may want to outsource that yourself, or split and sell parts of your company etc. Especially if you already have outside help like we do, it makes sense to try to keep them separate so you can ‘move’ items/responsibility outside if

Re: [AFMUG] Win 10

2015-12-02 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I upgraded everything but one of my machines to Win 10 earlier this year. I like it a lot better, no problems for me so far on a few tablets, laptops and desktops. The only machine I didn't upgrade yet was a Win 7 Pro running SoftXPand with four stations. SoftXPand hasn't finished their Win 10

Re: [AFMUG] Need new billing solution asap!!!

2015-12-03 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Platypus can be deployed easily and quickly. Just pay them for the services to set it up etc. They don't cost much to do that. A few hundred dollars and you are completely up and running. Doesn't cost too much for licensing monthly either. -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun.

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik SFP Module

2015-03-30 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Just use generic. The few I’ve used so far have worked just fine. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 3:40 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik SFP Module SFPs are LC only as far as I know. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340

[AFMUG] Google Maps

2015-03-30 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Anyone ever tied in a database to google maps and earth? I want to define a boundary area on the map and then take address fields from a database and put them in there, on the map as I'm viewing it.

Re: [AFMUG] Google Maps

2015-03-30 Thread Sterling Jacobson
while ago that maps things. ryan On 3/30/15 3:50 PM, Sterling Jacobson wrote: Anyone ever tied in a database to google maps and earth? I want to define a boundary area on the map and then take address fields from a database and put them in there, on the map as I'm viewing it.

Re: [AFMUG] Google Maps

2015-03-31 Thread Sterling Jacobson
rt-kms-prod/BB0864B3FF4593A5424C90DB5B23B59E2255 Regards, Chuck On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 9:22 AM, Chuck McCown mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote: I interfaced a spreadsheet with Google Earth Pro a while back. Can't remember exactly how I did it but it was pretty easy. -Original Message- F

Re: [AFMUG] Mobile Data hits 10Gbps

2015-04-11 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Probably. Maybe if it’s MIMO etc you could get bounces around a city building(s). Will be interesting to see how it works. I’m guessing high density urban usage with a cell site every other building, lol! From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jason McKemie Sent: Saturday, April 1

[AFMUG] Structured Wiring

2015-04-11 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I'm wondering what your thoughts are on getting homes to use structured wiring. Most of the homes we are installing/installed have a bundle of coax and Ethernet in the HVAC area. I would love to see the home owner put in a structured box with electrical plug, terminate all the wiring and put a

Re: [AFMUG] Structured Wiring

2015-04-11 Thread Sterling Jacobson
st call you for service rather than messing with it themselves. -----Original Message- From: Sterling Jacobson Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2015 2:00 PM To: 'af@afmug.com' Subject: [AFMUG] Structured Wiring I'm wondering what your thoughts are on getting homes to use structured

Re: [AFMUG] Amazon EC2

2015-04-13 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I have several Kindles. I’m not sure, but I think there are settings on those that back up to the ‘cloud’ the pictures and video on the devices. Lots of phones do the same thing, they just assume Wifi connection is ‘free’ and do their ‘thing’. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf O

Re: [AFMUG] Providing public routed IPs to customers

2015-04-15 Thread Sterling Jacobson
We use DHCP assign directly to customer routers. This is usually from a full /24 at the router/site. The intention is to be able to BGP that site out multiple providers in case one fails. The switches have DHCP filters/snooping etc that handle rouge. I’ve yet to implement relay, that is coming

Re: [AFMUG] Providing public routed IPs to customers

2015-04-15 Thread Sterling Jacobson
] Providing public routed IPs to customers Sterling when you say: I do use the switch or transceiver function to limit one MAC to the port so they only get the one public IP no matter what they plug in How and with what gear are you doing this? -Ty On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Sterling Jacobson

Re: [AFMUG] Providing public routed IPs to customers

2015-04-16 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Which isn’t really good for redundancy on fixed IP assignments (whether they be DHCP or PPPoE) because a break in the traffic near the site would require a redundant connection near the site to carry the minimal /24 or larger public block. Or you resort to temporary NAT, or re-assignment. Fr

Re: [AFMUG] Providing public routed IPs to customers

2015-04-16 Thread Sterling Jacobson
...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Josh Reynolds Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 4:31 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Providing public routed IPs to customers OSPF On April 16, 2015 1:46:50 PM AKDT, Sterling Jacobson mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote: Which isn’t really good for redundancy on fi

Re: [AFMUG] OT can't resist...the new Star Wars trailer is awesome!

2015-04-16 Thread Sterling Jacobson
+1000 thanks! From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 5:58 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT can't resist...the new Star Wars trailer is awesome! +1! Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337

Re: [AFMUG] Providing public routed IPs to customers

2015-04-16 Thread Sterling Jacobson
w.ics-il.com/images/linkedinicon.png]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/twittericon.png]<https://twitter.com/ICSIL> ____ From: "Sterling Jacobson" mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> To

Re: [AFMUG] access to a public BTEST server

2015-05-08 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I think mine at 50.114.231.72 is still open. Let me know if you can't get in. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Paul McCall Sent: Friday, May 8, 2015 6:28 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] access to a public BTEST server Is there a current BTEST server in the wild that I can

Re: [AFMUG] access to a public BTEST server

2015-05-13 Thread Sterling Jacobson
ccess to a public BTEST server Thanks Sterling! From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Sterling Jacobson Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 10:04 AM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] access to a public BTEST server I think mine at 50.114.231.72 is still open.

[AFMUG] MT Experts VM

2015-05-13 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I had a Mikrotik x86 version licensed and running on a VM. My VM provider moved the VM to another server and now it says Demo License Expired and immediately stops. I didn't know Mikrotik would be that sensitive. Is there any way I can get into it before it shuts down and give it a new license

Re: [AFMUG] MT Experts VM

2015-05-13 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Ok, how do I keep the current image from dropping out right after boot? -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Burgess Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 12:50 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] MT Experts VM Yep. Dennis Burgess, CTO, Link Technol

Re: [AFMUG] MT Experts VM

2015-05-13 Thread Sterling Jacobson
.@linktechs.net - 314-735-0270 - www.linktechs.net -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Sterling Jacobson Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 2:08 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] MT Experts VM Ok, how do I keep the current image from dropping out r

Re: [AFMUG] vivint

2015-05-21 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I think they are sometimes 5Ghz and sometimes something else on the houses. The backhauls appear to be the unlicensed SAF 20+GHZ stuff to nearby drops. Most of those in Saratoga Springs are connected to CentraCom Fiber at the schools etc. And they are doing 50Mbps for $50 or $60 depending on who

[AFMUG] PCI Scan

2016-07-13 Thread Sterling Jacobson
So our PCI compliance scan failed where I thought it was fine on the last scan. Like 90 percent of it is regarding the SSL certificate on our IIS7.x instance. And the other 10 percent it doesn't like something about our RDP client login methods. Probably something pretty simple to fix, and was

Re: [AFMUG] CAT5 or 6 on wooden spools

2016-07-15 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I’ve got one somewhere, if I can make it to it in a day or two I’ll let you know that size it is. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Friday, July 15, 2016 6:40 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] CAT5 or 6 on wooden spools Anyone got a wooden spool of etherne

Re: [AFMUG] NAT64

2016-08-01 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Why use NAT64 again? I thought we all just route out IPv6 blocks to customers on DHCPv6, no NAT required. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Monday, August 1, 2016 3:32 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] NAT64 Still searching for a good solution to go IPV6

Re: [AFMUG] OT Mikrotik SFP+

2016-08-02 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I get SFP+ SMF modules from fiberstore.com and they all seem to work fine in the variations of Mikrotik. You can get them operationally matched as Cisco as an option when buying them. The Mikrotik shouldn’t care. They are about $70 each, or about $140 a pair plus about $50 shipping from fiber s

Re: [AFMUG] Server Cabinet

2016-08-03 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I have one of these Black Box QuietCab, it's really nice, but shipping would be a LOT. It weighs like 5lbs http://www.neobits.com/black_box_network_qce42u_black_box_elite_quietcab_p6118000.html?atc=gbp&gclid=CjwKEAjwrIa9BRD5_dvqqazMrFESJACdv27G6u0Fu2kXndoJvdpjwORZiAQXKESXa0Gci_3WNwdOjRoCYk_w_

Re: [AFMUG] OT Delta failure

2016-08-09 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Isn’t XP “Server” an oxymoron? From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2016 5:19 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] OT Delta failure “According to the flight captain of JFK-SLC this morning, a routine scheduled switch to the backup generator th

Re: [AFMUG] Netflix Speed Test

2016-08-10 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Interesting. On fast.com I only get 100Mbps so maybe it's capped. Speedtest.net I get over 1000Mbps. -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 7:41 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Netflix Speed Test Hey...

Re: [AFMUG] Netflix Speed Test

2016-08-10 Thread Sterling Jacobson
37-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Sterling Jacobson mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote: Interesting. On fast.com<http://fast.com> I only get 100Mbps so maybe it's capped. Speedtest.net I get over 10

Re: [AFMUG] Google fiber going microwave?

2016-08-10 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Yes? (pops head out of hole) I am the only employee, everyone else is contracted. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 12:36 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Google fiber going microwave? Yep, ask Sterling. From: Josh Luthman

Re: [AFMUG] Google fiber going microwave?

2016-08-11 Thread Sterling Jacobson
, 2016 8:27 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Google fiber going microwave? what do you pay these contractors and for what work? On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Sterling Jacobson mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote: Yes? (pops head out of hole) I am the only employee, everyone e

Re: [AFMUG] Google fiber going microwave?

2016-08-11 Thread Sterling Jacobson
$50??? Are these tiny Chinese children? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Aug 11, 2016 11:50 AM, "Sterling Jacobson" mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote: Partner companies do the construction phase and drops/splic

[AFMUG] Special Assessment

2016-08-11 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Has anyone here ever done a special assessment funded project? I have a couple of examples in Utah/Idaho, but am looking for specific examples and advice from my provider friends here. I'm not sure if it's called something else in other states so this is what I have been told: You talk to a la

Re: [AFMUG] Google fiber going microwave?

2016-08-11 Thread Sterling Jacobson
s and then you charge $50 for activation? Why/how did you get every house wired and ready before they signed up for service? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 12:16 PM, Sterling Jacobson mailto:sterl...@avativ

Re: [AFMUG] Special Assessment

2016-08-11 Thread Sterling Jacobson
ginal Message- From: Sterling Jacobson Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 10:21 AM To: 'af@afmug.com' Subject: [AFMUG] Special Assessment Has anyone here ever done a special assessment funded project? I have a couple of examples in Utah/Idaho, but am looking for specific examples and

Re: [AFMUG] Special Assessment

2016-08-11 Thread Sterling Jacobson
duct everywhere but no fiber. The city had paid for the duct. UTOPIA still claimed total ownership and would not let me put fiber in that duct. -Original Message- From: Sterling Jacobson Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 10:27 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Special Assessment Chuck, I

Re: [AFMUG] Google fiber going microwave?

2016-08-11 Thread Sterling Jacobson
microwave? I agree on the support side. How do you utilize linktechs to program your mikrotiks from remote? do you power them up on a bench they have remote access to? - Original Message - From: Sterling Jacobson<mailto:sterl...@avative.net> To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.

Re: [AFMUG] Special Assessment

2016-08-11 Thread Sterling Jacobson
expense and what it is attached to, etc. Then you will have all the overhead and administrative costs for managing the paperwork and government related money. Travis On 8/11/2016 10:21 AM, Sterling Jacobson wrote: > Has anyone here ever done a special assessment funded project? > > I have a

Re: [AFMUG] Special Assessment

2016-08-11 Thread Sterling Jacobson
. There are all kinds of ways to be creative when it comes to funding. Leasing equipment, 60 day term credit cards, lines of credit (secured with assets of the business), or even home equity loans (4.25% right now, with interest only payments), etc. Travis On 8/11/2016 10:52 AM, Sterling Jac

Re: [AFMUG] Special Assessment

2016-08-11 Thread Sterling Jacobson
AFMUG] Special Assessment Might be worth calling these guys: http://www.cobank.com/About-CoBank.aspx -Original Message- From: Sterling Jacobson Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 11:28 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Special Assessment Ah, ok. Fiber is way more capital intensive

Re: [AFMUG] Special Assessment

2016-08-11 Thread Sterling Jacobson
money and get it done. There are all kinds of ways to be creative when it comes to funding. Leasing equipment, 60 day term credit cards, lines of credit (secured with assets of the business), or even home equity loans (4.25% right now, with interest only payments), etc. Travis On 8/11/2016 10

Re: [AFMUG] Special Assessment

2016-08-11 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Cown mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote: Tell them you are adjoining Eagle Mountain... -Original Message- From: Sterling Jacobson Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 11:36 AM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Special Assessment Thanks for that, I'll give it

Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber information

2016-08-26 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I would like to know what their take rate is in percentage for a given area(s). That number they report is meaningless. I bet their take in Provo is very high. Also, it just doesn't take a lot of employees to run fiber once it's installed correctly. The layoff may not actually be indicative of

Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber information

2016-08-26 Thread Sterling Jacobson
eality. Which part is BS? -- Original Message -- From: "Sterling Jacobson" mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> To: "af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>" mailto:af@afmug.com>> Sent: 8/26/2016 10:11:14 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber information I would

Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber information

2016-08-26 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Josh Reynolds Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 7:16 AM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber information I personally know one of their original engineers for Kansas City. I have heard they have many areas with 85%

Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber information

2016-08-26 Thread Sterling Jacobson
tier is a very small percentage in these areas. On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 9:11 AM, Sterling Jacobson wrote: > I would like to know what their take rate is in percentage for a given > area(s). > > > > That number they report is meaningless. > > > > I bet their take

Re: [AFMUG] OT Fit Bit

2016-08-29 Thread Sterling Jacobson
My wife just bought a sort of more cool looking wrist band from Fossil I think, that tracks stuff. I think it was less $$ and probably has a manly version. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Simon Westlake Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 10:26 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFM

Re: [AFMUG] OT Fit Bit

2016-08-29 Thread Sterling Jacobson
all the Android watches/Apple watch all do step tracking too. On 8/29/2016 11:30 AM, Sterling Jacobson wrote: My wife just bought a sort of more cool looking wrist band from Fossil I think, that tracks stuff. � I think it was less $$ and probably has a manly version. � From: Af [mailto:af-bo

Re: [AFMUG] OT Fit Bit

2016-08-29 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I need to do this. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Sean Heskett Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 11:29 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Fit Bit nuts are great for you as long as they are not salted or candied. Lots of great protein in nuts and they are a natural food

Re: [AFMUG] OT Stock

2016-09-01 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Sounds like a good decision. I hate Wells Fargo. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2016 5:56 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] OT Stock I am buying Tesla in the morning. Just dumped 1000 shares of Wells Fargo to do it.

[AFMUG] Cellphone tower on Fire

2016-09-01 Thread Sterling Jacobson
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=41311021&nid=148&title=cellphone-tower-fire-closes-bangerter-highway How does this happen I wonder? They can't be pushing that much power, right?

[AFMUG] OT Six Seater Truck

2016-09-01 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I've never owned a truck for myself, but I want to buy one now and need some help. I really want to buy the new Ford Raptor, lol! But my wife mandated that the truck seat six people and cost $10k-$20k. So I'll have to wait a couple of years until my oldest son leaves the house before I go for

Re: [AFMUG] UPS Recommendation

2016-09-06 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I would still use Alpha. But I have simple APC rack mount units where there is little temperature variance for the unit and batteries. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jason McKemie Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2016 7:32 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] UPS Recommendation

Re: [AFMUG] OT Six Seater Truck

2016-09-06 Thread Sterling Jacobson
ote: Funny story about those, they were shipped with seats in the back to avoid the "chicken tax". Google it. On Sep 1, 2016 7:30 PM, "Chuck McCown" mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote: Subaru Brat. -Original Message- From: Sterling Jacobson Sent: Thursday, Septemb

Re: [AFMUG] UPS Recommendation

2016-09-07 Thread Sterling Jacobson
16 at 8:34 PM, Sterling Jacobson mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote: I would still use Alpha. But I have simple APC rack mount units where there is little temperature variance for the unit and batteries. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com<mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>] On Behalf

Re: [AFMUG] OT Six Seater Truck

2016-09-07 Thread Sterling Jacobson
gle it. On Sep 1, 2016 7:30 PM, "Chuck McCown" mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote: Subaru Brat. -Original Message- From: Sterling Jacobson Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 6:28 PM To: 'af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>' Subject: [AFMUG] OT Six Seater Truck

Re: [AFMUG] consumer router with parental controls/timers

2016-09-13 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I’ve been working with a couple of different vendors/companies on this. I’m meeting with some vendor from Australia (I think) that has a solution for this. I would rather the big time router vendors came up with a common standard and interface, but they seem to be lacking. The netgear stuff is

Re: [AFMUG] Single mode attenuators needed at 30m

2016-09-14 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Not sure what you are asking. Do your SFP modules not scale back on their transmit? I’ve got 20km SFP modules I can plug in with a 3’ cord and work just fine, they regulate their power output. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of TJ Trout Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 12:21

[AFMUG] Looking for Insurance Rep, General Liability

2016-09-15 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I've used Hartford in the past, anyone here an agent of theirs or can point me to one? Or is there a better agency that knows ISP business, particularly FTTH/FTTP?

Re: [AFMUG] The latest gig city

2016-09-15 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I agree with that. Their pricing is what is killing their deal. If you have the fiber and the equipment to handle it, it makes no business sense to me to over-price the service. Google I think is around $50 for 100Mbps and $70 for 1Gbps. At least that is what I sell mine for, and Cable custome

[AFMUG] IPv6 Multicast STOHP!

2016-09-16 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I'm not getting what all this chatter is on IPv6 on a segment of network. I know I only have about 10-20 IPv6 client routers actually grabbing an address on any given segment of my network. But this 5-10Mbps of broadcast traffic seems very excessive. Any way to stop this? My IPv6 stuff is all

Re: [AFMUG] Beam me up Scotty...... Quantum Teleportation Moves Out Of Lab As Scientists Achieve Long-Distance Information Transfer Via City Optic Fiber

2016-09-20 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Couldn’t this theoretically be used to house a quantum particle at your house and then ‘connect’ to another server, but then transmit faster than the speed of light and with lots of data eventually? Then our fiber infrastructure would just be for connections only, and not have to actually carry

[AFMUG] Who bought all the Mikrotik RB260GS modules?

2016-09-20 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I need 50 of them and they are backordered until November. Shame on all of you buying all my ONT/CPE devices! Does anyone have any to sell?

Re: [AFMUG] Who bought all the Mikrotik RB260GS modules?

2016-09-20 Thread Sterling Jacobson
RB260GS modules? I have 50 $200 each 😂😂😂 On Tuesday, September 20, 2016, Sterling Jacobson mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote: I need 50 of them and they are backordered until November. Shame on all of you buying all my ONT/CPE devices! Does anyone have any to sell?

Re: [AFMUG] IOS app port

2016-04-20 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Good news is you have the code it appears and can work off of that for specification. Bad news is I doubt you could port that as is. And more bad news, Andriod devs are more expensive, harder to come by apparently. I would be interested to hear how expensive your project ends up being. From:

[AFMUG] Unicorn GigE POE Splitter??

2016-04-21 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I can't seem to find a simple splitter for this GigE injector we use all over the place: https://www.streakwave.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=POE-INJ-1000-S&eq=&Tp=&o1=0 Tycon says they don't have one, but have some convoluted expensive fandangled combination splitter that would work. I just want one wi

Re: [AFMUG] Unicorn GigE POE Splitter??

2016-04-21 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Of Chuck Hogg Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2016 12:00 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Unicorn GigE POE Splitter?? https://www.streakwave.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=POE-INJ-S ? Regards, Chuck On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Sterling Jacobson mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote: I can

Re: [AFMUG] Unicorn GigE POE Splitter??

2016-04-21 Thread Sterling Jacobson
t one. It's labeled gig. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Apr 21, 2016 4:00 PM, "Sterling Jacobson" mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote: Scott at Tycon says that’s only for the 100Mbps injector/split combo. But i

Re: [AFMUG] Unicorn GigE POE Splitter??

2016-04-28 Thread Sterling Jacobson
om<mailto:supp...@joshaven.com> On Apr 21, 2016, at 2:00 PM, Chuck Hogg mailto:ch...@shelbybb.com>> wrote: https://www.streakwave.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=POE-INJ-S ? Regards, Chuck On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Sterling Jacobson mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote: I can'

Re: [AFMUG] Calix or others 802.11ac Home Gateways

2016-04-28 Thread Sterling Jacobson
That sounds interesting. I kind of like the idea of a rented supported system. But I don't like the idea of people calling in every time their wireless doesn't reach their attic, or to open up ports to their gaming thingy. So my real question is this, at $7 a month, does it make enough money to

Re: [AFMUG] Calix or others 802.11ac Home Gateways

2016-04-29 Thread Sterling Jacobson
calix. UPnP opens most ports that users would need unless they are running their own servers (which we don't allow anyway) but if they have their own sever surely they are technical enough to figure out port forwarding etc. On Thursday, April 28, 2016, Sterling Jacobson mailto:sterl...@a

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik CRS - prevent loop

2016-05-02 Thread Sterling Jacobson
I think it uses fastpath on bridges in CRS, but I'm not 100 percent on that. -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Monday, May 2, 2016 10:29 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik CRS - prevent loop Is there any hardware acc

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik CRS - prevent loop

2016-05-02 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Also, the CRS in switch native/chip can do port isolation. -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Sterling Jacobson Sent: Monday, May 2, 2016 11:03 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik CRS - prevent loop I think it uses fastpath on bridges in

Re: [AFMUG] ippay's outage yesterday

2016-05-03 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Wrong day to go down, on the first of the month, start of a new billing cycle. Not happy with that, hope they get better redundancy etc. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of CBB - Jay Fuller Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 11:35 AM To: af@afmug.com; memb...@wispa.org Subject: [AFMUG] ip

Re: [AFMUG] potential FTTH build

2016-05-03 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Add splice cases. And NIDs for each home with splice tray. I don’t mind helping out, give me a call some time Sean. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 12:49 PM To: af@afmug.com; memb...@wispa.org Subject: Re: [AFMUG] potential FTTH build

Re: [AFMUG] Source for equipment enclosures

2016-05-04 Thread Sterling Jacobson
We get ours from a local electrical outlet, Codale. Maybe your massive size local electric supplier has stuff in stock or can order for you sooner. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Wireless Administrator Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 3:33 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] So

Re: [AFMUG] Friday Funday with 801G + 844E Combo

2016-05-06 Thread Sterling Jacobson
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Re: [AFMUG] Friday Funday with 801G + 844E Combo

2016-05-06 Thread Sterling Jacobson
...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Sterling Jacobson Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 2:00 PM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Friday Funday with 801G + 844E Combo Uh oh, you shared a ballpark price, lol! Companies are so backwards to think in this day and age they can keep their pri

Re: [AFMUG] Friday Funday with 801G + 844E Combo

2016-05-06 Thread Sterling Jacobson
: [AFMUG] Friday Funday with 801G + 844E Combo Which gives you NONE of the capabilities of the 844 :P On May 6, 2016 2:15 PM, "Sterling Jacobson" mailto:sterl...@avative.net>> wrote: We use a Mikrotik RB260GS. Less than $40 shipped. Less than $10 for SFP module. The entire co

Re: [AFMUG] Friday Funday with 801G + 844E Combo

2016-05-06 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Mikrotik and UBNT have both tried to create an outdoor rated NID/ONT, but both have failed miserably in my opinion. If either of them gets it right for the right price (under $150) I will buy them all day long. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Sterling Jacobson Sent

[AFMUG] Riddle me this (fiber error)

2016-05-13 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Never seen this before, and my fiber crews are telling me it's impossible. But I get intermittent FCS and Internal MAC errors on a fiber line to a house when things get hotter during the day. Then at afternoon and all through the night it's fine. It's a gradual fade into suckyness with ping los

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