Re: [WISPA] GPS

2008-01-29 Thread Ryan Langseth
One thing to watch with the compasses is magnetic distortion. When we are aiming a PTP link or sector we will use a compass and a reference point from google earth. This is especially important when on top of a grain elevator since they can have some large electric motors for the conveyo

Re: [WISPA] GPS

2008-01-29 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
I love my Garmin Etrex Summit. One of the things I like the most is it's magnetic compass. Don't have to be moving for it to work. I also have a data cable that lets me use in with topo usa and a laptop. Great for surveys. marlon - Original Message - From: "Mike Hammett" <[EMAIL PROT

Re: [WISPA] MUM 2008 - Chicago

2008-01-29 Thread Brian Rohrbacher
I was planning on driving down for ispcon. I guess I have to stay 4 days, ispcon 13-15 and mum 15-16. Brian Mike Hammett wrote: > http://mum.mikrotik.com/2008/US/ > > My network is about a half hour drive away from this MUM! > > > -- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > ht

Re: [WISPA] Private vs Public addresses for end-users

2008-01-29 Thread John Thomas
Unless you have a H.323 compliant firewall, 1 to 1 NAT will generally break H.323 (Netmeeting) Also, some VPN clients default config doesn't work properly through NAT. John Ugo Bellavance wrote: > Jason Hensley wrote: > >> Even if you buy your own from ARIN, if you're that big, then the costs

Re: [WISPA] LDAP

2008-01-29 Thread John Thomas
You would use LDAP when you need directory services. An example might be using RADIUS to contact an LDAP server for Authentication. Another use may be to have single sign on across multiple servers. John Mike Hammett wrote: > Someone asked why I didn't use some sort of directory system like eDi

[WISPA] MUM 2008 - Chicago

2008-01-29 Thread Mike Hammett
http://mum.mikrotik.com/2008/US/ My network is about a half hour drive away from this MUM! -- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.

Re: [WISPA] Private vs Public addresses for end-users

2008-01-29 Thread Butch Evans
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Andrew Niemantsverdriet wrote: >So what happens when the customer plugs the radio into the switch >and is broadcasting his local DHCP info to everybody? That would >really mess up the network. Depends on the network. On any network that I set up (at least where it is my p

Re: [WISPA] Clearwire and Sprint are talking Wimax again

2008-01-29 Thread Dylan Oliver
*The Journal* said Sprint and Clearwire are in serious talks on a more ambitious plan that would involve spinning off Sprint's WiMax unit and merging it with Clearwire. But it noted there was no guarantee the joint venture would materialize, or that external funding could be secured. This sounds t

Re: [WISPA] Clearwire and Sprint are talking Wimax again

2008-01-29 Thread Tom DeReggi
Yeah, I guess their stock is worth more, when they are "talking" about it. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: "CHUCK PROFITO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 4:46 PM Subject:

Re: [WISPA] Private vs Public addresses for end-users

2008-01-29 Thread Bryan Scott
>>> Any radio worth its salt that does true bridging would also have a >>> bridging table that is accessible via SNMP or HTML screen scraping. One >>> of our in-house programs polls all the AP's (we're a Canopy outfit, but >>> same principles apply to most Ethernet-based gear) and saves the MAC >

[WISPA] T-Mobile adds nearly 1M U.S. subs in 4Q

2008-01-29 Thread George Rogato
Guess this is where the Sprint customers went. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080129/ap_on_hi_te/t_mobile_subscribers;_ylt=At9LmuH6RhFr7BnNqMOg57cjtBAF WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org

[WISPA] Clearwire and Sprint are talking Wimax again

2008-01-29 Thread CHUCK PROFITO
http://tinyurl.com/ynnec2 Chuck Profito 209-988-7388 CV-ACCESS, INC [EMAIL PROTECTED] Providing High Speed Broadband to Rural Central California WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] Private vs Public addresses for end-users

2008-01-29 Thread Ryan Langseth
On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 14:19 -0700, Andrew Niemantsverdriet wrote: > On Jan 29, 2008 11:52 AM, Bryan Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tom DeReggi wrote: > > > Yes but there are some security concerns with DHCP when sharing wireless > > > sectors. To prevent requires tracking MAC addressess, whic

Re: [WISPA] GPS

2008-01-29 Thread Don Renner
Magellan makes some GPS that include a GPS based compass to ignore the magnetic problems with some vertical assets. Will also work standing still, but uses batteries fairly fast with the compass turned on. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [E

Re: [WISPA] Authentication

2008-01-29 Thread ted
Ugo, We use VPN tunnels for this purpose. L2TP + IPSEC. XP, Vista and Mac OSX have built in support. Unlike PPPoE, this works across multiple ethernet segments, allowing for a single centrally located VPN server. The internal network is entirely private IPs. Upon VPN establishment, a public or

Re: [WISPA] GPS

2008-01-29 Thread Mike Hammett
I figured a real GPS device would be more accurate than my Nextel phone, but apparently not. I've never seen it report an accuracy greater than 30 feet, even in areas where there is no cell coverage to augment the accuracy. -- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics

Re: [WISPA] GPS

2008-01-29 Thread CHUCK PROFITO
http://tinyurl.com/259a2f http://tinyurl.com/yrpqsw $40.00 to 10,000.00 is a big price range! My gps is WAAS or what ever enabled, but I have to be 25-30 feet away from the tower to get anything close to accurate on the compass. Altitude is close. We just use a land mark with Google Earth's line/

Re: [WISPA] Private vs Public addresses for end-users

2008-01-29 Thread Andrew Niemantsverdriet
On Jan 29, 2008 11:52 AM, Bryan Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom DeReggi wrote: > > Yes but there are some security concerns with DHCP when sharing wireless > > sectors. To prevent requires tracking MAC addressess, which is one more > > headache to track. Sure if you are doing true 802.11 CPE

Re: [WISPA] GPS

2008-01-29 Thread ted
We've been using the Garmin 70 and 60 series with altimeter (as opposed to elevation from map data). Garmin claims an accuracy of 10 feet "with proper calibration". Even with fluxgate, the electronic compass is unreliable near towers. Has anyone used a gyrocompass? ted On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Tr

Re: [WISPA] Authentication

2008-01-29 Thread Ugo Bellavance
Ugo Bellavance wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering about authentication. The equipment is from SkyPilot > and we were wondering what to use for authentication. The end-user will > be using a standard WiFi card (integrated, or USB) to access the > wireless network. We want the setup to be

Re: [WISPA] GPS

2008-01-29 Thread Cliff LeBoeuf
Also, get one with an electronic compass... Be careful that you make sure that the compass feature works when stationary. Many have the compass feature, but you must be moving for it to work. On 1/29/08 12:53 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Get a WAAS enabled machine. Then you c

Re: [WISPA] GPS

2008-01-29 Thread Chuck McCown
Get a WAAS enabled machine. Then you can get accurate elevation measurements. Without elevation figures are pretty bad on a hand held device. - Original Message - From: "Mike Hammett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA List" Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 11:11 AM Subject: [WISPA] GPS

Re: [WISPA] Private vs Public addresses for end-users

2008-01-29 Thread Bryan Scott
Tom DeReggi wrote: > Yes but there are some security concerns with DHCP when sharing wireless > sectors. To prevent requires tracking MAC addressess, which is one more > headache to track. Sure if you are doing true 802.11 CPE, no problem, the > link uses the MAC of the CPE that you already know

Re: [WISPA] GPS

2008-01-29 Thread Bryan Scott
Mike Hammett wrote: > I am looking at getting a GPS device. I'd like it to work with many > different programs such as Google Earth, Radio Mobile, Kismet, etc. > > What sort of features do I need it to have to work with these programs? > > I'd also like to have it be an independent unit with el

Re: [WISPA] GPS

2008-01-29 Thread Travis Johnson
Mike, The elevation reading on a GPS is only accurate to within about 30 feet. Using one to measure tower height is not going to product accurate results. Travis Microserv Mike Hammett wrote: > I am looking at getting a GPS device. I'd like it to work with many > different programs such as Go

[WISPA] GPS

2008-01-29 Thread Mike Hammett
I am looking at getting a GPS device. I'd like it to work with many different programs such as Google Earth, Radio Mobile, Kismet, etc. What sort of features do I need it to have to work with these programs? I'd also like to have it be an independent unit with elevation so I can climb a tower

Re: [WISPA] Save us all

2008-01-29 Thread Smith, Rick
LOL. Death threats, "lost" programmers, 20 feet underground. LOL. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 4:02 PM To: WISPA General List; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [WISPA] Save us all Hi, I just g

Re: [WISPA] PPPoE client - server across several subnets?

2008-01-29 Thread Mike Hammett
All I know of is to use EoIP or other Layer 2 tunnels to bring the Ethernet traffic back to it. -- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: "rabbtux rabbtux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Monday, Januar

Re: [WISPA] Private vs Public addresses for end-users

2008-01-29 Thread Jason Hensley
In your case I could see where that's an issue. We used to manage IP's on a spreadsheet, but now we do it with a web based system. Each installer has a "temp" IP they can assign at the customer location, get online, grab an open IP, and assign it - no big deal for us. Hey, not saying you're wr