[WISPA] New form of RSTP?

2008-10-31 Thread John Scrivner
I am starting to think I am going crazy. Actually I have suspected this for a long time now. I was sure I saw a recent announcement here from Mikrotik that they have developed a new proprietary form of RSTP (reliable spanning tree protocol) type of layer 2 fail over support and now I cannot find

Re: [WISPA] New form of RSTP?

2008-10-31 Thread Dennis Burgess - LinkTechs.net
There is RSTP in current revisions of MT. Is there a reason its not a routed backbone though? Failover etc works so much better. -- * Dennis Burgess, CCNA, A+, Mikrotik Certified Trainer Link Technologies, Inc -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services* 314-735-0270 http:

Re: [WISPA] Netflix and TiVo

2008-10-31 Thread Mike Hammett
Depending on vendor, 2xT1 here is around that price and I'm only an hour drive to downtown Chicago. -- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: "Scottie Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, Octob

Re: [WISPA] New form of RSTP?

2008-10-31 Thread Mike Delp
RSTP is Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Thanks Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Scrivner Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 4:51 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] New form of RSTP? I am starting to think I am going crazy. Actu

Re: [WISPA] MikroTik and UBQ XR3

2008-10-31 Thread Randy Cosby
FWIW, my 3650 link seems to have a slight Austrian accent. Randy Mac Dearman wrote: > Randy, > > Thanks for the link. Turns out we are ok since we leave all our settings > at default, but it could have been very important. I wasn't aware of Ubnt > doing any testing with MT. That's just good kn

Re: [WISPA] MikroTik and UBQ XR3

2008-10-31 Thread Jack Unger
ya? Randy Cosby wrote: > FWIW, my 3650 link seems to have a slight Austrian accent. > > Randy > > > Mac Dearman wrote: > >> Randy, >> >> Thanks for the link. Turns out we are ok since we leave all our settings >> at default, but it could have been very important. I wasn't aware of Ubnt >> doi

[WISPA] Sprint-Nextel Severs Its Internet Connection to Cogent Communications

2008-10-31 Thread Matt Liotta
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/081030/neth134.html?.v=1 Watch out if you are single-homed to either. -Matt WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

[WISPA] billboards

2008-10-31 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, Has anyone had success using billboards for small repeaters? Just a small backhaul antenna and a small omni? We are considering contacting some billboard companies about this, and I was just wondering what we may run into? thanks, Travis Microserv ---

Re: [WISPA] billboards

2008-10-31 Thread lakeland
Travis Alan Marsalis was doing that before he sold ShreveNet. I believe the only real issue he had was electrical power not being at a lot of sites I know Clear Channel is doing site leasing on their billboards and I can't remember the name of the other big company that Alan was dealing with.

Re: [WISPA] billboards

2008-10-31 Thread David Hulsebus
Travis, We have one on a billboard at our Interstate exit. They had a sign that needed Internet connectivity for updates, so we worked out an agreement to provide the service at no cost if they allowed for a small 12db 2.4 omni to provide services to the area. We worked directly with the owner

[WISPA] For Sale: YDI AP Plus, Waverider EUM indoor Antennas, Cable Hangers

2008-10-31 Thread John McDowell
All on ebay if you want to search for them. Cable hangers are for 7/8" Heliax. Also, I have about 14 Waverider EUM indoor modems for sale, but will not list them on ebay until next week. Thanks -- John M. McDowell Boonlink Communications 307 Grand Ave NW Fort Payne, AL 35967 256.844.9932 [EMAIL

[WISPA] MikroTik simple queues

2008-10-31 Thread Blair Davis
Anyone out here know about MikroTik Simple Queues? I'm trying to get something like this... user with 1Mb/s limit can burst to 3Mb/s for 30sec but only if his average use in the previous 30sec is below 512Kb/s I've tried several things, but I am just not getting it to work. The objective is

Re: [WISPA] MikroTik simple queues

2008-10-31 Thread Josh Luthman
You can easily do that minus the very last part about the last 30s usage in simple queues. On 10/31/08, Blair Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone out here know about MikroTik Simple Queues? > > I'm trying to get something like this... > > user with 1Mb/s limit can burst to 3Mb/s for 30sec

[WISPA] I need to get my CWNA. Anybody know of any good training classes coming up?

2008-10-31 Thread Pat O'Connor
I can do the 5-day class, and have the budget to travel in the Western US. I appreciate all your responses. Have a happy Halloween, and great weekend. Thanks, Pat WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wisp

Re: [WISPA] MikroTik simple queues

2008-10-31 Thread Blair Davis
Ok.  I can live with a 1Mb/s limit with a short burst to 3Mb/s But how? I've managed to make simple queues do bandwidth limiting.  But making the bursting work seems to be a different kettle of fish Josh Luthman wrote: You can easily do that minus the very last part about the last

Re: [WISPA] I need to get my CWNA. Anybody know of any good training classes coming up?

2008-10-31 Thread Dylan Oliver
It's really not THAT hard - I read the planet3 book cover to cover in a day and passed it the next. On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Pat O'Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can do the 5-day class, and have the budget to travel in the Western US. > > I appreciate all your responses. Have a ha

Re: [WISPA] MikroTik simple queues

2008-10-31 Thread Josh Luthman
Here is what I believe you want. It will let the customer use 3M but if for 30 seconds the customer exceeds 512kb/s they're capped at 1536kb/s. /queue simple add burst-limit=300/300 burst-threshold=512000/512000 burst-time=\ 30s/30s comment="" direction=both disabled=no dst-address=0.