Re: [WISPA] Splash Page

2009-04-21 Thread Scott Carullo
We just send them to our credit card pay page - they get the idea... we redirect http traffic only so the rest of their traffic is unaffected unless the bill doesn't get taken care of after being redirected a short while... Scott Carullo Brevard Wireless 321-205-1100 x102 Original Me

Re: [WISPA] Wimax 802.16d v 802.16e

2009-04-21 Thread Chuck Bartosch
On Apr 21, 2009, at 7:29 PM, Tom DeReggi wrote: > Chuck, > > That is defiantely a plus now. But isn't that like a false advantage > in the > long run? > With only 20-30Mhz of spectrum, will it stay noise free for long? For some reason I thought it was 50 MHz of bandwidth, but in any case, th

Re: [WISPA] Tower Source--speaking of which!

2009-04-21 Thread Scottie Arnett
Since WISPA is our wireless organization... and one of which I promised to join and will soon now that tax season is gone and my "other" wireless membership has expired... We all need towers of some form of another. Could WISPA become a buyer's club(for lack of better words) for towers, equipme

Re: [WISPA] Splash Page

2009-04-21 Thread J. Vogel
I have a splash page such as what you are describing ( http://vogent.net:88/ ) but no CPE insurance program. John Ray & Jean wrote: > Does anyone have a page they use when you cut off a customer for non-payment > and let them know that their internet has been suspended. Letting them know > what

[WISPA] Splash Page

2009-04-21 Thread Ray & Jean
Does anyone have a page they use when you cut off a customer for non-payment and let them know that their internet has been suspended. Letting them know what to do to activate it again, like making a payment. Also, I want to have customers pay an insurance on their equipment, I seen one on thi

Re: [WISPA] room jack switch / AP

2009-04-21 Thread 3-dB Networks
While I haven't done a wide spread deployment... I have played with the Moto/Tut Systems stuff and I am very impressed. Easy to setup and it just rocks. Hit me offlist if you want more info Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com >-Original Message- >From: wireless-boun..

Re: [WISPA] Outdoor Mimo in OEM systems

2009-04-21 Thread reader
This came up in the other forums, and the general consensus is that the drivers, even from the makers of the chipsets, are sorely weak. There's not good support even from UBNT, who sells them.MT and Star-OS do not and will not have drivers for some time.

Re: [WISPA] Wimax 802.16d v 802.16e

2009-04-21 Thread eje
Unfortunately for reason I don't understand (because what you say to me as well seems to make more sense) they measure by spectral density power strength. So you can only do so much power per MHz. This of course means just what you say the wider channel your allowed to use the higher power level

[WISPA] room jack switch / AP

2009-04-21 Thread Rogelio
Have any of you guys used those wall plates that are both a switch and an access point? I heard that Colubrius (now HP) makes a good line, although I haven't used them. I've seen the 3comm ones, but haven't implemented them yet.

[WISPA] 802.11n math

2009-04-21 Thread Rogelio
I'm trying to wrap my mind around how exactly we get 802.11n speeds. PHY improvements (on standard 20 MHz channel): 72 Mbps * 70% efficiency => 50 Mbps 40 MHz channel, double that => 100 Mbps) Triple that because of 3x3 MIMO => 300 Mbps Is that right? -

Re: [WISPA] Wimax 802.16d v 802.16e

2009-04-21 Thread Tom DeReggi
Chuck, That is defiantely a plus now. But isn't that like a false advantage in the long run? With only 20-30Mhz of spectrum, will it stay noise free for long? >in .16d you get to use 1 watt per MHz of channel size. How much watts per Mhz for 16e? On a side note, anyone know why FCC decided to

Re: [WISPA] Outdoor Mimo in OEM systems

2009-04-21 Thread Tom DeReggi
To bad, but I bet they are working on it :-) Does anybody? Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: "Mike Hammett" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Outdoor Mimo in OEM system

Re: [WISPA] Wimax 802.16d v 802.16e

2009-04-21 Thread Tom DeReggi
Well depends what you are looking to solve. WiMax is not only about coverage and range. The relevent question is not to compare 802.16d to 802.11. Its well known the benefits of a TDD based system over a contension based system like 802.11 with side effects of latency and lower throughput per bi

Re: [WISPA] Wimax 802.16d v 802.16e

2009-04-21 Thread Chuck Bartosch
On Apr 21, 2009, at 6:39 PM, Michael Baird wrote: > Have you deployed it? From my initial research, it appears that the > bigger vendors Motorola/Alverion are supporting the 802.16e variety, > while the smaller vendors such as Tranzeo are supporting the 802.16d > variety. I'm aware of the advanta

Re: [WISPA] DFS Radar Question

2009-04-21 Thread Tom DeReggi
Yeah, it definately does. I'd never build a model around 5.4Ghz. But, when there is no otehr free spectrum, 5.4G starts to get tempting to use. You'd be surprised there are some areas, that are totally 5.4Ghz free. 1 or 2 Tier1 markets, I've seen that way. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc In

Re: [WISPA] Outdoor Mimo in OEM systems

2009-04-21 Thread Jack Unger
I'd advise following whatever antenna type and antenna spacing recommendations the manufacturer makes. Getting proper performance from multiple antennas requires spacing them properly. jack Tom DeReggi wrote: > Looks like the new MIMO (a,g,n) SR71-A Ubiquiti card is now shipping for > around

Re: [WISPA] Outdoor Mimo in OEM systems

2009-04-21 Thread Mike Hammett
I don't believe MT has drivers for it yet. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: "Tom DeReggi" Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 5:42 PM To: "WISPA General List" Subject: [WISPA] Outdoor Mimo in OEM syste

[WISPA] Outdoor Mimo in OEM systems

2009-04-21 Thread Tom DeReggi
Looks like the new MIMO (a,g,n) SR71-A Ubiquiti card is now shipping for around $130. Anyone use it yet for Mikrotik or StarOS ? Any advice for Antenna placement, to maximize MIMO benefits. Seems like it might be a no-brainer to have one of these in every AP soon. (A step up from just diversity

Re: [WISPA] Wimax 802.16d v 802.16e

2009-04-21 Thread Michael Baird
Have you deployed it? From my initial research, it appears that the bigger vendors Motorola/Alverion are supporting the 802.16e variety, while the smaller vendors such as Tranzeo are supporting the 802.16d variety. I'm aware of the advantages at the Mac Layer, but why would 802.16d at 3.65 with

Re: [WISPA] Tower Source

2009-04-21 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Here's a post from Bob M. recently Just wanted to post a quick plug here for Nello Towers. If any of you guys or gals is considering buying a tower or towers you should consider these guys. We have been installing tower stuff for years and and I can't remember the last time I didn't have to

Re: [WISPA] Tower Source

2009-04-21 Thread Patrick Shoemaker
I second AN wireless. Dan is great to work with. They stock Nello sections. -- Patrick Shoemaker Vector Data Systems LLC shoemak...@vectordatasystems.com office: (301) 358-1690 x36 http://www.vectordatasystems.com Scott Reed wrote: > Nello for sure. > AN Wireless in Pennsylvania, too. > > Gino

Re: [WISPA] Tower Source

2009-04-21 Thread Scott Reed
Nello for sure. AN Wireless in Pennsylvania, too. Gino Villarini wrote: > We are looking to buy about 150' of Rohn 45 like tower > > Any preffered brand? Vendor? > > Nello? > > > Gino A. Villarini > g...@aeronetpr.com > Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. > tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273

Re: [WISPA] Tower Source

2009-04-21 Thread Scott Carullo
Call Nello Scott Carullo Brevard Wireless 321-205-1100 x102 Original Message > From: "Gino Villarini" > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 4:03 PM > To: "WISPA General List" , "Motorola Canopy User Group" > Subject: [WISPA] Tower Source > > We are looking to buy about 150' of Roh

[WISPA] Tower Source

2009-04-21 Thread Gino Villarini
We are looking to buy about 150' of Rohn 45 like tower Any preffered brand? Vendor? Nello? Gino A. Villarini g...@aeronetpr.com Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 W

Re: [WISPA] electricity usage calculator

2009-04-21 Thread Charles Wyble
There is also Iboot: http://dataprobe.com/iboot-remote-reboot.html I have a couple thousand of them monitoring kit all over the United States. Work very well. Vickie Edwards wrote: > ThinkGeek has 3 different models of the Kill-a-Watt, as well as another > meter-type gadget: > > http://www.th

Re: [WISPA] DFS Radar Question

2009-04-21 Thread Blair Davis
All this DFS stuff makes me think that staying in the ISM bands makes more sense. Gino Villarini wrote: WE saw this recently here, The FCC and FAA sent a crew of about 10 perrsons to hunt down some rogue emissions that were afecting the local FAA Weather Radar. They were here for abou

Re: [WISPA] DFS Radar Question

2009-04-21 Thread Patrick Shoemaker
But it will trigger on civilian weather radar signals if they're hot enough. Or if Trango TLink45's, it will trigger on someone sneezing in the vicinity. Patrick Shoemaker Vector Data Systems LLC shoemak...@vectordatasystems.com office: (301) 358-1690 x36 http://www.vectordatasystems.com lake

Re: [WISPA] DFS Radar Question

2009-04-21 Thread Patrick Shoemaker
It is published- FCC ULS search. Be sure to look there before trying to deploy a 5.4 link next to a 1.4 MW (yes, mega) EIRP weather radar tower like I did. Patrick Shoemaker Vector Data Systems LLC shoemak...@vectordatasystems.com office: (301) 358-1690 x36 http://www.vectordatasystems.com Sc

Re: [WISPA] DFS Radar Question

2009-04-21 Thread Scott Carullo
Best solution Publish all radar locations and freqs and we avoid like the plauge Scott Carullo Brevard Wireless (321) 205-1100 x102 On Apr 21, 2009, at 1:14 PM, Tom DeReggi wrote: > Maybe thats why the weather man always get the forcast wrong, those > darn > WISPs :-) > > OK, lets get real

Re: [WISPA] DFS Radar Question

2009-04-21 Thread Gino Villarini
Well yeah, the sad part is the folks that came here were directly involved in the drafting of the dfs2 rules, and the word going back to DC is that new users of 5.4 are a bunch of cowboys using $80 gear not certified. They had a similar problem in NYC You can imagine what that could do to us as a

Re: [WISPA] DFS Radar Question

2009-04-21 Thread Tom DeReggi
Its interesting to hear details of how it went down. I'm not suggesting it wasn't alot of work or difficult. But I was more bringing forward the point that I still don't see how its any different than what a WISP has to go through on a daily basis, for example in my home market of DC. We have a

Re: [WISPA] DFS Radar Question

2009-04-21 Thread Gino Villarini
Thing is that WISP are secondary or Terceary users of 5.4, It took 10 persons cause our area is very similar to Miami, lots of Bldgs, lots of RF Emitters in the area... Thay had lots of work to do! It was a tough job to do... They visited nearly 25 rooftops among other locations, during lots of te

Re: [WISPA] Wimax 802.16d v 802.16e

2009-04-21 Thread John Scrivner
Here is the quick answer: 802.16d is a fixed only technology (no mobility) which performs quite well for delivering broadband to homes and businesses. Highly available. Secure. More expensive, more scalable and somewhat higher latency than similar fixed technologies based on 802.11 and other propri

Re: [WISPA] DFS Radar Question

2009-04-21 Thread Tom DeReggi
Maybe thats why the weather man always get the forcast wrong, those darn WISPs :-) OK, lets get real... I agree, we should not do anything that we know will purposely harm radar systems. But the FEDs negotiated teh DFS technical spec for 5-7 years, before they finally gave it to us. If they did

Re: [WISPA] DFS Radar Question

2009-04-21 Thread lakeland
The DFS signature is not set for domestic radar. It is for military only. -B- Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: "Gino Villarini" Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:41:42 To: ; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] DFS Radar Question WE saw this recently here

Re: [WISPA] using multiple 5.3 cards in a Mikrotik

2009-04-21 Thread Eje Gustafsson
Basically from own experience and testing. Two cards mounted side by side at a slight distance even if they are XR5 cards suffers no to minimal problems between them and it goes for all cards I seen. Two cards mount closely stacked on each other with just millimeter distance do cause problems a

Re: [WISPA] using multiple 5.3 cards in a Mikrotik

2009-04-21 Thread Tom DeReggi
OK, fair question.Two answers 1) Modify question/thread to ask. a) How to get two 2.4Ghz radars operational on MT433 b) How to get two 5.8Ghz cards operational on MT433 2) This is R&D in development. Problem 1 is getting two cards to not-interfere in a SBC like MT433 on same

Re: [WISPA] DFS Radar Question

2009-04-21 Thread Tom DeReggi
Scott, No, I was not kidding. I am NOT suggesting using gear that does not adequately support DFS2. But lets consider a TLink45 for example that is DFS2 certified. The DFS2 spec ONLY requires that you to listen and detect Radar, and not transmit IF Radar is "HEARD". If radar is NOT heard, y

Re: [WISPA] using multiple 5.3 cards in a Mikrotik

2009-04-21 Thread 3-dB Networks
I missed the part where he said anything about deploying it outdoors :-) Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com >-Original Message- >From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >Behalf Of Scott Carullo >Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:58 AM >To

Re: [WISPA] using multiple 5.3 cards in a Mikrotik

2009-04-21 Thread Scott Carullo
Just a dumb question... If DFS is not certified on MT and is required for 5.3 operation how could you drum up support for planning something illegal? Scott Carullo Brevard Wireless 321-205-1100 x102 Original Message > From: "Tom DeReggi" > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:40

[WISPA] DFS on different size channels, and scanning?

2009-04-21 Thread Tom DeReggi
With DFS2, many have referred to "signatures"and "patterns" to detect to determined radar is heard. But it has also been stated, it had to be heard at a signal level of "x" (near -30). With 802.11a, a 20 Mhz channel can not decipher/hear 10Mhz channels, nor 10Mhz channels hear/decipher 20Mhz ch

Re: [WISPA] is this router overloaded?

2009-04-21 Thread eje
Not so sure about the "smart" comment. Keep in mind it took the FCC until very recently to make up their mind how to "properly" test for radar. MikroTik have had the DFS feature in for some time (well before the DFS2 requirements) was even close to final iteration. When they had come out with th

Re: [WISPA] DFS Radar Question

2009-04-21 Thread Gino Villarini
WE saw this recently here, The FCC and FAA sent a crew of about 10 perrsons to hunt down some rogue emissions that were afecting the local FAA Weather Radar. They were here for about 2 weeks. The local radar operated in 5610, had a rx opening from 5580 to 5640. The gain of the Weather antenna

[WISPA] using multiple 5.3 cards in a Mikrotik

2009-04-21 Thread Tom DeReggi
I have read numerous discussions on problems regarding self interference between two mPCI cards inserted in the same SBC, on same Freqs. Some reporting need for 40Mhz of center channel seperation. These are the factors... U.FL vs MMCX connectors One vs two Antenna Ports on a single mpci card (

Re: [WISPA] Monitor a 24 volt battery

2009-04-21 Thread D. Ryan Spott
Lake County CA! Cool. I used to live in Boonville and would drive through Lake often on my way to Orland/Chico. Scott is correct below. There are some Mtik boards that work well for this task even if you are using Tranzeo. (I use lots of Tranzeo gear). I use a combo in my network of Tranzeo/

Re: [WISPA] is this router overloaded?

2009-04-21 Thread David E. Smith
Eje Gustafsson wrote: > Well as it stands to day it will not be able to because one of the > requirements is continuously looking and detecting radar signatures. In > their current implementation they only look for a short period after the > interface been enabled but before it start transmitting.

Re: [WISPA] Monitor a 24 volt battery

2009-04-21 Thread NGL
Not using Mikrotik using Tranzeo. -- From: "Scott Carullo" Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 8:09 AM To: "WISPA General List" Subject: Re: [WISPA] Monitor a 24 volt battery > > Some Mikrotik boards can do this and you have a remote network sniffer to

Re: [WISPA] Monitor a 24 volt battery

2009-04-21 Thread Scott Carullo
Some Mikrotik boards can do this and you have a remote network sniffer to boot ;) Scott Carullo Brevard Wireless 321-205-1100 x102 Original Message > From: "NGL" > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:00 AM > To: "wireless@wispa.org" > Subject: [WISPA] Monitor a 24 volt battery

Re: [WISPA] is this router overloaded?

2009-04-21 Thread Eje Gustafsson
Well as it stands to day it will not be able to because one of the requirements is continuously looking and detecting radar signatures. In their current implementation they only look for a short period after the interface been enabled but before it start transmitting. Next time it will look is if y

[WISPA] Monitor a 24 volt battery

2009-04-21 Thread NGL
I need a means to monitor a 24 volt battery system in a remote area. I can open and close relays via cell phone. It can be digital or through a tone generator or second best would be IP. Any suggestions? Thanx NGL If you can read this Thank A Teacher. And if it's in English Thank A Soldier!

Re: [WISPA] DFS Radar Question

2009-04-21 Thread Scott Carullo
You don't think your active transmitter can affect their weather radar? NOT Just because they have their gain tuned such that they can't hear a reflection off a baseball in your area doesn't mean your signal won't come booming in for them :) Mostly weather radar... And - remember - its just

Re: [WISPA] DFS Radar Question

2009-04-21 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
Is it military radar or weather radar that operates in these bands? If it is weather then we are lucky around here, our county is smack dab in the middle of the "out of range zone" for 3 different weather radars by about 60+ miles each. The National Weather Service is really interested in storm spo

Re: [WISPA] is this router overloaded?

2009-04-21 Thread Scott Carullo
Besides the fact that MT should be smarter than to work on a feature that was not possible to achieve from the beginning... Scott Carullo Brevard Wireless 321-205-1100 x102 Original Message > From: "Tom DeReggi" > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:19 AM > To: "WISPA General Li

Re: [WISPA] DFS Radar Question

2009-04-21 Thread Scott Carullo
With your calculator, take your front to back attenuation for your dish (or side) and apply 41 watts to it from direction chosen and let me know what you end up with lol... You can't possibly combat it at all cause if your on the same freq your going to get a visit from some people that hav

Re: [WISPA] is this router overloaded?

2009-04-21 Thread Tom DeReggi
Eje, >The way DFS is designed in MT it will never be > able to get certified. Pleasse elaborate, thats a strong statement. If it were true it would means that the DFS limit was hardware or 802.11a protocol based, because software ALWAYS has the option to be changed and modified to meet a specif

Re: [WISPA] DFS Radar Question

2009-04-21 Thread Tom DeReggi
The only good answer to combat DFS is to use directional PTP antennas with good F/B ratios. I'd give 5.4G back to the FCC in a heartbeat, if they gave us 5.3Ghz back without DFS and low power requirements. If you ask me Either 5.3 radars or 5.4 radars should be forced to upgrade to the oth

Re: [WISPA] Sprint Wholesale

2009-04-21 Thread Mike Hammett
DOH, I confused 404 with 414 and 678 with 608 oh well. He's the right guy, thanks. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: "Mike Hammett" Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 10:24 PM To: "WISPA General Li

Re: [WISPA] RUS Availability

2009-04-21 Thread Vickie Edwards
Tom's right, Community Connect is from the 2008 Farm Bill. The requirements this year are practically identical - the ONLY significant changes in the guidance that I see are in how they've structured the guidance on matching funds and in-kind, and in that case it's just a change in how they presen

Re: [WISPA] RUS Availability

2009-04-21 Thread Tom DeReggi
The Community Connect program has nothing to do with ARRA, and is seperate. (I believe from the Farm bill?) It has been an ongoing program for years. It is one of the true programs for expanding broadband to the MOST RURAL portions of America, and been highly successful for that purpose. Then th

[WISPA] Wimax 802.16d v 802.16e

2009-04-21 Thread Michael Baird
I'm researching these two technologies and Wimax in general, does anyone have any firsthand experience with the two current different types of Wimax, or references to the differences in the two different types of technologies for broadband fixed rural deployments? Regards Michael Baird --

[WISPA] RUS Availability

2009-04-21 Thread Mike Hammett
http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/commconnect.htm Is that because of the Farm Bill vs. the ARRA? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.w