Re: [WISPA] Grounding Dragonwave Horizon Compact

2009-06-11 Thread Mark Nash
Thanks... So is this how it goes?... Attach the cat5's ground strand to the ground terminal on the PoE box, and just cut the strand and foil at the RJ45 plug that goes into the radio? Mark Nash UnwiredWest 78 Centennial Loop Suite E Eugene, OR 97401 541-998- 541-998-5599 fax

Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather

2009-06-11 Thread Mark Nash
yeesh... I had a guy call today. Asked him to reboot his computer. He said that he did. When we asked him are you sure you rebooted your computer, he asked how to I do that?. This business would be great if it weren't for the customers, sometimes. ;) Mark Nash UnwiredWest 78 Centennial

Re: [WISPA] Grounding Dragonwave Horizon Compact

2009-06-11 Thread lakeland
We install Transtector CAT5 protectors at the radio and where cable enters the structure. We don't ground the POE otherwise. Never had an issue with a poolpoad of links on some of NYC's tallest buildings Bob Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Mark Nash

[WISPA] Cat5 Grounding

2009-06-11 Thread Eric Rogers
Ok... I have been dreaming a little. I have had a couple direct hits on towers because of the storms through the Midwest and it got me thinking... (ouch it hurts)... We put patch panels at the top and bottom of the towers and usually run bundles of cables between. The more I am getting into the

Re: [WISPA] Rad Airmux 200 Login

2009-06-11 Thread Bob Moldashel
Thanks Josh Josh Luthman wrote: Ya I love sending three emails to get one response - SORRY =( To my knowledge, it is the only option. I know there is no HTTP (at least HTML, don't know how the software communicates) or telnet/ssh interface. Software is decent, but is not nearly good

Re: [WISPA] Rad Airmux 200 Login

2009-06-11 Thread Josh Luthman
For you it was the least I could do! On 6/11/09, Bob Moldashel lakel...@gbcx.net wrote: Thanks Josh Josh Luthman wrote: Ya I love sending three emails to get one response - SORRY =( To my knowledge, it is the only option. I know there is no HTTP (at least HTML, don't know how the

Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather

2009-06-11 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
LOL Yeah, we get a LOT of calls that the office gals cant fix. I'll ask if the customers have already rebooted etc. They'll say yes. So I'll go through the routine of having the customer power cycle everything. OK, did you pull out the power plug for the little white box with a green light

Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support

2009-06-11 Thread RickG
I had a similar incident with the previous wisp I owned in Palm Beach: Customer called with outage so I went to their location to find a crane lifting a large load in front of their radio. Worse yet, the crew was taking lunch and left it right in the way. My favorite outage happened just the other

Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support

2009-06-11 Thread Josh Luthman
So you're saying you need to put a shovel to chop up the snakes in the work truck too? Geez, this things getting full =) Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however

Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support

2009-06-11 Thread RickG
LOL, I remember someone listed tools for the truck but didnt see that! -RickG On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Josh Luthmanj...@imaginenetworksllc.com wrote: So you're saying you need to put a shovel to chop up the snakes in the work truck too?  Geez, this things getting full =) Josh Luthman

Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support

2009-06-11 Thread Josh Luthman
I actually just read it 10 minutes ago :) On 6/11/09, RickG rgunder...@gmail.com wrote: LOL, I remember someone listed tools for the truck but didnt see that! -RickG On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Josh Luthmanj...@imaginenetworksllc.com wrote: So you're saying you need to put a shovel to

Re: [WISPA] Cat5 Grounding

2009-06-11 Thread Scott Reed
That and put surge suppressors in the Cat5 between the patch panel and the devices. Maybe something like APCs PRM4 http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=PRM4with PNETR http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=PNETR5modules Eric Rogers wrote:

[WISPA] Conficker Attack?

2009-06-11 Thread Ryan Ghering
So last night at about 10 pm we started to receive the largest flood I have ever seen. It looked like a DDOS attack, looking into my router the tcp flow showed an input queue of over 100 million pps on my DS3 upstream. By default we block all Microsoft internal ports in and out bound on our

[WISPA] new water tank

2009-06-11 Thread RickG
I'm preparing to deploy on a new water tank. The water company provided 4 antenna masts. Unfortunately, the masts are 3.5 which is slightly larger than normal antenna mounts. I've thought about mounting 2.5 mast horizontally but not sure where to find cross brackets. any ideas? -RickG

Re: [WISPA] new water tank

2009-06-11 Thread Cameron Kilton
Tessco has all of that stuff. We have done it before. -Cameron -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 12:04 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] new water tank I'm preparing to

Re: [WISPA] new water tank

2009-06-11 Thread Jerry Richardson
Pretty much anything you could need is here: http://www.tessco.com/products/productHierarchy.do?subtabId=132 Specifically: http://www.tessco.com/products/displayProductInfo.do?sku=482468eventPag e=1 __ Jerry Richardson airCloud Communications -Original

Re: [WISPA] Conficker Attack?

2009-06-11 Thread Josh Luthman
If 445 is the Windows SMB port then a whole bunch of viruses use it. Something like 90% of viruses? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Re: [WISPA] Cat5 Grounding

2009-06-11 Thread Eric Rogers
I already use them, but doesn't always help. That is our standard setup now. They have saved us many times, but if we take a direct hit, sometimes the equipment makes it, and sometimes it doesn't. For instance, we got hit last night. Only two sectors blew, the rest are still working 9 total

Re: [WISPA] new water tank

2009-06-11 Thread lakeland
www.sitepro1.com. Hutton. Tessco. Site pro will be cheapest Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: RickG rgunder...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:03:46 To: WISPA General Listwireless@wispa.org Subject: [WISPA] new water tank I'm preparing to deploy

Re: [WISPA] new water tank

2009-06-11 Thread Scott Reed
One more source: www.nellinc.com RickG wrote: I'm preparing to deploy on a new water tank. The water company provided 4 antenna masts. Unfortunately, the masts are 3.5 which is slightly larger than normal antenna mounts. I've thought about mounting 2.5 mast horizontally but not sure where

Re: [WISPA] new water tank

2009-06-11 Thread Scott Reed
Oops. nelloinc.com Scott Reed wrote: One more source: www.nellinc.com RickG wrote: I'm preparing to deploy on a new water tank. The water company provided 4 antenna masts. Unfortunately, the masts are 3.5 which is slightly larger than normal antenna mounts. I've thought about

Re: [WISPA] Conficker Attack?

2009-06-11 Thread Charles Wyble
Ryan Ghering wrote: As a side note, my upstream called this morning, asked if they could remove the access-list, stating its policy to only leave ACL's in place for 12 to 24 hours. I asked them If this was conficker what can be done to permently block it. Do they have an IPS in place? If

[WISPA] Service in Newport TN?

2009-06-11 Thread Kristi Fundu
Please hit me off-list. Thanks. -- Kristi Fundu IT-NTS dooel www.it-nts.mk WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather

2009-06-11 Thread reader
I thought I was alone... I would not have believed that I could have a customer who's had a computer for a long time, and used them at work, and when I asked if she could reboot it, she had no idea what I meant. We finally found that her putting her MAC into sleep mode resulted in no

Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather

2009-06-11 Thread Matt Jenkins
I have been doing tech support for over 10 years now since the dialup days. I have learned two very important lessons when dealing with customers: 1. Always assume the customer is completely computer illiterate and incompetent. Initially treat the customer like you would a 5 year old when

Re: [WISPA] Cat5 Grounding

2009-06-11 Thread Matt Jenkins
Does anyone have any pictures showing how you break out and ground the Cat5 shield in cases where the radios are at the top of the tower? Thanks, Matt WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather

2009-06-11 Thread Rick Harnish
So she did have fingers How about teeth? :) -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:35 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather LOL Yeah, we get a

Re: [WISPA] new water tank

2009-06-11 Thread RickG
10-4. Thanks! On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Jerry Richardsonjrichard...@aircloud.com wrote: Pretty much anything you could need is here: http://www.tessco.com/products/productHierarchy.do?subtabId=132 Specifically: http://www.tessco.com/products/displayProductInfo.do?sku=482468eventPag

[WISPA] Outdoor Rack Mount Enclosures

2009-06-11 Thread cj sattler
What are people using for outdoor enclosures at tower/roof locations? I had a ton of nice ones that work perfect from a company we purchased but they are all now used up. What i need is to mount a 1u layer 3 switch, a lot of power injectors and a 1u automatic transfer switch PDU Preferably,

Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support

2009-06-11 Thread Blake Bowers
So you had to replace the cord? I know if it was my site the shotgun pellets would have blown right through the cord... Don't take your organs to heaven, heaven knows we need them down here! Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today. - Original Message - From: RickG

Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support

2009-06-11 Thread RickG
Heh, I went back to the van to get my glow rod and by the time I got back he was gone. Now last year one of my tower sites had wires chewed on by opossums. On a trip out there I came across the varmint near the tower and did have my shotgun - blew him across the property. What do they like about

[WISPA] DOCSIS resources

2009-06-11 Thread Rogelio
Several upcoming large Wi-Fi deployments are going to get their power and egress connection DOCSIS strand, and I unfortunately know very little about that medium. Can anyone recommend me any good resources for getting up to speed, particularly on DOCSIS 3.0? Right now, I'm just looking

Re: [WISPA] DOCSIS resources

2009-06-11 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOCSIS Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Rogelio Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 10:51 PM To: WISPA

Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support

2009-06-11 Thread Josh Luthman
Either because of the warmth or they think it's food. That's all animals worry about - food, shelter and reproduction. Silly humans worry about innernets n stuf =þ Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 When you have eliminated the

Re: [WISPA] Outdoor Rack Mount Enclosures

2009-06-11 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
These are great, you'll never have a problem with anything getting in them. http://www.tessco.com/products/displayProductInfo.do?sku=361100WT.mc_id=etb gen Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -Original Message- From:

Re: [WISPA] Outdoor Rack Mount Enclosures

2009-06-11 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
I have a couple from Purcell. They aren't cheap but are very nice. As an added bonus the factory is only about a 1.5 hour drive from here. I can go pitch a fit in person if anyone needs it :-). Ask them about seconds. Sometimes they make enclosures for people that cancel or don't like them

Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support

2009-06-11 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Ask the rabbits that keep eating the spark plug and o2 sensor wires on my cars! sigh Marlon - Original Message - From: RickG rgunder...@gmail.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 6:55 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Crazy Weather - Strange Tech Support

[WISPA] CVI (and other federal clearances) for various wireless projects

2009-06-11 Thread Rogelio
I'm working with ADT on some wireless projects, and in addition to TWIC, they told me I need to get this CVI thing for some of the port projects we're doing http://www.dhs.gov/xprevprot/programs/gc_1185556876884.shtm I'm curious if anyone else here has had to do this for any wireless