Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Brad Belton
If you don't vote than what makes you think you deserve to be heard here or anywhere for that matter? Get informed vote. It does make a difference. Best, Brad -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent:

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Brad Belton
There's nothing wrong with the two party system. The problem is the people that are in the two party system. Vote the career politicians out of office. This goes for both parties...in fact I view many of the incumbent Republicans in a dimmer light than the Democrats. Any Republican that

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Jeff Broadwick
Agreed Eje! I will say that if one doesn't bother to inform themselves about issues and the candidates, I don't mind that person staying home. If you think your vote doesn't count, just look at FL in 2000... I often wonder about the percentage of registered voter stats...I mean, how do they

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Jeff Broadwick
I think this will be Obama's Panama Canal... Regards, Jeff Jeff Broadwick ImageStream 800-813-5123 x106 (US/Can) +1 574-935-8484 x106 (Int'l) -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Profito Sent: Monday,

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Glenn Kelley
Thank you Eje: Sadly I fear, many folks do not understand or take into account how important our personal role is in the government. - until recently perhaps Thank you for the reminder. Now back to wireless chat :-)

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Jon Auer
This isn't really that big of a deal. The DNS root servers just refer to the top level domain servers. All transferring control to the ITU would enable is they could add new TLDs through whichever process they want. Note that policy control of the root servers does not translate into operational

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Brian Webster
That's something that has always irked me. Congress got the ball rolling when the term limits were created for the office of the President, yet we cannot get that same body to set limits for themselvesmakes you wonder. The other part of this that bothers me, is how clueless the American

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Mike Hammett
Indeed. I am a conservative, but anyone that stays too far from their party's intent is worse for their party than the other is to that intent. I think everyone should have a sign over their heads that says if they voted or not, relative to what they're talking about. If they didn’t vote (and

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Marco Coelho
The only way in this country for the forseeable future is for something like the Tea Party to put enough candidates into both partys to take over and pass some serious reforms. Term Limits, Tort reform, Constitutional balanced budget amendment (with a provision to kick them all out of office if

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread MDK
The multi-party systems develop the same problems as two-party systems... They become cloistered, inbred, and eventually run by a network of insiders, by, for, and for the benefit of, themselves. Just replacing insiders with another crop of insiders is pointless.You need people with

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Glenn Kelley
The problem with politicians is simple. They have stopped thinking along the lines of what is right and wrong morally Instead - they think along the lines of legality: is this legal or illegal. If there is no law to stop something - then its considered legal - even if morally wrong! In

Re: [WISPA] power

2010-02-02 Thread Robert West
Yeah, I'd marry you but you're a dude. Bob- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 11:48 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] power I've had the same experiences. Like I said

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Robert West
I liked him. Voted for him. Now, had enough of him. Where's LBJ when we need him?!!! :) Bob- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 11:56 PM To: WISPA General List Subject:

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Marco Coelho
I'm going to get my Junior chemistry set out and design a President. 5% of Lincoln, 25% Teddy Roosevelt, 25% Ronald Reagan, 20% Bush Jr., 25% ?? Suggestions? Patton maybe? Churchill? A blend? Marco On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Robert West robert.w...@just-micro.com wrote: I liked

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Scottie Arnett
Greenspan? I like Patton. Just don't use Nixon, lol. Scottie -- Original Message -- From: Marco Coelho coelh...@gmail.com Reply-To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 14:15:25 -0600 I'm going to get my Junior chemistry set out

Re: [WISPA] power

2010-02-02 Thread Lawrence E. Bakst
You guys should know that the 802.11 radios I have worked with can have built in attenuators, sometimes more than one, that can get switched on and off based on RX power level sensed in hardware. How many and at what levels the attenuators kick in varies from card to card and vendor to vendor.

[WISPA] Leasing Companies -- Corp Only

2010-02-02 Thread Marco Coelho
We are looking for some additional leasing sources. Are typical lease is 60 months, 0 down, $1 buy out, corp only. We've got great credit history for 17+ years. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Marco -- Marco C. Coelho Argon Technologies Inc. POB 875 Greenville, TX 75403-0875

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Marco Coelho
I would put 1-2% of Clinton, but I'm afraid I'd get the wrong part! Must let thread die... On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Scottie Arnett sarn...@info-ed.com wrote: Greenspan? I like Patton. Just don't use Nixon, lol. Scottie -- Original Message

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Brad Belton
Both candidates were arguably the worst in American history. It says a lot about you to admit you voted for Obama. I know people that for a fact voted for Obama, but now deny it. We need to punt McCain out of office right along with Harry, Nancy and Obama...just to name a few. Brad

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread David E. Smith
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 12:57, MDK rea...@muddyfrogwater.us wrote: The multi-party systems develop the same problems as two-party systems. The secret would be to replace first-past-the-post voting with something like instant runoff. Good luck explaining that to people that barely can be

Re: [WISPA] Fastest 3650 Access Points

2010-02-02 Thread Marco Coelho
Spectral efficiency is very important. We're really getting to the point where we have to use additional bands to keep adding customers in some markets. mc On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Patrick Leary ple...@apertonet.com wrote: One question you should also ask Marco is how much capacity at

[WISPA] Captive Portals

2010-02-02 Thread Carl Shivers
We are setting up a WiFi zone for a customer that wants a splash page. Can someone give me a recommendation on a good Captive portal device or software? WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] Captive Portals

2010-02-02 Thread Josh Luthman
Mikrotik of course. Very easy - you can do the captive portal and a redirect once they log in. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” --- Winston

Re: [WISPA] Captive Portals

2010-02-02 Thread Alan Long
How many users behind portal? Do you want to have logins or free access? Do you need to process credit cards for payments? Aerowire Alan Long Director of Network Operations alan.l...@aerowire.net 687 North Dean Road Auburn, AL 36830 tel: 3342759998 mobile:

Re: [WISPA] Captive Portals

2010-02-02 Thread Glenn Kelley
Thats an easy one Ubiquity PicoStation2 with this unit you can grab the openwrt-atheros-ubnt2-pico2-squashfs.bin and voila - :-) More details here: http://www.coova.org/node/3685 and here: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/hotcakes/wiki/yfi_setup_nas_PicoStation2

Re: [WISPA] Captive Portals

2010-02-02 Thread Dennis Burgess
RouterOS! :) User Manager! http://www.linktechs.net/billing.asp if you need assistance :) --- Dennis Burgess, CCNA, Mikrotik Certified Trainer, MTCNA, MTCRE, MTCWE, MTCTCE, MTCUME Link Technologies, Inc -- Mikrotik WISP Support Services

Re: [WISPA] Captive Portals

2010-02-02 Thread Brad Belton
Talk to Eje at www.wisp-router.com Brad -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Carl Shivers Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 2:56 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: [WISPA] Captive Portals We are setting up a WiFi zone

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Philip Dorr
5% Truman On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Marco Coelho coelh...@gmail.com wrote: I'm going to get my Junior chemistry set out and design a President.  5% of Lincoln, 25% Teddy Roosevelt, 25% Ronald Reagan, 20% Bush Jr., 25% ??  Suggestions? Patton maybe? Churchill? A blend? Marco On

Re: [WISPA] Captive Portals

2010-02-02 Thread Jerry Richardson
+1 on MT. Online manual and Wiki make the process pretty simple. Sent Mobile Jerry Richardson airCloud Communications On Feb 2, 2010, at 12:59 PM, Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com wrote: Mikrotik of course. Very easy - you can do the captive portal and a redirect once they log in.

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Josh Luthman
George Washington! Wooden teeth and all =þ Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” --- Winston Churchill On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Philip Dorr

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Jerry Richardson
How did politics get in my inbox? Who's moderating this list anyway? They are asleep at the wheel! Sent Mobile Jerry Richardson airCloud Communications On Feb 2, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Philip Dorr wirel...@judgementgaming.com wrote: 5% Truman On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Marco Coelho

Re: [WISPA] Captive Portals

2010-02-02 Thread Josh Luthman
Even easier - /ip hotspot setup Modify login.html and alogin.html with pretty colors and pictures. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” --- Winston

Re: [WISPA] Captive Portals

2010-02-02 Thread Josh Luthman
Forgot I even wrote this: http://iam8up.com/?p=222 Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” --- Winston Churchill On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Josh

Re: [WISPA] Captive Portals

2010-02-02 Thread Scottie Arnett
Interesting...do they make a build to work on the nanos? Scottie -- Original Message -- From: Glenn Kelley gl...@hostmedic.com Reply-To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 16:01:00 -0500 Thats an easy one Ubiquity PicoStation2

[WISPA] Airmax Sector pole mount specs?

2010-02-02 Thread Ryan Ghering
Anyone know the min and max pole diameter for the airmax sectors? -- Ryan Ghering Network Operations - Plains.Net Office: 970-848-0475 - Cell: 970-630-1879 WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

Re: [WISPA] Captive Portals

2010-02-02 Thread Jeremie Chism
I've used a company called 4ipnet.com. Reasonable prices and they have most features. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 2, 2010, at 2:55 PM, Carl Shivers cshiv...@aristotle.net wrote: We are setting up a WiFi zone for a customer that wants a splash page. Can someone give me a recommendation

Re: [WISPA] power

2010-02-02 Thread RickG
THAT is exactly what I want to achieve. Thanks for the input! -RickG On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:45 AM, Jerry Richardson jrichard...@aircloud.comwrote: I would say yes with one caveat, If you need -71 to get full modulation and need to guarantee that it holds like in a PTP link then you would

Re: [WISPA] power

2010-02-02 Thread RickG
LOL Bob, They didnt remove the Dont ask, dont tell rule yet! I appreciate the complement! On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Robert West robert.w...@just-micro.comwrote: Yeah, I'd marry you but you're a dude. Bob- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org

Re: [WISPA] power

2010-02-02 Thread RickG
And I was just getting a handle on software switchable polarity:) Thanks! On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Lawrence E. Bakst m...@iridescent.org wrote: You guys should know that the 802.11 radios I have worked with can have built in attenuators, sometimes more than one, that can get switched on

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread RickG
Are you on the right list? This is WISPA - Wild Independent Studys of Politics in America :) On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Jerry Richardson jrichard...@aircloud.comwrote: How did politics get in my inbox? Who's moderating this list anyway? They are asleep at the wheel! Sent Mobile Jerry

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Chuck Bartosch
Oddly, I was a McCain fan a few years ago, even when I didn't agree with him on a fair number of issues-but he seemed to have some backbone. However, I was pretty disgusted by his pandering in the last election and voted for Obama. But then, I felt (and still feel) that Obama is a lot more

Re: [WISPA] power

2010-02-02 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
That's a VERY high indicator of multipath. This is only a guess, but I'd say that you probably run many of these links at -50 or more signal levels. -60 for sure. If you DROP your signals to -70 to -75 you'll often find them working even better. marlon - Original Message - From:

Re: [WISPA] power

2010-02-02 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
-55 is WAY too high most of the time. If you have perfect LOS (this means fresnel zone and all) it's ok. But with the receive sensitivity of the new gear you'll pick up too many reflections to have a good performing link. The worst part about this is that it shows up more and more when you

Re: [WISPA] power

2010-02-02 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
WiFi is supposed to need a 13 or 15 db carrier to interference rate. Yet I've seen them push good traffic at 5db c/i. Go figure. marlon - Original Message - From: Jerry Richardson jrichard...@aircloud.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 7:01 PM

Re: [WISPA] power

2010-02-02 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Point them UP. Gotta be creative here folks :-) marlon - Original Message - From: Jayson Baker jay...@spectrasurf.com To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] power That's not a good idea. You will create multipath

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Robert West
I vote to add Franklin Pierce and Benjamin Harrison. They didn’t do anything and I'll take nothing over this mess of something. Bob- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Scottie Arnett Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Re: [WISPA] power

2010-02-02 Thread Robert West
Nothing in my life is linear. I'm more like String Theory. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Lawrence E. Bakst Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 3:26 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] power You guys should

Re: [WISPA] Captive Portals

2010-02-02 Thread Robert West
Yeah, that's easy stuff. Even DD-WRT can pull that off but at the price of a Mikrotik box, to hell with Dd-Wrt. Bob- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 3:58 PM To: WISPA

Re: [WISPA] Captive Portals

2010-02-02 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Butch has set up a nice little thing for an MT ap that we use at some local events. marlon - Original Message - From: Carl Shivers cshiv...@aristotle.net To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 12:55 PM Subject: [WISPA] Captive Portals We are

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Robert West
Ah.. but you see, the eye is on the future and the ability to TAX it! The latest is the proposed global internet tax. Once it's everywhere, they'll hit us. Moo-HAHA!! (Evil laugh) -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf

Re: [WISPA] Follow up article

2010-02-02 Thread Robert West
He still owes me 10 bucks. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 11:56 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Follow up article You know I really didn't like Obama in the