Re: [WISPA] how to protect your kids

2010-04-13 Thread Frank Crawford
Speak firmly and borrow that big stick from Roosevelt when necessary. Fear of God is useless but Fear of Dad is profound. I raised 5 kids, youngest is 32, still works, no stick necessary, they just know where i keep it. Frank Marlon K. Schafer wrote: > Hi All, > > Here's the scenario. My kids

Re: [WISPA] how to protect your kids

2010-04-13 Thread Jeromie Reeves
My soon to be 4 and 7 yo boys have iMacs. They are locked down and just do not know about that stuff yet. I removed access to the web browser in the PSP cause the oldest found it. He does not know how to use it (or so I think). The best parents can do these days is be very proactive which you seam

Re: [WISPA] Ubnt vs Moto vs ... your brand

2010-04-13 Thread Jon Auer
On that note, I have a few questions. On those 40-50 802.11 subs, what kind of bandwidth are the users seeing/are you selling them? Do you count a polling MAC on a 802.11 chipset, say Ubiquiti AirMax, in with 802.11? My assumption would be that with a polling MAC on 802.11 chips you should see ne

Re: [WISPA] When to route?

2010-04-13 Thread Jeromie Reeves
Depends on how you build it. The backhauls are bridged, but there is routing between key backhaul points (I make triangles) Every tool has its place and used right, works well. On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Matt Larsen - Lists wrote: > When to route?   From the very start!!! > > If you take

Re: [WISPA] Ubnt vs Moto vs ... your brand

2010-04-13 Thread Matt Larsen - Lists
Right on schedule, its time for the 802.11 vs Canopy crusades. If you deploy it right, you should be able to get about 40-50 subs on 802.11 based APs. If your application is going to require higher density than that, go with Canopy, as you can probably get 120-150 per AP before they max out.

[WISPA] how to protect your kids

2010-04-13 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Hi All, Here's the scenario. My kids are expressly forbidden from having email addresses outside my domain. They are forbidden from having myspace, facebook etc. sites. If they want an email, fine by me, but it's one that *I* can check on. If they want a web site, fine by me, but make it a r

Re: [WISPA] When to route?

2010-04-13 Thread Matt Larsen - Lists
When to route? From the very start!!! If you take the time to learn the basics of OSPF, implement NAT and/or use private IPs for the links between systems and use a logical design for your subnets it is relatively easy to route. Understanding the basics of OSPF is really key, because static

Re: [WISPA] When to route?

2010-04-13 Thread Jeromie Reeves
Yes if you route at the CPE then the backhauls can bridge and your (mostly) good (this is how i do it) What you need to worry about here is clients who plug in their routers backwards and things like that. It helps if you do not have client routers (routing/dhcp in the CPE, switch inside) On Tue,

Re: [WISPA] When to route?

2010-04-13 Thread Mark Dueck
Question: If you have all client computers behind a router, then you are mostly protected from broadcasting and the need for routing is not that high, right? I have a small network and I'm starting to do some routing between longer backhaul links, and between cities. So far, I don't know if I've s

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread Rubens Kuhl
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 1:51 AM, Tom DeReggi wrote: >>But for the >>price of Ubiquiti gear it seems very interesting to investigate what >>could be done. > > Well, thats the golden question... > > We dont currently use Ubiquiti yet in a live network, but we cant ignore the > value proposition. > W

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread Tom DeReggi
>But for the >price of Ubiquiti gear it seems very interesting to investigate what >could be done. Well, thats the golden question... We dont currently use Ubiquiti yet in a live network, but we cant ignore the value proposition. When APs are $90, do we need APs that scale? But we do need radios

Re: [WISPA] When to route?

2010-04-13 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
We're up to about 400 subs on one half of the network. We're about to start routing. We'll know in a few months if it helps or not. marlon - Original Message - From: "Greg Ihnen" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2010 9:02 AM Subject: [WISPA] When to route? > OK, I

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread Rubens Kuhl
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:00 PM, can...@believewireless.net wrote: > After some large "experiments" with Ubiquiti.. Canopy 430 here we > come!  Too many problems with latency and WDS re-reg issues.  These > seem to work pretty well for PtP links, but PtMP is just terrible for > VoIP or anythin

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti made no points today

2010-04-13 Thread Philip Dorr
It could be the same board minus the voltage regulator. And the new production line will have the regulator. On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:06 PM, Scott Carullo wrote: > If its the same board why is it a completely different power > configuration? > > Scott Carullo > Brevard Wireless > 321-205-1100 x

Re: [WISPA] Ubnt vs Moto vs ... your brand

2010-04-13 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
Hi Chuck, Do you have any field review/ deployment info comparison of the new Canopy 430 ? I would love to hear some comparison info.. Thanks Faisal. On 4/13/2010 10:06 PM, Chuck Hogg wrote: > This is what I am in the process of doing now. We have another 200 subs > to be converted next month

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread Scott Carullo
Tom, With no security or security set to WPA2-AES and the latest beta firmware there are no WDS problems with the new gear - I have plenty of them out there doing their job just fine. As with any radio, you can certainly probably find ways to configure them to have them not perform so well. S

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti made no points today

2010-04-13 Thread Scott Carullo
If its the same board why is it a completely different power configuration? Scott Carullo Brevard Wireless 321-205-1100 x102 From: "Faisal Imtiaz" Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 8:24 PM To: "WISPA General List" Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti made no poin

Re: [WISPA] Broadband Fiasco Followup

2010-04-13 Thread Jason Bailey
They have been monitoring wisp "chatter" for years!!:) --- On Tue, 4/13/10, Brian Webster wrote: From: Brian Webster Subject: Re: [WISPA] Broadband Fiasco Followup To: "'WISPA General List'" Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 8:23 PM Big brother (my friend at the NTIA) should be subscribed to t

Re: [WISPA] Ubnt vs Moto vs ... your brand

2010-04-13 Thread Chuck Hogg
This is what I am in the process of doing now. We have another 200 subs to be converted next month. Then another 100 subs after that. Not only is it a multiple truck roll incident, but I already paid for the MikroTik gear...and now am replacing customer equipment with Canopy. ROI just got extend

Re: [WISPA] Ubnt vs Moto vs ... your brand

2010-04-13 Thread Glenn Kelley
Awesome overview - thank you. On Apr 13, 2010, at 9:23 PM, Travis Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > Let's keep it simple and easy. With Canopy your system can scale > infinitely (due to GPS sync) and latency is always very low and > consistent (less than 10ms). With UBNT, you can build a system much > che

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread Chuck Hogg
Absolutely. MikroTik has in many instances taken supout's from many different people, and fixed a bug without reporting it. Maybe they look at it as a minor feature enhancement. (LOL) Regards, Chuck Hogg Shelby Broadband 502-722-9292 ch...@shelbybb.com http://www.shelbybb.com -Original Mes

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread Tom DeReggi
Are you suggesting they might not always fess up, but sneak the fix in :-) I'll probably test it again in a few days, just in case. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: "Travis Johnson" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Tues

Re: [WISPA] Ubnt vs Moto vs ... your brand

2010-04-13 Thread Travis Johnson
Hi, Let's keep it simple and easy. With Canopy your system can scale infinitely (due to GPS sync) and latency is always very low and consistent (less than 10ms). With UBNT, you can build a system much cheaper, and one that will probably work in a small, rural area. However, it does not scale.

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread Josh Luthman
Man is that true or what. Not sure if it's intentional or just an unknown/unforeseen side effect. 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 Ch

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread Travis Johnson
One thing I have learned over the years with Mikrotik... they often make many other "changes" that they don't specifically list in their text document. Travis Microserv Tom DeReggi wrote: > Misread > > I did NOT see any specific mention of fixes for N. That's disappointing. > > But I saw n

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
BTW, Beta 5 was released today.. supposed to address auto ack... Faisal On 4/13/2010 8:07 PM, Michael Baird wrote: > The recently released firmware (last few days), is the first that really > works well on the station side (for P2MP), AP is still a bit broken > w/auto ack. I've not had an issue

Re: [WISPA] Broadband Fiasco Followup

2010-04-13 Thread Tom DeReggi
Well, my hats off to your NTIA friend for taking an interest. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: "Brian Webster" To: "'WISPA General List'" Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 8:23 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Broadband Fiasco Fo

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread Tom DeReggi
Also Are these problems operating in a MIMO mode, or single chain/pol mode? Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband - Original Message - From: "can...@believewireless.net" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 8:00 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread Tom DeReggi
> WDS re-reg issues Care to elaborate with that? We run everything bridged (WDS) with other brands. Were you running into issues using Ubiquity as both AP and SU in PtMP, or with other brand as the other? > but PtMP is just terrible for > VoIP or anything that can't handle latency spikes. What

Re: [WISPA] Ubnt vs Moto vs ... your brand

2010-04-13 Thread Francois D. Menard
Actually, both work together ... we extend our Canopy PPPoE bridged segments with Ubnt's for el-cheapo point-to-point extensions ... Sort of a Moto Canopy P2MP-to-UBnt(P)-to-UBnt(P) F. On 2010-04-13, at 8:29 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: > It's not so much what you're discussing there as much as the

Re: [WISPA] Ubnt vs Moto vs ... your brand

2010-04-13 Thread Josh Luthman
It's not so much what you're discussing there as much as the capabilities of the ptmp products. You simply can not offer the latency guarantees using Ubiquiti/802.11 that Canopy provides. Now if you've got 3 people to serve I think it's financially ridiculous to get a Canopy system involved... J

Re: [WISPA] Broadband Fiasco Followup

2010-04-13 Thread Brian Webster
Big brother (my friend at the NTIA) should be subscribed to this list now :-) Thank You, Brian Webster -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jason Bailey Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 7:22 PM To: WISPA General List Subject:

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti made no points today

2010-04-13 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
Hmm Interesting.. My first Airgird , I assembled it wrong, I put the Radio in the center at 90deg of what it should have been, and was not able to see any signal from the Rocket M5's. It had an accident, fell flat on it's face on concrete and broke the Radio.. The 2nd Airgrid I tested was t

[WISPA] Ubnt vs Moto vs ... your brand

2010-04-13 Thread Glenn Kelley
In trying to make the right buying decision - some simple answers may help. 1. What is the meantime failure rate for your ubiquity equipment 2. What is the avg amount of truck rolls per week you run to fix an issue vs the # of customers you have? ie- if you have say 1500 clients and do 8

Re: [WISPA] Broadband Fiasco Followup

2010-04-13 Thread Leon D. Zetekoff
On 04/13/2010 06:50 PM, Matt Larsen - Lists wrote: > Apparently my tirade about broadband mapping reached a few ears in > Washington, as the NE PSC called me this afternoon to let me know that > the NTIA is willing to accept shape files and is willing to relax some > of the data requirements in

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread Glenn Kelley
have you worked w/ ubiquity for any troubleshooting? been pretty happy here w/ them ... just wondering I love moto - but just so blessed expensive... I am wondering if they are really worth the $$$ So as not to hijack your thread - I will post this question in a new thread... On Apr 13, 2010

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread Michael Baird
The recently released firmware (last few days), is the first that really works well on the station side (for P2MP), AP is still a bit broken w/auto ack. I've not had an issue with WDS reassociations, maybe you were using auto-ack? Regards Michael Baird > After some large "experiments" with Ubiq

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread Glenn Kelley
what are the rates on the 430? are they not up around 10K ? On Apr 13, 2010, at 8:00 PM, can...@believewireless.net wrote: > Canopy 430 WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -

[WISPA] Ubiquiti made no points today

2010-04-13 Thread Forbes Mercy
After falling in like with the Rocket M Nano's the Rocket M Bullets and the Mimos I have to say I'm firmly unimpressed with the integrated antenna series. We bought a pack of 10 of the 27dbi grids, not one of them would associate to our Mimos yet a bullet and in some cases, where distance wasn

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread can...@believewireless.net
After some large "experiments" with Ubiquiti.. Canopy 430 here we come! Too many problems with latency and WDS re-reg issues. These seem to work pretty well for PtP links, but PtMP is just terrible for VoIP or anything that can't handle latency spikes. --

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread Tom DeReggi
Misread I did NOT see any specific mention of fixes for N. That's disappointing. But I saw numerous updates. Anytime there is a kernel upgrade, its relevent, in my opinion. But posted from Mikrotik... What's new in 5.0beta1 (2010-Mar-31 10:36): *) updated drivers and kernel (to linux-2.6.

Re: [WISPA] Broadband Fiasco Followup

2010-04-13 Thread Jason Bailey
Big Brother is listening...S!  lol:) --- On Tue, 4/13/10, Matt Larsen - Lists wrote: From: Matt Larsen - Lists Subject: [WISPA] Broadband Fiasco Followup To: "WISPA General List" , nnsq...@nnsquad.org, "Telecom Regulation & the Internet" Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 6:50 PM Apparentl

[WISPA] Broadband Fiasco Followup

2010-04-13 Thread Matt Larsen - Lists
Apparently my tirade about broadband mapping reached a few ears in Washington, as the NE PSC called me this afternoon to let me know that the NTIA is willing to accept shape files and is willing to relax some of the data requirements in order to get fuller representation from WISPs.Making o

Re: [WISPA] Can you get an STD from Ubiquiti Equipment?

2010-04-13 Thread Josh Luthman
What do you mean 5 packs? Do you have to buy them in multiples of 5?! 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, Apr 13, 20

Re: [WISPA] Can you get an STD from Ubiquiti Equipment?

2010-04-13 Thread Tony C. Loosle
It is impressive packaging.   But why the heck is it in 5 packs?   How do I make a 5 pack work in bridge mode?  Should be an even number.   t > Would you rather something get damaged in shipping? > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH

Re: [WISPA] Can you get an STD from Ubiquiti Equipment?

2010-04-13 Thread Josh Luthman
Would you rather something get damaged in shipping? 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, Apr 13, 2010 at 6:24 PM, can.

[WISPA] Can you get an STD from Ubiquiti Equipment?

2010-04-13 Thread can...@believewireless.net
Do they really need to wrap every, single part?!?!?!? Two packages of screws are wrapped and place in another bag that also holds the mounting clamps. RocketDishes have the large bolts covered and wrapped, placed in plastic and zip tied. I've seen food with less "sanitary" methods. ---

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity VLAN Capability

2010-04-13 Thread Jeff Ehman
I doubt Nano2s do layer 2 VLAN tagging but I don't have the experience to talk that in-depth about it. There is probably a backdoor way (like Faisal talked about) but I would just suggest a layer2/3 device that does it by port behind the AP. You can find them pretty inexpensively. -Jeff Conve

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread Randy Cosby
Tom, What fixes have you seen in 5 for Wireless-N? Or did I mis-read this? Randy RandyAnd they are not the only ones For example, I'm amazed at how far > Mikrotik has come, considering feature rich for the dollar. > (Note: MIkrotik released new Firmware, a 5 vers, does not list any wir

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread Tom DeReggi
I look at it a different way... Ubiquiti has been a disruptive force to set a new base level standard for expectations. Any new product is going to lack features and possibly reliabilty as bugs get discovered. But Ubiquiti established that in today world, it is possible to deliver $100 radios,

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity VLAN Capability

2010-04-13 Thread Jeromie Reeves
I was going to say the same, so I will add, I put MT's behind UBNT's to handle the IP layer. I let the UBNT hardware do the RF layer, which they do pretty well. On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: > The Nano's run Openwrt under the hood. The only thing proprietary on > them is

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread Tom DeReggi
Yeah, funny, does not look like we are making much progress after 18 years does it. But we could compare on different criteria, and add Proxim's current generation. That is Just for Fun... --AP1000 UbiquitiTsunami MP11a Speed 3mbps

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquity VLAN Capability

2010-04-13 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
The Nano's run Openwrt under the hood. The only thing proprietary on them is the 'radio driver'. you can download the SDK kit and do mods, such as adding ospf or oslr or even quagga. There are a number of folks who have posted how to recipes on the UBNT forums on vlans and multiple ssid's etc.

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread RickG
Beta vs VHS, MAC vs PC, Cadillac vs Hyundai, Sacks5thAve vs Walmart, Gas vs Electric... On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Jeremy Parr wrote: > On 13 April 2010 11:52, MDK wrote: >> Did you do a throughput comparison? > > It was mostly a joke, but I'll bite. A throughput comparison is not > fair,

[WISPA] Ubiquity VLAN Capability

2010-04-13 Thread Tracy Tippett
Has anyone had experience getting the Nano products to support multiple VLANs I looked at the forum but wasn't able to decipher a clear answer. Does it require a third party software patch? Tracy Tippett --Original Mail-- From: "Jeremy Parr" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Tue, 13 Ap

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread Jeremy Parr
On 13 April 2010 11:52, MDK wrote: > Did you do a throughput comparison? It was mostly a joke, but I'll bite. A throughput comparison is not fair, since they both just leverage someone else's chipset. My point was simply that if a low end wifi based product had these features 10+ years ago, why t

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread Mathew Howard
And a price comparison? -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of MDK Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 10:52 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison Did you do a throughput comparison? ++

Re: [WISPA] Ubiquiti AirOS Comparison

2010-04-13 Thread MDK
Did you do a throughput comparison? ++ Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 ++ -- From: "Jeremy Parr" Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 10:49 PM To: "WISPA General List" S