Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-06 Thread Randy Cosby
>>> >>>> Show me where its certified for 5.4, ill send you a $100 paypal >>>> >>>> Gino A. Villarini >>>> g...@aeronetpr.com >>>> Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. >>>> tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 >

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-05 Thread John Thomas
tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >>> Behalf Of Mike Hammett >>> Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 8:42 PM >>> To: WISPA General List &g

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-05 Thread Jayson Baker
telligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > -- > From: "Jayson Baker" > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 10:16 AM > To: "WISPA General List" > Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-05 Thread Mike Hammett
ber 05, 2009 10:16 AM To: "WISPA General List" Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) > Agreed. We turn down power levels on a lot of things--for that reason. > > i.e. we have a handful of customers that could spit and hit our tower. > Their OP is down as low as it

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-05 Thread Robert West
to think of the other guy down the line, it might even be you. Bob- -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 11:05 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-05 Thread Jayson Baker
lon > > - Original Message - > From: "Lawrence E. Bakst" > To: "WISPA General List" > Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 9:15 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) > > > >I think you guys know most of this already, but here is my ta

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-05 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
aturday, October 03, 2009 9:15 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) >I think you guys know most of this already, but here is my take FWIW. > > I'm not a WISP, but I spent 5 years leading the design and development of > an 802.11[agb] security system. We did our own polling

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-04 Thread Scottie Arnett
d operators who realize the strength of cooperating and >> collaborating with others who have similar interests and challenges. >> >> Respectfully, >> >> Rick Harnish >> >> -Original Message- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-04 Thread RickG
trength of cooperating and > collaborating with others who have similar interests and challenges. > > Respectfully, > > Rick Harnish > > -Original Message- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Scottie Arnett > Sent:

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-04 Thread Rick Harnish
s@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) Ok Jack, I have to admit, I have not read your book, but if it reads like this discussion, I have no desire too, unless you 1. either state that your book is for the advanced wireless subjects, or 2. Thoroughly describe your acronyms. FYI, I

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-04 Thread Butch Evans
On Sun, 2009-10-04 at 02:31 -0500, Scottie Arnett wrote: > Ok Jack, I have to admit, I have not read your book, but if it > reads like this discussion, I have no desire too, unless you 1. > either state that your book is for the advanced wireless subjects, > or 2. Thoroughly describe your acrony

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-04 Thread Jerry Richardson
To G or not to G :-) Here is my opinion for what it is worth: The post Lawrence put up was worth thousands of dollars that a WISP would have to spend in both time and equipment to figure out the lessons he's already learned. He posted his knowledge to the group for FREE as additional inp

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-04 Thread D. Ryan Spott
least the RF guy of a wisp should know >> >> >> >> Gino A. Villarini >> g...@aeronetpr.com >> Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. >> tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 >> >> ____ >> >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailt

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-04 Thread Brian Webster
Title: Thank You, Here is my opinion for what it is worth: The post Lawrence put up was worth thousands of dollars that a WISP would have to spend in both time and equipment to figure out the lessons he's already learned. He posted his knowledge to the group for FREE as additional input to the

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-04 Thread Mike Hammett
M To: "WISPA General List" Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) > Lawrence post wasn't too technical at all Stuff wisps operators or > at least the RF guy of a wisp should know > > > > Gino A. Villarini > g...@aeronetpr.com > Aeronet Wirele

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-04 Thread Mike
At 11:15 PM 10/3/2009, Lawrence wrote: >... >All things being equal (which they often aren't) 802.11b will give >you a higher S/N and C/I than 802.11g, because in almost all cases >and especially at higher speeds. 802.11g has to lower the PA power >because of the PAPR of OFDM and meeting the 802

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-04 Thread Gino Villarini
a.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jack Unger Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 1:40 AM To: sarn...@info-ed.com; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) Yep it's too bad that many wireless ISPs have no interest in learning about wireless. Scottie Ar

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-04 Thread Scottie Arnett
Ok Jack, I have to admit, I have not read your book, but if it reads like this discussion, I have no desire too, unless you 1. either state that your book is for the advanced wireless subjects, or 2. Thoroughly describe your acronyms. FYI, I do understand most of the poster's acronyms, but for

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread Jack Unger
Yep it's too bad that many wireless ISPs have no interest in learning about wireless. Scottie Arnett wrote: I am reading your response and can not decipher all your algorithms? Point that out and I will have a much more understanding of what you are scientifically trying to say. Most WISPS

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread Scottie Arnett
I am reading your response and can not decipher all your algorithms? Point that out and I will have a much more understanding of what you are scientifically trying to say. Most WISPS have absolutely no scientific background! John -- Original Message -- F

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread Lawrence E. Bakst
I think you guys know most of this already, but here is my take FWIW. I'm not a WISP, but I spent 5 years leading the design and development of an 802.11[agb] security system. We did our own polling solution based on 802.11e HCCA to solve the RTS/hidden node problem. All things being equal (whi

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread Mike Hammett
l.com -- From: "jp" Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 2:42 PM To: "WISPA General List" Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) > On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 11:08:02PM -0400, David Hulsebus wrote: >> I have used 411 AP's with XR5 cards and NS5L's with good succes

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread Gino Villarini
-Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Rubens Kuhl Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 7:15 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) Curious note: Ubiquiti Nanostation 5 is 5.4 GHz certified in .br, which has similar

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread Rubens Kuhl
...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Mike Hammett > Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 8:42 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) > > Actually, their new M series has 5.4 GHz certificatio

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread RickG
ut 25 subs on this one.  LOTS of other 2.4 in the area. >> marlon >> >> - Original Message - >> From: "Jason Hensley" >> To: "'WISPA General List'" >> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 7:58 AM >> Subject: [WISPA] To G or

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread Matt Larsen - Lists
20dB with 13dB 120* hpol sector. > About 25 subs on this one. LOTS of other 2.4 in the area. > marlon > > - Original Message - > From: "Jason Hensley" > To: "'WISPA General List'" > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 7:58 AM > Subject: [

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread Randy Cosby
dband Corp. >> tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 >> >> -Original Message- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> Behalf Of Mike Hammett >> Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 8:42 PM >> To: WISPA General List &

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
or. About 25 subs on this one. LOTS of other 2.4 in the area. marlon - Original Message - From: "Jason Hensley" To: "'WISPA General List'" Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 7:58 AM Subject: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) > In 2.4 land, if you have a lo

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-03 Thread jp
et Wireless Broadband Corp. > tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 > > -Original Message- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Mike Hammett > Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 8:42 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re:

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-02 Thread Gino Villarini
: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) Actually, their new M series has 5.4 GHz certification. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: "jp" Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 2:42 PM To: "WISPA General Lis

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-02 Thread Mike Hammett
Actually, their new M series has 5.4 GHz certification. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: "jp" Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 2:42 PM To: "WISPA General List" Subject: Re: [W

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-02 Thread Randy Cosby
wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of jp > Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 3:43 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) > > On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 11:08:02PM -0400, David Hulsebus wrote: > >> I have use

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-02 Thread Gino Villarini
, 2009 3:43 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 11:08:02PM -0400, David Hulsebus wrote: > I have used 411 AP's with XR5 cards and NS5L's with good success in > small subdivision projects. 1/2 to 1 mile using 5M channels runn

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-02 Thread jp
On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 11:08:02PM -0400, David Hulsebus wrote: > I have used 411 AP's with XR5 cards and NS5L's with good success in > small subdivision projects. 1/2 to 1 mile using 5M channels running G, > mostly horizontal. We lock the rates lower than 54 if we see any CCQ > numbers consiste

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-02 Thread Mike
I built one of the very first Canopy networks back in 2002. Joe Schneider even sat at my desk and helped configure the first cluster. We even helped them iron out some problems with the early CMM. Ken Magro was near the top of my speed dial list. The only serious competition at the time was

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Travis Johnson
Here was the original part of the message (that somehow got left off your reply): "For a very long time we got caught in the Canopy mentality "my Canopy is better than your <>" We finally opened our eyes, got jumped out of the gang, and are very happy we did. It seems a lot of Canopy operato

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Travis Johnson
Wow... are we really going to start this _again_? I started in 1997 with WaveLan 900mhz ISA cards in DOS based 386 PC routers using Novell drivers to make a router box. We have used WaveLan, Solectek, Orinoco, CM3's, 3Com, Trango, Mikrotik and lately Canopy. I have built a network from 0 custo

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread RickG
"WISPA General List" > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:41 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) > > > We've been running B mode since 2004. I dont lock the rates down but > always shoot for 11Mbps. I like the idea of G mode but every time I > try it,

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Scottie Arnett
I agree. We first started as a Canopy 900 Mhz WISP. We have lots and I mean lots of hills around here. You normally can not go over 3 hundred feet without hitting a hill in your way. We started by using 900Mhz Canopy equipment. I will hear disputes from my partnerbut it is still the same. Wh

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Jayson Baker
Yes, how childish. Don't ever talk bad about Canopy to a Canopy Operator. It'll get them all flustered and they start flaming. I find it pretty hilarious, really. I've come to surmise that the reason EVERY Canopy Operator gets so pissed off when you talk about anything non-Canopy is because they

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread David Hulsebus
I've had much better success with B in a hostile rf environment. Walmart put in wireless scanners just to the south of a sector where we have been running a Mikrotik AP and CPE's on G for a couple of years. I couldn't change channels or channel sizes but moved to B and while slower we were able

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Tom Sharples
You'll see a dramatic improvement by upgrading from Wrap to Alix. Our net throughput easily doubled when we did that. Tom S. - Original Message - From: "RickG" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Butch Evans
On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 19:47 -0600, Travis Johnson wrote: > As soon as you can offer 7ms latency to 100 people off the same AP > using WiFi based radios, please let me know. I will buy 200 AP's and > 5,000 CPE. ;) That kind of density is NOT necessary for MANY WISPs. I know that is the cry that ne

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Travis Johnson
As soon as you can offer 7ms latency to 100 people off the same AP using WiFi based radios, please let me know. I will buy 200 AP's and 5,000 CPE. ;) Oh, and they need to operate on the same channels within a 5 mile radius. ;) Travis Microserv Jayson Baker wrote: Standard 20MHz channels.

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread RickG
We've been running B mode since 2004. I dont lock the rates down but always shoot for 11Mbps. I like the idea of G mode but every time I try it, performance drops on the customer side. It may be because we're still on WRAP's running StarOS v2. I just started updating to v3, and it seems to be bette

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Mike
We get a capital fee up front that covers most of the equipment charges. It was harder a few years ago with $380.00 radios, but like most electronic stuff they keep getting better and cheaper. Soon they will just be giving them to us. :-) At 06:49 PM 10/1/2009, you wrote: > Like I said, we

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Jayson Baker
Standard 20MHz channels. I, too, thought it was impossible. We started with Orinoco back in the day (2002), it worked well up until 30 subs -- then it was like dailup. Back then, we offered 256Kbps service. Turns out the big differences is not only much better radios, much better software, but

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Mike
You don't say if you are using 5Mhz or 10MHz channels. I assume 10 with 40 customers. With the smaller bandwidth and slower speeds I think fractional channels limit the number of subscribers you can put on an AP. Does anybody have any empirical data on the number of users that can use a 5MHz

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Jayson Baker
I dunno? Not a ton. Maybe 40 at the most. This segment of our network is very small. We mainly focus on big businesses. On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Ryan Spott wrote: > "-- oh, wait, this is not the Canopy list." LOL! :) > > How many users per AP? > > ryan > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 1

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Ryan Spott
"-- oh, wait, this is not the Canopy list." LOL! :) How many users per AP? ryan On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Jayson Baker wrote: > I'll tell you what we do, but won't get into defending it for the next month > -- oh, wait, this is not the Canopy list... > > Our 2.4GHz spectrum is com

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Jayson Baker
I'll tell you what we do, but won't get into defending it for the next month -- oh, wait, this is not the Canopy list... Our 2.4GHz spectrum is completely filled with vertical Canopy. We run UBNT AP's. Fixed at 2mi ACK. No RTS. Fixed G-only. Horizontal polarity. Max data rate of 54Mbps.

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Steve Barnes
-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jason Hensley Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 1:26 PM To: 'WISPA General List' Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) Smaller channel sizes is one thing we haven't done yet, but we can'd do it permanently unless we swap out a few CPE's

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Jason Hensley
List Subject: Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-) I have a lot of Deliberant CPE in my network, just a few of their APS. But the newer generation stock with Atheros cards supports 20/10/5 MHz channels. From their site, concerning the Duos: Product contains: * Dual-Radio with adjustable RF

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Mike
I have a lot of Deliberant CPE in my network, just a few of their APS. But the newer generation stock with Atheros cards supports 20/10/5 MHz channels. From their site, concerning the Duos: Product contains: * Dual-Radio with adjustable RF Output Power * Rugged cast aluminum hinged en

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Mike
Yeah, I think they use the same cards -- Willi Atheros. Goota set IEEE mode to G first, then half/quarter channels are available. At 11:04 AM 10/1/2009, you wrote: >Mike - you mean 5mhz and 10mhz channels? > >Josh Luthman >Office: 937-552-2340 >Direct: 937-552-2343 >1100 Wayne St >Suite 1337 >Tr

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Josh Luthman
Mike - you mean 5mhz and 10mhz channels? 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." --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:02 P

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Mike
The Atheros Deliberant cards will do half and quarter channels on G. At 10:42 AM 10/1/2009, you wrote: >If you aren't sectorized, you should do that first. > >Neither normal b or g or b/g are ideal in high noise. I don't mix. > >I like a little better g-mode on 10mhz channels using radio cards th

Re: [WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread jp
If you aren't sectorized, you should do that first. Neither normal b or g or b/g are ideal in high noise. I don't mix. I like a little better g-mode on 10mhz channels using radio cards that support listening on 5/10 mhz channels like the xr2. (Many listen on 20mhz) You're more than twice as li

[WISPA] To G or not to G :-)

2009-10-01 Thread Jason Hensley
In 2.4 land, if you have a lot of noise, which protocol is better - B or G? Is it better to run an AP as locked into one mode or is it OK to do a mix? Max I want off of 2.4 customers is 3meg so not that worried about the extra speed that G will provide, but, I would like to know which is more st