Re: [WISPA] URGENT need contact for Mikrotik Parts near southwest Ohio

2009-07-14 Thread Josh Luthman
I wanted to update and let everyone know exactly what happened with the AN50s. As they're a ptp device I'm sure they're very important to everyone using them and every second counts! I had three AN50s on this tower. Two of them had problems one was fine. They're all grounded the same way, same

Re: [WISPA] URGENT need contact for Mikrotik Parts near southwest Ohio

2009-07-12 Thread Josh Luthman
Tom at Roc Noc got me taken care of. 13 hours of driving later I got my units ready to be placed on the tower tomorrow. Tom - once again, thank you very very much. I am going to sleep for a couple hours and then fix this catastrophe. P.S. someone crashed and died in the fog just west of

Re: [WISPA] URGENT need contact for Mikrotik Parts near southwest Ohio

2009-07-12 Thread Travis Johnson
Josh, You may want to consider having "spares" of this equipment on hand for future problems. We keep enough spares to replace an entire tower (licensed backhaul, AP's, UPS, rebooters, etc.) in our tower truck, and we still have enough extra stuff at the office for more repairs if needed.

Re: [WISPA] URGENT need contact for Mikrotik Parts near southwest Ohio

2009-07-12 Thread RickG
Amen to that! -RickG On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Travis Johnsont...@ida.net wrote: Josh, You may want to consider having spares of this equipment on hand for future problems. We keep enough spares to replace an entire tower (licensed backhaul, AP's, UPS, rebooters, etc.) in our tower

Re: [WISPA] URGENT need contact for Mikrotik Parts near southwest Ohio

2009-07-12 Thread Josh Luthman
In a perfect world I would definitely do that. We have one service vehicle, a second soon, but it sure is hard to hold onto thousands of gear in a truck/shelf =/ 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] URGENT need contact for Mikrotik Parts near southwest Ohio

2009-07-12 Thread Travis Johnson
I understand, and I've been there before... however, now when we buy anything (new router, core switch, backhaul, etc.) we always buy a "spare" as part of the purchase price. If we can't afford the spare, we don't buy the original part. Travis Microserv Josh Luthman wrote: In a perfect

Re: [WISPA] URGENT need contact for Mikrotik Parts near southwest Ohio

2009-07-12 Thread Kurt Fankhauser
Subject: Re: [WISPA] URGENT need contact for Mikrotik Parts near southwest Ohio Josh, You may want to consider having spares of this equipment on hand for future problems. We keep enough spares to replace an entire tower (licensed backhaul, AP's, UPS, rebooters, etc.) in our tower truck, and we

Re: [WISPA] URGENT need contact for Mikrotik Parts near southwest Ohio

2009-07-12 Thread Josh Luthman
Travis, Absolutely excellent idea/point. I will definitely use that after this weekend... What happens if you can't buy spares anymore? I'm planning on just swapping them with all new stuff :( On 7/12/09, Travis Johnson t...@ida.net wrote: I understand, and I've been there before... however,

Re: [WISPA] URGENT need contact for Mikrotik Parts near southwest Ohio

2009-07-12 Thread Josh Luthman
That's what kills me. Trango here, mt there, redline, etc On 7/12/09, Kurt Fankhauser k...@wavelinc.com wrote: Well, I seen this situation of needing spares a long time ago, that's why I choose to standardize all my towers on one platform so I only have to stock enough routerboards for 1 full

[WISPA] URGENT need contact for Mikrotik Parts near southwest Ohio

2009-07-11 Thread Josh Luthman
So I wake up with thunder shaking the house and 3 minutes later, text messages start blowing up my phone. I lost two out of three AN50 ODUs and 3 of 3 433ah boards. Two Trango 5800 APs survive (though one needed a new poe). The 493 concentrator/switch lost some ports, too. If anyone has mobile

Re: [WISPA] URGENT need contact for Mikrotik Parts near southwest Ohio

2009-07-11 Thread Robert West
-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 3:01 PM To: Motorola Canopy User Group; WISPA General List; Mikrotik discussions Subject: [WISPA] URGENT need contact for Mikrotik Parts near southwest Ohio So I wake up with thunder shaking the house and 3 minutes later

Re: [WISPA] URGENT need contact for Mikrotik Parts near southwest Ohio

2009-07-11 Thread Brian Rohrbacher
I also woke to a site being down (5 actually because they are fed thru the one that got it). I lost an omni (big hole in it), switch, 433ah, 532, and associated cards and pigtails were replaced too. It's was not too bad really. Took me 3 hrs from the time I rolled out of bed to the time my

Re: [WISPA] URGENT need contact for Mikrotik Parts near southwest Ohio

2009-07-11 Thread RickG
Those are the challenges in this business. I'm glad it worked out. -RickG On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Brian Rohrbacherbr...@reliableinter.net wrote: I also woke to a site being down (5 actually because they are fed thru the one that got it). I lost an omni (big hole in it), switch, 433ah,