We've got about a dozen so far, with the list of site surveys stacking up. It's crazy busy.
We're using SB AP indoor units with TT AMPs and 14db 90 degree sector antennas. We were using all TT gear, but had problem after problem. Once we switched to the SmartBridges AirPoint and went to a Maxrad antenna all of our problems went away and clients that we were constantly fine tuning we had to go put on smaller antennas so their RSSI would come down slightly below 100%. Once we did all that their links were solid and their speed increased. Clients are using AirBridge Indoor except for 2 using the ABO. We're going to all AirBridge Outdoor now with either a 15db or 19db antenna. Residential clients with one computer just plug the Cat-5 right into their system and use PPTP to log in. Clients wanting access with more than one computer use a Linksys Cable/DSL router and PPPoE logs them in. HotSpot clients log in through the MikroTik HotSpot service. Kevin Summers KISTech Internet Services Inc. www.kistech.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Blaine Fleming > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 6:26 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [smartBridges] WISP survey > > > I am curious as to how many customers the people on this list > have. Also, > I am wondering what percentage of sB equipment is used and the > CPE setup of > choice. What do you use for access points? How many do you have and how > many customers per AP? I think this info could be helpful for > everyone on > this list including smartBridges support. > > Personally, I am running about 50 customers. Would have more, but I have > turned a few away as they are too high maintenance. Since I do all the > installs and 95% of the support myself, I don't want any extra > headaches. We are also a well established dialup ISP so wireless > customers > are not essential to our survival. We only started offering wireless > because it was an extra source of income and would save us money > by getting > the leeches off dialup onto broadband. Since a channelized T1 is not a > cheap thing around here, any way we can reduce the number of > lines required > is a good thing. > > We have two Orinoco/Lucent/Agere AP's that service all of our town > (population of about 6000) and a good part of the surrounding area. With > the exception of two WET11's that I don't want to pull until they die, we > are running entirely airBridges. All customers use aB indoor radios but > employees use aB outdoor units. Customers installs usually are a 12dBi > panel running with a short pigtail to a NEMA box with the aB indoor in > it. We then run CAT5 into the house to the PoE injector then > straight to a > router. The typical router is a Linksys BEFSX41 which is a 4 port switch > with a WAN link. > > --Blaine > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > smartBridges <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type > unsubscribe smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
