Nope, Not with StarOS and Tranzeo. Worked most of the time when I put a StarOS V3 CPE on the same.
Worked right away with MT and Tranzeo. Steve Barnes RCWiFi Wireless Internet Service -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sam Tetherow Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:00 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Where is StarOS? Did you ever get an answer on your VPN issue. I have one customer that is having problems and 2 others that are not... Sam Tetherow Sandhills Wireless Steve Barnes wrote: > As I stated in my earlier post. I think that StarOS is a Solid Option. > I am a fairly new startup WISP. I started by expanding an existing > distant wisps network in our county. They had 1 tower with 20 clients. > I have taken it over and have expanded it and have over 300 clients in a > short time. I paid them to help build out my network with all StarOS for > backhaul and AP's because of their existing knowledge and experience. I > paid them to help manage the network and we did all the Client installs > and support. > We had an issue that we were having way to much noise at one tower and > needed to change to XR2's for better filtering. The V2 Wrap boards would > not handle the XR2 so we installed new War2 Boards with StarOS V3. We > got the new boards working in Minutes but then none of our clients VPNs > would work everything else worked great. Then the engineer for my > supplier quit so I was the new engineer forced to troubleshoot these > problems myself. Yes I was new to StarOS but have been a computer > specialist and network installer for 15 years. I spent 3 weeks on the > StarOS support forum Trying everything they told me. I change client > CPE 3 times, tried a VDS setup, and endured being told by the > programmers/forum support to go out of business and let a real company > take over my clients. That was when I said screw them and had tower > climber come back and put in Mikrotik AP boards. Put the original CPE > back at the clients and they were up and going in minutes. Yes I have > had to deal with the Mikrotik/Tranzeo disconnect issue but that has now > been resolved. They just work and since then all my APs have been > Mikrotik. I love winbox I love the layout. We have stayed with StarOS > War boards for backhaul. > > Those are my experiences. Again if you are a old command line guy and > love scripting then StarOS maybe your bag. I am a GUI kind of Guy. MT > are just easier and I have so many more people I can call for support > any day. With StarOS NOT ONE. > > Steve Barnes > RCWiFi Wireless Internet Service > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Josh Luthman > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:01 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Where is StarOS? > > Looking at this from an outside point of view I'm awfully confused on > the > simplicity or complexity of learning StarOS. > > We have both ends of the poles as well as a middle ground - very easy to > very hard. Would those of you who stated their opinion on the > difficulty > level mind sharing their other network gear experience, please? > > This is very very valuable information -- "But to go full speed, the WDS > Bridging config used 50% more processing power to pass the same amount > of > traffic." Thanks! > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. > --- Henry Spencer > > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 2:42 AM, Tom DeReggi > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > >> I agree. I also say that StarOS's support is actually pretty good for >> manufacturer provided support. (They do not have as large a channel >> > of > >> qualified third pary consultants like MT does). >> It means alot when the person writing code is also the person >> > responding to > >> End User List support request. >> The beauty of StarOS is its simplicity and ease. Its a fine flatform >> > that > >> we >> have used often. (I'd argue some of the best drivers, allthough I'm >> > sure > >> Nstreme lovers would argue otherwise :-) >> >> Recently they have had some issues with bad batches of failing mPCI >> > cards, > >> which has been a pain, but that is not a reflection of the software. >> We actually have been very successful with Bridging StarOS PtPs. What >> > we > >> learned, (with assitance from another local WISP) was that WDS >> > Bridging was > >> able to perform as well as routing configs, as long as there was >> > enough CPE > >> power. But to go full speed, the WDS Bridging config used 50% more >> processing power to pass the same amount of traffic. >> >> One thing I don't like about StarOS, is its never really clear what >> > power > >> the cards trasmit at when set to a specifc setting. I think MT does a >> better >> job at that. >> >> Tom DeReggi >> RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc >> IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 11:15 AM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Where is StarOS? >> >> >> >>> I have to disagree with the below. >>> >>> There's a short, very steep curve at the bottom, but it's not as bad >>> > as > >>> one >>> might think from his description. >>> >>> Compared to Mikrotik, it is the model of simplicity. >>> >>> I have used it for the vast majority of everything, from backhauls >>> > to > >> ap's >> >>> to clients, and I have it deployed on 2.4, 5ghz, and 900 mhz. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> <insert witty tagline here> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Steve Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 6:36 AM >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Where is StarOS? >>> >>> >>> >>>> StarOS is a solid environment, but you have to commit yourself to >>>> > making > >>>> it work. Very hard for a startup company to just pick it up and >>>> > install > >>>> it. You have a huge learning curve. The other thing I saw was >>>> > that > >>>> version changes are huge. When going from a V2 OS setup to a V3, >>>> > There > >>>> were huge changes in the OS that took lots of testing and many >>>> adjustments to our system. >>>> >>> >>> >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > >>> WISPA Wants You! 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