Forbes, I'm not far away from you, and if you ever need network type help, feel free to holler.
I love the technical stuff. Don't much care for the paperwork or installs in the rain, or climbing ladders, or climbing into the bucket on the truck... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ <insert witty tagline here> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Forbes Mercy" <forbes.me...@wabroadband.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 9:44 PM Subject: [WISPA] The good college try > The modern day WISP that is smaller has to run more efficiently, I lost > my system admin in the last budget cut. He helps from his new job but > the network is pretty much up to me, a former ISP owner and not the most > technically inclined as I should be. Obviously I have more knowledge > than the average bear but reading code, design specs or engineering can > sometimes be a bit much, that's why I have the savings from a full time > admin to hire people who can guide me. My feeling is Marlon is pretty > much in the same boat. While some in WISPA have thousands of customers > in more urban/suburban environments we are all rural. Speaking only for > myself I'm frequently in over my head, that's why I belong to this > group, I'm a much better businessman than tech but I learn easily when I > have interest in a topic. We try not to look dumb when we ask for help > and try to compensate for the help with volunteering for projects, > paying for consulting or just a big thanks. Some on here may think > non-geeks don't belong but we're all in this for the same reason, I > personally left the Fire Service to learn and build this business, Maybe > I can't engineer a backhaul but I can sure do CPR if you need it, done > it over 200 times. Just show a little patience and if you don't want to > educate the ignorant that's your right but we sure appreciate it when > you can help and I for one promise to not ask for too much at once or > act like our lovely customers who can't find the start button. Thanks > for what you do help, I appreciate it! > > > > Forbes > > > > ________________________________ > > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Travis Johnson > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 6:36 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] 100 meg full duplex backhaul > > > > Marlon, > > Honestly, based on the questions you are asking, I think you may be in > over your head on this project. You may want to seek some help from > someone that has actually done this type of work and knows what they are > doing. > > Travis > Microserv > > Marlon K. Schafer wrote: > > Thanks. > > Do you think we need the unlicensed for each hop if the entire network > is > build in a circle? > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Travis Johnson" <t...@ida.net> <mailto:t...@ida.net> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > <mailto:wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 9:12 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] 100 meg full duplex backhaul > > > > > Licensed 18ghz links with 5.8ghz backup links for each hop. > Figure > $15,000 per link for everything. > > Travis > Microserv > > Marlon K. Schafer wrote: > > > Hi All, > > I'm looking for some gear that'll be rock solid at 15 to > 20 miles. Some > links may be less, but I'm not counting on that. > > I'll be hauling public safety, private vpns, and normal > internet traffic. > > I'll probably have around 20 towers, all linked in a > ring. I can load > share > across the ring as long as speeds never drop below > 100megs. I'll want > things to be automatically self healing if there is a > loss of > connectivity > in any direction. > > What would you guys use/suggest? > > I'd love to go licensed (but no 6 gig due to antenna > sizes) but > unlicensed > may be OK due to the failover capabilities. > > We have to worry about snow, fog and, worst of all, dust > storms. > > What gear would you use? How would you set this up? > > I'm in the pricing stage so off list quotes etc. are > welcome. Pall park > numbers are fine at this time, as long as they tend to > run high vs. low, > I'd > rather over estimate the costs. > > thanks, > marlon > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > WISPA Wants You! 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