Agree with all of that. I'll have to keep more units on hand from now on...
> My only other addition would be ...... Test you Spares.....don't assume that because they are new, they are all working !! Oh so very very true! 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 Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Faisal Imtiaz <fai...@snappydsl.net> wrote: > Josh, > > What Travis and others are suggesting is really a "Best Practice" issue. > Keeping Spares on-hand is commonly practiced in the industry (all of > Telecom)... > > Before one does any kind of deployment, one has to consider "How am I going > to deal with Emergency Situations ?". > > There are a number of ways to 'skin this cat' !..... > > You can always keep exact spares on hand..... (We hardly every buy qty 1 of > anything... ) > You can always keep 'equivalent' spares on hand... Would allow you to swap > out stuff on a temp or permanent basis. > > The key point is to be aware of your 'in-service' equipment, and 'spares' > inventory, and evaluate on a regular periodic basis. > > My only other addition would be ...... Test you Spares.....don't assume > that > because they are new, they are all working !! > > Good Luck. > > > Faisal Imtiaz > SnappyDSL.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Josh Luthman > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 4:28 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] URGENT need contact for Mikrotik Parts near > southwestOhio > > 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, 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 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 impossible, that which remains, however > >> improbable, must be the truth." > >> --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 1:49 PM, RickG <rgunder...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> > >>> Amen to that! -RickG > >>> > >>> On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Travis Johnson<t...@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 truck, and we > >>>> still > >>>> > >>> > >>> have > >>> > >>>> > >>>> enough extra stuff at the office for more repairs if needed. > >>>> > >>>> Travis > >>>> Microserv > >>>> > >>>> Josh Luthman wrote: > >>>> > >>>> 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 Richmond. My > >>>> heart goes out to their family and friends. > >>>> > >>>> 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 Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 3:01 PM, Josh > >>>> Luthman<j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> 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 numbers for anyone at Roc Noc or Quicklink > >>>> Wireless I would greatly appreciate you providing me (offlist) with > >>>> getting a hold of them. > >>>> > >>>> I'm about 2 hours from Quicklink and 6 hous from Roc Noc. > >>>> > >>>> If anyone knows of a MikroTik vendor near south west Ohio besides > >>>> these two I would appreciate knowing about them, too, and would > >>>> love to get a hold of them this weekend. > >>>> > >>>> 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 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> ------------ > >>> > >>>> > >>>> WISPA Wants You! 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