Boy, that goes without saying on my send! Not only for the safety factor but for the "Hey, I grabbed the wrong wrench". Saves lots of time.
-----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of jp Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:24 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Changing cards in Mikrotik You should have someone with you on site when you climb towers. Even if you are self employed and not subject to OSHA rules, it's still a good idea. Most of the tower deaths or falls I read about very likely could have been prevented or lessened with even very modest safety guidelines. Futhermore, if you become some statistic used to calculate insurance rates as a result of unsafe climbing, it will tend make all of our workers comp insurance costs increase collectively. That person on the ground should have a laptop to do the configuring/testing. They can also keep others away from the tower to protect them from falling tools, read off signals while aligning antennas, answer your phone calls, destroy wasp nests, and all the other things you don't want to do. On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:42:35AM -0500, Data Technology wrote: > Yes I know it is easy to just sit down and configure the card but, > I do the tower climbing myself and with even a small 40-60 ft tower, by > the time you get down, get the gear off and get to a computer the > adrenalin is flowing and you may tend to make a mistake. And after a > 160 ft tower you (me) are more tired and you can overlook something that > you would normally catch in an instance. > > I guess there are pros and cons to both ways. > > LaRoy > > > Scott Carullo wrote: > > It takes less than one minute to configure an interface? > > > > Just because you put a like card in there doesn't mean ROS should assume > > its the same freq, same power output etc. I think its actually better it > > lets you set it up instead of assuming a like replacement. My 2 cents > > > > Scott Carullo > > Brevard Wireless > > 321-205-1100 x102 > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > >> From: "Data Technology" <w...@dtisp.com> > >> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 12:19 PM > >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > >> Subject: [WISPA] Changing cards in Mikrotik > >> > >> As much as I Love Mikrotik, I HATE the fact that you have to reconfigure > >> > > > > > >> when you change out a card. > >> I don't see why Mikrotik did not design it to work like StarOS. > >> > >> I have 1 StarOS AP still running and I had to change out a CM9 that went > >> > > > > > >> out. > >> This AP has not been touched in probably 4 years. > >> I just took out the old card, put in the new one and the users were > >> passing traffic before I could close the lid. > >> This was one of the few good things I liked about StarOS. > >> > >> Ok, just feels good to rant and rave every now and then. > >> > >> LaRoy McCann > >> Data Technology > >> www.dtisp.com > >> > >> > >> > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---- > > > >> WISPA Wants You! 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