But I also have a few scripts that will make all of the changes I need, sans the SSID, Frequency, IP address. There is still a little bit of a learning curve, but for the basic setups you don't have to teach them more than the variables.
-Kevin On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 7:05 AM, Robert West <[email protected]> wrote: > But that's the same complaints a lot of people have when comparing the > legacy UBNT and MT. UBNT is basically plug and play while MT is virtually > limitless on your configuration options. I can train even my wife to > install a backhaul and could do it within an hour but the complexity of > Mikrotik adds significantly to the learning curve. If you want quick and > easy, plug and play, Ubiquiti. Complexity, MT. > > But I'm not meaning to discourage you whatsoever. It's the little guy in > the corner who comes up with real innovation. The big guys tend to swoop > down and claim it once it looks good. :) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of MDK > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:57 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] FreeBSD hackers.... Needed for WISP related product... > > Actually, it's far better than cost-effective. > > It's flexible, in both hardware and capabilities. Firewall, routing, > routing daemons, and other things. > > Frankly, I find the physical aspects of the Airmax stuff frustratingly > limited. > > I've grown fond of my immense ability to do creative stuff with Star-OS and > a wide array of physical forms - especially since much of my network relies > on low power consumption. > > AirMax, deployed as an AP and clients... seems ok. But that's only a > small part of a good network. > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Jayson Baker" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 8:51 PM > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] FreeBSD hackers.... Needed for WISP related product... > >> Availability is supposedly resolved. We'll see. >> >> Routing... there is a full SDK. You can do anything you want on those >> things. The new ones have 400+MHz proc's, plenty to do some >> routing/firewalling. >> >> I just can't see a home grown solution like you're proposing being >> cost-effective. We spent about 2 months on a project just like this, and >> started to have some pretty awesome performance and results. >> >> Then UBNT stuff came out. >> >> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:39 PM, MDK <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Given UBNT's record of unavailability of product, and the inability to >>> route via the interface, I vastly prefer this to UBNT's products. >>> >>> Now, mind you, I'm not really putting them down, but this is an excellent >>> infrastructure tool... Routing and other capabilities that vastly >>> exceed >>> some better known... >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "Jayson Baker" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 8:25 PM >>> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] FreeBSD hackers.... Needed for WISP related >>> product... >>> >>> > Is there really much need for this, given the new AirMax product line? >>> > I'm just saying... >>> > >>> > On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:19 PM, MDK <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> >> What would you call a totally proprietary, TDMA based protocol, >>> >> without >>> >> ACK >>> >> or CSMA? >>> >> >>> >> Doesn't look a whole lot like 802.11x, but if you wish to say it is, >>> >> then, >>> >> for you it is :) >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -------------------------------------------------- >>> >> From: "Travis Johnson" <[email protected]> >>> >> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 7:36 PM >>> >> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >>> >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] FreeBSD hackers.... Needed for WISP related >>> >> product... >>> >> >>> >> > If you are using Atheros based hardware, it's still 802.11... >>> >> > regardless >>> >> > of what software you put on top of it. >>> >> > >>> >> > Travis >>> >> > Microserv >>> >> > >>> >> > MDK wrote: >>> >> >> If you're a WISP and have interest in using commodity - off the >>> >> >> shelf - >>> >> >> Atheros based hardware to achieve higher than ethernet speeds over >>> >> >> wireless... This is not a tweak of 802.11, it is a completely >>> >> >> different >>> >> >> mode... >>> >> >> >>> >> >> There is currently an opportunity to do so, where most of the work >>> has >>> >> >> been >>> >> >> done by various others in the FreeBSd community, but it is not >>> >> integrated >>> >> >> or >>> >> >> packaged as a useful WISP product, and that's what needs to be >>> >> >> done. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> This does not need to result in an open source release, due to the >>> >> >> relaxed >>> >> >> BSD license. Or, it can. But I'm looking for some people who >>> >> >> have >>> >> >> experience with freebsd, and have an interest in integrating what >>> >> >> could >>> >> >> be >>> >> >> an awesome performing product using inexpensive commodity hardware. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> email me at pda at neofast dot net or mark at neofast dot net >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- >>> >> >> WISPA Wants You! 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