Have everyone use Canopy, sync the aps together, and problems go away. Or wait for UBNT AirSync. Regards,
Chuck On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com>wrote: > I’m throwing this out there for another WISP to see if anyone has any > experience with something like this or any ideas. > > > > Within the past year this operator was asked by a grain operator to bring > broadband to all of their grain legs. The operator had the idea of, instead > of charging the grain dealer for the install, to offer the broadband for > free in exchange for using the legs for access points and sell the service > to local customers. The grain dealer agreed, obviously, so he built out a > fairly good sized network. For equipment he is using all Ubiquiti radios > and CPE units and with Pac grids and Bullets for his back haul and Rockets > with sectors at the APs. Network has been working perfectly. > > > > That’s the setup. Now for the trouble. > > > > There was and still is an existing WISP in the area. 60 customers or so. > (Grain dealer is associated with OLD wisp in a roundabout way but chose not > to use him for whatever reason) It’s reported that boy is in love with > Bullets and OMNI antennas on all of his APs. For CPEs he goes for large > grids and Bullets, I believe. He also pushes it as far as he can go, 5 > miles or more on those OMNI APs. New operator is using 5.8 for Back Haul, > 2.4 for CPE. Old WISP calls new WISP almost immediately. Interference > taking down his network. New wisp changes channels to those suggested by > old wisp. Calls again, interference. New wisp changes channels again. > Another phone call, he changes yet again. Then drops down to 10MHz channels > to give more room. Still the phone calls. For a time it was every evening > he would have to deal with old wisp and still he wouldn’t be happy. Old > wisp then starts calling the owners of the grain legs raising hell and bad > mouthing new wisp. Leg owner calls new wisp, “What’s Up?” Old wisp then > wants to sell his network to new wisp for fantasy cash. I tell new wisp, > “Chill, don’t even think of buying that idiot and his duct tape network”. > New wisp then buys a 3.65 license but we all know how long that sucker takes > and the limitations it has with number of channels and the $$ premium per > unit. New wisp has been very nice to all parties and has done, from what I > see, about all he can do. He’s within all power regulations and has bent > over backwards to every request put to him by this guy. (One of the last > comments from old WISP was that he would get a sector and, in so many words, > blast him and take down his network) > > > > Now the latest. Old wisp has contacted the leg owners and has put together > a meeting between old wisp, all of new wisps grain leg owners, new wisp and > two outside parties, one of which is related to old wisp boy. > > > > New Wisp is at a loss to what more can be accomplished other than old wisp > upgrade his OMNIs to sectors in order to isolate the RF away from a > competing channel. > > > > Anyone have any solid resolutions that he can throw out to old wisp boy ? > Surely someone here has been there before. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Robert West > > Just Micro Digital Services Inc. > > 740-335-7020 > > > > [image: Logo5] > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >
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