Hey, I was proud of that D in Microwave and Antenna systems :-) D’s get degrees. I’m never going to use this shit. Take the EIT / PE exam? Why the hell would I ever work as a consulting engineer.
Of course my first job is a consulting engineer, and I deal with microwaves and antenna systems every day. Ah, to know then what I know now. Just don’t make me do all this shit over again. Mark > On Jun 12, 2020, at 10:38 AM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > > Makes you wonder if a wire and an alligator clip could turn the aluminum box > into an antenna. > > Yeah, fields & waves was not my best course in college. And I have a fear of > heights. So of course I end up running a WISP. But turning a Faraday cage > into an antenna is probably not my best idea. > > > From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> On Behalf > Of Mark Radabaugh > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2020 9:07 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com > <mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] RV Park Fiber > > I like your solution actually. Should work out well. Hardest part with > trailers is getting through the aluminum box. Putting AP’s close will help > a lot. > > Mark > > >> On Jun 12, 2020, at 9:54 AM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com >> <mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Wow this thread blew up while I was sleeping. >> I'm proposing both a wireless and fiber solution. I'm sure they'll pick >> WiFi because it'll be cheaper, but I wanted to put all the cards on the >> table. >> As far as why I'm bothering to propose fiber: >> 1) If there's fiber to the power pedestal, and each ped (or every other ped) >> has it's own little router with it's own SSID and key, then there's a >> security benefit vs having everybody in the park be able to sniff traffic >> from each other's devices. >> 2) We could track any illegal/bad/weird activity to a specific RV site (or >> at least to the proximity of one). >> 3) The changing positions and occupancy of RV sites won't affect anybody's >> WiFi because their WiFi will be right next to them no matter what. Neither >> will the growth of trees hurt them. >> 4) No capacity issue in the park (and the feed TO the park can of course >> always be upgraded). >> 5) Infinitely upgrade-able. >> 6) We have all the equipment and personnel and we want to use them. There's >> an indefinite amount of work for them expanding and improving our own >> network, but if they do it for the campground we can bill them out. >> -Adam >> >> >> On 6/11/2020 5:48 PM, Matt Hoppes wrote: >>> Why are you doing fiber? >>> >>> We have a 300 unit RV park where everyone is required to stream over the >>> Internet, no satellite dishes are allowed. >>> >>> It works absolutely fine and everything is back hauled wirelessly to the >>> sectors that cover several RV campers. >>> >>> >>>> On Jun 11, 2020, at 5:03 PM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> >>>> <mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Yeah I'm assuming WiFi would be everyone's first choice, and that's part >>>> of why I'm thinking WiFi from the pedestal. I just thought it would be >>>> nice to have the option to plug in a cable. >>>> I did find a comms enclosure that bolts onto the back side of the RV power >>>> ped. http://www.rvparksupplies.com/p/ACCESSBOXPHONECABLE/. >>>> <http://www.rvparksupplies.com/p/ACCESSBOXPHONECABLE/> >>>> Waiting for them to send me more details, but I think that might give me a >>>> place for the ONT, and incidentally there appear to be two keystone jacks >>>> in it. My two reasons for suggesting this approach are that each RV gets >>>> their own WiFi instead of sharing it with everybody around them, and if >>>> there was ever a law enforcement issue we could track the usage to a >>>> particular site rather than just "somewhere in the park". >>>> >>>> On 6/11/2020 4:54 PM, Robert Andrews wrote: >>>>> As an "RVer" I will say that we are all set up for WiFi connections and >>>>> doing a hardwire would be something that we _never_ plan for. Don't >>>>> even carry and ethernet cable... >>>>> >>>>> On 06/11/2020 01:30 PM, Adam Moffett wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> If you run fiber to RV sites, what do you put in at the site? >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm imagining I'd end with a WiFi enabled ONT in a box, on a post next >>>>>> to their power and water hookups. I'd want the campers to be able to >>>>>> plug Ethernet in at the box if they have the wherewithal to do so. And >>>>>> if they don't then they have their own private WiFi right outside their >>>>>> RV. >>>>>> >>>>>> ....of course I could get little Hoffman boxes and put this together, >>>>>> but I'm betting someone must have made a product for this already. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> >>> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com>
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