I would also mention that Ubiquity (vendor of a lot of wireless gear) has an excellent (active and friendly) community forum. There are a number of posts on there from people in similar positions. You might give it a shot:
http://community.ubnt.com/ I do not work for Ubiquity nor do I have any material interest in the company. Mike Michael Studniberg, P.Eng Government of Ontario michael.studnib...@ontario.ca Office: (416) 212-6176 Mobile: (416) 884-1650 -----Original Message----- From: Mark Radabaugh [mailto:m...@amplex.net] Sent: October 20, 2013 9:20 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: In Over My Head -- What do I need to setup a tiny ISP? Much of the 'new' activity in ISP's is in wireless last mile. WISPA is a trade organization with several mailing lists where the topics you mention are discussed on a regular basis and new ISP questions are not unusual (http://www.wispa.org/mailing-lists). The archives of the general mailing list are a good place to start. You do not have to join WISPA to subscribe to the mailing list or to see the archives. Mark On 10/19/13 3:57 PM, Notify Me wrote: > Hi, > > Please allow me to apologize profusely if my post is offensive, or in error. > I have been lurking on this list watching and learning from all the > great posts here and am in awe of everyone here. I can only hope one > day to be as knowledgeable as anyone on this list. > > That being said, some people who have a lot more faith in my abilities > than I do seem to think I am the go-to guy for network information. > And they foolishly asked me for assistance in putting together a small > ISP network which is supposed to cater for home users inside of a > residential area, very likely wireless (wifi/WIMAX). > > I have no idea what the nuts and bolts of this kind of setup are. All > I have in my toolbox are some hastily learnt CCNA lingo, a good > knowledge of networks, system and network admin experience, and a deep > love of open source software. > > I'm hoping the great gurus on this site can advise me on what needs to > be put together ( infrastructure, AAA, billing, etc) for this to run? > > I confess I am really interested in helping my questioners put this > together, not just for whatever material gain (which is unlikely at > this point), but just for the experience which is very valuable to me. > I also have to state that I live in Nigeria, so whatever advice you > offer has to be fourth-world applicable. > > I humbly await your kind responses, and I apologize once again if I am > in error. > > Thanks for listening! -- Mark Radabaugh Amplex m...@amplex.net 419.837.5015
