Re: [AFMUG] Security camera experience

2024-03-06 Thread Craig Baird
I do a lot of UniFi. Networks and cameras. I think you'll be fine with the G5 Pro and the Cloudkey. I usually prefer to use G4 cameras when they're outdoors, mostly due to the metal case, and my assumption that they'll be less susceptible to nearby lightning than the plastic cases on the G5s. But t

Re: [AFMUG] weird

2022-09-23 Thread Craig Baird
I got it. Craig On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 1:09 AM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > I forwarded an email from Jaime, but it is not showing up here... > > Best Regards, > Chuck McCown > > McCown Technology Corporation > 8401 N Commerce Dr > Lake Point, Utah 84074 > 801-250-9503 Office > 435-830-4306 C

Re: [AFMUG] 900 MHz PtP

2022-08-16 Thread Craig Baird
<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> > -- > *From:* AF on behalf of Craig Baird < > cr...@xpressweb.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 16, 2022 2:12:04 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* [AFMUG] 900 MHz PtP > > Is there a good so

[AFMUG] 900 MHz PtP

2022-08-15 Thread Craig Baird
Is there a good source for an inexpensive, but reliable 900 MHz PtP, solution these days? Looking for something for a client that needs a nLOS link. All I can find is Cambium 450, which seems crazy expensive for what I'm looking for. Back in my WISP days, I seem to recall you could throw together a

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Question for the Borg (Unifi AP-LR)

2022-08-02 Thread Craig Baird
I think if you download an old controller version from before the EOL, you can probably manage it. Go to: https://www.ui.com/download/unifi/ Scroll down past the "Firmware" section to the "Software" section. Below that, click the button that says "See Past Software". Controller versions there go

[AFMUG] Recommendation for cloud-hosted PBX

2022-06-15 Thread Craig Baird
I have a client that is moving his business from California to Utah, so I'm looking for a cloud-based hosted PBX system. We'll be porting his current number and a toll-free number to whatever service we choose. I've been looking at RingCentral, Ooma, 8x8, etc. Just wondering if anyone has experienc

Re: [AFMUG] UniFi migrate to cloud key

2022-05-04 Thread Craig Baird
You can either forget them and re-adopt on the cloud key or you can back up the old controller and restore it to the cloud key (they should both be running the same software version if you do that.) If you forget and re-adopt you’ll have to reconfigure everything. If you backup and restore, all the

Re: [AFMUG] POTS line over IP network?

2022-03-05 Thread Craig Baird
ompany/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > --

Re: [AFMUG] POTS line over IP network?

2022-03-05 Thread Craig Baird
to > improve data connectivity and then use the CAT6 for the phone line? > > > > Thank you, > > Brian Webster > > www.wirelessmapping.com > > > > *From:* AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Craig Baird > *Sent:* Friday, March 4, 2022 11:02

Re: [AFMUG] POTS line over IP network?

2022-03-05 Thread Craig Baird
3000) and then an ATA at >>>> the other end. >>>> >>>> I don’t think that feature set survived the transition to Cisco…..I’m >>>> afraid I don’t know the modern equivalent. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Adtran Tot

Re: [AFMUG] POTS line over IP network?

2022-03-04 Thread Craig Baird
Adtran Total Access can do that too, but that’s an expensive solution for > a gift shop. > > > > Asterisk boxes with an FXO card on one end and FXS card on the other…..a > little creativity with the dialplan and you’re off to the races. That > might be cheap enough, but this may not

Re: [AFMUG] POTS line over IP network?

2022-03-04 Thread Craig Baird
gt; Asterisk boxes with an FXO card on one end and FXS card on the other…..a >> little creativity with the dialplan and you’re off to the races. That >> might be cheap enough, but this may not be practical for everyone. I’m >> pretty certain it would work, it would just burn a lot of yo

Re: [AFMUG] POTS line over IP network?

2022-03-04 Thread Craig Baird
pensive solution >>> for a gift shop. >>> >>> >>> >>> Asterisk boxes with an FXO card on one end and FXS card on the other…..a >>> little creativity with the dialplan and you’re off to the races. That >>> might be cheap enough, but this may not be practical for ever

Re: [AFMUG] POTS line over IP network?

2022-03-04 Thread Craig Baird
t;>> Adtran Total Access can do that too, but that’s an expensive solution >>> for a gift shop. >>> >>> >>> >>> Asterisk boxes with an FXO card on one end and FXS card on the other…..a >>> little creativity with the dialplan

Re: [AFMUG] POTS line over IP network?

2022-03-04 Thread Craig Baird
gt; Adtran Total Access can do that too, but that’s an expensive solution for >> a gift shop. >> >> >> >> Asterisk boxes with an FXO card on one end and FXS card on the other…..a >> little creativity with the dialplan and you’re off to the races. That >>

[AFMUG] POTS line over IP network?

2022-03-03 Thread Craig Baird
Is anyone aware of a device that will take a POTS line from the telco, convert it to IP, and then somewhere on the network convert it back into a normal analog POTs line to plug into an analog handset? Basically, I have a customer who owns a gift shop. They have a restaurant in a separate building

Re: [AFMUG] Motivated Perception/Confirmation Bias Term in Tech

2022-01-31 Thread Craig Baird
Sorry, can't tell you the name for it, but I experienced this very thing in a major way when my partner and I sold our WISP back in 2014. We sold it to the local telco, which had a less than stellar reputation at the time. We announced the pending sale to our customer base probably a month or so be

Re: [AFMUG] TP Link GPON

2022-01-13 Thread Craig Baird
A while ago, I got to play with some TP-Link PtP gear that a customer had bought. Hardware seemed very similar to UBNT Airmax stuff. And the software was eerily similar to the older Airmax GUI. I wondered if there was some sort of OEM agreement going, or if TP-Link is just playing copycat. I presum

Re: [AFMUG] AWS issues?

2021-12-15 Thread Craig Baird
Yep. Major AWS outage this morning--west coast from what I've been able to see. I know UniFi portal was down, as was Calix Cloud. I have a few hotel customers who lost their cloud based property management systems. Still seems mostly down at the moment. Stuff is bouncing in UniFi portal. Craig O

[AFMUG] UPC/APC Fiber adapters

2021-11-17 Thread Craig Baird
So, I just want to verify an assumption I've made. I know the difference between UPC and APC connectors. You can't use one with the other and have it work out well. I get that. My question has to do with adapters (couplers like an SC to SC adapter) that you would have on, say, a patch panel. Is the

Re: [AFMUG] Wireless Wire Dish @ 1km

2021-02-22 Thread Craig Baird via AF
hey don't need to be terribly >> precise... it's not at all like trying to align something like the >> Ignitenets. >> >> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 9:20 AM Craig Baird wrote: >> >>> I'm wondering if any of you have pointers for aligning these things

Re: [AFMUG] Wireless Wire Dish @ 1km

2021-02-22 Thread Craig Baird
good the gear is I wont buy another. I >> dont like staff having to use angle grinders in field. >> >> On Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 3:45 PM Craig Baird wrote: >> >>> Guessing when you say the new Mikrotik variant, you're talking about the >>> nRay. I just

Re: [AFMUG] Wireless Wire Dish @ 1km

2021-02-20 Thread Craig Baird
at 6:34 PM Steve Jones wrote: > Did you use 320? Are they as bad as those at seizing? > If it's like that I dont care how good the gear is I wont buy another. I > dont like staff having to use angle grinders in field. > > On Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 3:45 PM Craig Baird wrote: >

Re: [AFMUG] DHCPatriot

2021-02-20 Thread Craig Baird
The telco I sold my WISP to used it as well. I always wondered why, but never asked. I just assumed it was one of those "If it's free, it can't be good" decisions made by a pointy-haired boss. I just checked into their website. There's a chart there on the home page that shows how obviously awesome

Re: [AFMUG] Wireless Wire Dish @ 1km

2021-02-20 Thread Craig Baird
Guessing when you say the new Mikrotik variant, you're talking about the nRay. I just picked up a pair of those for a link of about 250 ft. One issue I had with them is that the mount is all stainless steel hardware, and about 10 minutes after slightly tightening everything up, I found all the nuts

[AFMUG] UBNT GPS

2020-08-26 Thread Craig Baird
So I've been out of the WISP business for a few years now, but I have a project where I'm considering using some UBNT gear. I'm wondering if the new GPS sync gear is decent. From what I've read, they've fixed the issues that were present years ago in their first sync attempt. Specifically, I'm con

Re: [AFMUG] a basic question

2020-08-26 Thread Craig Baird
Multiple NICs? Maybe get a USB ethernet dongle for the laptop. Also, if you can access your internal networks via WiFi, that would fix that issue. Of course, this all assumes that your various IP subnets don't conflict or overlap in any way. Craig On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 9:35 AM Jim Bouse [Brazo

Re: [AFMUG] OT Hand Hole Surprise

2020-06-29 Thread Craig Baird
When I was a kid, I used to catch gopher snakes all the time, along with garter snakes, king snakes, lizards, frogs, toads, etc. I would put them in an ice cream bucket for transport home. I recall one day catching a gopher snake and upon getting it home I started to remove the lid from the bucket.

Re: [AFMUG] OT Hand Hole Surprise

2020-06-24 Thread Craig Baird
Without seeing the head, I can't be sure, but my guess is Gopher Snake / Bull Snake / Blow Snake. They're all the same. They like to act like rattlers, but they're harmless. Craig On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 6:43 PM Jaime Solorza wrote: > Hope you didn't kill it...good size.. > > On Wed, Jun 24,

Re: [AFMUG] OT: virus anomalies

2020-03-20 Thread Craig Baird
Based on recent experience, I don't think the published infection rates are anywhere close to accurate. Why do I say that? My 10 yo. daughter came down with something yesterday morning. She came in our bedroom coughing, wheezing and short of breath. She had a low-grade fever around 100. We hav

Re: [AFMUG] OT prepping

2020-03-04 Thread Craig Baird
My daughter went to Disneyland last week for a few days with her high school music department. She came down sick on the 8-hour bus ride home. Flu-like symptoms, and it came on quite suddenly, which made us think flu. We took her to the doctor. He ran flu and strep tests. Both were negative. He

Re: [AFMUG] OT saw a wreck yesterday

2019-08-30 Thread Craig Baird
Came across a similar thing last Sunday. Drove past a wreck where a pickup truck was upside-down about 100 feet off the highway. Later found out that there were three vehicles in a line. Second vehicle was a U-Haul. Last vehicle was this pickup. The pickup pulled out to pass. While it was alo