Re: [AFMUG] Proposed Licensed Link Potential Conflict

commsearch protection service is relatively inexpensive. We got with them because they happened to reach out to us on one that we would not have been aware of. Worth the nominal fee. Then things like this arent a question for you to think about On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 10:22 PM wrote: > Thank y

Re: [AFMUG] When to consider 450M?

> The biggest win in the 450M department is the vast improvement in the SNR > incoming to the AP. We are looking at updating a 5ghz PMP450i 90 degree AP with a 450m based not so much on customer count but rather rereg count and noise. I assume the 450m will help in that department as well? -- A

Re: [AFMUG] Tower rebuild

> Strange, I have both 450i and 450m running gigabit with no errors. Using > “Cambium sync” though. > How long are your cat-5 runs? -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Tower rebuild

Depending on the tower, between 100 and 328 feet, a bunch of them are at or near the 328 ft limit. -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Matt Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 8:38 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tower rebuild > Strange, I have both 450i and

Re: [AFMUG] When to consider 450M?

Yes, uplink mumimo FTW!  We see 4-8 db increase in rssi Gino Villarini Founder/President@gvillarinit: 787.273.4143 Ext. 204 m:           www.aeronetpr.com | Metro Office Park #18 Suite 304 Guaynabo, PR 00968 On 6/20/19, 9:35 AM, "AF on behalf of Mat

Re: [AFMUG] Proposed Licensed Link Potential Conflict

+1. We used them when we had almost a hundred links. I think it only cost about $1000 a year for them to monitor all of them. I used to spend hours every week combing through all the Verizon, Sprint, AT&T and everyone elses filings. After that I never had to look at it again. On one occasion I reme

Re: [AFMUG] When to consider 450M?

450b SMs will also help uplink due to their higher xmt power. At the expense of 1-2 dB of antenna gain compared to a reflector dish, which could hurt downlink. From: AF On Behalf Of Gino A. Villarini Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 8:59 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFM

Re: [AFMUG] When to consider 450M?

Conn. 450b is coming so you can add a 2ft dish too From: AF on behalf of Ken Hohhof Reply-To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Date: Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 11:12 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] When to consider 450M? 450b SMs will also help uplink due to the

Re: [AFMUG] Tower rebuild

I believe it is a ground noise situation. Forrest may have further insight. -Original Message- From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 7:55 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tower rebuild Depending on the tower, between 100 and 328 feet, a bunch of

Re: [AFMUG] When to consider 450M?

Seems to be a secret at Cambium. From: AF On Behalf Of Gino A. Villarini Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 10:22 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] When to consider 450M? Conn. 450b is coming so you can add a 2ft dish too From: AF mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>

Re: [AFMUG] Tower rebuild

I take it there's no need for a GDT-only version of the GIGE-APC-POE? -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 10:28 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tower rebuild I believe it is a ground noise situation. Forrest

Re: [AFMUG] Tower rebuild

https://www.mccowntech.com/product/rack-mount-poe-injector-gas-discharge-tube-surge-protector-copy/ -Original Message- From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 10:02 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tower rebuild I take it there's no need for a GDT-o

[AFMUG] uptime monitoring

I am at the mercy of another service provider at a couple of sites. Lately they have been having big problems on their fiber system. What is the best cheap and dirty program to just continually ping something and make a graph? I attempted to do a trial of whatsup gold but it had a freaking hu

Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring

Pingplotter -- Original Message -- From: "Chuck McCown" To: af@af.afmug.com Sent: 6/20/2019 11:42:42 AM Subject: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring I am at the mercy of another service provider at a couple of sites. Lately they have been having big problems on their fiber system. What is the

Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring

Still $39... There has to be a freebie somewhere. From: Simon Westlake Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 10:46 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring Pingplotter -- Original Message -- From: "Chuck McCown" To: af@af.afmug.com Sent: 6/20/2019 11:4

Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring

does ping plotter still exist? On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 11:43 AM Chuck McCown wrote: > I am at the mercy of another service provider at a couple of sites. > Lately they have been having big problems on their fiber system. > > What is the best cheap and dirty program to just continually ping > som

Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring

SmokePing is free. > On Jun 20, 2019, at 10:50 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: > > Still $39... There has to be a freebie somewhere. > > From: Simon Westlake <> > Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 10:46 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring > > Pingp

Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring

I remember that name. Thanks. From: Cassidy B. Larson Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 10:52 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring SmokePing is free. On Jun 20, 2019, at 10:50 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: Still $39... There has to be a freebie som

Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring

Is there a windows version? From: Cassidy B. Larson Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 10:52 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring SmokePing is free. On Jun 20, 2019, at 10:50 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: Still $39... There has to be a freebie somewh

Re: [AFMUG] Tower rebuild

Oh, that's very different. Never mind. -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 11:10 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Tower rebuild https://www.mccowntech.com/product/rack-mount-poe-injector-gas-discharge-tube-su

Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring

PRTG free version lets you monitor up to 100 sensors. Needs Windows though. https://www.paessler.com/howto-free-network-monitoring From: AF On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 11:43 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring I am at the mercy of anot

Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring

I used to use it all the time for SNMP stuff. Didn’t think about using it for simple ICMP. From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 11:01 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring PRTG free version lets you monitor up to 100 sensors. Needs Windows

Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring

Linux smokeping... On 06/20/2019 09:46 AM, Simon Westlake wrote: Pingplotter -- Original Message -- From: "Chuck McCown" mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> To: af@af.afmug.com Sent: 6/20/2019 11:42:42 AM Subject: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring I am at the mercy of another se

Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring

Ping Plotter On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 12:43 PM Chuck McCown wrote: > I am at the mercy of another service provider at a couple of sites. > Lately they have been having big problems on their fiber system. > > What is the best cheap and dirty program to just continually ping > something and make a

Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring

Smokeping? On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 10:43 AM Chuck McCown wrote: > I am at the mercy of another service provider at a couple of sites. > Lately they have been having big problems on their fiber system. > > What is the best cheap and dirty program to just continually ping > something and make a gr

Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring

PRTG is free for 100 sensors. On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 9:43 AM Chuck McCown wrote: > I am at the mercy of another service provider at a couple of sites. > Lately they have been having big problems on their fiber system. > > What is the best cheap and dirty program to just continually ping > somet

Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring

Uptime robot, it costs but not much. Pretty interface and looks super nice. Will give you a dashboard via web just like https://status.linktechs.net .. I think we pay less than 10 bucks a month or something like that. [LTI-Full_175px] Dennis Burgess, Mikrotik Certified Trainer MTCNA, MTCRE,

Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring

If its on a fiber Ethernet system I would buy some older accedian metronids and put on either end. You can easily find them on ebay for ~$100 you can set up oam reporting on them. It will give you much more detail than a ping as you can set it up to set so many packets every x ms and it will tr

Re: [AFMUG] UPS and DC to DC conversion

So what’s the Traco parts list for that? I don’t do this stuff normally, so excited to get started and try it out. If I’m pushing 48v up top to a roof, what’s the voltage drop? I assume these DC units can somehow be tweaked so that output can accommodate for voltage drop. What size wire is eve

[AFMUG] Marketing Question

Alright, looking for wording ideas on an ad I’m doing!!! I’m redoing a billboard right by an intersection in a small town that is getting a stop light. I’m thinking of spinning the cities disdain for this light into an ad. Something like, ‘No red lights from us, unlimited high speed, no data

Re: [AFMUG] UPS and DC to DC conversion

All depends on the current. From: Sterling Jacobson Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 1:46 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] UPS and DC to DC conversion So what’s the Traco parts list for that? I don’t do this stuff normally, so excited to get started and try it out.

Re: [AFMUG] Marketing Question

Better dead than red? From: Ben Royer Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 1:53 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: [AFMUG] Marketing Question Alright, looking for wording ideas on an ad I’m doing!!! I’m redoing a billboard right by an intersection in a small town that is getting a stop

Re: [AFMUG] UPS and DC to DC conversion

Our typical setup medium sized sites is: Traco TSP-360-148 (360W @ 48V) Traco TSP-BCM48A (we usually put a string of 4 12-33ah 12V batteries on these) For very small sites, where we only need (or can fit) 1 12V battery, but still require 48VDC, we do: Meanwell SDR-240-48 Traco TSP-BCMU (good for

Re: [AFMUG] UPS and DC to DC conversion

Awesome info, thanks!! Where are you getting the Shireen hybrid fiber cable and what is the part number for that? Definitely need that. From: AF On Behalf Of Josh Baird Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 1:58 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] UPS and DC to DC conversion

Re: [AFMUG] Marketing Question

embedding in local politics sometimes has less than positive effects. On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 2:58 PM wrote: > Better dead than red? > > *From:* Ben Royer > *Sent:* Thursday, June 20, 2019 1:53 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Marketing Question > > Alright, looki

Re: [AFMUG] UPS and DC to DC conversion

We either get pre-terminated Commscope cable from Best-tronics (just call them!) or Shireen hybrid cable from Streakwave, etc. On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 4:06 PM Sterling Jacobson wrote: > Awesome info, thanks!! > > > > Where are you getting the Shireen hybrid fiber cable and what is the part > num

Re: [AFMUG] akamai contact

Just an update on this. I have isolated the IP address. I have confirmed that something on his system is requesting the data. TCP/443. I have blocked all packets leaving his system going to that IP address. That has stopped the download of course, but it is continuously

Re: [AFMUG] Marketing Question

The nice thing is it’s not local. it’s a State Highway, and the local government, that of which I’m a part of, doesn’t like the light either! lol. It’s a town of 4,500 people getting a stop light on an intersection that doesn’t need one... but the State wanted one there apparently. Thank y

Re: [AFMUG] akamai contact

probably hacked. Isolate it. factory reset it, FW update it manually.factory reset it again On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 3:16 PM Mark - Myakka Technologies wrote: > Just an update on this. I have isolated the IP address. I have > confirmed that something on his system is requesting th

Re: [AFMUG] UPS and DC to DC conversion

Ok. I can terminate, but am interested in how Best-tronics delivers their pre-terminated cable. Does it have weather rated terminated SMF LC UPC style? That would be nice for SMF bidi. From: AF On Behalf Of Josh Baird Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 2:10 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group

Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring

i bought perpetual Multiping. I use it quite often, you can control the polled stuff a little better. its got a trial, but its so cheap its worth just buying it for the data collection On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 2:06 PM Trey Scarborough wrote: > If its on a fiber Ethernet system I would buy some ol

[AFMUG] Looking for unusual splice case

Continuing with my 'new' model POP/Tower distro. I need an unusual splice case or solution to tower/roof terminate Shireen SFP-1246 that has 4 C SMF fiber, 2 C 12 AWG and shielded Cat6 Ethernet. It would be best if I could mount it to a J arm, feed in the Shireen, and be able to pull out up to

Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring

Title: Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring Steve, OK just for shits and giggles I typed in the bad ip address https://72.246.60.96 and got this from my browser "Websites prove their identity via certificates. Firefox does not trust this site because it uses a certificate that is not valid for 72.246.

Re: [AFMUG] akamai contact

Title: Re: [AFMUG] akamai contact Steve, OK just for shits and giggles I typed in the bad ip address https://72.246.60.96 and got this from my browser "Websites prove their identity via certificates. Firefox does not trust this site because it uses a certificate that is not valid for 72.246.60.

Re: [AFMUG] akamai contact

If customer had a managed router from you, this would be simple, you could look remotely at the connection tracking or NAT translation table along with the DHCP hosts list and determine which device on the LAN is sending traffic to that Akamai IP address. Or you could set a firewall rule and lo

Re: [AFMUG] akamai contact

Title: Re: [AFMUG] akamai contact Ken, You of all people know it is my problem because I'm the ISP.  Everything is my problem.  Also, it appears that the netgear traffic monitor doesn't count it's own traffic.  While it is merrily going it's way downloading almost 1G/hour, if fails to reflect th

Re: [AFMUG] Looking for unusual splice case

Actually I think I'll just use these items from FS.com Splice case for DFP-1246#35858 LC duplex #76105 Cabinet side splice case for DFP-1246 #18013 1m Outdoor LC to LC SMF outdoor cable#40384 That should get me the splice case for outdoor/roof/towe

Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring

Multiping is great for this. www.multiping.com Adam From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 9:43 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring I am at the mercy of another service provi

Re: [AFMUG] Looking for unusual splice case

I don't think the #40384 is an actual outdoor cable.  I was asking FS For outdoor cables, and they said that only the custom length indoor/outdoor cables are outdoor rated. On 6/20/2019 4:48 PM, Sterling Jacobson wrote: Actually I think I’ll just use these items from FS.com Splice case for D

Re: [AFMUG] Looking for unusual splice case

Yeah, that might be right. Really just need to make sure it's going to survive the winter/summer cycles, both ends will be protected. Not sure where to get 1m or 2m patch cables like these then unless I do order custom? Seems like some vendor should have something like this in stock. From: A

Re: [AFMUG] Looking for unusual splice case

FS Used to sell them, but stopped.  They were really nice. On 6/20/2019 5:46 PM, Sterling Jacobson wrote: Yeah, that might be right. Really just need to make sure it’s going to survive the winter/summer cycles, both ends will be protected. Not sure where to get 1m or 2m patch cables like th

Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring

Smokeping. Set the pings and step to 60. One ping every second. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Chuck McCown" To: af@af.afmug.com Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 11:42:42 AM Subject