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Some Towers under 200’ now need to be marked
Some points from the news article. Communications towers have the option is the key for you WISP friends. New FAA regulations require landowners to mark any towers between 50′ and 200′ on their property, as well as include the towers in a new database the FAA is developing. The new requirements are due to provisions in the … Read more
Tool of the week: Rf Explorer
RF Explorer – ISM Combo and Handheld Spectrum Analyzer 240 – 960 MHz and 2.35 – 2.55 GHz https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H4B9A0E/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_PlLiDbYF7E5WQ Wide band coverage to all popular sub-1Ghz ISM bands and 2.4GHz band, including 315MHz, 433MHz, 868MHzand 915MHz, 2.4GHz WiFi, Zigbee, also including UHF TV, 70cm and 33cm HAM radio, GSM, etc. Any frequency from 240MHzto 960MHz … Read more
Stealth small cell deployment
Small cell stealth deployment painted to blend in with downtown Indianapolis. #packetsdownrange #smallcell
Preseem releases access point paper
https://www.preseem.com/2019/06/wireless-access-point-market-insights/ Unlike spec sheets from manufacturers, Preseem collects real-world data from access points in all kinds of deployments and analyzes statistics at a top level to offer valuable insights. So, as part of our Fixed Wireless Network Report, we calculated wireless access point market insights on market share, connected subscriber count, performance on QoE metrics … Read more
Three Spacelink Satellites just floating
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7200885/SpaceX-loses-control-three-Starlink-internet-satellites-just-WEEKS-launch.html SpaceX has lost contact with three satellites in its new Starlink orbiting network, with the errant craft now destined to fall out of orbit and burn up in the atmosphere. Granted, they launched 60 satellites and only three have been lost so far. That is a 5% failure rate so far.
Comcast is pushing for broadband mapping changes
Comcast met with FCC officials last week to urge them to adopt NCTA-The Internet & Television Association’s proposal to use polygon shapefiles
Another BGP blunder.but not THAT one
Recently, there has been much talk about the Cloudflare BGP blunder and others. But did you know there was one involving the entire /12 of IPV6 space
Dot1x in Routeros 6.45.1
Some of you may have noticed a new menu item pop up in winbox labeled dot1x Dot1x is implementation of IEEE 802.1X standard in RouterOS. Main purpose is to provide port-based network access control using EAP over LAN also known as EAPOL. 802.1X consists of a supplicant, an authenticator and an authentication server (RADIUS server). … Read more
Ubnt NVR upgrade woes
The guys over at ISP Supplies publishes a blog post on some issues with Ubiquiti NVR updates and solutions to the problems. https://www.ispsupplies.com/blog/ubiquiti-unifi-video-nvr-upgrade-fails #packetsdownrange #routingrf