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Product and software reviews as well as Certification topics, education resources for ISP-focused and network-focused readers. New Product launches
Radwin has announced a new interesting switch. Some highlights » 540W total PoE budget » 90Watt per PoE port » 4x PoE up to 2.5G » 2x combo ports up to 1G (PoE or SFP) » 2x 1G SFP ports » 2 x 10/1GbE uplink SFP + ports » Dual DC power input (redundancy) » … Read more
Recently my best friend installed some unifi access points in his home. We had ordered a 60W unifi switch, a couple of AP-LR, and a couple of AC-Lites. These were ordered and sat for several months until we could get around to installing them. Upon installation, the AC Lites were adopted and had to go … Read more
What’s new in 6.45.9 (2020-Apr-30 10:25): https://www.mikrotik.com/download *) chr – added support for file system quiescing; *) chr – enabled support for VMBus protocol version 4.1; *) chr – improved system stability when running CHR on Hyper-V; *) crs3xx – fixed frame forwarding after disabling/enabling bridge hardware offloading for CRS354-48G-4S+2Q+ device; *) crs3xx – fixed … Read more
I have been wanting to do some photos and thoughts on the Mikrotik SXTR-LTEs and other Mikrotik LTE products. I recently fired one up using dual sims. One is from Tmobile and one is from At&T. Verizon is pretty nonexistent in my area. I am about 2.5 miles away from a Tmobile tower and about … Read more
Some pictures of the RF elements A Symmetrical horn and it’s components.
One of the most asked questions which come up in the xISP world is “How do I learn this stuff?”. Depending on who you ask this could be a lengthy answer or a simple one-sentence answer. Before we answer the question, let’s dive into why the answer is complicated. In many enterprise environments, there … Read more
Let’s talk about how to get organized and get rid of those boxes of cables and other I.T. related stuff.
With all of the people working from home with the Covid-19 restrictions, I see the topic of multiple monitors come up quite often on Facebook discussions. If you are not a fan of having more than one monitor you need to listen to the following video. This is an excellent video on time management. If … Read more
Important notes Please update far end of a link before the near end Please refresh browser cache when logging into a v4.1.0 unit for the first time UNMS cannot upgrade airFiber firmware loaded with pre-beta8 firmware (i.e. -beta7, etc.) If you are upgrading from pre-v4.0 software, your password (after upgrade) will be the first 8 … Read more
System release 16.1 adds support for: • Proportional Scheduler This release introduces proportional scheduler that allocates resources to SMs proportional to their plan, even when traffic is congested • Auto Contention Slots This release introduces Auto Contention Slots that eliminates the need to configure optimal number of contention slots. When this feature is enabled, AP … Read more
I struggled with a title for this post for a bit. I am aiming this at those WISPs who have been in business a bit and are looking for those products to take them to the next level. Maybe you started on a shoestring budget and need to “step up your game”. Maybe you were … Read more