j2sw Blog (Packets Down Range)

Categories Network Operations

Wisps getting it done

Post author j2sw
Post date July 31, 2019

Several times a year, Paul Conlin barrels up a steep, wooded hillside in his mud-green Rhino SUV to the top of Rattlesnake Mountain above Hume, to perform maintenance on his equipment, which puts homes scattered in the valley below on the internet superhighway.

Categories Network Engineering Resources

j2 Podcast:5g hype, more bandwidth, preseem

Post author j2sw
Post date July 30, 2019

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:59 — 5.2MB)

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Hi this is Justin, it’s Tuesday July 30th 2019 and this is the ISP news you need to know.

Categories Network Operations

Some Friday photos

Post author j2sw
Post date July 26, 2019

Some tower photos and wireless equipment installs. Cambium 450 gear, jirous dish, mimosa 11ghz backhaul.

Categories Network Operations

Cambium cnPilot e430w 802.11ac first look

Post author j2sw
Post date July 25, 2019

This was originally posted on the MTIN blog at http://www.mtin.net/blog/cambium-cnpilot-e430w-802-11ac-first-look/ ISP Supplies has the updated version for $119 at https://www.ispsupplies.com/Cambium-Networks-PL-E430H00A-US Some photos of the Cambium cnPilot e430w 802.11ac wave 2 dual-band wi-fi wall plate access point. Some Features -802.11AC Wave …

Categories Network Operations

xISPs, especially WISPS, and their web-sites

Post author j2sw
Post date July 24, 2019

I wanted to take a few moments and talk about the WISP web-site. This is an often neglected area of your business. This really should not be the case. With all the talk of the younger generations not using the …

Categories Network Operations

Whats in the Cambium epmp f300-16 box

Post author j2sw
Post date July 23, 2019

Categories Network Engineering Resources

Mikrotik 6.45.2 is out

Post author j2sw
Post date July 22, 2019

What’s new in 6.45.2 (2019-Jul-17 10:04): RouterOS 6.45.2 is released. See for fixes.

Categories Internet Architecture Network Operations

How does BGP select routes?

Post author j2sw
Post date July 22, 2019

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