Getting the most out of your tower climbs
I have wanted to write this article for a while. When the topic is fresh in my mind, I am usually too tired from a day of climbing. By the time things get around, the lessons learned have escaped me. …
Using HomeBrew to install Mikrotik Winbox for m2 Mac
I recently upgraded to an Apple Macbook m2 from my intel based Mac. One thing I use regularly is Winbox. In order to install Winbox on an Apple Silicon Mac you simply need to follow these steps. The window resizing …
Harvestore WISP Install
Over the years many MidWestern WISPS have fashioned ways to use Harvestore silos for broadcast locations. With the help of one of our good clients, who did most of the work designing this, we were able to install a very …
Some WISP CPE grounding
A discussion which comes up over and over in the WISP space is grounding and proper installation of customer CPE. The folks at perfect-10 (https://www.perfect-10.tv/) were a vendor at #WISPAPALOOZA2018. One of the best things I have seen them in …
Water tower Install
A water tower install of a network box containing batteries and network gear for a Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) blog pinger
Geospatial Utility Infrastructure Data Exchange Procedural Guide
This guide is put out by the Michigan Department of Transportation. Some good useful stuff in here that applies to all fiber contractors. It’s a good quick read for those of you getting into fiber. You can skip over large …
Centos: DeltaRPM. What is it and do you need it?
Instead of downloading full packages for minor changes all the time, delta rpms were invented
Helpful Librenms commands for fixing broken installs
Librenms troubleshooting for broken and non-working installs.Fix your Librenms install
IOIO Box for WISP deployments
https://www.ioiobox.co/ IOIO box in mid-construction of a WISP site.