Justin’s List of xISP vendors and resources
I have been working on this list for a while. The following are vendors, manufacturers, and various companies I have dealt with in my career as an ISP owner and consultant. This is not a complete list by any means. …
Opinions on Versitron SG162147M switch?
Has anyone used one of these switches?https://www.versitron.com/product/all-fiber-switches/SG162147M-16port-101001000-fiber-optic-switch-sfp-technology-1g10g-management-features Their sales staff has been very helpful. I have not come across a switch manufacturer that has had no software updates to their product. I asked about firmware and software updates and they …
Photo Sunday
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ISPs and vacation..yes you can get away
Let’s face it, if you are an owner, sysadmin, network admin, or whatever in a small to medium Internet Service Provider vacations can be a troublesome thing to accomplish. Getting away for a conference or training can be a huge …
WISPs: IPv6 is the answer to some of your issues
Many Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs), especially newer startups, struggle with nat issues and having enough public Ip addresses to go around. Invariably, you start running into double nat issues pretty quickly. Then you get the dreaded gamer call: Many …
Some Mikrotik SXT photos and first thoughts.
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 …
Podcast: Atheral, VOIP and communication “stuff”
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Recently I sat down and did a podcast with Daniel White of Atheral (https://atheral.co/). We talked about how WISPS can use VOIP to prevent overbuilding, Unified communications, and some of the forms and procedures for getting started with VOIP. If …
Atheral recommended 499 fillng help
Our friends over at Atheral have some companies to hello you with your 499 filings.
How to create a viewshed in Cambium Linkplanner 5.3.0
Viewsheds are a feature present in the Online Map (using V5.3.0 or later), which indicate all the locations in the area surrounding a chosen place that are considered to be Line-of-Sight for a given tower height and subscriber height. https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t5/LINKPlanner/How-to-Create-a-Viewshed/m-p/116297
Zero touch wisp install
Customer Ethernet plugs in inside with the poe injector. No outlets needed outside. This is just stuff I had laying around. A HEX poe would be the new model of mikrotik to make this work. Will power cambium CPE okay.