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The CellVFL – Cell Phone Fiber Visual Fault Locator
So occasionally I’ll hit a site where the documentation sucks or is just plain nonexistent. I’ll walk up to the fiber panel and I won’t have a clue which port is which. One of the quickest ways to verify fiber is via a VFL. Basically, you shine light down one end of the fiber, then…
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TheBrothersWISP 40 – Licensed Backhaul List, DWDM vs CWDM Pricing, Fiberstore Switches
Tomas and Greg shoot the poop in a quick and dirty episode. We talk about : Licensed backhaul comparrison Upcoming Licensed Link show Unimus adds Telnet – “I told you so” Jimmy puts an AP on his drone for site surveys Anyone use Radwin PTMP? DWDM cheaper than CWDM at fs.com – CWDM 80km 10G…
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TheBrothersWISP 39 – Mikrotik Gear, UCRM, pCells
This week we only have the best looking brothers: Cox, Miller, and the fairest of them all Greg. We talk about: Unimus 1.1.1 portal update Chinog07 in May NANOG69 – DC – Feb 6-8 Mikrotik cAP Lite – 2 cases w/ 3d print files Mikrotik CSS326 – 24XG 2X10Gb – SwOS Mikrotik CRS106 UCRM pCells…
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TheBrothersWISP 38 – Hardware Catchup – Mimosa, Mikrotik, Ubiquiti
Wow, has it been a while…we’ve MISSED TWO SHOWS!!! Some of you even noticed 🙂 Greg, Andrew COX(sorry about the slip sir), Tomas, Miller, and Mike play catchup for the last month of videos. There’s a lot of hardware chat, get some. This week we chat about: WISPAmerica 2017 – Memphis Midwest-IX STL and new…
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Mikrotik Newsletter 74
You can find the PDF Here. A new design on the hAP ac lite called “the tower”. • Dual chain wireless 802.11n 2.4GHz • Single chain wireless 802.11ac 5GHz • 650MHz CPU • 64MB of RAM • Five x 10/100Mbps Ethernet ports • Passive PoE output on port 5 • USB port for 3G/4G modem…
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TheBrothersWISP 37 – London MUM 2016, Hardware, Mikrotik Bugs, INOG/IPv6
Greg, Mike, Tomas, and Tom ramble about a lot of things…we inadvertently spend a lot of time musing over Mikrotik and the mysterious version 7. This week we chat about: Unimus was at London MUM – update us CCR1009 hardware change-no switchchip/more throughput hAP lite new design/color wAP Lte Cavium chips (better CCRs?) EdgeMax SFP+…
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TheBrothersWISP 36 – Telecom Mergers, Hidden System Accounts, Brocade, hEX
This week has Greg, Mike, and Tomas(just before he caught a flight), doing a little news updating. We spoke a lot about telecom providers acquiring each other, and why we think it may be happening(spoiler alert, we complain about it hehe). We also talk a little about hardware and security. Topics include: Trango hidden root…