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Topics Discussed<\/p>\n
TP-Link\u2019s low pricing and rapid market growth<\/p>\n
Omada compared with Ubiquiti and MikroTik<\/p>\n
Concerns about surveillance, telemetry, and hardware backdoors<\/p>\n
Critical Ubiquiti vulnerabilities and firmware updates<\/p>\n
Using test equipment and canary sites before fleet-wide upgrades<\/p>\n
A MikroTik Option 82 change that disrupted ISP subscribers<\/p>\n
Staged automation and batching with Ansible<\/p>\n
The danger of unnecessary production tinkering<\/p>\n
MikroTik CRS418 routing, switching, PoE, and small-office use cases<\/p>\n
Zyxel outdoor Wi-Fi 7 and 6 GHz wireless equipment<\/p>\n
Automated Frequency Coordination for outdoor 6 GHz deployments<\/p>\n
What happens when an AFC service cannot be reached<\/p>\n
Meshtastic, LoRa, and off-grid text communication<\/p>\n
Tower-mounted and solar-powered Meshtastic nodes<\/p>\n
Encrypted private channels and QR-code configuration<\/p>\n
MQTT gateways and internet-connected mesh networks<\/p>\n
Weather, environmental, health, and infrastructure telemetry<\/p>\n
Network congestion, channel widths, and message hop limits<\/p>\n
Meshtastic at conferences and WISPAPALOOZA<\/p>\n
Pirate radio and FCC enforcement<\/p>\n
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Greg\u2019s website: gregsowell.com<\/p>\n
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Dale can be found on LinkedIn, in the Little Brothers WISP Slack community, or at driley@pinecone.fun.<\/p>\n
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Chad find at TBW Slack.<\/p>\n
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Join the patron-only Slack at http:\/\/patreon.com\/thebrotherswisp<\/p>\n
Contact us at contactus (at) thebrotherswisp.com<\/p>\n
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http:\/\/TheBrothersWISP.com<\/p>\n
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YouTube Chapters<\/p>\n
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00:00 Welcome to Episode 194<\/p>\n
00:44 Meet Dale Riley<\/p>\n
01:24 Why Is TP-Link Equipment So Inexpensive?<\/p>\n
06:36 Surveillance, Telemetry, and Hardware Backdoors<\/p>\n
10:08 Critical Ubiquiti Vulnerabilities<\/p>\n
11:03 Firmware Problems and Canary Deployments<\/p>\n
12:44 The MikroTik Option 82 ISP Outage<\/p>\n
15:00 Safer Network Updates with Ansible Batching<\/p>\n
16:16 When Constant Tinkering Causes Outages<\/p>\n
17:44 Examining the MikroTik CRS418<\/p>\n
24:13 Zyxel Outdoor 6 GHz Equipment<\/p>\n
25:20 How Automated Frequency Coordination Works<\/p>\n
28:38 Zyxel Wi-Fi 7 and Dual-Band Failover<\/p>\n
33:55 What Is Meshtastic?<\/p>\n
40:18 Tower Nodes, Repeaters, and Solar Deployments<\/p>\n
42:14 Meshtastic Channels and Encryption<\/p>\n
45:18 Telemetry and Industrial Applications<\/p>\n
49:00 Coverage Maps, MQTT, and Internet Gateways<\/p>\n
50:30 Weather Balloons and Long-Distance Messages<\/p>\n
51:10 Congestion and Meshtastic Capacity<\/p>\n
52:13 Ephemeral Messages and Hop Limits<\/p>\n
54:00 Sending Meshtastic Messages from Airplanes<\/p>\n
57:54 LoRa Channel Widths and 900 MHz Interference<\/p>\n
60:34 Meshtastic at WISPAPALOOZA<\/p>\n
61:56 Pirate Radio and Radio Monitoring<\/p>\n
62:28 Chad\u2019s Visit from the FCC<\/p>\n
65:42 Final Thoughts<\/p>\n
66:10 Where to Find Chad and Dale<\/p>\n