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Mikrotik Adds Background Scan for Wireless
I just notice today that beginning with Mikrotik version 6.35, the availability of Background Scan on the wireless interface. Fro mthe wiki: "The scan command allows you to see available AP's in the frequency range defined in the scan-list. Using the scan command the...
MikroTik dual boot lets you choose between SwOS and RouterOS
Beginning with MikroTik CRS3xx series due this summer, you will have the opportunity to choose which operating system you prefer to use, RouterOS or SwOS. If you prefer to have a simplified switch only OS with more switch specific features, use SwOS. If you are used...
Mimosa Training at ISP Supplies
You're invited to a Lunch & Learn with Mimosa! Mimosa and ISP Supplies are on a mission to bring incredible speeds to the wireless ISP market. Please join us for lunch, as we share Mimosa’s vision, updates on Mimosa’s fiber-fast capabilities including backhaul...
Using Baicells UE’s with Telrad Base Stations
Will Baicells UE's work with Telrad eNodeB's? We have been asked will this work several times and the answer is yes. We tested this today using a Telrad eNodeB on the EPC2020 and yes it works, with one caveat. You have to set the MTU down to 1436 to make it work....
ISP Supplies Has Acquired the Assets of Titan Wireless
We are proud to announce that ISP Supplies has acquired the assets of Titan Wireless of Round Rock, Texas. You can read more HERE
Cloning MikroTik Routers, Quick and Easy
If you are wanting to configure multiple MikroTik routers with the same configuration, or to copy a config from one router to another, the best way is to use an export. The export command dumps all of the configuration commands you added to a router to a text file...
How FCC Part 15 Rules Will Affect MikroTik Wireless
For operators using MikroTik wireless, careful attention should be payed to the the new series of products being released. In particular, I am talking about anything with -US in the model number. I think some background is in order. The Federal regulations dealing...
Why LTE? An Explanation Even Yours Investors Will Understand
This is a repost of an email from Patrick Leary, President of Bai Cells, North America. Well said Patrick! Baicells Technologies is offering LTE at a value that blows away the entrenched myths that LTE is too expensive for WISPs and other small operators, such as...
Using rsync to Move UniFi-Video to Different Linux Server
This one caught me by surprise so I wanted to share. I was moving a unifi-video server from one machine to another. The best way to do this is to first install the unifi-video software using the instructions Ubiquiti provides. Then, use rsync to copy your old data...
PMTU and MSS Discovery Issues Resolved with MikroTik
Today I took a support call from a customer who was having strange issues with their TDS Cable modem service. Http pages would load fine but https pages had broken images, broken style sheets or would not load at all. Itunes was flaky, apps using https were flaky....
SimPro – Manage Your Telrad UE’s and SIMs With Ease
Stacks of SIM cards, spreadsheets, note on napkins and Big Chief Tablets are no way to track the provisioning of SIM cards for your Telrad LTE installation. We have a better way and it is called SimPro and available only for Telrad UE's purchased from ISP Supplies....
Import Dude 3.4 into version 6
Manual:The Dude v6/DB import export The Dude server package supports database backup import from current releases as well as from older the Dude versions: v3 and v4. Note that database import and export process may take some time depending on how big the dude database...
MikroTik RouterOS Needs TR-069 Support
TR-069 Support I don't want this to sound like a rant and I usually try and make my posts educational but today I vent. RouterOS needs TR-069 support. First, as we all know, RouterOS is about solving problems. If there isn't a built-in function, we write a script....
The Dude is NOT Dead
"*) dude - “The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated”;" That is how the release notes for MikroTik RouterOS version 6.34 RC begin! Basically, MikroTik has restarted development of the Dude, their free network monitoring utility. Note that the Dude has...
UniFi-Video – How to add an External Hard Drive to the UVC-NVR or airVision-C (Hardware NVR)
In this article, users will learn how to add an external storage device to the hardware NVR manufactured by Ubiquiti. I took this information straight out of the Ubiquiti knowledge base, used it to install a few drives and was looking for an easy way to refer to it...
RV Park WiFi Setup Howto
This post is a quickie! A lot of people ask me how I do RV Park WiFi and it is always about the same. Here are a few images showing how we build out these sites. My example is a Marina but it is done the same way for a land based public WiFi system. In this...
UniFi – Install the controller software on the UniFi-Video NVR
UPDATE: Ubiquiti changed their repo structure so this howto is outdated. Use this instead! With no real hardware solution for use as a UniFi Controller we decided long ago the Ubiquiti NVR was a great platform. By installing the UniFi WiFi controller software on the...
Setting the Downtilt on Your Telrad LTE Sector
We have found that setting the proper down-tilt is essential for proper NLOS operation. The Alpha sectors provided by Telrad have no electrical down-tilt, compared to the sectors many WISPs are used to. This means that if you install them with zero down-tilt you are...
MikroTik SFP and SFP+ Link Issues
I found some interesting issues today when interconnecting MikroTik SFP and SFP+ ports. If you put a 10G module in an SFP+ cage and link it to another 10G module, there are no issues. Same thing with 1G modules but when you start mixing SFP+ cages with SFP modules...
MikroTik RoMON Feature Added to RouterOS
Yesterday's MikroTik Newsletter announced a new feature added to MikroTik RouterOS, RoMON. This was first discussed at the Mikrotik Miami MUM held earlier this year but is apparently now a part of RouterOS since version 6.38. So what is RoMON and what does it do?...
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