[HamWAN PSDR] HamWAN use cases [was: hamwan.net DDNS]

[Bart Kus]

On 04/18/2014 01:59 PM, Dean Gibson AE7Q wrote:
>
>> Yup, totally agree that's how you do a good booth.  We do have 
>> portable demo gear as well.  Little 21dBi dishes with modems dangling 
>> off em.
>
> Which dishes?  Any suitable dishes available where the MikroTik 
> *attaches* and doesn't *dangle*?

The little 21dBi guys still dangle.  But, if you want direct-attach, 
here are a couple options:

http://www.antennas.com/dish-antennas-2/dual-pol-dish-antennas/

Beware the shipping on the larger (3ft) one, it can be a killer. The 
smaller (2ft) one is reasonable though.  You'll need a right-angle N 
connector (supplied with 5SHPn) to fire up the H-pol. The 2ft dish will 
have lower gain than the Poynting though, so beware.  The 3ft dish will 
have higher gain than Poynting.

>>
>>> Second, have *pictures* on the HamWAN web site of the radio/modem, 
>>> and *especially* the antennas (with dimensions). ..
>>
>> Wanna throw a better web site presentation together in this regard?  
>> I can hook you up with editor access.
>
> Yes.
>

OK, what's your username on the website?  Have you worked a tikiwiki 
before?  Perhaps install a copy locally to practice the 
syntax/format/plugins/etc.  Feel free to drop into #HamWAN for real-time 
editing help.

>
>> What kind of speeds do you get on the Frontier?  I heard they really 
>> rolled back since it was FiOS.
>
> I just did a test accessing CenturyLink's test page:
>
>   * Frontier FiOS:  25.6Mbps down, 12.0 up.
>   * Comcast RG-6:  28.5Mbps down, 5.8 up.
>

Are those in-line with the advertised "service speeds"?

BTW, if you're doing Bill's request for Internet speed, feel free to 
also do a /tool bandwidth-test to your next-hop for HamWAN.  That'll 
show where the slow-downs are.  Either on the link to you, or somewhere 
deeper in the network/Internet.  You may have to open the firewall some 
more to allow the right packets through for that test.  The 
bandwidth-test server on sector 2 is wide open, no authentication required.


--Bart

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