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TheBrothersWISP 51 – UBNT Signed Firmware, New FCC Spectrum, VMware Vs Native VLAN



We have the lovely Greg, the sleepy Tomas, and the sassy Mike. We talk the talk, though it’s too hot for anyone to walk the walk.

This cast we talk about:
RF elements link calculator for horns
Ubiquiti blocking cambium elevate code
Native VTLAN on a trunked port doesn’t seem to work on VMWare
Mike bitches about people in FB groups LOL
MM using 40km SM optics and modeconditioning patch cables was a bust – try 2km 100mb optics
LTE Questions
MT hardware offload bridging released, then pulled
FCC Net Neutrality (brief)
FCC 3550 – 3700 (brief)
FCC 3700 – 4200 (brief)
bob and chuck
Unimus 1.0

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TheBrothersWISP 50 – Elevate On Mikrotik, New Mikrotik Bridging, iBGP Full Mesh Or Nah



It’s Greg, Tomas(of course), and Miller catching up on a few network related thing-o’s.

This cast we talk about:
UBNT switch through the FCC, has built in wireless
UBNT ONT NanoG
Note – Cambium ePMP exploit out/update fools
Mike and company do a DNS video
Cambium Elevate on MikroTik
MikroTik new bridging in 6.40rc
ShouldIBlockICMP – NO

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TheBrothersWISP 49 – Mesh Networking, Get Started In Automation, Customer Service



Greg grills the Slovakian Robot(Tomas) on some random things.

This cast we talk about:
Some automation getting started tips(plink, expect scripts, ansible)
Success stories from Unimus thus far
Speed and quality of services to customers
PPPoE VPN issues Tomas worked out
Favorite thing you are watching on TV right now

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TheBrothersWISP 48 – Vendor Licensing, Small Dual Band Devices, 2.5Gb Metrolinq, VoIP



This go around we have Greg, Mike, Andrew Cox, and David Attias from PennyTone do the thing where we talk about the stuff.

This cast we talk about:
High density wifi with Mikrotik?
ATT buys Vyatta from Brocade
Dual band Mikrotik Groove through FCC
MUM Videos
Cambium change in support policy.
Ignitenet Metrolinq 2.5Ghz gear!
Build a nation wide carrier for $1M – NANOG 70
Mimosa Picture Contest
VoIP with David Attias from PennyTone
PBX – Bicom and FreePBX
Phones Yealink
Smartphone client – zoiper

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TheBrothersWISP 47 – MUM 2017 Panel – Routing vs Bridge, PPPoE vs DHCP, Starting Advice



Greg Sowell, Justin Miller, Tomas Kirnak, Alex Hart, JJ Boyd, and Justin Wilson field AMA Mikrotik questions from the crowd at the 2017 Denver MUM. Bask in brilliance and rapier wit.

This cast we talk about:
What would you have done differently starting a WISP
Routing vs Bridging
DHCP vs PPPoE
MPLS/VPLS complexity vs just using a tunnel
Meta router usage
And more

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