What Are You Doing Right Now
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
One of the buildings we cover has a satellite dish that connects them to another building we have. Every time it rains it loses connection. Haven't ever supported a site that has a setup like this where environmental problems were this much of an issue. Should an interesting learning experience.
What is your distance between buildings? could you upgrade to something different and eliminate the drop outs?
Unsure yet. I only heard it mentioned. Have not actually been to the site yet.
If you know the locations, you might be able to use Google Maps to see your distance with the measuring tool. Could show some LOS issues as well maybe.
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@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Waiting for my new Ipad Pro to arrive today!! 12.9" I am super excited to upgrade to the bigger one. We will be traveling in January and February so this will be awesome! Of course I will still be taking my stupid surface with me. But will be using it to run my softphone only
so a $1,200 soft phone, so I don't kill the battery in my phone or Ipad Pro running softphone software all the time.wait WHAT? I send the Surface back and you get a new iPad Pro as well? That just isn't right!!! I'm STILL waiting for Dell to get my laptop into the FedEx stream. I keep thinking it'll show up, but I suppose in reality they will fill a full trailer before it goes off. sigh just hate waiting... GAH!
WTF? I ordered an HP last Wednesday from HP direct and it arrived Friday. WTF Dell?
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@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
One of the buildings we cover has a satellite dish that connects them to another building we have. Every time it rains it loses connection. Haven't ever supported a site that has a setup like this where environmental problems were this much of an issue. Should an interesting learning experience.
What is your distance between buildings? could you upgrade to something different and eliminate the drop outs?
Unsure yet. I only heard it mentioned. Have not actually been to the site yet.
If you know the locations, you might be able to use Google Maps to see your distance with the measuring tool. Could show some LOS issues as well maybe.
If weather is what causes the issue, I would hope there are no LOS issues.
But as mentioned, it might be time to upgrade the wireless equipment. UBNT makes some pretty inexpensive stuff for this, They also make some more expensive stuff for this if needed. They have an awesome lineup.
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
One of the buildings we cover has a satellite dish that connects them to another building we have. Every time it rains it loses connection. Haven't ever supported a site that has a setup like this where environmental problems were this much of an issue. Should an interesting learning experience.
What is your distance between buildings? could you upgrade to something different and eliminate the drop outs?
Unsure yet. I only heard it mentioned. Have not actually been to the site yet.
If you know the locations, you might be able to use Google Maps to see your distance with the measuring tool. Could show some LOS issues as well maybe.
If weather is what causes the issue, I would hope there are no LOS issues.
But as mentioned, it might be time to upgrade the wireless equipment. UBNT makes some pretty inexpensive stuff for this, They also make some more expensive stuff for this if needed. They have an awesome lineup.
Yeah I was reading about some of it. Definitely cool
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
One of the buildings we cover has a satellite dish that connects them to another building we have. Every time it rains it loses connection. Haven't ever supported a site that has a setup like this where environmental problems were this much of an issue. Should an interesting learning experience.
What is your distance between buildings? could you upgrade to something different and eliminate the drop outs?
Unsure yet. I only heard it mentioned. Have not actually been to the site yet.
If you know the locations, you might be able to use Google Maps to see your distance with the measuring tool. Could show some LOS issues as well maybe.
If weather is what causes the issue, I would hope there are no LOS issues.
But as mentioned, it might be time to upgrade the wireless equipment. UBNT makes some pretty inexpensive stuff for this, They also make some more expensive stuff for this if needed. They have an awesome lineup.
Yup - @Mike-Davis put in a setup a few months back at a site in Auburn(?).
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I now have hands in Spain, pulling a CMOS battery and retesting the power on this system.
Untested Hands
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@Mike-Davis what was your experience with that? Did everything go smoothly?
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Just turned my old iPhone 4 into a cordless phone for work.... It has the Otterbox Extended battery,.. been running Zoiper for 24 hours or so and the main battery is at 90% and the external about 50%...
Guess I'll add it to the dial group and see.
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Maybe the power supply is dead..... I know this system worked before it was shipped as I set it up and tested it here!
Maybe I should have my untested hands in Spain try and do a paper-clip test on the power supply... it's only 12v. . .
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@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Maybe the power supply is dead..... I know this system worked before it was shipped as I set it up and tested it here!
Maybe I should have my untested hands in Spain try and do a paper-clip test on the power supply... it's only 12v. . .
Does the power supply doesn't have one of those 110/220V switches on it?
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@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Maybe the power supply is dead..... I know this system worked before it was shipped as I set it up and tested it here!
Maybe I should have my untested hands in Spain try and do a paper-clip test on the power supply... it's only 12v. . .
Does the power supply doesn't have one of those 110/220V switches on it?
It does, and it's set for 230v, which is appropriate. When the system is connected to power and the button pressed, nothing happens.
So either the supply is dead or the motherboard is.
And since I don't want to risk having a novice perform a paperclip test of the power supply I'm at a stand still.
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@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Maybe the power supply is dead..... I know this system worked before it was shipped as I set it up and tested it here!
Maybe I should have my untested hands in Spain try and do a paper-clip test on the power supply... it's only 12v. . .
Does the power supply doesn't have one of those 110/220V switches on it?
It does, and it's set for 230v, which is appropriate. When the system is connected to power and the button pressed, nothing happens.
So either the supply is dead or the motherboard is.
And since I don't want to risk having a novice perform a paperclip test of the power supply I'm at a stand still.
Is it under warranty?
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Denver -> Amarillo -> Dallas.
You got through Raton, NM to do that.
Thats a boring drive from Raton into Dallas
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@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Maybe the power supply is dead..... I know this system worked before it was shipped as I set it up and tested it here!
Maybe I should have my untested hands in Spain try and do a paper-clip test on the power supply... it's only 12v. . .
Does the power supply doesn't have one of those 110/220V switches on it?
It does, and it's set for 230v, which is appropriate. When the system is connected to power and the button pressed, nothing happens.
So either the supply is dead or the motherboard is.
And since I don't want to risk having a novice perform a paperclip test of the power supply I'm at a stand still.
Is it under warranty?
hahaha.... its a crapbox, there is no warranty. Not even for the individual parts.
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@brianlittlejohn said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Denver -> Amarillo -> Dallas.
You got through Raton, NM to do that.
Thats a boring drive from Raton into Dallas
Yeah it is. And SO ugly once you hit the border.
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@scottalanmiller Yep and smells crappy from the feed lots and dairy's around Dalhart and Amarillo
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@brianlittlejohn said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller Yep and smells crappy from the feed lots and dairy's around Dalhart and Amarillo
Yeah, I noticed that, too.
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@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender I have the possibility of needed a windows box here and there. so might as well take that stupid thing but it all reality it will be a softphone
Seems like a great time to have a VM sitting somewhere you can remote into for that needed work, granting you less traveling weight.
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@Dashrender I probably should. Travel weight really isn't that big of a deal we are driving down to TX so have plenty of room.
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender I have the possibility of needed a windows box here and there. so might as well take that stupid thing but it all reality it will be a softphone
Seems like a great time to have a VM sitting somewhere you can remote into for that needed work, granting you less traveling weight.
That's what I would do. A good desktop or laptop that is on and ready, or a VM in some cases but that triggers VDI, for admin purposes. Loaded with the right tools. Then all you need is remote access to that one system and a tablet becomes all powerful and flexible.
