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802.1x Standards

Justin Wilson — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:03:53 +0100

802.11a 5 GHz, 54 Mbps
802.11b 2.4 GHz, 11 Mbps
802.11d Multiple Regulatory Domains
802.11e Quality of Service
802.11g 2.4 GHz, 54 Mbps
802.11h Dynamic Frequency Selection and Transmit Power Control
802.11i Security
802.11j Japan 5 GHz Channels
802.11k Radio Resource Management
802.11n High-Speed MIMO
802.11p Wireless Access for Vehicular Environment
802.11r Fast Roaming
802.11s ESS Mesh Networking
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Azotel Recently added features

scott p alerding — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:37:14 +0100

Recently-Completed Features

Ability to Attach Files to Customer Record

A new feature has been implemented that allows files of any type to be added to a customer record. This allows scanned copies of contracts, photos of installations, recordings of phone conversations etc. to be stored as part of the customer record, so that they're always quickly and easily accessible.

To use this, an FTP server must be set up and configured in the WISP settings (Users -> Read More...

AZOTEL is Adding even more features

scott p alerding — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:16:56 +0100

Azotel SIMPLer Upcoming Features

Work is currently in progress on the following features:

Auto Provisioning of Alvarion CPEs

Currently, auto provisioning within SIMPLer is supported for Canopy, Ubiquiti and MikroTik subscriber modules. This feature will extend coverage to CPEs from Alvarion.

Support for IP Pay Payment Gateway

Support will be added for the payment gateway from IP Pay. This will allow operators additional flexibility in choRead More...

Automatic Throttling of Overdue Subscribers

scott p alerding — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:29:27 +0100

Azotel SIMPLer's Subscriber Auto Notification / Disconnection (SAND) system has been enhanced to allow operators to throttle customers to the appropriate downlink/uplink rate after they reach their monthly bandwidth allowance limit, or after an invoice is overdue for a specified period of time. This allows more graceful handling of overdue customers, because they remain connected, but at a slower speed than their original service.

Until now three functionalities were available:

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Azotel adds Mikrotik support

Justin Wilson — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:21:23 +0100

Usage Graphs and Auto-Provisioning for MikroTik CPEs

One of the big advantages that SIMPLer has over competing systems is its ability to automate many of the steps required during the provisioning process for radio equipment from many vendors. To further improve usability, this automatic provisioning capability has now been extended to cover radio equipment from MikroTik.

Support for usage graphs from MikroTik CPEs has also been added.

Recently there have been discussions on some lists about carrier redundancy. I figured I would sum up some thoughts and add my own,

In today’s world of consolidation, takeovers, and cost saving measures carrier redundancy is something one should pursue with due diligence. Below are some questions to know about your existing provider and any future providers. If you know thRead More...

WISPs and Azotel SIMPLer

Administrator — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:06:11 +0100

First of all, let me welcome you to the WISPsolutions.com Blog.

In many industries today, I, personally have seen the focus on customer satisfaction fall. It is especially important for customer satisfaction to move up on the scale of items to deliver when it comes to Internet services. Our world is shifting a bit in the fact that almost everything is moving to be IP based communications. While most people are becoming very familiar with the Internet and all thaRead More...

New Series - Starting your own WISP

Administrator — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:04:49 +0100

We are starting a new series entitled "Starting & Becoming your own Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP). Look for articles soon.

New Imagestream Features

Administrator — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:03:19 +0100

Many of the new router features leverage popular Open Source software. For example, the new version of ImageStream Linux includes Asterisk, the most widely deployed VoIP gateway and SoftPBX software in the world. Additional Open Source packages include Snort for intrusion detection, Wireshark for VoIP capture and analysis, and Squid for Web caching. Squid is also being used to support highly granular Web filtering in conjunction with Netsweeper, ImageStream's latest technology partner that spRead More...

ISM Bands

Administrator — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:01:53 +0100

902 - 928 MHz (26 MHz in width)

2.400 - 2.4835 GHz (83.5 MHz in Width)

5.725 - 5.875 GHz (150 MHz in Width) ** Note 5.8 GHz ONLY**

Reference:
http://www.itu.int/ITU-R/terrestrial/faq/index.html#g013

Bandwidth Part 1

Administrator — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:59:27 +0100

You have several options for bringing a connection into your area to re-distribute to your customers. I will outline these and then go into further detail

-Leased Lines (Fractional, T-1, T3, etc.)
-Fiber Optic
-Wireless backhaul
-Cable
-DSL

Leased Lines are the most easily accessible across the United States. Most phone companies can provide t1 servicRead More...

802.11B Channels

Administrator — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:34:48 +0100

802.11B channels
Channels 1-11 are allowed use in the United States. Bold are non-overlapping channels.

Channel Identifier

Central Frequency
(in MHz)channel

1

2412

2

2417

3

2422

4

2427

5

2432

6

2437

7

2442

8

2447

9

2452

10

2457

11

2462

12

2467

13

2472

14

2484