TheBrothersWISP Podcast

TheBrothersWISP

Tommy Croghan
Networking podcast geared towards wireless internet service providers and network engineers of all sorts
The Brothers WISP 185 – Midwest Broadband Operators 2024
This week we have Tommy, Dennis and Mike Hammett at Midwest Broadband Meeting In Indianapolis Indiana. **Sponsors** Sonar.Software Towercoverage.com Preseem.com **/Sponsors**
May 24, 2024
1 hr 54 min
The Brothers WISP – 184 – Net Neutrality is Back Baby!
This week we have Tommy, Dennis and Jeremy https://youtu.be/r5H_-tWkUqg Sponsors Sonar.Software Towercoverage.com Preseem.com /Sponsors Notes and Links 120° WaveAP 4-Radio Tower Mount – Brandon's Tower Mounts https://towermounts.myshopify.com/ FCC Order https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-401676A1.pdf BC Broadband conference https://www.miragenews.com/claire-anderson-joins-british-columbia-1221600/ Common WISP Mistakes by Joshaven Potter https://visp.net/blog/common-wisp-mistakes-frankensteined-wireless-infrastructure/ A breakdown of a dialup modem getting started. Absolutely beautiful. https://www.windytan.com/2012/11/the-sound-of-dialup-pictured.html
May 2, 2024
1 hr 42 min
TheBrothersWISP 182 – Not much news
This week we have Tommy and Denis just Chatting.
Mar 25, 2024
1 hr 15 min
The Brothers WISP 181 – The Cake is not a Lie for ISPs
  This week we have Tommy, Jon Fernandez, David Taht, Robert Chacon, Dan Siemon and Zach Biles **Sponsors** Sonar.Software Towercoverage.com Preseem.com store.viloliving.com **/Sponsors** 00:00:00 Introductions 00:05:10 Dave Taht’s Story 00:18:00 What is Buffer Bloat? 00:25:50 Dave’s Poem about Congestion 00:28:30 Dave’s Mission 00:30:10 What is FQ_Codel? 00:44:30 What have various implementations been focused towards? 00:47:50 New Zealand Example and the ECN Bit 00:51:20 What does CAKE do different than FQ_Codel 01:04:30 Congestion isn’t just in our Links, looking at the insane time scale of BW 01:09:50 How different protocols handle being queued (Not everything is IPv4/TCP) 01:25:10 Where should you be doing your proper Queuing 01:34:00 How well has FQ_Codel and CAKE been implemented? (Kinda poorly) 01:37:00 Dynamic BW availability controls? 01:42:30 Wrapping Up 01:54:00 Dave’s 3 Points How to get ahold of people Dave: [email protected] https://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/bloat/wiki/Daves_Media_Guidance/ Zach: zachbiles.net Robert: https://libreqos.io/ Dan: www.coverfire.com Preseem.com Jon: https://geekitek.com/ The Blind Men and the Elephant https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7567 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8290 https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2209336 Personal Blog Post by Dan Siemon about QUIC https://www.coverfire.com/archives/2023/07/11/the-rise-of-udp/ Preseem Podcast Not mentioned in the cast, but informational pages that were very helpful for me in my learning process. (Mikrotik’s documentation has gotten a lot better in the last few months thank goodness.) https://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/codel/wiki/ https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/tc-cake.8.html https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/display/ROS/Queues#Queues-FQ-Codel https://arxiv.org/pdf/1804.07617.pdf https://lwn.net/Articles/758353/
Jul 27, 2023
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The Brothers WISP 180 – Communicating in an Outage
  This week we have Tommy, Dennis Burgess (LinkTechs), Thomas Kirnak and Justin Miller. **Sponsors** Sonar.Software Towercoverage.com Preseem.com store.viloliving.com **/Sponsors** 00:00:00 Introductions 00:02:15 Sponsors and Patreon 00:04:00 Bad actor companies on FB & RF Elements 00:07:05 Going back to secorized pannels? 00:09:25 WRT54G, That Belongs in a Museum! 00:13:52 Bad Credit Card Machines and UNIFI 00:17:45 New PCI Compliance Testing Rules 00:22:06 OWASP Top 10 and Security Testing 00:27:05 Penetration Testing Fun 00:32:40 Communicating in an Outage 00:52:50 Topolograph 00:54:11 Memorizing Your Network and Maping it 01:01:00 Big F’n Deal, ROS is now Feature Complete! s 01:09:45 ChatGPT won’t be replacing Network Admins 01:12:45 IEEE Talking about LET Bandwidth Limitations 01:18:30 Backup Connections Building and Selling them to Customers 01:25:10 Spectrum will no longer sell to WISPs (Official) 01:29:10 Frontier’s fiber build budget has been spent and other issues with the big carriers. 01:32:00 O-Band Optics 01:34:30 Fiber should be done on Fridays! 01:39:30 DHCP Lease Times? Use the right tech! 01:48:05 BGP Knobs to turn 01:49:00 Outro, BDC is happening Links: YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/PRVQgQ_NOlQ Dennis – [email protected] (or if you want to call him listen to the video) Justin – dynstatic.net Tomas – unimus.net OWASP Top 10 https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/ Topolograph https://topolograph.com/ BGP Knobs to Tune https://archive.nanog.org/meetings/nanog45/presentations/Sunday/Freedman_bgp102_1_N45.pdf IEEE Talking about LEO Bandwidth Limitations https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9568932?denied= O-Band https://www.fiberlabs.com/glossary/original-band/
Jul 8, 2023
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The Brothers WISP 179 – WISPAMERICA 2023
  This week we have Tommy, Jeremy Austin, Mike Hammett, Thomas Kirnak and Justin Miller We are talking about the WISPA America show in Louisville Kentucky.
Mar 20, 2023
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The Brothers WISP 178 – Cambium cnHeat Vendor Spotlight
  This week we have Tommy, Andrew Kaiser and Seth Poche (of Cambium). **Sponsors** Sonar.Software Towercoverage.com Preseem.com store.viloliving.com **/Sponsors** Hey guys, this is a vendor spotlight from Cambium on their cnHeat project and how to use it for BDC submissions. https://cnheat.cambiumnetworks.com/ Andrew’s WISP ridgetopnetworks.com
Feb 25, 2023
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The Brothers WISP 177 – X86 vs ASIC, Why We Don’t Need Custom Hardware
  This week we have Tommy, Justin Wilson, Greg Lipschitz, Tom Mitchell (netElastic) and Paul Mannion (From Intel). **Sponsors** Sonar.Software Towercoverage.com Preseem.com store.viloliving.com **/Sponsors** Sorry about the long delay between casts guys, life happened and I have been a bit preoccupied. But we have a great episode for y’all today. I met Tom at WISPAPalooza 2022 and we thought it would be fun to chat with Paul Mannion who rocks Intel’s Next Generation Broadband Architecture and we are talking about what can be done with X86 these days.
Feb 2, 2023
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The Brothers WISP 176 – Nutrition Labels, Ubiquiti Wave AP hitting GA and Preparing for Bad Weather
  This week we have Tommy, Dennis Burgess, Chad Wachs and Andrew Horton. **Sponsors** Sonar.Software Towercoverage.com Preseem.com store.viloliving.com **/Sponsors** 00:00:00 Intro and Sponsors 00:08:05 FCC Nutrition Labels are official 00:16:30 Andrew’s going big and his story 00:27:30 Wave AP hitting GA 00:30:30 Battery Backup thougths 00:33:00 Tommy Needs a life 00:34:15 Getting ready for the Storm 00:41:00 Open Access Community Networks 00:53:45 Ubiquiti, 6GHz and WiFI 6/e 01:03:20 28% of Customer Support Story 01:08:45 BDC Challenges are a CF 01:17:30 Mikrotik 100G SFP for $350 01:24:40 BDC Round 2 hitting Jan 1st (Yeah, it’s a CF) 01:32:00 Signing off
Dec 22, 2022
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The Brothers WISP 175 – Installer Tools
  This week we have Tommy, Jon Fernandez and Mark LaManna talking about installer tools. I am pushing the video version of the cast this week because we spent a lot of time looking at pictures of stuff. **Sponsors** Sonar.Software Towercoverage.com Preseem.com store.viloliving.com **/Sponsors** 00:00:00 Sponsors and Patreon 00:03:00 Introductions 00:06:00 Kinipex Scisors 00:08:18 Towels and Cleaning Supplies 00:10:35 RJ-45 Couplers and NIDs (Do as Tommy says, not as he does.) 00:17:00 Battery Powered PoE Injectors 00:22:30 Laptops and Installer Policy and Training (We really wandered around here on thoughts on installers) 00:42:20 Drill battery for PoE injection 00:44:30 Drill Bits and Hole Sizes 00:46:50 Installer Efficency 00:51:00 VFL Stuff 00:53:55 Mikrotik GPEN 21 00:55:40 Various PoE Injectors and Step up/down converters 00:56:20 Driver Bits, Pass Through Sockets and Labeling 01:01:40 Telephone Testing Tools 01:04:15 Wire Strippers and Snips (always have a good pair) 01:06:30 Mark’s Pro Tip (Tools in one area at a time and only go through one entrance) 01:08:10 Vibratory Tools are magical (not those ones) 01:09:45 Can Wrenches 01:10:35 VFL and Fiber Installer Tools (Pre-terminated is bad) 01:21:15 Preferred Tools and What Maybe making a favorite Tool list. 01:22:50 How to Get ahold of people Knipex 95 05 155 SB Electrician’s Shears 6,1″ https://a.co/d/1rnzwUl VCELINK Waterproof RJ45 Connector Shielded, Cat6/Cat5E/Cat5 Ethernet Coupler IP67, Outdoor Ethernet LAN Cable Extender Female to Female Adapter 5-Pack https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09R3P2KRJ/ref=cm_sw_r_apanp_5wHdNbKHJ6oPg Mikrotik RouterBoard mAP RBmAP2nD micro Access Point wireless Dual-Chain https://a.co/d/gepUoon Mini UPS Battery Backup Uninterruptible Power Supply for Router, Modem, Security Camera, Built-in 10000mAh with Input AC Output USB 5V DC 9V/12V 2A Gi https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0921SB3LJ/ref=cm_sw_r_apanp_lNxIECUAIXC3g Jon’s Preferred Laptop for his Peeps https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Display-Processor-Bluetooth-Enabled-NP930QCG-K01US/dp/B0892V5MHR/ The new model of what Tommy was running back in the day https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/latitude-3120-education/spd/latitude-11-3120-2-in-1-laptop Power Wheel Adapter for Milwaukee M18 Battery 18v Dock Power Connector 14 Gauge Robotics,Good Power Convertor for DIY Ride On Truck, Robotics, RC Toys and Work Lights https://a.co/d/hhj06wk toolant Four Spiral Flute Cobalt Step Drill Bit Set, 1/8″-7/8″(3pcs) Impact Ready Four-Flute Step Bit, 1/4″ Hex Shank Unibit Step Bit for Metal, Stainless Steel, Aluminum, Wood, Plastic https://a.co/d/bg4u8A6 FC Male to LC Female UPC Fiber Optical Cable Connector Convertor Adapter Flange 2.5 1.25mm Single Mode Compatible with FTTH Optical Power Meter OPM Visual Fault Locator VFL 4pcs https://a.co/d/83fCT4A Tycon Systems POE-INJ-1000-WT High PoE 4 Pair Injector https://a.co/d/7gitXs4 LEDMO 48V Step Down to DC 12V 20A 240W DC/DC Converter Regulator Reducer for Golf Cart Scooters Bicycles Club Car https://a.co/d/0BG1ZYb MOFEEZ Bus Bar -3×1/4”Post,10x#8 Screw Terminal Power Distribution Block with Ring Terminals(Pair – Red & Black) https://a.co/d/89A7Id7 HOMELYLIFE DC Voltage Regulator Buck Converter DC 48V Step Down to 24V 10A 240W Reducer Power Converter Waterproof Module Transformer for Golf Cart Club Car https://a.co/d/b6eIIBh ARES 70640-8-Piece Metric Magnetic Impact Nut Driver Bit Set – Impact Grade Nut Setters with Industrial Strength Magnets https://a.co/d/0JiH5pJ Wiha 70486 | 6 Piece Color Coded Magnetic Nut Setter Set https://a.co/d/gXEZNZn Fluke Networks 19800009 TS19 Telephone Test Set with Angled Bed-of-Nails Clips https://a.co/d/dv7exmu KNIPEX Tools 13 72 8 Forged Wire Stripper, 8-Inch https://a.co/d/frOaYJV KNIPEX 74 22 200 Comfort Grip High Leverage Angled Diagonal Cutter, 8-Inch, Angled, Comfort Grip https://a.co/d/gt8JGQS TUFTA Electrical Box Cutout Saw for Oscillating Multitools,
Dec 5, 2022
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