Thanks for the update Kevin. I hope you don't mind me
giving my 2 cents worth.
I have tested a lot of different wireless solutions
and I think Karlnet still has the best solution out
there. However, I have also become a little frustrated
with Karlnet over the last year or so and worry about
the future. For someone with software so far ahead of
the game a while ago, there doesn't seem to have been
much progress and others are catching up fast. I
wonder if development time at Karlnet is stretched to
the limit? If so, I would happily get rid of DHCP,
NAT, etc. and just buy a $50 router to do it (but
please tell me first :-)).
For me the key things I would like to see soon are:
1. Upgradable KN-50 type boards (having to send units
back for an upgrade is a disaster waiting to happen in
my view)
2. 802.11a support (so we can use 5GHz)
3. SNMP support in the KN-50s
When I heard many months ago that 802.11a support was
going into beta test in 'a week or two' I thought you
would have a killer solution. The Turbocell software
is very good and I have yet to see another outdoor
wireless product more suitable for an ISP. I don't
understand why devlopment time is going into Hotspot
support and other features when basic problems like
non-upgradeble KN-50s and lack of drivers for 802.11a
still exist.
If possible, I would love to hear what Karlnet
consider priorities for future devlopment. I hope it
is NOT NAT/DHCP support on the KN-50s....
Cheers,
Paul
--- Kevin Knuth <kknuth@karlnet.com> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> I wanted to give you an update. I have been off
> work this week, but I
> still read email and was very concerned about the
> thread I was seeing
> here (yes, Karlnet DOES monitor this list and YES we
> do listen to
> customers). ;)
>
> Anyway- We are adding NAT/DHCP back into the Sx-4000
> series licenses.
> This is NOT a limited time offer.
>
> >From what I gather, the decision to pull the
> Sx-4000 licenses was a
> based in a belief by our engineers that with the
> KN-50, there was no
> real benefit for the sx-4000 licenses anymore.
>
> Clearly this is incorrect!
>
> So- bottom line- You wanted a Sx-4000 license with
> NAT/DHCP- and you got
> it!
>
> Kevin
> **************************************
> Kevin R. Knuth
> Business Development Manager
> North America
> 260-424-9690 Regional Office
> 614-822-5275 Corporate Office
> kknuth@karlnet.com
> www.karlnet.com
> **************************************
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: karlnet-bounces@WISPNotes.com
> [mailto:karlnet-bounces@WISPNotes.com] On Behalf Of
> Steve Deaton
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 3:34 PM
> To: 'Karlnet Mailing List'
> Subject: [Karlnet] Reduction of Karlnet features
> w/out notification.
>
>
> Just FYI, not trying to start any flaming, but be
> aware that karlnet is
> working on removing features like NAT & DHCP from
> the SR-4000 & possibly
> others. We started flashing CPE's for our
> contractors to have next week
> & were met with an absence of NAT and DHCP as
> options. This was a
> change that was made last night without
> notification, thus I am posting
> here.
>
> Our standardized install entails contractors picking
> up RG's or KN's
> with NAT & DHCP so they always have a standard
> installation & don't need
> to understand IP addressing. This is important when
> you have several
> different subnets that they will be connecting to
> (i.e. different towers
> & channels). We then connect remotely on an
> as-needed basis & change
> settings if requested (i.e. client needs a public or
> static IP), but by
> default they're getting a NAT IP. We have found
> this to be the best way
> to simplify things for installers.
>
> I'd appreciate input on this concept as I know
> Karlnet monitors this
> thread. If many ISP's use the NAT & DHCP it may
> help motivate them in
> our favor. If not, it will help karlnet relieve
> overhead by not
> offering these features in the future. To confirm,
> if you're using
> bridging or routing as a normal setup, this won't
> effect anything, so
> don't stress. However, if you normally implement
> NAT/DHCP it may not be
> there anymore as of 7pm last night. You will still
> pay the same for the
> licenses, but received reduced features unless you
> notify karlnet. We
> found them to be interested in working with us to
> meet our needs, so
> this is more of a speed bump than a brick wall.
> They have offered to
> edit our web login, possibly all web logins, at
> license-it.com to offer
> options for NAT/DHCP, so voice your approval or
> disapproval so that they
> know what their users like.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Steve Deaton
> IT Director
> Texas Broadband, Inc.
> (888)868.3835 ext 85 (office)
> 979.289.0148 (office)
> 979.289.5117 (fax)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: karlnet-bounces@WISPNotes.com
> [mailto:karlnet-bounces@WISPNotes.com] On Behalf Of
> Ben Polson
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 2:38 PM
> To: Karlnet Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [Karlnet] Conversion of SNR values to
> dB
>
> Thanks Phil. Sure, I'd love to see what this has
> produced for you.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: karlnet-bounces@WISPNotes.com
> > [mailto:karlnet-bounces@WISPNotes.com]On Behalf Of
> Phil
> > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 12:33 PM
> > To: 'Karlnet Mailing List'
> > Subject: RE: [Karlnet] Conversion of SNR values to
> dB
> >
> >
> > I'm not sure if it is correct but I've been
> dividing by 2 and then
> > subtracting 95. I can show some examples of my
> S/N graphs that I
> > generate for all of our customers and APs if
> anyone wants to see them.
>
> > (not attached of course)
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ben Polson [mailto:bsp@bandwave.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 11:33 AM
> > To: Karlnet Mailing List
> > Subject: [Karlnet] Conversion of SNR values to dB
> >
> > Does anyone know the algorithm to convert the
> INTEGER values returned
> > from the OIDs for signal and noise into dB values?
> >
> > A signal value of 86 and noise value of 10 aren't
> as helpful as the dB
>
> > values. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > -Ben.
> >
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