TheBrothersWISP Tommy Croghan

 
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.
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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,

 
This week we have Tommy, Dennis Burgess, Chad Wachs and Andrew Horton.
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Sonar.Software
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Preseem.com
store.viloliving.com
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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

 
This week we have Tommy, Justin Wilson, Greg Lipschitz, Tom Mitchell (netElastic) and Paul Mannion (From Intel).
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Sonar.Software
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Preseem.com
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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.

 
This week we have Tommy, Andrew Kaiser and Seth Poche (of Cambium).
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Sonar.Software
Towercoverage.com
Preseem.com
store.viloliving.com
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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

 
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.

 
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 – Support@linktechs.net (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/