New ISP Issues at CEO's Home
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@garak0410 said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@marcinozga said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
You need a router between ViaSat modem and switch. From your description it looks like Pepwave is a router/modem, but I'd get dedicated router, Ubiquiti has many options.
So in theory, could I not pull the SIM card out of the Pepwave, bring in the ViaSat connection, route in the PepWave and then send back to the main switches? Wasn't sure if the SIM card would be a problem...I do see you can have a secondary WAN in the settings:
If it is capable of a physical ethernet connection on the WAN side, then perhaps. Would pepwave offer any help in using an ethernet connection for WAN access until the 4g is back online?
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@JasGot said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@garak0410 said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@marcinozga said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
You need a router between ViaSat modem and switch. From your description it looks like Pepwave is a router/modem, but I'd get dedicated router, Ubiquiti has many options.
So in theory, could I not pull the SIM card out of the Pepwave, bring in the ViaSat connection, route in the PepWave and then send back to the main switches? Wasn't sure if the SIM card would be a problem...I do see you can have a secondary WAN in the settings:
If it is capable of a physical ethernet connection on the WAN side, then perhaps. Would pepwave offer any help in using an ethernet connection for WAN access until the 4g is back online?
It's worth a shot...it does have a WAN port...
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@garak0410 said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@JasGot said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@garak0410 said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@marcinozga said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
You need a router between ViaSat modem and switch. From your description it looks like Pepwave is a router/modem, but I'd get dedicated router, Ubiquiti has many options.
So in theory, could I not pull the SIM card out of the Pepwave, bring in the ViaSat connection, route in the PepWave and then send back to the main switches? Wasn't sure if the SIM card would be a problem...I do see you can have a secondary WAN in the settings:
If it is capable of a physical ethernet connection on the WAN side, then perhaps. Would pepwave offer any help in using an ethernet connection for WAN access until the 4g is back online?
It's worth a shot...it does have a WAN port...
Go for it. It can hurt..... You will need to configure that port. It looks like it can be LAN or WAN.
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Don't change the working config you have even if the tower is down. When it comes up you still want it working. Your CEO is likely going to want two connections in case one dies.
So try to see if Viasat can put the modem in bridge mode.
Then you need to add a router/firewall that can handle dual WAN configurations, aka redundant internet.
People here like edgerouter.
BTW, when the tower comes up you want to put the pepwave in bridge mode as well. Most devices do have a bridge mode.
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@marcinozga said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
And can't your CEO get Verizon or whoever is in the area to run fiber to his house? Judging by the size of the house it looks like he could afford that.
Yeah he just needs it done right.
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@DustinB3403 said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@marcinozga said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
And can't your CEO get Verizon or whoever is in the area to run fiber to his house? Judging by the size of the house it looks like he could afford that.
Sure it might only cost a few hundred thousand. . .
I wonder how much of company resources he is using by having his IT people constantly at his house?
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@IRJ said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@DustinB3403 said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@marcinozga said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
And can't your CEO get Verizon or whoever is in the area to run fiber to his house? Judging by the size of the house it looks like he could afford that.
Sure it might only cost a few hundred thousand. . .
I wonder how much of company resources he is using by having his IT people constantly at his house?
Since I'm IT in IT, I can say I've lost about 2 days of office time by working on this and I'm behind...
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time to find another job if you dont sort this out
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@IRJ said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@marcinozga said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
And can't your CEO get Verizon or whoever is in the area to run fiber to his house? Judging by the size of the house it looks like he could afford that.
Yeah he just needs it done right.
Or just move to some place practical.
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@scottalanmiller said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@IRJ said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@marcinozga said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
And can't your CEO get Verizon or whoever is in the area to run fiber to his house? Judging by the size of the house it looks like he could afford that.
Yeah he just needs it done right.
Or just move to some place practical.
First world ceo problems for sure
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I've been sent to the house of a former owner before, so this scenario doesn't surprise me. Sounds like it will give you some good experience anyway.
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@IRJ said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@scottalanmiller said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@IRJ said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@marcinozga said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
And can't your CEO get Verizon or whoever is in the area to run fiber to his house? Judging by the size of the house it looks like he could afford that.
Yeah he just needs it done right.
Or just move to some place practical.
First world ceo problems for sure
Yeah, having lived in the third world, I never run into these issues!
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@flaxking said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
I've been sent to the house of a former owner before, so this scenario doesn't surprise me. Sounds like it will give you some good experience anyway.
Experience for what? No business does stuff like this? They dont put a new facility in a location without wired internet access. It just isnt done.
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@Emad-R said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
time to find another job if you dont sort this out
Oh I will...he can always go back to CenturyLink's 1.5 speed...at least it was consistent...
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@IRJ said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@flaxking said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
I've been sent to the house of a former owner before, so this scenario doesn't surprise me. Sounds like it will give you some good experience anyway.
Experience for what? No business does stuff like this? They dont put a new facility in a location without wired internet access. It just isnt done.
I was referring to standard networking experience. But I guess Canada has third world internet access compared to the US, because there are lots of businesses running with wireless internet, and the percent can be high depending on the industry.
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@flaxking said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@IRJ said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@flaxking said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
I've been sent to the house of a former owner before, so this scenario doesn't surprise me. Sounds like it will give you some good experience anyway.
Experience for what? No business does stuff like this? They dont put a new facility in a location without wired internet access. It just isnt done.
I was referring to standard networking experience. But I guess Canada has third world internet access compared to the US, because there are lots of businesses running with wireless internet, and the percent can be high depending on the industry.
The US is often third world compared to... the actual third world
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@IRJ said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@flaxking said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
I've been sent to the house of a former owner before, so this scenario doesn't surprise me. Sounds like it will give you some good experience anyway.
Experience for what? No business does stuff like this? They dont put a new facility in a location without wired internet access. It just isnt done.
People do this shit, for sure. I have a cradlepoint setup at a warehouse that they signed the lease on before I could qualify access. T1 only 1K a month with 90 day build out on 3-year contract. Thus, the cradlepoint.
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@IRJ said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@flaxking said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
I've been sent to the house of a former owner before, so this scenario doesn't surprise me. Sounds like it will give you some good experience anyway.
Experience for what? No business does stuff like this? They dont put a new facility in a location without wired internet access. It just isnt done.
I bet half our large customers do this. I keep advising them that the FIRST thing you check when choosing a location is the available infrastructure. But they keep choosing places because they are cheap without checking why!!
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@scottalanmiller said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@IRJ said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@flaxking said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
I've been sent to the house of a former owner before, so this scenario doesn't surprise me. Sounds like it will give you some good experience anyway.
Experience for what? No business does stuff like this? They dont put a new facility in a location without wired internet access. It just isnt done.
I bet half our large customers do this. I keep advising them that the FIRST thing you check when choosing a location is the available infrastructure. But they keep choosing places because they are cheap without checking why!!
And around here, if there is not a local ISP, you'd be looking at 10x the price for one of the big ISPs to run fiber, if they even care enough.
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@flaxking said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@scottalanmiller said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@IRJ said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
@flaxking said in New ISP Issues at CEO's Home:
I've been sent to the house of a former owner before, so this scenario doesn't surprise me. Sounds like it will give you some good experience anyway.
Experience for what? No business does stuff like this? They dont put a new facility in a location without wired internet access. It just isnt done.
I bet half our large customers do this. I keep advising them that the FIRST thing you check when choosing a location is the available infrastructure. But they keep choosing places because they are cheap without checking why!!
And around here, if there is not a local ISP, you'd be looking at 10x the price for one of the big ISPs to run fiber, if they even care enough.
Yup, that's why it's so important to choose location wisely.
You know what they say... location, location, location.
