LinITX often helps customers choose the right equipment for their custom install or networking project; When it comes to rural broadband and maintaining a reliable, fast internet connection in remote areas, we always recommend MikroTik’s LTE range of wireless networking devices. We’ve worked with many WISPs and ISPs to help …
Read More »Mobile Phone 4G LTE Sim Card Size Guide
Here at LinITX.com, we are frequently asked questions relating to sim card compatibility with our range of 4G & LTE routers, which are often used by WISPs in rural areas to provide better broadband. In this guide, we hope to clarify the differences between sim card sizes and which sim …
Read More »Is There Rain Fade on 60GHz Wireless Signals?
Many new wireless wire and wireless wire dish customers who are unfamiliar with 60GHz have been asking about rain fade and if it’s a major problem on 60GHz. So let’s look at the facts. At 60GHz the biggest problem is actually attenuation from Oxygen. The O2 molecules in the air …
Read More »Can I use MikroTik 60GHz products for PtP or PtMP links in the UK?
The arrival in 2018 of the MikroTik Wireless Wire and shortly after the MikroTik Wireless Wire Dish caused a large amount of excitement in the WISP industry and sales have proven them to be very popular products. The use of 60GHz instead of 5GHz for point to point and point …
Read More »What is CPE in Networking?
CPE means Customer Premises Equipment and refers to communication equipment (like a router, bridge, modem or access point), which is normally physically located at the customer’s home or business premises. As LinITX are a WISP (Wireless Internet Service Provider), we often deploy wireless access points like the UniFi UAP AC …
Read More »What is a WISP?
WISP is a Wireless Internet Service Provider; they normally use wireless networking technology to offer customers with poor or non-existent broadband coverage, access to superior broadband speeds. These customers tend to live in areas where their broadband coverage is less than adequate, often located in more rural areas of the …
Read More »News: Latest Ubiquiti vulnerability info
As many of you are probably aware, a lot of Ubiquiti devices running old firmware are under a new wave of attack taking advantage of an old vulnerability that was fixed a year ago. In response to this latest wave of problems for some WISPs, Ubiquiti have thoughtfully emailed everyone on their …
Read More »Ubiquiti NEXT Announcements
The Ubiquiti NEXT Conference has concluded in Wynn, Las Vegas with a host of new products and upgrades for existing UBNT products. Ubqiuti’s conference has 4 main Themes, Spectrum Utilisation, Network Management, Tower Defensibility and WISP Market expansion. Each will be outlined below. Spectrum Utilisation In this section UBNT announced …
Read More »News: Netonix range of intelligent PoE switches now in stock
We’ve recently received a delivery of Netonix switches. We thought we would blog about how amazing these things are, except one of our customers, Wessex Internet beat us to it! If like those guys, you’re running your own WISP and need to power Ubiquiti or MikroTik radios, we have always advocated using …
Read More »Ubiquiti UBWA Training with LinITX
We will be holding another Ubiquiti UBWA (Ubiquiti Broadband Wireless Admin) training course very soon and we still have a few places left, so why not come along to our Air Conditioned Head Office Training Suite in Needham Market (between Ipswich and Stowmarket in Suffolk) on Tuesday 7th July 2015 and over the two days learn a mix …
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