@@snucc1000 Probably because I'm not referring to sarcasm, that's a totally different word. Don't even know how you came up with sarcasm as a replacement for being pretentious. Also, a simple google search will answer your question.
MrD hilps we aren’t trolls we can just design a more efficient network. He coulda just used a Cisco small business router that could have handled all of that in way less space but I guess CLI configuration takes actual know how. I guess with daddy’s money I would sprinkle in some excess stuff too. It would be fun and look sexier.
I admire his enthusiasm for his setup. It is not something you will find in an average home. But as some people commented, there are some flaws in the setup. 1. An attic, due to temperature fluctuations is not the best place for a system like that. 2. That is not a server rack. There is no way a server will fit in that rack. It's a Telco rack. 3. Drilling it the stack is a bad idea and against building regs. 4. In the UK it is illegal to sell internet service without a license and with most private ISP contracts you will be violating the Customer Agreement for Residential Service. 5. Since you have a firewall etc, you probably have logs of the traffic which could be a breach of the new GDPR, if you don't keep any logs then try and prove that it was someone else that did some illegal activities on your internet line and not you. Since you are the customer of the main line, you will be the first in line to get into trouble. 6. Have you tested that UPS, I can't imagine it will survive more than 40 minutes. Of course, we all start somewhere and learn with time as would this guy. I see IT pros in big companies making big mistakes and they have been working for over 20 years. But this setup looks clean with colour coded cables and everything is labeled. So even if I have put some negative points in this comment, keep it up and keep learning.
isp's who sell this solution often offer connectivity to a customer to extend their network and they deal with all the legal stuff. It's also pretty easy and not massively regulated point to point wifi. I'd personally call that rack a coms rack or simply the switch. It's certainly not telco, it's IT networking/switching. The firewall will be a pass through but there for things like ddos and lock downs if malware is found to be operating on the network i'd imagine. If not, just a fancy router and load balance. He won't have access to it if it's network owned. Yes the usp is pap but will only need to power the WiFi and possibly a switch to maintain network connectivity depending on setup. The isp is offering internet connectivity which has no line service agreement it doesn't matter if there's a power cut. If it goes down, it goes down just like a normal dsl service there is no guarantee on up time..... You can find flaws in every setup but unless you know both industry's well (telco and IT), someone better educated will always correct you on how you're misinformed and basically wrong. Telco boys always put IT managers straight as they have experience of both sides of the network and a wider knowledge base as standard. Gbps please....i'm talking real data transfer - Tbps fibre links. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM bitch.
So guys, look at this guys. Guys, this is amazing guys. Let me tell you guys. And guys now on to the guys, guys. So guys, that concludes this video guys. Guys?
Yes the guy could get in trouble. But I really see his enthusiasm and passion to learn. This is probably a blueprint for him to become an ISP. How many kids nowadays have this kind of interest. He just needs to keep pushing it for greater good. Don't care what others say this kid is motivated and special.
I remember watching this video years ago when I was in university and I was like damn this is genius,... I’m currently working in a tier 2 ISP and seen this is like wow, very easy and small because we do deal with ASRs Cisco’s and Junipers MX, MPLS BGP OSPF etc so I’m still happy to see this and I feel encouraged by seeing this :) for those who are starting don’t give up
I have a deadsport on the first floor in the kitchen downstairs and my brother on the 3rd floor doesn't always get the best speeds. Can someone please recommend what i shall do? I have virgin internet and get roughly 300 down 60 upload, what shall i do to make my whole house accessible to wifi? Do i take pressure off the router? Or do i need a new router? Or a wifi extender downstairs? Please help me thanks.
Curious question, do your clients under your WISP setup have their own unique IPs? It's strange to think about, but it could be a major security flaw if everyone had the same IP and it went back to your house.
White LED on the CloudKey blinking (as seen in this video) means that the Cloud Controller failed to start, most likely due to a corrupted database which happens A LOT when you dont shut it down before you cut the power. Means, one essential component in his setup was broken while he filmed this video. :-/
I am not even going to comment on the tech - This is the first video of this persons that I believe I have ever watched and there is just something about him.. voice, accent, overall persona? Something about him just makes me want to kick him in the face repeatedly.
for people saying patching panel is upside down , you guys usually work on a huge rack this one is small and the RG45 cable is tiny than if you twist it , it will be hard to deal with . the cable is kinda plugged in in a symetric way so the cable doesnt get twisted . sort of organized
Jessie James I guess you’re bit stupid. He can show how he has his WISP setup by software hiding data like ip addresses or other data... And what if you see that data will you go at his home and try accessing his wifi? Will you try to access his router by accessing the ip by internet? hahah. Meltdown and spectre are more to be used phisically. I guess it’s easier to enter his home and hack what you want but it’s still stupid...
Jessie James No my friend thats old hacking. Ok go to his house and hack everything... He doesn’t have security so it will be fine and police will not care. Hacking remotely a router? that’s old school the unifi security gateway is very top at security... If someone manages to hack it all the tech world would know it because it would be amazing.
4:50 Are you saying that your setup receive internet in the form of radio which lets you to connect to internet? So you are not paying any ISP for internet service?
I used to work for a WISP for more than two years, so I'm looking forward to seeing how you do it :) By the way, don't underestimate that MikroTik router, it could run your entire WISP. My entire home network is based on MikroTik equipment (an RB1200 as the main router, an RB912UAG-5HPnD for the main wifi and LTE backup using a miniPCIe Huawei LTE modem, and a hAP AC lite a guest router and a switch) and it's an amazing value for money. Maybe not as nice as the UniFi architecture, but way cheaper and more powerful.
Good video. My home network is a bunch of jumbled up wires on a some shelves. Where I live (an inland part of Los Angeles) I definitely wouldn't put all that in the attic. During the summer, it's hot enough up there to slow-cook a turkey. The switches, routers, etc., wouldn't have long to live before they're slowly fried.
nice clean setup... but in the attic?!? does it not get hot in your attic during summer? I need to store my server and gear in the basement to help keep it cool!
Running a WISP aside, throwing so many blinkey lights in an attic hurts my head a bit. And so many excess components, a Cisco small business router can handle all of the switching, PoE, routing, firewalling, PPP and segmentation needs... and do it far more cheaply, to the point where he could have a second cold standby unit and still come in way under that cost. And it takes up 1U. RUs are expensive! My own home rack as more than 10x the wired endpoint devices, and it takes up a grand total of 10U.
I know plenty of people that do this because 1) the way the cables are terminated at the RJ45 head it puts less strain on the cable, and 2) it makes it easier to unplug since you do not have to reach underneath to depress the plastic.
What might be a good idea for you to do as you're playing around a bit is to take a MK (Mikrotik) as use it in your office. What you could do is VLAN a port from your WISP side through the unifi switch to the MK downstairs. You would then have 2 ports, one for your LAN and the other would be on your WISP. This would allow you to play around with devices at your desk (wish is always easier) but as if you were connected like in this video. I love UB and MK, the unifi's UI for me is a bit more Apple like vs an MK which gives you access to everything (detailed) straight off the bat. However, once you become a network engineer, you'll start to gravitate to the command line anyway so the UI's become irrelevant. When you start pushing more than a GB over your WISP, you'll end up upgrading your equipment anyway. When that happens, have a look at an MK CCR with a radius server in a VM (if you want to link billing) Or UB's CRM and CNMS on one of their edge routers. I work with a company that pushes around 600Mbps on a CCR1009 (the last time I looked which was last year) and runs an external radius server with no issues. MK vs UB is purely down to preference for the routing side at the moment as both their products are excellent. I will however push people towards UB purely because of the software they are releasing that works alongside their devices. UCRM, UNMS and airControl give so much more control and insight without having to rely on 3rd party monitoring solutions that may give the insight you need in times of problems. So to you, good choice and keep it up
Realy, REALY nice! But not detailed tho. Where is the info about the satelite dishes, and how you manage to send certain speeds to customers. And why would people prefer you over a normal ISP? The satelite dish is couple of 100 pounds alone. A normal ISP would be way under that amount of money.
Dennis he lives in a somewhat rural area where fibre isn’t available to everyone; this WISP stuff will continue to make him money until VM/BT etc roll in and lay down fibre. This area isn’t particularly rural so it’ll happen fairly soon I’d imagine, then his clients will leave in an instant and he’ll be left to remove the dishes from their houses and sell them. This is supposedly how he can afford this new house
Even giving him the benefit of the doubt that he does already have 30 clients (I doubt it, it's currently all running on his personal line and provided by another WISP in the area) he still would only have about 18k turnover. The dishes alone are in the 4k mark, then you've got to add the cost of everything in the comms cabinet and that's before the cost of a lease line - not exactly cheap. All in this isn't a highly profitable business. Fun for a hobby but you'd need a few 100 customers before it starts to finance houses and Porsches.
Netonix WISP switches are badass. My company uses them for everything from access points to antennas to cameras and even AV equipment. A lot of times we will use them for cameras and antennas in one job. We will have cameras set up in one place and the server at another location and have to use antennas to link the cameras to the server.
What's the name of the box for the RJ45 ports displayed on the 9:19 mark? It's like an out-of-the-wall jack for RJ45 but I'm having trouble finding where to purchase those :(
@ 3:46 you will see a Ubiquiti UniFi USG protecting the home network, I imagine the WISP Router, which will be the primary gateway inbound, may have some element of protection. Then again clients should have their own Router devices their end to handle inbound and outbound security, however, I do wonder as a WISP ISP what are data logging responsibilities under IPAct?
Dazza exactly, now obviously most routers have firewall capabilities, but these are very limited and only good for private use, as soon as you grow to a small company(like he has done) you need to upgrade every bit of kit for a balanced, protected network. But I can see why he doesn’t have one, good firewalls from a company like Checkpoint begin in the thousands...
@@olliebt6761 he's simply a link in the chain. Imagine the wifi network being a large lan. All the important stuff is done at the break out. I used to load pf sense on a watch guard firewall from ebay and it worked perfectly. You can resell it too being open source.
What temp will there be in mid summer? Hope you have SUPER ventilation to exhaust the heat or it will overheat! Sorry på rain on the parade but I have done just kinda what you did here, and I live in the northern part of Sweden, but at times I had +75 to 80 degrees under the roof at mid day!
I'm confused. So you have a router that gets the internet access that then goes to a switch that then goes to 2 other routers and then to another switch. Do you at least have VLANs set up to separate the home and WISP networks? Because as far as I can tell everything is connected in the end.
But one question I have is what about the way you get a network connection into the house? So you have the cable comming from your ISP into the home and into which device does it plug in? Also is that network connection replaced by the lease line?
Alex, My compliments. It's nice to see a small business person doing lots of things right . For a personal network your rig kicks... As a WISP, I encourage you do consider some additional redundancy. I appreciate your consideration of local and house UPS, but location (and power service from multiple power distribution networks, etc) redundancy has to be a consideration for a commercial provider. Anyway, I just wanted to say, I wish more commercial network professionals took the care to properly rack and manage cables and just do it as well as you have.
Yay MikroTik!!! I've been selling and configuring those for a couple of years now, and also use MikroTik equipment for my own WISP. They are perfect if you are looking for configuration flexibility and quality, but don't want to pay Cisco prices. MikroTik has great support, firmware/RouterOS updates are available for every router (even if it's 11 years old) and you can build great infrastructures with it!
xXlemoncandyXx well I wouldn't want to know that part because that's his personal thing wouldn't want to intrude or get his confidential information as that but yeah it's really fast.
Bet hes on a gig businesses gpon line currently, reckon hes only upgrading to a gig dia. Still impressive though. Doubt its that utilised for 30 subs in a rural area
I would assume that each radio (AP) on the roof servicing clients is in a different vlan or are there multiple SSIDs per radio and each client is in their own Vlan? One of these routers has to be giving out IPs and without Vlans you will eventually run out of IPs. What devices do you typically install in a client's building?
I would love to see more I your WISP, including the above stuff like the PPEOE. Your networking videos are by far the most interesting, and the reason I subscribe (not that I don't watch all of your content, I just love the networking ones). Are you doing a videoon the leased line install? Are you sleeping up your new house as a WISP client? I hope you document the heck out of your network install in your new house!
One lightning ⚡ strike and equipment rack is toast. Any kind of service provider has contingency/business continuity plans. In your case it would be an identical setup as a backup should the main setup go down.
This is the type of guy that works on the infrastructure side of IT and thinks he knows network and security inside out because he can setup a VLAN or some sub interfaces on a switch
How are you your own ISP? It's pretty cool but how? And what if your broadband provider goes offline due to a backend issue or something? Also, you should get a longer lasting UPS
Hi Alex, I am wondering why your roof radio are directional antennas instead of the omni type. The later has more coverage for your clients - you simply point their CPE radio. Yes?
Hey Alex, Great videos. I'm curious have you had experience with heavy rain or snow, and how might that affect your WiSP services to the other users? Thanks in advance. Chris
I'm just wondering the same.. Alex how often do you have your costumers angry or shouting about flaws on the connections and how do you solve them? I enjoyed the video, greetings from Argentina
Do you have issues with kit in the loft? I’m looking to do the same but am somewhat unsure about putting kit up there. How do you deal with ‘extremes’ of temperature? I’m more worried about summer than winter as it’s like a sauna up there in the summer. Be interested to know how you managed on that front?
Very cool! For the future i would look into virtualization and managed switches . Also, if you want that USP to last longer, you can parallel some deep cycles batteries onto it. That way it will last way longer.
I like the setup, it looks really good. However i see a real major issue with this.. And that is security. Internet Security now days, are real important, which i dont really see how you manage? As an ISP you are now responsible for everything going threw your internet-line? What is your internetspeed, and what speed are you delivering to your customers?
@@HudsonGTV His point is that if someone that is connected to his WISP goes onto something that they shouldnt it will show that he is accessing it to the ISP that he is comnected to
Basically if someone accesses the wisp with a dish as it has a static ip and when the person torrents or does something illegal it will show that he has done it
Btw you could also buy a cheap generator. The UPS will clean power from the generator, as it has to first rectify it and then uses an inverter to supply the pure sine wave needed for delicate equipment. That way you could actually have it working during longer outages. Although I think your upstream will probably fail at that point :S
For some constructive criticism - I would suggest introducing some cable management (cable trays, double sided Velcro etc). The cables from your switch should go into a cable rail directly above or below your switch, then run horizontally and then up to a cable rail below your patch panel, and from there into your patch panel. This not only looks more professional, but makes it easier to swap and change things later.
First off, that's damn impressive for someone your age! Second, i would love to see the setups of the people complaining in the comments. This is an awesome setup, you have a real future doing what you do, I loved it!
Pretty nice setup! How do you link the customers to the internet? Most ISPs don't allow to resale or run public facing servers, were you somehow able to get around that rule? Always thought it would be cool to provide services from my house but no ISPs here allow it.
You should also check if your UPS allows for a usb to connect to your “important” devices, the UPS then sends a signal to the devices to safely shutdown, this will stop any of your hardware from breaking, corrupting configs in your switch and any other smart devices (doesn’t matter about dumb routers, etc since they don’t store any info such as Mac addresses on an arp table) wouldn’t want your whole DHCP service to f*ck up...
please tell me that you are going to upgrade the USG to the xg-8 when that is available or the USG Pro. And the racks organization is terrible. Your WISP should be on the top with its own dedicated space and then your home network should be segregated. 2 patch panels, get a rack mount UPS that is more powerful becasue that little thing probably wont pwer the network for more than 30 minutes no where near 2 hours. Also did you upgrade to the new cloud key?
...I sincerely hope you're planning on adding a seperate fuse board for the panel itself. Looks like you're currently running the whole of that kit through one 240v wall socket? :O
Till now i am thinking I have so much knowledge about networking, after seeing this video I got to know there are lot to learn in this world My situation is like having a drop of water in a ocean
The pretentiousness in this comment section is ridiculous
Why don't you just say sarcasm?
Is pretentiousness even a word? Lol
@@snucc1000 Probably because I'm not referring to sarcasm, that's a totally different word. Don't even know how you came up with sarcasm as a replacement for being pretentious. Also, a simple google search will answer your question.
@@christianfernandez3814 Please don't feed the trolls. Dude i agree with you
MrD hilps we aren’t trolls we can just design a more efficient network. He coulda just used a Cisco small business router that could have handled all of that in way less space but I guess CLI configuration takes actual know how. I guess with daddy’s money I would sprinkle in some excess stuff too. It would be fun and look sexier.
and there you have it...haha don't feed the trolls please.
I admire his enthusiasm for his setup. It is not something you will find in an average home. But as some people commented, there are some flaws in the setup.
1. An attic, due to temperature fluctuations is not the best place for a system like that.
2. That is not a server rack. There is no way a server will fit in that rack. It's a Telco rack.
3. Drilling it the stack is a bad idea and against building regs.
4. In the UK it is illegal to sell internet service without a license and with most private ISP contracts you will be violating the Customer Agreement for Residential Service.
5. Since you have a firewall etc, you probably have logs of the traffic which could be a breach of the new GDPR, if you don't keep any logs then try and prove that it was someone else that did some illegal activities on your internet line and not you. Since you are the customer of the main line, you will be the first in line to get into trouble.
6. Have you tested that UPS, I can't imagine it will survive more than 40 minutes.
Of course, we all start somewhere and learn with time as would this guy. I see IT pros in big companies making big mistakes and they have been working for over 20 years.
But this setup looks clean with colour coded cables and everything is labeled.
So even if I have put some negative points in this comment, keep it up and keep learning.
isp's who sell this solution often offer connectivity to a customer to extend their network and they deal with all the legal stuff. It's also pretty easy and not massively regulated point to point wifi. I'd personally call that rack a coms rack or simply the switch. It's certainly not telco, it's IT networking/switching. The firewall will be a pass through but there for things like ddos and lock downs if malware is found to be operating on the network i'd imagine. If not, just a fancy router and load balance. He won't have access to it if it's network owned. Yes the usp is pap but will only need to power the WiFi and possibly a switch to maintain network connectivity depending on setup. The isp is offering internet connectivity which has no line service agreement it doesn't matter if there's a power cut. If it goes down, it goes down just like a normal dsl service there is no guarantee on up time..... You can find flaws in every setup but unless you know both industry's well (telco and IT), someone better educated will always correct you on how you're misinformed and basically wrong. Telco boys always put IT managers straight as they have experience of both sides of the network and a wider knowledge base as standard. Gbps please....i'm talking real data transfer - Tbps fibre links. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM bitch.
Dude lives in the UK. There is no such thing as a hot day.
A UPS that size will last 15 mins max with new batteries.
Attila Vidacs jajajaja!!! That true !!
Isn't that the whole point of UPS....40 min ain't bad for backup power
So guys, look at this guys. Guys, this is amazing guys. Let me tell you guys. And guys now on to the guys, guys. So guys, that concludes this video guys. Guys?
If that is what you took from this video, its says more about you and your 93 idiots that this kid who made this WISP.
😂
@@softwareengineer9435 If that is what you took from my comment, maybe you shouldn't take everything so seriously.
Serveroom: Without servers.
Jajajaja
🤣🤣🤣
Who needs servers when you have glowing leds on your "massive" 13u rack?
@@guillepunx 13 1u rack...
more like: network room
Yes the guy could get in trouble. But I really see his enthusiasm and passion to learn. This is probably a blueprint for him to become an ISP. How many kids nowadays have this kind of interest. He just needs to keep pushing it for greater good. Don't care what others say this kid is motivated and special.
~Clears throat~
*E T H E R N E T*
Eth-er-net not eeth-er-net
@@ryzech4168 YES!!!!
This kid makes life 10x harder
I remember watching this video years ago when I was in university and I was like damn this is genius,... I’m currently working in a tier 2 ISP and seen this is like wow, very easy and small because we do deal with ASRs Cisco’s and Junipers MX, MPLS BGP OSPF etc so I’m still happy to see this and I feel encouraged by seeing this :) for those who are starting don’t give up
I have a deadsport on the first floor in the kitchen downstairs and my brother on the 3rd floor doesn't always get the best speeds. Can someone please recommend what i shall do? I have virgin internet and get roughly 300 down 60 upload, what shall i do to make my whole house accessible to wifi? Do i take pressure off the router? Or do i need a new router? Or a wifi extender downstairs? Please help me thanks.
@@Harz77 get a wifi extender but don't buy access points
@@hemant_verma I think ap’s (access points) are professional.
Curious question, do your clients under your WISP setup have their own unique IPs? It's strange to think about, but it could be a major security flaw if everyone had the same IP and it went back to your house.
White LED on the CloudKey blinking (as seen in this video) means that the Cloud Controller failed to start, most likely due to a corrupted database which happens A LOT when you dont shut it down before you cut the power. Means, one essential component in his setup was broken while he filmed this video. :-/
Impressive setup, but how do you cool the rack? Does the attic get hot during the summer?
Sold me on the key lock system, amazing feature..
therealspudnic I’ve just realised my MASSIVE 9U rack also has removable panels, a glass front AND A FULL ON KEY LOCK SYSTEM. ERMAGHERD
Man, I am so much in love with your setup. You just inspired me to build my own today. Thank you so much.
I am not even going to comment on the tech - This is the first video of this persons that I believe I have ever watched and there is just something about him.. voice, accent, overall persona? Something about him just makes me want to kick him in the face repeatedly.
Just you i guess. Must be that mind of you disrespecting others
@@techflow Dont take it too heart kid, :)
somebody jealous
reading your comment makes me want to poop on your face.....say AAAAAAA please
@Allen I think it's just his face. Though when he said "Alexa, turn off the lights" I wanted to kick him in the nuts, because I was sat in the dark.
for people saying patching panel is upside down , you guys usually work on a huge rack this one is small and the RG45 cable is tiny than if you twist it , it will be hard to deal with . the cable is kinda plugged in in a symetric way so the cable doesnt get twisted . sort of organized
Can we just appreciate his patch panel is upside down?
How does UniFi Switch work on corporate networks?
Now it would be very interesting if you show us how do you have everything set up for the WISP by software.
That would be really stupid, then he would be begging someone to come and hack me lol
Jessie James no because there are passwords for that... and he has such secure routers...
MIGI28 I guess you been living under a rock, they can’t fix meltdown and Spector
Jessie James I guess you’re bit stupid. He can show how he has his WISP setup by software hiding data like ip addresses or other data... And what if you see that data will you go at his home and try accessing his wifi? Will you try to access his router by accessing the ip by internet? hahah. Meltdown and spectre are more to be used phisically. I guess it’s easier to enter his home and hack what you want but it’s still stupid...
Jessie James No my friend thats old hacking. Ok go to his house and hack everything... He doesn’t have security so it will be fine and police will not care. Hacking remotely a router? that’s old school the unifi security gateway is very top at security... If someone manages to hack it all the tech world would know it because it would be amazing.
I won't lie I enjoyed this video. I hope you give us a setup video to your new rack and what else you add to your new place.
This guy is his own biggest fan. Components in that rack are probably going to burn out in a few months just due to heat.
4:50 Are you saying that your setup receive internet in the form of radio which lets you to connect to internet? So you are not paying any ISP for internet service?
When you're an ITT Tech graduate and get triggered by someone perusing a hobby of theirs. Lol
I used to work for a WISP for more than two years, so I'm looking forward to seeing how you do it :) By the way, don't underestimate that MikroTik router, it could run your entire WISP. My entire home network is based on MikroTik equipment (an RB1200 as the main router, an RB912UAG-5HPnD for the main wifi and LTE backup using a miniPCIe Huawei LTE modem, and a hAP AC lite a guest router and a switch) and it's an amazing value for money. Maybe not as nice as the UniFi architecture, but way cheaper and more powerful.
Good video. My home network is a bunch of jumbled up wires on a some shelves. Where I live (an inland part of Los Angeles) I definitely wouldn't put all that in the attic. During the summer, it's hot enough up there to slow-cook a turkey. The switches, routers, etc., wouldn't have long to live before they're slowly fried.
nice clean setup... but in the attic?!? does it not get hot in your attic during summer? I need to store my server and gear in the basement to help keep it cool!
Looks sick! Would love to know more about your WISP setup. I live in a pretty dense area and would be interesting to see how you run yours.
what do u do now with the Mikrotik? can you make a video about it?
My network :
A fookin modem
A fookin router
A fooking ip camera
Thats it.
:(
Thats all u need he runs an isp
Good setup BTW...
So all of this was in before the leased line? Were you reselling a business line of standard?
Holy shit, it's Mick Jagger when he was 12!
For the UPS, why not get a little emergency generator? So in case power goes down for more then 2 hours, you still have backup
You're damn good Man, but This house will turn into a nuclear missile 😂😂
Where do you buy everything to get started, I am thinking about it. Mainly for me. Is there any X cost for WiFi
Running a WISP aside, throwing so many blinkey lights in an attic hurts my head a bit. And so many excess components, a Cisco small business router can handle all of the switching, PoE, routing, firewalling, PPP and segmentation needs... and do it far more cheaply, to the point where he could have a second cold standby unit and still come in way under that cost. And it takes up 1U. RUs are expensive!
My own home rack as more than 10x the wired endpoint devices, and it takes up a grand total of 10U.
Yeah, but then he'd actually have to configure them.
what model cisco could handle it?
@@boldswede1280 An RV340 would without issue. Not to mention pretty much any IOS device with sufficient throughput.
@@jec6613 can you think of a reason why it's not set up with a router like that?
@@boldswede1280 Cisco isn't the new sexy kid on the block for gear to put in home, and a lack of traditional networking knowledge are my two bets.
A loft is not a good place to have this kit in bro. What temps does the cab get in the summer?
He installed his patch panels upside down... how hard is it to read the writing on the front of them and install it correctly?
he hand wrote the labels.....
I know plenty of people that do this because 1) the way the cables are terminated at the RJ45 head it puts less strain on the cable, and 2) it makes it easier to unplug since you do not have to reach underneath to depress the plastic.
@@ZachSkagen I think it makes sense to mount it upside down for that reason alone...
Least weird unbelievablething about this video, I've installed panels upside down for reasons
why. do. you. cut. the. sentences. like. that.?.
What might be a good idea for you to do as you're playing around a bit is to take a MK (Mikrotik) as use it in your office.
What you could do is VLAN a port from your WISP side through the unifi switch to the MK downstairs.
You would then have 2 ports, one for your LAN and the other would be on your WISP.
This would allow you to play around with devices at your desk (wish is always easier) but as if you were connected like in this video.
I love UB and MK, the unifi's UI for me is a bit more Apple like vs an MK which gives you access to everything (detailed) straight off the bat.
However, once you become a network engineer, you'll start to gravitate to the command line anyway so the UI's become irrelevant.
When you start pushing more than a GB over your WISP, you'll end up upgrading your equipment anyway.
When that happens, have a look at an MK CCR with a radius server in a VM (if you want to link billing)
Or UB's CRM and CNMS on one of their edge routers.
I work with a company that pushes around 600Mbps on a CCR1009 (the last time I looked which was last year) and runs an external radius server with no issues.
MK vs UB is purely down to preference for the routing side at the moment as both their products are excellent.
I will however push people towards UB purely because of the software they are releasing that works alongside their devices.
UCRM, UNMS and airControl give so much more control and insight without having to rely on 3rd party monitoring solutions that may give the insight you need in times of problems.
So to you, good choice and keep it up
Realy, REALY nice! But not detailed tho. Where is the info about the satelite dishes, and how you manage to send certain speeds to customers. And why would people prefer you over a normal ISP? The satelite dish is couple of 100 pounds alone. A normal ISP would be way under that amount of money.
Dennis he lives in a somewhat rural area where fibre isn’t available to everyone; this WISP stuff will continue to make him money until VM/BT etc roll in and lay down fibre. This area isn’t particularly rural so it’ll happen fairly soon I’d imagine, then his clients will leave in an instant and he’ll be left to remove the dishes from their houses and sell them. This is supposedly how he can afford this new house
So in one or two years his whole ISP is worthless? lmfao.
If I had to hazard a guess, yes. And if not within the next 2 years it will eventually happen. Hope he has a Plan B
thedoode22 im pretty sure he has a backup plan in the work or something. Otherwise he has to do some more wedding video’s 😝
Even giving him the benefit of the doubt that he does already have 30 clients (I doubt it, it's currently all running on his personal line and provided by another WISP in the area) he still would only have about 18k turnover. The dishes alone are in the 4k mark, then you've got to add the cost of everything in the comms cabinet and that's before the cost of a lease line - not exactly cheap. All in this isn't a highly profitable business. Fun for a hobby but you'd need a few 100 customers before it starts to finance houses and Porsches.
Great Video. You should get a backup generator in addition to the UPS. That's how we setup our equipment in the hospital I work at.
I like your setup, why don't you have a managed layer 3 switch in the comms rack? You'll save on equipment and be able to separate the LAN properly.
Netonix WISP switches are badass. My company uses them for everything from access points to antennas to cameras and even AV equipment. A lot of times we will use them for cameras and antennas in one job. We will have cameras set up in one place and the server at another location and have to use antennas to link the cameras to the server.
How do you distribute the Bandwidth among 30 Clients? 4-1? Load balance?
Do you all share the same public IP or did you buy an IP block for all your customers and do 1:1 NAT?
i wish the camera guy would stop moving the camera for a second
What's the name of the box for the RJ45 ports displayed on the 9:19 mark? It's like an out-of-the-wall jack for RJ45 but I'm having trouble finding where to purchase those :(
Where’s your firewall? You want you and your customers to be exposed?😂
@ 3:46 you will see a Ubiquiti UniFi USG protecting the home network, I imagine the WISP Router, which will be the primary gateway inbound, may have some element of protection. Then again clients should have their own Router devices their end to handle inbound and outbound security, however, I do wonder as a WISP ISP what are data logging responsibilities under IPAct?
Dazza exactly, now obviously most routers have firewall capabilities, but these are very limited and only good for private use, as soon as you grow to a small company(like he has done) you need to upgrade every bit of kit for a balanced, protected network. But I can see why he doesn’t have one, good firewalls from a company like Checkpoint begin in the thousands...
@@olliebt6761 he's simply a link in the chain. Imagine the wifi network being a large lan. All the important stuff is done at the break out. I used to load pf sense on a watch guard firewall from ebay and it worked perfectly. You can resell it too being open source.
firewalls can be software based as well
Very nice setup; I'm envious. Btw, how hot does it get up there in the attic during the Summer?
It’s fucking eeeethernet not efernet
I cringe every time...
He's British :D
@Jessie.. so am I... I still pronounce it like this clown does
rooter or router
router
Wait until summer, you will have temps of around 55 degrees Celsius in that cab. The USG is has an environment temp of 45 degrees.
Damn this intro shot could be straight from a horror movie of the sever that kills...
HI Alex, may I know which device convert the signal from your ISP?
Can you show us the route from your ISP to your PPPoE device?
Essentially there is an essential amount of significant use of the essential word essentially.
What temp will there be in mid summer? Hope you have SUPER ventilation to exhaust the heat or it will overheat! Sorry på rain on the parade but I have done just kinda what you did here, and I live in the northern part of Sweden, but at times I had +75 to 80 degrees under the roof at mid day!
In the attic, the hottest place in the home, and no fans
@@james-57264 that doesnt mean shit. they run the heat dont they? heat rises
I'm confused. So you have a router that gets the internet access that then goes to a switch that then goes to 2 other routers and then to another switch. Do you at least have VLANs set up to separate the home and WISP networks? Because as far as I can tell everything is connected in the end.
8:32 that is a lot of bloody sky boxes!!
99% of the satellite tv delivered in the UK. considered a bit trailer park! Most use freeview digital feed via antenna
I'd rather not elaborate, but we have an expression here: the larger the TV, the poorer the diet - that might give you some clue!!
Because it is my opinion. Our lifestyles clearly have little in common.
But at least I am 'rude' with proper grammar and punctuation. Sharpen (and toughen) up, o feeble millennial.
@Hello _ to awnser your question it is a paid satellite TV company in the uk
But one question I have is what about the way you get a network connection into the house? So you have the cable comming from your ISP into the home and into which device does it plug in? Also is that network connection replaced by the lease line?
Damn Willow, when did the Shire start using the internet?
Alex, My compliments. It's nice to see a small business person doing lots of things right . For a personal network your rig kicks... As a WISP, I encourage you do consider some additional redundancy. I appreciate your consideration of local and house UPS, but location (and power service from multiple power distribution networks, etc) redundancy has to be a consideration for a commercial provider. Anyway, I just wanted to say, I wish more commercial network professionals took the care to properly rack and manage cables and just do it as well as you have.
love you brother don't take me wrong ;) i really enjoyed this explanation THANKS
Yay MikroTik!!! I've been selling and configuring those for a couple of years now, and also use MikroTik equipment for my own WISP. They are perfect if you are looking for configuration flexibility and quality, but don't want to pay Cisco prices. MikroTik has great support, firmware/RouterOS updates are available for every router (even if it's 11 years old) and you can build great infrastructures with it!
Running a wisp is awesome but getting strong enough internet connection to run it is the only problem, would love to know how you make all this work.
yess must have crazy good speeds. Wonder which leased line he's getting
xXlemoncandyXx well I wouldn't want to know that part because that's his personal thing wouldn't want to intrude or get his confidential information as that but yeah it's really fast.
Bet hes on a gig businesses gpon line currently, reckon hes only upgrading to a gig dia. Still impressive though. Doubt its that utilised for 30 subs in a rural area
It is surely impressive, he said 30 clients so i'm not going against what he said.
Completely agree, a wisp alone is a full time job. Guy manages alot
Fair play to him.
I would assume that each radio (AP) on the roof servicing clients is in a different vlan or are there multiple SSIDs per radio and each client is in their own Vlan? One of these routers has to be giving out IPs and without Vlans you will eventually run out of IPs. What devices do you typically install in a client's building?
I would love to see more I your WISP, including the above stuff like the PPEOE. Your networking videos are by far the most interesting, and the reason I subscribe (not that I don't watch all of your content, I just love the networking ones).
Are you doing a videoon the leased line install?
Are you sleeping up your new house as a WISP client? I hope you document the heck out of your network install in your new house!
One lightning ⚡ strike and equipment rack is toast. Any kind of service provider has contingency/business continuity plans. In your case it would be an identical setup as a backup should the main setup go down.
This is the type of guy that works on the infrastructure side of IT and thinks he knows network and security inside out because he can setup a VLAN or some sub interfaces on a switch
MGB 72UK 😂
How are you your own ISP? It's pretty cool but how? And what if your broadband provider goes offline due to a backend issue or something? Also, you should get a longer lasting UPS
The top patch panel is upside down. But very nice setup!
That's gonna be a baking rack when summer rolls around.
1:11 “Alex, get yourself a.....girlfriend?”
Hi Alex, I am wondering why your roof radio are directional antennas instead of the omni type. The later has more coverage for your clients - you simply point their CPE radio. Yes?
Hey Alex, Great videos. I'm curious have you had experience with heavy rain or snow, and how might that affect your WiSP services to the other users? Thanks in advance. Chris
I'm just wondering the same.. Alex how often do you have your costumers angry or shouting about flaws on the connections and how do you solve them? I enjoyed the video, greetings from Argentina
None of that happens because I doubt it's true
Do you have issues with kit in the loft? I’m looking to do the same but am somewhat unsure about putting kit up there. How do you deal with ‘extremes’ of temperature? I’m more worried about summer than winter as it’s like a sauna up there in the summer. Be interested to know how you managed on that front?
You're telling me that your neighbors pay you for attic internet wifi?
He's deluded
Yup
Very cool! For the future i would look into virtualization and managed switches . Also, if you want that USP to last longer, you can parallel some deep cycles batteries onto it. That way it will last way longer.
Man mean setup! The man!
How do you actually get the internet to sell?
I like the setup, it looks really good. However i see a real major issue with this.. And that is security. Internet Security now days, are real important, which i dont really see how you manage? As an ISP you are now responsible for everything going threw your internet-line? What is your internetspeed, and what speed are you delivering to your customers?
Fredrik Jamshidi hes not responsible if he gives each customer a public ip
You mean so that each and every customer have bought their own public IP from his internetprovider?
Each line has port isolation so they cant talk to each other. and are on separate WANS
Matt Green Ofc, thats a must, but there are mutiple ways to breach firmware isolations.
lol not really, most common way of isolation is marking the packets at the router so it can't be tampered with
Would be interred to know what subscriber setup you have for your Wireless clients
and you know your clients aren't dealing in photos of kids because....
Liz Noonan when does he say that?
@@HudsonGTV His point is that if someone that is connected to his WISP goes onto something that they shouldnt it will show that he is accessing it to the ISP that he is comnected to
Basically if someone accesses the wisp with a dish as it has a static ip and when the person torrents or does something illegal it will show that he has done it
Btw you could also buy a cheap generator. The UPS will clean power from the generator, as it has to first rectify it and then uses an inverter to supply the pure sine wave needed for delicate equipment. That way you could actually have it working during longer outages. Although I think your upstream will probably fail at that point :S
"13 1u rack"
...
you mean 13u rack?
Issy Szemeti 😂😂😂
For some constructive criticism -
I would suggest introducing some cable management (cable trays, double sided Velcro etc).
The cables from your switch should go into a cable rail directly above or below your switch, then run horizontally and then up to a cable rail below your patch panel, and from there into your patch panel. This not only looks more professional, but makes it easier to swap and change things later.
In the attic? that's gotta get hot!! Not a good place for it... plus no cooling added.
It's in the UK, doesn't really get that hot there
Forget the temperature. Obviously that will fluctuate based on season. It's the moisture that will kill his equipment.
where is AC on the roof? how your hardware gonna survive during summer's hot days?
First off, that's damn impressive for someone your age! Second, i would love to see the setups of the people complaining in the comments. This is an awesome setup, you have a real future doing what you do, I loved it!
Pretty nice setup! How do you link the customers to the internet? Most ISPs don't allow to resale or run public facing servers, were you somehow able to get around that rule? Always thought it would be cool to provide services from my house but no ISPs here allow it.
Goddamn lol. All I have in my house is a WRT3200ACM with an OpenWRT installed 😆.
How do you solve the problem with heating in the loft ?
What is the temperature in the rack?
its like Europe so its allways raining
You should also check if your UPS allows for a usb to connect to your “important” devices, the UPS then sends a signal to the devices to safely shutdown, this will stop any of your hardware from breaking, corrupting configs in your switch and any other smart devices (doesn’t matter about dumb routers, etc since they don’t store any info such as Mac addresses on an arp table) wouldn’t want your whole DHCP service to f*ck up...
Who keeps network equipment in an area that is not temperature-controlled? This is bad for overall performance and for hardware longevity.
Adam Lavigne 😂
Adam Lavigne lmao it’s gotta be hot af up there
A switch, a router and a patch panel are not really justification to invest in an air conditioner.
please tell me that you are going to upgrade the USG to the xg-8 when that is available or the USG Pro. And the racks organization is terrible. Your WISP should be on the top with its own dedicated space and then your home network should be segregated. 2 patch panels, get a rack mount UPS that is more powerful becasue that little thing probably wont pwer the network for more than 30 minutes no where near 2 hours. Also did you upgrade to the new cloud key?
Please give me a “breakthrough” of your system!
alex do you have anti lightning for your main backhaul? or it is a seperate wire for grounding? it can help you with unwanted strikes if its happen.
Must be nice to have rich parents
...I sincerely hope you're planning on adding a seperate fuse board for the panel itself. Looks like you're currently running the whole of that kit through one 240v wall socket? :O
1:33 he spits when he says top lol
Till now i am thinking I have so much knowledge about networking, after seeing this video I got to know there are lot to learn in this world
My situation is like having a drop of water in a ocean
patch panel upside down :-)