Author Archives: Alan Spicer

Same rugged router, dual modem (dual 4G LTE-A provider) capable, good for FirstNet – First Responders (in road – motor vehicles), also good for All Kinds of Marine Vessels / Yachts and Boats

November 29, 2018 21:36 /

Same rugged router, dual modem (dual 4G LTE-A provider) capable, good for FirstNet – First Responders (in road – motor vehicles), also good for All Kinds of Marine Vessels / Yachts and Boats. Four LAN Ethernet jacks for all your onboard connections. 1 WAN / Internet jack (can have more as ports are switchable LAN / WAN) for other Internet source like Sat, WiFi, Shore DSL-Cable. WiFi built-in. Smaller boats WiFi for the whole boat. Larger boats maybe WiFi for the bridge – wheelhouse deck … and add your own WiFi ap’s for other decks / areas. (See page for further WiFi specs.)

More info. here -> https://blog.marinetelecom.net/new-cradlepoint-cor-ibr-1700-series-more-lte-band-wave-2-wifi-more-lan-ports/

Takes FirstNet Band 14 Special Modem in Right Front slot

Takes 2nd 4G LTE-A Modem as well in Right Front slot (only 1 of these.)

1 integrated 600M 4G LTE Modem.

Ruggedized for rough rides!!!!

Alan Spicer Telecom

Alan Spicer Marine Telecom

communications @ marinetelecom.net

+1 954 354 2748

 

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Alan Spicer Marine Telecom has Firstnet capable routers for First Responders (Police, Fire, Communications Trucks / Trailers)

November 29, 2018 21:25 /

Alan Spicer Marine Telecom has Firstnet capable routers for First Responders (Police, Fire, Communications Command Center Trucks / Trailers) – FirstNet features are fully supported, including priorty and pre-emption as well as the Band 14 spectrum.

Alan Spicer Telecom

Alan Spicer Marine Telecom

communications @ marinetelecom.net

+1 954 354 2748

 

 

 

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(New perm. page) Marine WiFi Systems (Single, Dual Band), Marine Wireless Access Points, Compact Computers

November 14, 2018 17:01 /

New permanent page … Please click on the link below.

https://blog.marinetelecom.net/marine-wifi-systems-single-dual-band-marine-access-points-compact-computers/

Alan Spicer Marine Telecom

+1-954-354-2748

communications@marinetelecom.net

 

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For Yachts and Marine Vessels – 4G LTE Advanced and WiFi Dual Band

August 29, 2018 15:49 /

Alan Spicer Marine Telecom – provides sales and consulting / support for Internet Systems for Yachts and other Marine Vessels. Marine Client Hotspot Connection Systems with 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz WiFi.

Marine 4G LTE Advanced Systems with Master Router (takes additional Internet Connections) capability for Internet connection switching, and Load Balancing.

Consulting to connect multiple systems to existing, or create, onboard wired and WiFi wireless networks.

General computer and network consulting. Solve existing problems, recommend upgrades, survey and document your Internet network systems.

Alan Spicer Marine Telecom

+1 954 354 2748

Cell +1 954 260 9645

 

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Marine WiFi Systems, Marine WiFi + 4G LTE Systems

May 3, 2018 15:52 /

Marine WiFi Systems are available in 2.4 Ghz and 5 Ghz, and Dual Band (both bands)

Both in the small (router/radio unit at antenna) remote power over Ethernet (run 1 cable for both Power and Network.), and Premium (MIMO dual antenna) Router – Radio Unit sits inside and Antennas are remote by Coax Cable. You can use 1 antenna topside and 1 smaller antenna inside. Or two topside antennas (2 coax cable runs.) Premium systems have more powerful router CPU systems…

Recently there has become available combined WiFi Dual Band + 4G LTE Cellular systems. I am just becoming aware of this so haven’t deployed one yet, but this comes from a 15 year long time WiFi Marine company.

With our sales comes pre-sales consulting, determine what you need and how it will be installed. Support with the installation as needed.

Alan Spicer Telecom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom

+1 954 354 2748. Cell +1 954 260 9645.

communications @ marinetelecom.net

 

 

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Business Branches and Sites, Mobile and Fleets – 4G LTE Advanced

March 8, 2018 14:28 /

I have always primarily marketed Marine Vessels … but these 4G LTE products are designed for Business – Branches and Sites, and Mobile (land mobile) vehicles and Fleets. So please contact me if you have a need or a project for these.

With the new included Netcloud Management and Support it’s easier to get your branches and mobile fleets online on 4G LTE Advanced as primary or backup Internet Access.

COR IBR 1700 is designed for vehicle use. with Netcloud you can Manage and Maintain a fleet of vehicles from 1 logon to Netcloud.One pane of glass they call it.

Here it is again … https://blog.marinetelecom.net/new-cradlepoint-cor-ibr-1700-series-more-lte-band-wave-2-wifi-more-lan-ports/

AER 2200 is designed for business branches and sites and the same applies to it as far as being able to Manage and Maintain multiple branches and sites from one pane of glass, as mentioned above. Some sites are temporary or what they call Pop-Up stores. Some sites are remote offices or locale (location-based) offices. Stores and Retailers of all sizes have multiple locations. Most can operate on 4G LTE-A as Internet source … or 4G LTE-A with terrestrial Internet as backup or primary. These routers are designed to do this.

Here this one is again … https://blog.marinetelecom.net/new-cradlepoint-aer-2200-series-more-lte-bands-dual-modem-capable-9-lan-port-4-poe-wave-2-wifi/

Alan Spicer Telecom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom

+1 954 260 9645 / 954 354 2748

communications@marinetelecom.net

 

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New Routers available as Marine Pack from ASMT, now with Netcloud Cloud Management and 24/7 Support

March 6, 2018 12:52 /

The following are available as a Marine Pack package with Topside Antennas, Coax Cables, and Adaptors to do a full installation. These are 3gpp Release 11and I believe CAT 11 based on them saying 600 Mb/s built-in modems. Previously products were based on Release 10 CaT 6 modems. Also notice some additional LTE bands are included.

Please see:

https://blog.marinetelecom.net/new-cradlepoint-aer-2200-series-more-lte-bands-dual-modem-capable-9-lan-port-4-poe-wave-2-wifi/

and

https://blog.marinetelecom.net/new-cradlepoint-cor-ibr-1700-series-more-lte-band-wave-2-wifi-more-lan-ports/

 
Routers we have sold in the past did not come with support from Cradlepoint. If you called them (if I called them) they would not help us … we had to sell CradleCare support agreements. Recently they have renamed that to Netcloud. It also includes Internet web browser based Management of 1 router or many routers.This makes it easy to manage and software update your routers. It provides 24/7 support. And now in 2018 they are bundling this with the routers. So time to embrace the cloud and get the free included support. 1 year Netcloud is included with the sale of the routers. You can buy more years upfront or later on.

Netcloud is Cloud Management and 24/7 Support. Cradlepoint doesn’t give support without an agreement, and with these new packages it’s included. You might not use the Cloud Management for a single vessel … but it’s a very nice way to check and configure and update your product. For Yacht Management Companies it can make it easy to manage 4G LTE-A systems on multiple yachts.

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Peplink Security Advisory: Spectre and Meltdown

January 9, 2018 13:43 /

Peplink Security Advisory: Spectre and Meltdown
On January 3rd, 2018, the details of CPU architecture flaws were reported by a number of security researchers. See the detailed info at: https://spectreattack.com or https://meltdownattack.com

The discovered security flaws are caused by “speculative execution”, a technique used by most modern processors to optimize performance. These flaws could lead to disclosure of sensitive data stored in the privileged memory (which is normally allocated to privileged processes or the operating system kernel) to a malicious party. The reported flaws were later acknowledged by respective CPU vendors in official statements.

We have evaluated our products and online services to assess the impact of this vulnerability.

Products

  • The only affected products are Balance with MediaFast 200, MediaFast 500 and MediaFast 750. A patch to fix the vulnerabilities will be released within firmware 7.1.0.
    Temporary solution is to switch off Docker and ContentHub functionality on affected devices.
  • All other Balance series besides the above are not affected.
  • MAX, FusionHub, Surf and AP series are not affected.

FAQ

Malicious Code
Most of our products are closed systems that do not allow customers to run custom code on the device -therefore most products are not vulnerable.

In order to exploit the vulnerabilities, an attacker must be able to locally run the code on an affected device. Device administrators of affected devices are recommended to review access rights of all parties with admin privileges until the vulnerability is patched.

Performance Impact
Performance impact (if any) on MediaFast Series will be shared after the firmware update release. We expect negligible impact on performance. Learn more in the following Security Blog: https://security.googleblog.com/2018/01/more-details-about-mitigations-for-cpu_4.html1

FusionHub and InControl2 Virtual Appliance on AWS, GCE and Azure
According to official statements from Amazon, Google and Microsoft, AWS, GCE and Azure platforms have already been successfully patched.

If you are using services of other cloud platform vendors, make sure their platforms are successfully patched.

Private Virtual Machines (VMware, Citrix XenServer, Oracle VirtualBox and Microsoft Hyper-V)
Make sure you are using the latest versions of hypervisor software (that include fixes to the above vulnerabilities) in your deployments.

Further Updates
This advisory may be updated if any additional information regarding the above vulnerabilities becomes available.

Alan Spicer Marine Telecom

communications @ marinetelecom.net

+1 954 354 2748

 
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Meltdown and Spectre CPU vulnerabilities

January 8, 2018 14:47 /

Make sure your web browsers get updated …

A Nice In a Nutshell Page for Meltdown – Spectre Patches …

https://github.com/hannob/meltdownspectre-patches

https://support.microsoft.com/…/cumulative-security-update-… (e.g. Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer: January 3, 2018.) Get any Updates your Computer OS Vendor indicates. Check with your computer Hardare Vendor and see if any Firmware or BIOS update has been provided specifically for Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. Computers more than around 5 years old may not have (or ever get) such an update. Anti-virus Software? See the important comments below.

I have made quite a few posts to links and information on my Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/alan.spicer.56

Also please like my page

https://www.facebook.com/AlanSpicerMarineTelecom

Alan Spicer Marine Telecom

communications @ marinetelecom.net

+1 954 354 2748

 

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High Gain Marine Cellular / 4G LTE ready antenna systems

November 17, 2017 20:13 /
 

Available from Alan Spicer Marine Telecom – High Gain Marine Cellular / 4G LTE ready antenna systems. “Nodoby” can guarantee how many miles you will get with an antenna system – because locations vary (boats travel) and coverage and directivity of cell sites is a big variable. But if you have the BEST antenna system then your part of the equation is at its BEST and your chances are whole hell of a lot better! — Alan Spicer.

The Omni Directional Antenna series covers digital…, analog and PCS cell bands in 3 different sizes: 0.5m, 1m, 2m radome. 7-8 dBi, 9 – 10 dBi, 11 – 13 dBi.

These Omni Directional Antennas are lab built. All electrical connections are hand soldered and gold plated for reliability, minimizing loss and preventing corrosion.

Internal architecture of the antennas are proprietary in design, specially developed for the marine industry by a team of scientists who design and build antennas for NASA. Two years of research and performance testing has resulted in an antenna series whose range and game-changing performance are unlike any other antenna on the market.

Alan Spicer Marine Telecom

+ 1 954 354-2748

communications @ marinetelecom.net

 

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