George Hardesty

Jan 262013
 

SHIPPING and CHECKOUT for Customers in Israel: Shipping fees are automatically calculated in the cart & checkout process:

  • Most orders ($15 and more) we ship by express mail: Shipping Fees start at $25
  • For orders over 3-KG, we ship by UPS; Shipping Fee for 100 ounces is $220, and increases incrementally with weight. (6KG=100 ounces or 6lbs)
  • Very small, inexpensive order are shipped by first-class mail.

SHIPPING WARRANTY:

Shipping insurance is included in the rates based on weight, for shipping to Canadian customers (e.g., there is no additional amount to pay for insurance). Data Alliance warrants against lost or damaged packages shipped to Canadian customers. In the event of loss, purchase price plus shipping will be refunded in full.

CHECKOUT for Customers in Israel

  • All prices and shipping costs that you see on this website are in US dollars
  • You can checkout on this website, and can choose as payment method: PayPal, Check/Money order, or wire transfer (for large orders)
  • PayPal will automatically handle the currency conversion to US dollars
  • See checkout help for PayPal

Address-related help sections:

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Jan 262013
 

To determine your shipping fee: Two options:

Method #1: Go through the order process up to the “order confirmation” step (without confirming unless you approve of the shipping fee)

  • Add the items that you wish to purchase to the Cart & proceed through the checkout process.
  • You can see the shipping fee before the “order confirmation” step
  • If you approve of the shipping amount, you can click “confirm order” at that point and you will have completed the checkout process

Method #2: If for some reason you are not comfortable with method #1, do this:

  1. Add the items that you wish to purchase to the Cart & proceed through the checkout process.
  2. Choose “check or money order” as the payment method: No further payment information is required than simply clicking the checkbox for “check or money order”
  3. You can proceed all the way through the checkout process: You will see the shipping amount and if/when you click “confirm order,” you will receive an email that has all of your order information, including the shipping fee and total for the order.
  4. If you do not wish to proceed with an actual order at this stage, it’s no problem: If we have not received a check or money order from you within two weeks, we will cancel the order automatically.

SHIPPING FEES are based on:

  • Shipping fees are based on the total weight of the order, for all of the countries to which we ship
  • Combined-shipping: Shipping fees are based on total weight of the parcel. Shipping cost per gram/ounce/pound reduces as the shipment-size increases.
  • Large/bulk international shipments: $5/KG to $7/KG to any country in the world, by 2-to 5-day express courier service.

SEE IMPORTANT NOTES on shipping fees for these locations:

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Jan 262013
 

POLICY / WARRANTY:

  • RMA# is required for all returns: See “return procedures” below. RMA = “Return Merchandise Authorization”
  • Any defective item will be replaced or the price and shipping fee will be refunded.
  • “Open Box” returns in cases in which Data Alliance is not at fault: 30% restocking fee.
    • The 30% is just for the “open box” condition, because we can then not sell it as new.
    • If there is any damage to packaging or missing packaging, the restocking fee will be more than 30%
    • If there is any damage or wear / sign of use such as mark(s), scratch(es), scuff(s) or sun-fading, the re-stocking fee will be at least 50% and up to 80%, depending on condition.
  • Exchange requests based on buyer mistake: We approve all return requests, with these conditions:
    • Buyer will be asked to pay shipping fee
    • Request should be made within 30 days of purchases date.
    • Item should be unused (“like new”) and packaging should be undamaged. If packaging is damaged, we may charge a re-stocking fee.

Steps to submit a return request:

  1. Log into your account in our online store.
  2. Go to Completed Orders, then click Return Item(s) next to their item.
  3. Fill out the following items on the return request:
    • Quantity to return
    • Return reason
    • The part# if you know the part#. Data Alliance part# is often the same as manufacturer’s part#; either is OK
    • Return action optional
    • Comments optional
  4. Click Submit Return Request.

ALTERNATIVE: You can email Customer Service for RMA#

RETURN PROCEDURES:

  1. Please re-package the items in the original packaging. If all original packaging is not available, please re-package as closely as possible to the state of the item as you received it. Please note that if the item is not re-packaged or packing is seriously damaged, a re-stocking fee may apply.
  2. Write the RMA # on the outside of the package, as follows: You will receive an RMA# by email when Customer Service accepts your RMA request.
  3. Send the package by UPS ground or regular first-class mail, to the address that you receive in the “Return Merchandise Authorization” (“RMA”) email.

Upon receipt at our Arizona office: Our shipping/receiving person logs all incoming RMA packages in our RMA database: You will receive an email acknowledgement when the return-package is logged into our RMA database. Shortly after this we will either replace the item or refund, based upon the RMA request and circumstances.

REQUEST RETURN AUTHORIZATION or Tech Support Email Customer Service for RMA#

WIRELESS CARDS & USB CARDS / CLIENTS

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Jan 262013
 
  • Our checkout system automatically discounts prices for some items, based on total units of any particular item
  • Discounts start at 5 units.
  • Bulk / wholesale purchases achieve discounts of up to 20% for some items.
  • Additionally: Shipping cost, based on total weight, gets lower per-gram/pound as the shipment-size increases.
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Jan 262013
 
  • Registering as a customer on our site is optional:
  • Anonymous checkout” is another option.

Anonymous Checkout:

You can purchase on this site without registering as a customer (“anonymous checkout”) and you will receive status/tracking updates by email (whether you register or not).

Why Register as a Customer? All of these benefits for you:

  1. You can login to check order status, see open invoices create a wish list, and see credits that have been applied for returned items etc.
  2. Checkout (future orders) in “express” mode: After the initial checkout page, there is only one more page: Order Confirmation page: Very fast and simple!
  3. Easily change account information such as billing/shipping address, method of payment, etc.
  4. Smooth order process: If your shipping address is different from your billing address and you are paying by credit card: This raises a red flag in the order process that might delay shipping. But if you are a registered customer, we can more quickly access that the transaction is not fraudulent, by looking at your history of orders.
  5. Data Alliance Customer Service can create an order for you based on your instructions: We can do this in two ways:
    • We can create a complete order based on your instructions on the telephone or by email. We only do this with your stated approval.
    • We can create a “pro-forma” order based on your instructions: You would then you find this order in your account, where you can then enter your method of payment and confirm the order.

Register As a Customer:

To register as a customer CLICK HERE, or:

  • During the checkout process, you are given the option to create an account with Data Alliance:
  • On the Checkout Page, choose this option: “I want to place my order and create an account with Data Alliance”

Password Recovery:

  • If you forgot or lost your password: Click here for password recovery.
  • If there is a problem with password recovery, please contact us.
  • Your password is encrypted in our secure database and so we cannot see your password.

Change of Address:

  • Change of Address Log-in to change shipping and/or billing address in your Customer Account for future orders.
  • To change address of orders already placed, please contact us immediately.

Privacy and Security of your information:

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Jan 252013
 

We ship to all US military & APO addresses at our standard shipping fee for the United States. Enter the APO address like this:

STREET: Put your base-name and/or any information that identifies your location (not APO, AE – see below for that.) CITY = APO STATE = AE COUNTRY = United States

  • It is not necessary to mention Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.

Most important is the name of your base and any other details about the base that identify your location within the base. The US shipping fees apply to all states, territories, PO box & APO / military. Express mail is not available to APO/FPO addresses (military, foreign service): Choose Priority Mail instead. If PayPal or credit card will not allow you to use the APO address, then use your home address (state-side) and then contact us for address change

Address-related help sections:

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Jan 252013
 

We get a lot of inquiries from potential customers who want advice about how to span a long distance with a wireless connection:

If there is NOT direct line of sight:

Our position is that the professional way for us to respond to such inquiries is to be perfectly frank and tell you that we cannot make such projections as an objective statement:

  • There is going to be some experimentation involved. The customer is going to have to assume some risk. If there is not direct line-of-sight, a distance of more than 100 meters may be a difficult task – depending on the nature of the obstacles.
  • You may have to “create” line of sight by placement of an antenna, or in extreme cases, with a repeater (which few people will go to the trouble and expense to do – unless the link is *very* important or the only option).

If there is direct line of sight:

If there is direct line-of-sight, it’s not going to be difficult – we can recommend equipment that will bridge that distance.

  • In 95% of cases, there will be buildings, trees, interference from other radio systems or networks, or a hill – and in such cases, it’s going to be difficult
    • It’s going to be an experiment
    • Keep in mind that when you ask us for an opinion, there is no way for us to “see” the situation and/or know all the details – therefore we cannot guarantee.
  • If there is a hill in the way, the only way to make the link is with a two (or three) link system involving repeaters.

NOTE:

We feel that a professional approach is to not make distance “guarantees” and not to make firm statements about long-distance specifications in situations that do not involve line-of-site. The customer must bear some risk that if doesn’t work out, a re-stocking fee (5%) is going to apply and there will be no refund of shipping costs. The following is an extreme example, but useful for illustrative purposes: One of our customers–a technical consultant–attempted to install a wireless (WiFi) network in a hospital. The entire project failed -because there is so much RF (radio frequency) equipment in a typical hospital that it interfered with the WiFi equipment – and all equipment was uninstalled. This was in 2004, and the prevalent WiFi technology at that time was 802.11b. We have never encountered any other situation that was this extreme, but there are cases in which RF interference from a police or fire station, or hospital, reduces the range of wireless network connections in the neighborhood.

If you have counter-points or insights regarding these opinions, we are very interested in hearing your input: CONTACT US

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Jan 242013
 

PHYSICAL SEPARATION of the R36 and the wifi adapter:  They should be physically separated to prevent transmitter noise from one degrading the receiver sensitivity in the other.  The last installation put the antenna and wifi adapter outdoors on a pole and the R36 inside a steel-walled trailer. Best results ever!

Maximum outside operating temperature of the Alfa WiFi USB adapters is 104 temperatures and they will fail if exposed to  temperatures higher than 104.

Most notes on this page are courtesy of our customer Jim Kaness.

To date I’ve made two installations of Alfa R36 wifi router/repeaters- one sold and one my own. In one case the high gain antenna is at the top of the pole while the R36 is at the bottom of the pole to concentrate its radiation into the house. In my own case the R36 is just below the high gain antenna and can be received by my laptop 200 to 500 feet away, This email is being sent through my own “wifi hotspot”. Photos attached.

12-volt power to the R36 is extended via 18-gauge zip cord spliced into the R36 power supply wire.

The wifi adapter is in the high gain antenna.  This makes the high gain antenna available for use with tablets and newer computer operating systems.

My own R36 installation, with the R36 just below the antenna outdoors on the pole has led to the wifi adapter dying. Symptoms were very low signal strength and very low connection speed. Replacing the CUR wifi adapter and putting the R36 ten feet away from it solved that problem.

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Jan 202013
 
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Jan 192013
 

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