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Of Paul Hendry
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006
5:31 PM
To: 'WISPA General List'
Subject: RE: [WISPA] MikroTik
5.8GHz Radio cards and settings.
If it help, we got SR5’s as soon as they
where available. When I put them in a real world environment on a StarOS/WRAP
set-up I saw no increase in signal quality on either end. Put the CM9’s back in
and still no change.
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Of Blair Davis
Sent: 09 February 2006 20:10
To: Scott Reed
Cc: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] MikroTik
5.8GHz Radio cards and settings.
That makes sense as an explanation for the CM9
issue. Thanks...
Doesn't explain the low output on the SR5 cards........
Scott Reed wrote:
Seems to me there are
posts that the MT setting values do not equate to dB. Maybe on P15's MT
maillist.
Scott Reed
Owner
NewWays
Wireless Networking
Network Design, Installation and Administration
www.nwwnet.net
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From: Blair Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 14:07:46 -0500
Subject: [WISPA] MikroTik 5.8GHz Radio cards and settings.
> Hey all:
>
> I'm getting some odd results here with a PtP 5.8GHz link using MikroTik
> that I setup to test with. Let me describe the setup...
>
> The link is 7.9 miles with clear LoS and clear Frenel zone. Each end
> has a 27db grid with a 3ft LMR-400 jumper to the MikroTik radio.
>
> Using the link calculator at
> http://www.zytrax.com/tech/wireless/calc.htm
I get a predicted rx of
> -60.8db at each end with CM9 radio cards (17db output). Using the
SR5
> cards, (400mW), I get a predicted rx of -51.8
>
> On to the real world results.... (all reading taken from the
MikroTik's
> winbox. I am using version 2.9.11 on RouterBoard 230's)
>
> With the CM9 cards, I get a measured rx of -62db, well within the margin
> of error. An interesting note here is that I must set the CM9's
output
> power in the MikroTik at 30db to get these results.. I know that the
> MikroTik must be doing something odd with this setting, as the CM9 can
> not put out 30db. Reducing the setting drops the rx strenth by a
like
> amount. This link is stable and will pass 30Mb/sec in UDP and
22Mb/sec
> in TCP mode
>
> With the SR5 cards, I get a measured rx of -66db, well outside the
> margin of error and 15db below the expected rx strength! An
interesting
> note here is that I must set the SR5's output power in the MikroTik at
> 30db to get these results. I know that the MikroTik must be doing
> something odd with this setting, as the SR5 should not put out 30db.
> Reducing the setting drops the rx strength by a like amount. This
link
> is stable and will pass 24Mb/sec in UDP and 16Mb/sec in TCP mode.
>
> Nothing else is changed when I swap the SR5's for the CM9's or back
> again. I use the same antennas, cables, boards and pigtails.
The
> antennas and cables are not moved between tests. (except for moving the
> pigtail from one card to the other).
>
> Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong here? Or do I just have
some
> bad SR5 cards? Or is the tx power setting in the MikroTik flakey?
Or
> is the tx power setting relative db not absolute db?
>
> BTW, I will be changing one end to a sector and wish to use the SR5
> cards then. Otherwise I'd be happy with the -62 on the CM9's
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> Blair Davis
>
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>
> West Michigan Wireless ISP
> 269-686-8648
>
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