I believe that. EPMP will retx 7 times before it counts it as a loss. I'm sure it's not quite like Canopy, but it's a whole lot better than your standard 802.11 MAC.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 11:23 AM, CBB - Jay Fuller <[email protected] > wrote: > > I heard from one of our techs that the access point actually "killed" > their inhome wireless router. > Had to change channels. I think this customer was line of sight to the > tower, maybe .4 miles away. > Jeremy moved him to EPMP yesterday from canopy 900. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Jay Weekley <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, September 03, 2015 9:27 AM > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Can you be too close to use a dish? > > That was one thing that I was thinking about as well. If I got my > azimuth correct and the guys on the tower got the antenna aligned > correctly they should be on the outside of the main lobe but we've got > two LOS customers at .75 and .4 miles that have signals in the -50's. I > expected them to be in the -30's or -40's. > > Faisal Imtiaz wrote: > > you are hitting a side lobe ....... > > for best results, try to adjust your antenna tilt on the AP. > > > > (Have someone look at the CPE's (paying attention to the farthest ones), > and then adjust the tilt on the AP Antenna... so as to best combination of > signals on the close by cpe's and the far cpe..) > > > > > > :) > > > > Faisal Imtiaz > > Snappy Internet & Telecom > > 7266 SW 48 Street > > Miami, FL 33155 > > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 > > > > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "CBB - Jay Fuller" <[email protected]> > >> To: [email protected] > >> Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 9:18:43 AM > >> Subject: [AFMUG] Can you be too close to use a dish? > >> I upgraded a customer to 2.4 ePMP last week that was about .6 miles from > >> the tower. The signal with just an integrated SM was -67 so I decided > >> to use one of Chuck's dishes for ePMP but only got an extra 2 to 3 db > >> improvement. The last time (only time) I used the dish I got 8 to 10 > >> db improvement but was about 2 miles from the tower. Is that too close > >> to the tower for a dish or is that just the nature of wireless? > > > >
