In some cases (not all) just adding another AP and sector should resolve the issue.
Tyson Burris, President Internet Communications Inc. 739 Commerce Dr. Franklin, IN 46131 317-738-0320 Daytime # 317-412-1540 Cell/Direct # Online: www.surfici.net What can ICI do for you? Broadband Wireless - PtP/PtMP Solutions - WiMax - Mesh Wifi/Hotzones - IP Security - Fiber - Tower - Infrastructure. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail is intended for the addressee shown. It contains information that is confidential and protected from disclosure. Any review, dissemination or use of this transmission or its contents by unauthorized organizations or individuals is strictly prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of George Skorup Sent: Friday, November 6, 2015 1:37 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Spam:******, Re: [AFMUG] 450 frame utilization and performance issues If those 1X and 2X downlink SMs are even moderately active, that really throws a wrench into the sector performance. This is true on any PMP platform. We've seen our fair share of it. We've moved a couple back to FSK which is something I never, ever want to do, but it was unfortunately necessary. On 11/6/2015 11:50 AM, Eric Muehleisen wrote: > We have a few 450 AP's with 30-40 subscribers and have been getting > several slow speed complaints lately. I just chaulked it up to issues > with the SM since the AP rarely got over 20mb/s downlink. We upgraded > to 13.4 recently so we could watch our frame utilization. We started > graphing it over night and as you can see, we are hitting 100% for > sustained periods of time. During that time the AP is only doing > approx. 23mb/s. This particular AP has 34 registered SM and the > majority show 6x and 4x with 4 or 5 SM's at 2x and 1x. The performance > is a major disappointment. Anyone else have similar experiences? > > AP configuration: 20mhz channels, 2.5ms frame, 10 miles, 75% downlink, > 3 contention slots. > > Attached is a screenshot of the utilization and sector throughput > calculator from the Capacity Planner R13. ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7227 / Virus Database: 4457/10956 - Release Date: 11/06/15