You have to use 450i to get 5.1 On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Eric Muehleisen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ken, > > Correct, we would have to make a network wide change to 5ms. That's a > bummer and hope to avoid. Our first call to action is to > correct/improve SM's with poor links and go from there. I'm > considering a move from 75% downlink to 85% downlink as well. > > Is 5.1 & 5.2 available in the 450 platform? Last I heard it was > different hardware and not compatible with 5.4/5.7 450. Carrying all > new 5.1ghz SM's is a pain, but doable if we have to. > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wouldn't you have to change all your APs to 5 ms frame? > > > > Really, gotta fix those 1X and 2X subs. > > > > Can you add an AP in 5.1 GHz? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Eric Muehleisen > > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 1:42 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5ms frame on 450 > > > > All of the above. This particular tower has 12 AP's installed. It's > > physically overloaded and shares spectrum with two other towers in the > > area. > > > > We have several 1x and 2x subs on each AP that need to be > > improved/removed. According to the capacity planner this may be our > > best bet in providing some breathing room. > > > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Sean Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> is adding an AP physically tough (tower space, winter time etc.) or > >> logically tough (not enough spectrum)? > >> > >> just curious > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 12:37 PM, Eric Muehleisen <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> Sean, I think you're correct. Adding an additional AP will be tough in > >>> this particular situation. Just trying to squeeze as much as we can > >>> our of this AP. > >>> > >>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 12:37 PM, Sean Heskett <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > If it was me, I'd just deploy another AP instead of trying to tweak > the > >>> > frame for just a little bit more speed. you'll end up back at 100% > >>> > capacity > >>> > in no time with the frame tweaks. with adding an AP that should > solve > >>> > the > >>> > problem for at least a year. > >>> > > >>> > 2 cents > >>> > > >>> > -Sean > >>> > > >>> > On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 8:51 AM, Eric Muehleisen <[email protected] > > > >>> > wrote: > >>> >> > >>> >> I had the same question. I'm considering changing an AP from 2.5ms > to > >>> >> 5ms. I'm aware of the doubled latency, but I'm more interested in > the > >>> >> additional 7mb/s downlink (according to 450 capacity planner). > >>> >> > >>> >> We have an AP with ~50 subs and it reaches 100% downlink every > >>> >> evening. I'm considering changing downlink from 75% to 85% and > moving > >>> >> to 5ms frames. By doing so, we should increase capacity by 9 to > 11mb/s > >>> >> on the downlink. > >>> >> > >>> >> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Vlad Sedov <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> >> > Hey folks. > >>> >> > > >>> >> > Has anyone experimented with 5ms frame on pmp450 or the 450i? Last > >>> >> > couple of > >>> >> > times I tried it, it seemed like overall throughput on the AP was > >>> >> > slightly > >>> >> > worse than on 2.5ms, even though radio to radio link tests were > >>> >> > higher. > >>> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> >> > peace > >>> >> > > >>> >> > Vlad > >>> > > >>> > > >> > >> > >> > > > > >
