I think you may be remembering wrong. I've never seen an SM get locked
to an AP MAC. It's just SSID and WPA2 key. So if either of those are
wrong, then yeah, you're screwed unless you can remember exactly what
the old AP had configured.
The "lock to AP MAC" is an UBNT thing when using connect from a survey.
The field guys would use that all the time and it really bit us in the
ass when an AP died.
I have a default config for SMs now that's DHCP, our default WPA2 key
and no preferred APs. A field tech can put it up and call in. Almost
like using ICC on Canopy. Office tech logs in and set the preferred APs
and all that.
But I totally agree. ePMP needs a rescan timer like Canopy. Obviously
with Canopy, this setting is sent down to the SMs from the AP. It would
be perfectly fine with me if implemented on the SM only. If you're not
using the preferred AP list, then maybe this won't help you though.
On 4/10/2017 10:45 AM, Nate Burke wrote:
I don't think I've seen that setting anywhere. Maybe the newer
firmware has gotten rid of the MAC of the AP. I'm not seeing that
now, just the SSID. Or maybe I'm remembering it wrong, and I didn't
have the SSID Set exactly the same on the replacement AP and nothing
was linking up to it.
On 4/10/2017 10:39 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:
Whoa baby. Can you clone the MAC of the old AP?
------ Original Message ------
From: "Nate Burke" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: 4/10/2017 11:34:19 AM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] overlap on ePMP sectors ?
Seperate SSID per sector, but not the Preferred AP scan list in the
SM. I got bit early on with that since it locks to the MAC of the
AP, changed a sectors after a storm and had to go visit all the SM's
to update the preferred AP List so they could link up again.
On 4/10/2017 10:30 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:
All on the same SSID? Or different SSID on each sector?
I think the preferred AP list is looked at in top down order. If
the top one goes away (reboot or whatever) I assume you move to a
lower one, but I don't see a rescan after x minutes option.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Josh Luthman" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
Sent: 4/10/2017 11:14:51 AM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] overlap on ePMP sectors ?
ePMP doesn't automatically jump between sectors at all. I tested
this with 3.2 in the last few months. There are a bunch of
customers getting -75 from the south facing sector when east is
-60. It's been a good month on the wrong sector at this point. I
expect a manual rescan or reboot would fix it.
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Nate Burke <[email protected]>
wrote:
I normally deploy 4 120 sectors on a tower. ABAB frequency.
No issues observed Keep 5mhz guard between AB and you should
be fine. Almost all customers can see more than 1 sector.
Just waiting for automatic rescan in EPMP to automatically put
them back on the strongest sector after an AP Reboot.
On 4/10/2017 9:31 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:
Disclaimer: I haven't done it.
I'm thinking if you put a guard band between the adjacent
sectors you'll be fine. If the F/B ratio is comparable to
the Cambium sector antenna then you should be able to do F/B
re-use. It takes a pretty high F/B ratio though.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Paul McCall" <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
Sent: 4/10/2017 10:21:58 AM
Subject: [AFMUG] overlap on ePMP sectors ?
We have 3 KP Performance 120 degree sectors on a tower with
ePMP. It was the first tower we did with ePMP, and
hindsight being 20/20 I would have done 40 90s to get the
F/B Frequency reuse benefit.
If we add another 120 and make them all N S E W (4 total) I
would have about 30 degrees of overlap per sector. What is
that going to do with ePMP performance, if anything?
Paul
Paul McCall, President
PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc.
658 Old Dixie Highway
Vero Beach, FL 32962
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