I agree with that and I was thinkin that myself. However we can all agree we've seen far stranger things.
On 1/22/09, Chris Gotstein <[email protected]> wrote: > Odd that the antenna would only work well on 1 channel. You'd think the > whole thing would just die out if the antenna was bad. Unless the noise > has just gotten that bad around here. > > Chris Gotstein > Sr Network Engineer > UP Logon/Computer Connection UP > 500 N Stephenson Ave > Iron Mountain, MI 49801 > Phone: 906-774-4847 > Fax: 906-774-0335 > [email protected] > > Josh Luthman wrote: >> If it connects on ch 1 I doubt any water is in the connectors. >> Antenna could be shot, though. >> >> On 1/22/09, Robert Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: >>> what are your signal strengths? What is your omni? Something is very >>> wrong. Have you checked for water in cables? >>> >>> Chris Gotstein wrote: >>>> As far as i'm aware, we are the only WISP in the area. Our other >>>> tower sites are more than 15 miles away from this tower. Sectors >>>> would be my next option, and probably moving to horizontal polarization. >>>> >>>> Chris Gotstein >>>> Sr Network Engineer >>>> UP Logon/Computer Connection UP >>>> 500 N Stephenson Ave >>>> Iron Mountain, MI 49801 >>>> Phone: 906-774-4847 >>>> Fax: 906-774-0335 >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> Robert Andrews wrote: >>>>> You have heavy interference from somewhere else. Are there Canopy's >>>>> in the area? Do you have other transmitters in the area? >>>>> Basically, when you go to G you are spending enough time in the upper >>>>> channels where the interference is that you disappear to the >>>>> clients... G hops to all channels equally, whereas B spend most of >>>>> it's time in the set channel. You may need to sectorize... >>>>> >>>>> Robert >>>>> >>>>> Chris Gotstein wrote: >>>>>> 1 or 2 would connect and then drop off. I just tried a few other >>>>>> channels and the same thing happens. Go back to channel 1 and they >>>>>> all connect. >>>>>> >>>>>> Chris Gotstein >>>>>> Sr Network Engineer >>>>>> UP Logon/Computer Connection UP >>>>>> 500 N Stephenson Ave >>>>>> Iron Mountain, MI 49801 >>>>>> Phone: 906-774-4847 >>>>>> Fax: 906-774-0335 >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> Josh Luthman wrote: >>>>>>> None of the 30 connected!? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 1/22/09, Chris Gotstein <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> I was just going to do that. Also, when i moved over to B/G, my CCQ >>>>>>>> went from 80 down to 10. And when i tried changing channels, the >>>>>>>> clients would not reconnect. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Chris Gotstein >>>>>>>> Sr Network Engineer >>>>>>>> UP Logon/Computer Connection UP >>>>>>>> 500 N Stephenson Ave >>>>>>>> Iron Mountain, MI 49801 >>>>>>>> Phone: 906-774-4847 >>>>>>>> Fax: 906-774-0335 >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Josh Luthman wrote: >>>>>>>>> If you can enable G, do. It should help if the clients can use the >>>>>>>>> compression. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> With an omni you can pick up oodles of interference, can you do a >>>>>>>>> scan >>>>>>>>> late tonight? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 1/22/09, Chris Gotstein <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> 2.4B, but i could change it to B/G if needed. Usage is fairly >>>>>>>>>> light, no >>>>>>>>>> more than 1-2mb going through the AP at one time. Sometimes we >>>>>>>>>> see a >>>>>>>>>> spike to 3mb. We are routed, VLAN'd at each tower and sometimes >>>>>>>>>> AP. >>>>>>>>>> This AP is using a 8db omni. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I know about hidden nodes, but i guess I'll need to read up on >>>>>>>>>> it more. >>>>>>>>>> How do i check for them? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Chris Gotstein >>>>>>>>>> Sr Network Engineer >>>>>>>>>> UP Logon/Computer Connection UP >>>>>>>>>> 500 N Stephenson Ave >>>>>>>>>> Iron Mountain, MI 49801 >>>>>>>>>> Phone: 906-774-4847 >>>>>>>>>> Fax: 906-774-0335 >>>>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Robert Andrews wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> 2.4Ghz? Running 802.11b? 30 Customers.. What kind of usage >>>>>>>>>>> are you >>>>>>>>>>> seeing. One of the biggest advantages of the MT is the ability >>>>>>>>>>> to see >>>>>>>>>>> what customers are really pulling... if you are running >>>>>>>>>>> straight >>>>>>>>>>> 802.11b then the max you are going to see through this is >>>>>>>>>>> probably >>>>>>>>>>> around 4mb/s and if your customers are all allowed 1.5mb/s you >>>>>>>>>>> are going >>>>>>>>>>> to see frequent times when they are competing with each >>>>>>>>>>> other. What >>>>>>>>>>> are you seeing for hidden nodes? What's your physical >>>>>>>>>>> layout? Are >>>>>>>>>>> they off a sector or an omni? So much that this could be. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Robert >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Chris Gotstein wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> We put up a RB532 late last fall to replace a Tranzeo TR6600. >>>>>>>>>>>> We had >>>>>>>>>>>> noticed that on the 6600's that when you get more than 10 >>>>>>>>>>>> people on >>>>>>>>>>>> them, they start performing very poorly. So, the solution >>>>>>>>>>>> that i had >>>>>>>>>>>> been hearing was to move to a mikrotik box. At the time, we >>>>>>>>>>>> purchased >>>>>>>>>>>> a RB532 board and have a SR2 wireless card. Worked great for >>>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>>>> first month, and since then it's back to slowing down and we are >>>>>>>>>>>> starting to get complaints about slow speeds, etc. We have >>>>>>>>>>>> about 30 >>>>>>>>>>>> clients attaching to this one box, and they are limited to >>>>>>>>>>>> 1.5mb dl >>>>>>>>>>>> and 384k up. I thought this box would easily handle that many >>>>>>>>>>>> connections and data, but it doesn't seem to be keeping up. I'm >>>>>>>>>>>> running the latest firmware on the board and am running out of >>>>>>>>>>>> ideas >>>>>>>>>>>> to tweak this. Any suggestions? Maybe need to move to a >>>>>>>>>>>> faster box? >>>>>>>>>>>> Ditch MT and go with another AP vendor? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>>> Mikrotik mailing list >>>>>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>>>>> http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to >>>>>>>>>>> Mikrotik >>>>>>>>>>> RouterOS >>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>> Mikrotik mailing list >>>>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>>>> http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to >>>>>>>>>> Mikrotik >>>>>>>>>> RouterOS >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Mikrotik mailing list >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to >>>>>>>> Mikrotik RouterOS >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Mikrotik mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >>>>>> >>>>>> Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik >>>>>> RouterOS >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mikrotik mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >>>>> >>>>> Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik >>>>> RouterOS >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mikrotik mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >>>> >>>> Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik >>>> RouterOS >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mikrotik mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik >>> >>> Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik >>> RouterOS >>> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list [email protected] http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
