Re: [WISPA] Very poor quality when using Rocket M2 as AP vs usingStarOS

2010-09-24 Thread Justin Mann 
It is the 5.2.1 FW. But I think at this point we will get the Bullet 2s 
a try.



On 09/24/2010 04:50 PM, Stuart Pierce wrote:
> What firmware version is on the Rocket2M ? Defintely give the 5.2.1 a shot.
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> From: Justin Mann
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> Date:  Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:50:20 -0700
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>> I mentioned below they are a mix of StarOS and UBNT Bullet 2s... nothing
>> else involved. A bullet 2 as an AP worked better for you, then? We might
>> have to consider that.
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>> On 09/24/2010 03:47 PM, RickG wrote:
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>>> Same results on my first try as well. I swapped the Rockets back out
>>> with Bullet2's and they work much better! I haven't had time to play
>>> with them since. The 5GHz Rockets are a different story. They work
>>> very well so I might just skip the 2.4 units altogether.
>>> You didn't mention what CPE you have. I'm 50% Tranzeo, 50% UBNT. I
>>> will say the M radios work very well with each other, just not very
>>> friendly with G or B units. If you or anyone else figures out
>>> something, please post. Its a shame to let $1000 of equipment go to waste!
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Justin Mann
>>> mailto:justinl...@unwiredwest.com>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hello,
>>>
>>>  We have been considering replacing our StarOS APs at a particular site
>>>  with Rocket M2s. This site is very high up, and is composed of 6
>>>  2.4GHz
>>>  APs, 3 vertical, 3 horizontal. They face NW, W and SW, and are all
>>>  using
>>>  10Mhz channels in 802.11g operation mode.
>>>
>>>  The busiest sector has about 30 clients on it. We replaced the
>>>  Star unit
>>>  (StarOS V3, using UBNT XR2 with 14 gain antenna) with a Rocket M2. The
>>>  results so far have been pretty terrible. We can't adjust the transmit
>>>  rate on these since the Rocket is an 802.11n device, but we are seeing
>>>  performance far worse than we did with the Star AP. CCQ rates on
>>>  the AP
>>>  are often in the 20s and 30s, packet loss is high, latency is high and
>>>  throughput is low. This is even with relatively low traffic on the AP.
>>>
>>>  The CPEs are all a mix of StarOS CPEs and UBNT bullet 2s, and are all
>>>  generally long-distance. Does anyone else have experience with a
>>>  similar
>>>  scenario, and have people had succeed using rockets as APs for 80211g
>>>  clients?
>>>
>>>
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Re: [WISPA] Very poor quality when using Rocket M2 as AP vs usingStarOS

2010-09-24 Thread Stuart Pierce 
What firmware version is on the Rocket2M ? Defintely give the 5.2.1 a shot.

-- Original Message --
From: Justin Mann 
Reply-To: WISPA General List 
Date:  Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:50:20 -0700

>I mentioned below they are a mix of StarOS and UBNT Bullet 2s... nothing 
>else involved. A bullet 2 as an AP worked better for you, then? We might 
>have to consider that.
>
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>On 09/24/2010 03:47 PM, RickG wrote:
>> Same results on my first try as well. I swapped the Rockets back out 
>> with Bullet2's and they work much better! I haven't had time to play 
>> with them since. The 5GHz Rockets are a different story. They work 
>> very well so I might just skip the 2.4 units altogether. 
>> You didn't mention what CPE you have. I'm 50% Tranzeo, 50% UBNT. I 
>> will say the M radios work very well with each other, just not very 
>> friendly with G or B units. If you or anyone else figures out 
>> something, please post. Its a shame to let $1000 of equipment go to waste!
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Justin Mann 
>> mailto:justinl...@unwiredwest.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> We have been considering replacing our StarOS APs at a particular site
>> with Rocket M2s. This site is very high up, and is composed of 6
>> 2.4GHz
>> APs, 3 vertical, 3 horizontal. They face NW, W and SW, and are all
>> using
>> 10Mhz channels in 802.11g operation mode.
>>
>> The busiest sector has about 30 clients on it. We replaced the
>> Star unit
>> (StarOS V3, using UBNT XR2 with 14 gain antenna) with a Rocket M2. The
>> results so far have been pretty terrible. We can't adjust the transmit
>> rate on these since the Rocket is an 802.11n device, but we are seeing
>> performance far worse than we did with the Star AP. CCQ rates on
>> the AP
>> are often in the 20s and 30s, packet loss is high, latency is high and
>> throughput is low. This is even with relatively low traffic on the AP.
>>
>> The CPEs are all a mix of StarOS CPEs and UBNT bullet 2s, and are all
>> generally long-distance. Does anyone else have experience with a
>> similar
>> scenario, and have people had succeed using rockets as APs for 80211g
>> clients?
>>
>>
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