Hi List. I am a "silent lurker" on the lists - I hardly ever post but I learn so much from all of you. A few weeks back someone tried to start a thread about using M2 AP's with Tranzeo(??) CPE's. There were no replies, so for that gentleman, I would like to share my recent experiences and see what all everyone else may have to offer. My CPE-side Wi-Fi has always been strictly the old Tranzeo TRCPE-200's and Senao CB3's (all Prism 2.5 chipset stuff) - they just worked well for me. Someone posted that he has not been having any luck with this type of setup except for with UBNT's version 5.1.2 FW. I agree. Here are my other (non-scientific) findings....
1) I am using Bullet's for AP's (for now). I always test their output power with an old RF meter before implementing them. There has been a lot of variance on the output power (looks to happen in "batches"). Many output about 20 dBi. Some output 24 dBi. A few put out about 26 dBi. If you can test them, use the higher power ones for your AP's and long shot CPE's. I have had lower power units that can't get a (CPE) connection, then I send out a higher powered unit and will get a signal in the -68 range. 2) Set the max TX speed way down on the M2 AP until you can swap out all of the legacy CPE gear. 3) I have been manually setting the ACK distance from info from other posts - not sure if it's necessary but since I am not running the latest FW I am going to keep doing so until I hear differently. That's all I can think of for now. Thanks List !! Brad Hagstrom, CEO, President, CTO, COO, a few others, and the CFO's Husband Jenco Wireless, LLC
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