RE: [smartBridges] Now have 45 customers on 1 aPPo

[Shawn Mitchell]

Title: Now have 45 customers on 1 aPPo

http://www.iodamedia.net/speed-test/   Give that a try.. it's a LOT better than an "ftp" test...   http://www.iodamedia.net/speed-test/speedtest.tar.gz   All you need is a server that can do PHP parsing... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Ray Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 11:02 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Now have 45 customers on 1 aPPo I'm running the test back to my Mikrotik router using the Mikrotik bandwidth test.   Ray     ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark P. Sullivan To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 8:09 AM Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Now have 45 customers on 1 aPPo What are you using for your bandwidth tests?  Are you pulling a file directly off of your servers behind the aPPo?   My connection is obviously limited to the T-1 line, so that is all the throughput I need to get out of them.  I do speed tests from all my clients upon completion of the install.  I pull a file off an FTP server one hop away.  They all get 190 kbps downloads and uploads.  Unthrottled 1.5 meg�.or wireless T-1 as I like to put it.   Sully   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ray Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 7:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Now have 45 customers on 1 aPPo   Hey Sully,   How about starting a couple bandwidth tests going through your APPO and letting me know the results.  I'm only able to get 2 megs(spikes) to go through mine.   Ray   ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark P. Sullivan To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 7:49 AM Subject: [smartBridges] Now have 45 customers on 1 aPPo   Well�thought I would keep everyone posted on my numbers. As of last weekend, we went from 30 to 45 units off a single aPPo.  I actually have 30 units directly off my head-end aPPo (one of which is the repeater) and 15 more off the repeater.  The latest 15 are all airBridges.  We are pulling about 1.2 Gig per day through the head-end (500 meg of which is from the repeater clients). 1.      I did the bulk update with the latest simpleNMS and changed RTS/CTS and FRAG to 1496 and 100 on all client units (not head-end).  This was a pretty cool feature.  However, twice within 1 day ALLLL my units lost association and I had to reboot my head-end aPPo to get them back.  So�needless to say, I changed the RTS/FRAG settings back to default.  No problems since. 2.      I used simpleDeploy to burn ALL new customers.  I then hot tested them for a minimum of 24 hours prior to deployment with none of them blinking an eye.  Out of the 15 deployed, I have 3 units that are losing association and not getting it back.  I have had the customer do a power reset by pulling the plug, factory default reset, etc, etc�.but no luck.  Oddly enough, one of the 3 units just came back online this morning with no assistance.   Pretty darn flakey!  Note: all the units could be pinged from the wired side and logged into (but DEAD on the wireless side).  Now I am going to go do some climbing and replacing. Side Note: My head-end aPPo which has been online since Dec 25th 2003 is going down hill quick.  The symptoms are this: 1.      About 3-4 times a week, the unit becomes unresponsive on the Ethernet side while still passing traffic (hard reboot). 2.      The RTS/FRAG thing mentioned above really had me shaking in my boots (reset to default). 3.      I have been working with sB for a while on this flakey aPPo, and I am now struggling with EC to get a replacement unit before this one dies. I think that sB is awesome.  They are VERY responsive and have even phoned me personally to resolve issues.  All my units previously deployed are working wonderfully.  3 out of the latest 15 have not.  That doesn�t look good, but I am sure they are getting to the bottom of it.  Maybe it is a bad simpleDeploy release??   Sully