Actually, it's an AirPoint Indoor that's at the end of about 25 feet of LMR400. There's a 250mW AMP at the other end feeding a 14db 90 degree sector. I suspect if I spend my next budgetary overage on an AirPoint Pro that timing issues will go away.
Kevin Summers KISTech Internet Services Inc. www.kistech.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Blood > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 8:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [smartBridges] Long Distance speeds > > > Are you using an APPO for your ap? It is my understanding that the the > smartbridges radios do not have any timing issues up to 21 miles. I have > not tested them so I can not say. Anyone else have long distance limits > between 12 and 21 miles? What sort of speeds do you see? > > Kind Regards, > > David > > > David Blood > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kevin Summers > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 9:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] DHCP help > > > > That's pretty cool. Composition of the wall can play a > big part. Then again so can distance. All of our clients > are no less than 3/4 of a mile from the towers, and as > far away as 7.2 miles. There's one at 16.5 miles, but he's > a special case. He took a chainsaw out and cut down the > trees that were blocking his signal. Then (after signing > a waiver saying that we didn't do it) added an AMP to his > setup and he's getting 100% RSSI and 98% LQ. Because of timing > he's only passing 300Kbps, but he's happy with that. :-) > > > Kevin Summers > KISTech Internet Services Inc. > www.kistech.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kevin Montgomery > > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 8:05 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] DHCP help > > > > > > No trees. It's a 180 unit apartment complex. We are penetrating > > buildings at 10ft - 1/4 mile using AirBridge Ethernet clients and > > AirPointPro Outdoors with 180 sectors. We recently replace Orinoco gear > > at the tower and I've had to place a repeater to handle an area that is > > spotty. A few long shots are having problems and we're trying to > > determine the tolerances that the equipment will handle. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Summers > > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 9:55 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] DHCP help > > > > > > Interesting. What type of CPE are you using? Are the AirBridges? > > What kind of antenna on the CPE? At what distance? What type of > > trees? Are they associating at 11Mbit, 5.5, 2, or 1? > > > > We've got 120 foot tall fir trees around here. Nothing but a > > big stick full of water sticking out of the ground. Can't pound > > signal through them with a hammer if you tried. > > > > Every install IS indeed very different. If our RSSI drops below > > about 75% we can't pass any traffic at all. 75-80% we get an > > association that bounces between 1Mbit and 11Mbit link, and > > anything about 85% stays pretty solid at 11Mbit and passes about > > 2.3Mbit in our download test. > > > > Kevin Summers > > KISTech Internet Services Inc. > > www.kistech.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Roger Howard > > > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 7:40 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] DHCP help > > > > > > > > > Wow! > > > > > > I now have 13 customers on my APPO all but one are non line of sight, > > > through trees, RSSI mostly around the 50s and 60s - They are all > > stable > > > links now. Most links get between 512k and 1Mbit. when they are > > uncapped. > > > Most are 512k subscribers. > > > > > > I guess it really does vary on each install. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Roger > > > BroadbandBeebe.com > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Kevin Summers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 9:31 PM > > > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] DHCP help > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In my experience if you don't have at least 75-80% RSSI & Link > > > > Quality that you will be unable to pass any kind of IP traffic. > > > > This would include DHCP requests and responses. > > > > > > > > Work on getting the RSSI & LQ up in the 80s or higher, and get > > > > it to stabilize there and you should be fine from there. > > > > > > > > Kevin Summers > > > > KISTech Internet Services Inc. > > > > www.kistech.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kevin Montgomery > > > > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 6:31 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: [smartBridges] DHCP help > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm running into DHCP problems with client machines. If my link > > light on > > > the > > > > SmartBridge stays on solid (high link quality 90% or better) then > > the > > > client > > > > machine will get an IP address from the DHCP server. If the link > > quality > > > > falls to about 60% and the link light goes on and off I usually > > > don't get > > > a > > > > DHCP address. Any suggestions? I used Ethereal and the client is > > sending > > > > DHCP discovery and the DHCP server is sending a response. Is it fair > > to > > > > assume that if the connection with the client is not persistent > > > that I'll > > > > miss my DHCP address assignment? Is there any way to make a DHCP > > server > > > > re-broadcast this several times? If I put in a static IP in the > > client > > > > computer everything works fine. > > > > > > > > Kevin D. Montgomery > > > > Solutions IT Consulting > > > > 135 S. Madison Ave > > > > Cookeville, TN 38501 > > > > ofc: 931-528-9010 > > > > cell: 931-265-4035 > > > > > > > > ".. 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