We have a subscriber set up with 80% LQ and 44% RSSI (-56dBm) that pulls 2.5Mbps all day long. Since the sensitivity of the ABO is -84dBm at 11Mbps that leaves tons of fade margin, no?
Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Banes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 5:52 AM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Connecting with low signal > Your signal is probably too weak My experience has been that it needs 60-70% > to work at all and it is happiest above 80% > > John > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeremy Oswalt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 07:37 PM > Subject: [smartBridges] Connecting with low signal > > > > We installed a customer today using an ABO. The RSSI was between 29% and > 40% with the signal strength floating between 50% and 67%. After spending > hours putting up the guyed mast and running the wire, we tested the > connection and can't get it to ping anything. We checked the MAC > authentication table and it is entered. We reentered the WEP key and the > administrator password. It associates, but we can't ping or get to anything > on my network or the Internet. I'm using the latest firmware 1.07. > > > > I checked on the Access point and it sees it associated, but the signal > properties are 0 and it shows it trasmitting data. If you look at the > statistics on the ABO when you ping, it shows the failed packets, but the > receive and transmit statistics are showing no errors. What am I missing? > This is about our 20th customer using Airbridges, so we've done this before. > Any ideas? > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > smartBridges <yournickname> > > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe > smartBridges) > > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > > > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.502 / Virus Database: 300 - Release Date: 7/21/2003 The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
