Come on Dan, this is a support list not a cheerleading list. If there are concerns with the products they CAN be voiced here.
Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan @ Wyoming.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 9:02 AM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Strange dbm values > If you don't like the way SB has their Radio set up then don't use it. > If you think they are so expensive they why are you using them? Why > don't you just go use your Cisco raio's? Then there won't be anything > to bitch about. As for price they are much much cheaper then most > everything else out there. > > ???? > > > > On Sat, 2 Aug 2003 05:09:08 -0500 > "beckman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What I am 'bitching' about is that a AB will report -19dbm when the > > signal > > is actually -65. I have quality tools. I have a calibrated spectrum > > analyzer > > and many years of experience using it. I also have a 802.11b (Cisco) > > card > > that I have a known reference level to, so It is accurate. What I am > > saying > > is that other manufactures easily make an accurate 'out of the box' > > RSSI > > display, normally within 10% accuracy, and I expect the same from > > smart > > bridges. > > > > Displaying -19dbm on a 7 mile link with only 29db EIRP on the head > > end and > > 24 gain on the client end does not compute. My techs know to convert > > it, and > > not trust it, but it is dam annoying and for the price we pay for > > smartbridges, they can fix the software. We have taken to always > > putting a > > coax down the pole and using a pen-tablet with a Cisco Aironet card > > to aim > > the antenna and verify the link before we ever put the smartbridges > > on. (we > > originally started that because of the failure rate in smart > > bridges, its > > annoying to have to lower a H50 telescoping pole) > > > > Don't bitch at me for my demanding a quality product. Smartbridges > > are not > > cheep, I expect them to live up to their price. They are ESPECIALLY > > not > > cheep when we have to do a @#$%$ truck roll to fix them when they > > break. And > > Yes, I know many of you have had no problems with smart bridges, and > > I have > > had many sites with no problems too. But the most common thing in > > these > > sites with no problems seem to be that every thing is 'perfect'. > > Great > > ground, great signal, SB in the shade, 3 added lightning protectors > > (coax, > > power supply, and CAT5, adds 75$ to the cost, BTW), and low > > frequency of > > lightning and other bad weather nearby. the SB product line has a > > very low > > fudge factor. > > > > Donald Beckman > > Fort Worth, Texas > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of RFMS > > Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 8:27 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Strange dbm values > > > > > > > > > > Beckman, > > > > None of them are accurate enough for a self respecting > > person to use more than once, unless you use the same > > card all the time to test the signal level, off-air. > > > > It would be best for the manufacturer to produce a > > QoS for data,AKA, BER instead of everyone discussing > > what the signal level should be for a CPE when installed. > > > > You want good data, start demanding it in print, with > > a corroborative source behind the printed spec's and > > then those folks selling junk will not be discussed > > here and this problem will cease to waste everyone's > > time here. > > > > In short, you do get what you pay for. Stop bitching. > > > > Ron > > 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 > > 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
