Thanks Eje, your just reinforcing the sentiments that allot of us are having. Yesterday I spent most of the day replacing yet another SB install, this one even had all the possible points grounded and LPDs out the wazoo. It just died. Lucky, she is in a cell we are rolling out a Alvarion BA (it may be the older BA series, but its light-years better than these airbirdges IMHO) cell to replace 802.11b, so I just used the visit to convert her setup. If i have to RMA yet another smartbridge, im gona scream.
Donald Beckman Fort Worth, Texas -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eje Gustafsson Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 11:55 PM To: Dave Covert Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Wireless repeater rig Yeah they just a few days ago notify their distributors.. They [smartBridges] will not even honor the orders that been placed since BEFORE this announcement was made. Here I site with a PO from a customer wanting a couple of airPoint Pro indoors and I have one and have had 2 more on order for a month and a half. Earlier this week the "BOMB" came and sB had simply removed the aPPi from the distributors order. All I can say is thanks sB you have yet another timed screwed a WISP over this time it was not due to faulty firmware, faulty hardware or poorly designed bridge mode but discontinued a product with no notice. Keep up this attitude and WISPs will start to drop you like flies I know I'm ready to do so. Because I can not rely on ANYTHING sB is doing. Ok I think I feel a little better now... Best regards, Eje Gustafsson mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The Family Entertainment Network http://www.fament.com Phone : 620-231-7777 Fax : 620-231-4066 - Your Full Time Professionals - Mikrotik OEM - Online Store http://www.fament.net -- DC> Message'we have decided to discontinue the airPoint PRO Indoor' Oh... DC> well... in that case... I guess I will get an aPPO in repeater mode and a DC> line splitter eh? ...glad I asked... <g> DC> I have never hooked 2 antennas to an aPPO. Can anyone recommend a splitter? DC> (I know EC et.al. have splitters, but I have no experience with any DC> splitter... that is why I am looking for recommendations for a particular DC> one). Do I put it in a little NEMA box or do I just wrap it in tape and DC> goop? DC> Dave DC> -----Original Message----- DC> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DC> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nish Park DC> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 10:29 PM DC> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DC> Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Wireless repeater rig DC> Dave, DC> To my knowledge I don't think anybody has tried the type of setup you are DC> describing. It kinds of sounds exotic. Most people would do either one aP or DC> 2 aP setup as Billy is describing. DC> Regardless, just a few days ago we have decided to discontinue the DC> airPoint PRO Indoor model (sB2500). So you should look at different DC> alternatives. DC> Another model being discontinued is airNIC (sB2000). The decision has DC> already been communicated to our distribution partners. DC> Nish DC> -----Original Message----- DC> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DC> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Covert DC> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 11:14 AM DC> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' DC> Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Wireless repeater rig DC> Sounds like you have tried this? (two antennas) Has anyone tried it and DC> have any experience to share? DC> The smartBridges site says 'airPoint-PROT automatically selects the best DC> signal'. What I am proposing is two use the two antennas in a cross DC> polarized fashion so that the backhaul antenna can't hear the local traffic DC> and the omni can't hear the backhaul traffic. It seems that the diversity DC> feature would have no trouble picking the correct antenna since the 'off' DC> antenna would be almost completely devoid of signal. DC> Can I get sB's thoughts on this? DC> Dave DC> Home Wireless Company DC> -----Original Message----- DC> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DC> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Billy Huddleston DC> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 8:28 AM DC> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DC> Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Wireless repeater rig DC> Bad idea.. Using the diversity feature of the aPPI won't buy you DC> anything and, in fact, would hurt you in allot of ways. 1) The antennas DC> need to be "balanced", using different antennas on each port would cause DC> wonky things to happen. 2) Your throughput would be cut in half. 3) Your DC> going to get sporadic connectivity and even worse throughput using DC> unbalanced directional antennas... and a good possibility that it wouldn't DC> work at all! DC> I would suggest using to aPPI's back to back wired with a crossover. OR DC> use two aPPO units... DC> Or if you simply have to use a single aPPI, use the a single antenna. DC> Thanks, Billy DC> ----- Original Message ----- DC> From: Dave Covert DC> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DC> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 10:59 PM DC> Subject: [smartBridges] Wireless repeater rig DC> I need to make a POE-powered sB repeater box to 'light up' an area. DC> Since the speedTrap-2 isn't out yet (want a beta tester? <g>) I need to make DC> one. What I envision is an aPPi running repeater mode in a NEMA box. Each DC> SMA antenna port on the aPPi would have a pigtail to a bulkhead mounted DC> N-type connector. To one connector I attach an 18dBi panel pointed back to DC> the tower and to the other connector I attach a 6-9dBi omni cross-polarized DC> to the big panel. Customers within a couple-hundred feet use an aBi thru DC> walls to talk to the omni. Clients a little further away use aBOs with DC> little panels pointed at the omni. DC> I am guessing someone has done this before... would you mind divulging DC> the part number and supplier of the parts you used? Specifically... DC> NEMA box to house the aPP and pigtails? DC> SMA to bulkhead N-type pigtails? DC> I am guessing the aPPi will work on POE outside in a NEMA box? Do you DC> have to take the aPPi board out of the factory box when you put it in the DC> NEMA box to keep it from getting too hot? (double insulation). DC> Dave DC> Home Wireless Company -- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] 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
