Are you sure you don't have an interference problem? We had an ABO that would lose association once or twice per day, even with the new firmware. I went out there, replaced and re-aimed the antenna, replaced the LMR-400 jumper, and it was been solid ever since then.
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, The Wirefree Network wrote: > Damn it! This is getting ridiculous. I know that sB has been very > responsive�and has also sent me directly a bunch of new units (which > should be here Monday or Tuesday), but DAMN IT! > > At approximately 9:45 am my head-end unit went down taking everyone with > it. I received a page, and was able to do a manual power reset on it > within a few minutes (it was not responding to anything on the Ethernet > or Wireless side). This brought it back online and all the clients as > well (except a couple of troubled airBridge units with crappy chips in > them). Then 5 minutes later, four client airBridge units lost > association never to regain it. I had to call the clients and have them > do a manual power reset to get them back online. > > OF SPECIAL NOTE: My new airPoint (indoor) which I am using at a client�s > house in CB mode has also lost association. I used the aPi because I > thought it had not been affected by the �crappy chip syndrome�. But�it > is down. It went down within minutes of the others. > > Okay�I will try to make this short�I have been going back and forth with > this for 50 minutes now. The head-end keeps going down every few > minutes. At first the clients will start dropping off the associated > list then it just craps out all together. I have now unplugged it for > 10 minutes hoping that when I plug it back in, it will stay up. I am > sure all my clients are BITCHING at me right now!!!!!!!! > > The client units are dropping like flies. I have 18 airBridge units > deployed from the June batch. Of them, 12 have lost association in the > past 1 hour. I guess the other 6 must have received the good chips on > the other production line (no joke). > > Oh�I guess I should tell you this. It is a SCORCHER here in Monterey. > Not!!!! > 74�F > Fair Feels Like 74�F > UV Index: 4 Low > Dew Point: 59�F > Humidity: 59% > Visibility: Unlimited > Pressure: 29.98 inches and steady > Wind: From the East Southeast at 6 mph > > >From 0945 to 1045 every day is a scary time for me. It is not the > hottest part of the day, but it is the time when all my units become > FLAKY! It was around 63 last night and when the morning sun hits these > units all of a sudden�and the temperature starts rising quickly�then the > units lose association. It is not that they are HOT�cause they are not. > It is the temperature change that does it. I just jumped up on the roof > and felt my head-end�.it is just warm. > > If the units I receive on Monday-Tuesday don�t fix this problem�I am > done. Truly done with sB. No self-respecting business man many would > put loyalty to a supplier over the existence of his own company. If > they do�they are sure to die. > > PLEASE DON�T ANYONE EVEN TRY TO TELL ME HOW TO TROUBLESHOOT THIS > PROBLEM. IT IS NOT MY PROBLEM!!!! > > Sully > > p.s. The 10 minute �cooling down period� has allowed everyone to > reassociate and stay online for 5 minutes now. Except the �crappy chip� > airBridge units and the newly installed airPoint indoor. > 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
