geez what an ass I owuld never do that to a competitor no matter how much of an ass they were some people! Quoting Gloria Vester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> MessageSully, > I am having just about the same thing with the new radios. One of my new > ones went down last night and I started a continuous ping on it to get it > back up and am leaving that running for a while. The other two have not > failed yet. I have the added "advantage" of having a very aggressive and > hostile competitor who went live Monday and is changing his radio channels to > match mine whenever I am installing a customer. I sure don't need my > equipment to fail now, not when I am at war. Hope things continue to go well > for you. :-)) > > Gloria > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: The Wirefree Network > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 10:16 AM > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] [good and bad] New aPPo from Singapore > > > Gloria, > > Glad to hear that you are up and running smoothly. I too am working well > with the new (Singapore acquired) units (aPPo's and aBi's). Out of 13 units > I have replaced in the field, all but one have been flawless. I started a > continuous ping on that one to keep it up. This one unit has > ever-so-slightly Non-LOS. It has about a 88% RSSI and average LQ of 88%. > However, if you look at my MRTG charts, you will see that the LQ is actually > swinging ALL OVER THE PLACE due to the NLOS. > > > > I am planning on jumping up there on Friday to point it at the new repeater > location (if it has clean LOS). > > > > Sully > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gloria Vester > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 5:11 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] [good and bad] New aPPo from Singapore > > > > I think in my case I can conclusively say it was a radio issue. I had four > radios on the water tower, all installed at the same time the same way, > sharing the same UPS, etc., one of them hasn't failed once, the other three > all went down at least once a day - Ethernet port died and the unit locked up > solid. Replaced one of them with a new unit from distributor and it had the > same problem. Replaced the POE's and power supplies, same thing. Got new > radios from Singapore and put them up Friday night and they haven't gone down > once. So I think that pretty well proves it was the radios. I am sending > all four of them back to Singapore today so they can figure out what is wrong > with them. > > > > Gloria > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Tom Haynes > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 11:59 PM > > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] [good and bad] New aPPo from Singapore > > > > Set up a constant ping (windows = ping -t xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx). Most down > radios will come back up after several minutes of pings. Keep pininging and > the rasios should stay up. If they do go down, the should comeback up in a > few minutes. This is only a workaround to some other problem, wether it is an > install issue or a radio issue is not yet knows. SB says install issue in > most cases and installers say radio issue. In either cas SB will normally > approve a an RMA if you feel it is a radio issue. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Good > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 11:25 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] [good and bad] New aPPo from Singapore > > Gloria, > > I have been gone for a while and have not read the 1000 of > messages I have.. Tell me about the pinging of the units (a history) I have a > few units that keep going down and would love to hear this "pinging" session > would help out for now. > > > > Thanks, > > Steve > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Haynes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 11:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] [good and bad] New aPPo from Singapore > > > > After a few weeks of constant pinging, I stopped and the link has never > gone down again. I don't even worry about it during a thunderstorm anymore > :-) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gloria Vester > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 8:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] [good and bad] New aPPo from Singapore > > Sully, > > Thanks for the info - appreciate you keeping us informed. A lot of us > are getting some of these new units and are also holding our breath hoping > they solve the problems. Of course, we are all hoping that we will one day > be able to breath again and not have to baby-sit our APPOs and keep checking > their status with fear in our hearts that something is going to be down. I > am still pinging the hell out of mine to keep them alive until the new ones > get here and am in constant fear that something might happen to the machine > running the ping and I will lose one again. The last thing I do each night > before I go to sleep is check to make sure the ping is still running and they > are all up, and it is the first thing I check when I wake up. It sure would > be nice to go to sleep one night not worrying that all the APPOs are going to > be down when I get up. Best of luck to you - I sure hope for your sake, and > all our sake's, that these new ones work the way they are supposed to. > > > > Thanks, > > Gloria > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: The Wirefree Network > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 8:33 AM > > Subject: [smartBridges] [good and bad] New aPPo from Singapore > > > > Well.I have some good and bad news about my new "gold sticker" aPPo > units. > > > > BAD NEWS > > As you can see by the attached (small) pic.the RSSI at several clients > has been steadily going down hill since replacing the unit at 1400 yesterday. > Believe me, I could paste about 15 clients that had 100% RSSI and since 1400 > have steadily been going down hill. > > > > GOOD NEWS > > The unit is working.and has not (yet) crapped out like the others did > with bad chips. > > > > BAD NEWS > > With the steadily decreasing RSSI.I don't know how long anyone will > hold up. > > > > GOOD NEWS > > There are some differences between this aPPo install and the last. I > used a different antenna (same brand and rating-but different), and a > different (yet shorter) pigtail between the antenna and the radio. So.this > could point to the antenna and pigtail.not the radio. > > > > BAD NEWS > > Maybe I'm wrong here.but if the new pigtail and antenna were flaky, I > would imagine that it would be a sudden affect on the RSSI of my clients, not > steadily falling??!?! > > > > So..bottomline is..I am now holding my breath. > > > > More to come. > > > > Sully > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of The Wirefree Network > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 2:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [smartBridges] New aPPo from Singapore > > > > Well..I burned in my settings for my head-end with simpleDeploy last > night.I then added the MAC list. No problems at all.took 30 seconds. > > > > I just jumped up on the roof and swapped out my crappy aPPo in about 15 > minutes. ALL MY USERS CAME BACK ONLINE INSTANTLY AND HAVE NOT YET DROPPED > OFF!! Woohoo!! Maybe I shouldn't yell so loud.it has only been 20 minutes > so far. But.my 2 previous bad ones crapped out in less than 10 minutes. > > > > Exception to the above being: the users with bad airBridge units have > not come back online yet, but they were already down. My sub-contractor is > going to be swapping out 10 units tonight. > > > > Oh.one more thing to add to the new aPPo's..the two metal brackets that > are connected to the aPPo are now powder coated to match the aPPo box. In > other words, they are no longer shiny stainless steel. Just one more way for > you to identify new from old. > > > > Will keep you posted!! > > > > Sully > > > > P.S. I am feeling good about this!! Next week may be a busy week if > these new units hold up!!!!! > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Chance > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 12:14 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Received New Units today from Singapore > > > > Wow this sounds VERY positive but .... I get the feeling im not gonna > get these nice pimp units from ecomm am I cause I ordered 2 days ago im gonna > get stickered ones aren't I L "Please update with cd" L > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: The Wirefree Network [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 1:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I am sitting here burning in new settings for 18 airBridge units and 2 > aPPos, to be R&R'd tomorrow. > > I just wanted to pass on a couple quick observations that I had noticed > with this DIRECT SHIPMENT from SINGAPORE. > > 1. Little RJ-45 cable protector has been softened up and no > longer takes a pair of vice-grips to disconnect it from the NIC (could still > be a bit thinner though) > > 2. They have now included, in the aPPo box, 2-types of COAX > sealant for the RF connector. > 3. The boxes themselves have GOLD stickers on it and so does the > units. (looks like they were triple checked) > > Anyway...looks like sB really is listening to even the seemingly not so > significant suggestions from the forum. > > Sully > Martin Moreno Blazen Wireless 909-907-4106 www.blazenwireless.come ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm 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
