No, no amp. Just an APPO and adjusted the power using the Dial-A-Power feature in the firmware.
Quoting Roger Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Were you using an amplifier? I can't really turn it down since I'm shooting > through trees and such. > > Thanks, > Roger > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John K. McReynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 12:44 PM > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Slow download speed > > > > I know this is going to sound crazy, but we had a similar occurance. Turn > the > > power output DOWN. We did this and our link jumped from 700Kbps to > 1150Kbps. > > > > > > Quoting Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > 1200Kbit/s? or 1200 Kilobyte/s? - We get about 400 Kilobyte/s > (400Kb/sec) > > > throughput to our backlink. It'd be worth checking the smartbridge > > > statistics, see if their is a high number of errors on the ethernet > side. > > > Also (I don't know if you can do this on SmartBridge AP's) you may have > a > > > statistic to show the number of retries the customer is experiencing - > High > > > retries will equate to low throughput. If they have got a high number of > > > retries, check their signal strength they get back to the AP > client-->AP, > > > and finally, check for local 2.4 interference. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Roger Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 6:06 PM > > > Subject: [smartBridges] Slow download speed > > > > > > > > > > I just installed an APPO on Sunday, with 3' of LMR400 going to a Pac > > > > Wireless 16dbi 90 degree horizontally polarized sector antenna. It's > 100' > > > > high on the side of a water tower. > > > > > > > > I'm seeing significantly improved signal strengths at customer sites > than > > > I > > > > was getting with the old 14.5dbi Maxrad on my first access point, but > > > > download speeds are terrible. I'm seeing around 1200k upload speed > fairly > > > > consistantly (figure my T1 is the bottleneck there) but the download > speed > > > > is very variable. Anything from the test failing, or maybe 90k or > > > sometimes > > > > several hundred k. When I switch back to the original access point > (rotate > > > > the antenna for correct polarity) the performance improves. > > > > > > > > Does anyone have any idea what may be causing this? I'm going to try > an > > > 18v > > > > power supply since there is about 150' of CAT5. Any other ideas what > might > > > > be causing it? I'll confirm soon whether the 18v helped. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Roger > > > > > > > > ----------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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------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 > > > > > > > > > John K. McReynolds > > > > WinfieldMO.net > > PO Box 126 > > Winfield, MO 63389 > > (636) 668-6141 > > http://www.winfieldmo.net > > ----------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 > > ----------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 > John K. McReynolds WinfieldMO.net PO Box 126 Winfield, MO 63389 (636) 668-6141 http://www.winfieldmo.net ----------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
