John, On the SB stuff you use simpledeploy. A utility from sB, but it has a flaw... you must be connected to the AB unit via the wire side... does not work on the wireless side. They state they did this for security issues, but I ca not see why CPE would have a security issue with this feature(AP's yes.. CPE, uhm..what is a customer or foe going to do burn in the wrong channel? Doubt it..)
172 MHz is a harmonic of the 2.4 spectrum.. but a Yagi is pretty directional, so I don't think it would screw you too badly... Doubt that is your issue. Not sure what the default is on sb stuff on preamble. will have to look at one... I still think what you are dealing with is either a hosed tranmitter (or amplifier) or pure interference... preamble would not cause the issue you are dealing with (on both WET-11's and SB gear).. Scott -----Original Message----- From: "John K. McReynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 10:02:26 -0600 Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Hosed network > Scott, > Thanks for the info...how does one "burn" the AP's name as the default > config? > > I am using the default pre-amble...whatever that is. Haven't changed > this. If > this wasn't set correctly, could it hose the AP? > > And yes, my first concern was that of signal issues. I noticed a > vertically > polarized Yagi down on the roof of the shed at the tower (all of our > stuff is > at the top of the tower). Upon further inspection, I found that it > operates > near 172 Mhz...could this be interfering with our stuff? I really hope > not... > > Also, we have an amp on our omni antenna. The injector for this is > down in the > shed. I wonder if the amp is flaking out? I guess I could just bypass > the > injector and go straight into the card...effectively turning "off" the > amp. > > Many thanks, > > JOHN > > Quoting shoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > John, > > > > You are losing association. Thats plane and simple. The ABO's do > that > > crap if they lose association and can't re-associate quickly (they > change > > their ESSID to garbage).. Thats why we started burning in the AP's > name > > as the default config.. But as far as I know.. ABO's going like this > do > > not affect the AP's (We use Cisco and we didn't see this crap). > > > > What Pre-amble length are you using. On the Cisco's (per AB's > > suggestion) we switched to long and it helped... but the fact that > you > > WET-11 light is blinking indicates I think you are having signal > issues. > > > > Scott > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "John K. McReynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 08:58:57 -0600 > > Subject: [smartBridges] Hosed network > > > > > This will start off-topic, but then get back on topic... > > > > > > We have an Orinoco AP2000 at a water tower. We have one radio card > in > > > this > > > unit. We also have a YDI ECII acting as the backhaul. The two > units > > > are > > > connect via eachother's ethernet ports. No switch or router in > > > between. This > > > has worked great for sometime now...until the last week or so. > > > > > > About a week ago, we started noticing a massive slow down on our > > > network...then > > > the AP could not be reached with a ping or any admin tools...i.e., > the > > > network > > > was down. So, figuring maybe it was equipment failure, I replaced > all > > > the AP > > > equipment at the tower...different AP2000, different card, > different > > > coax > > > jumper...and bang! It was back to normal. I did change channels > > > however. > > > > > > Now, here we are a week later (today). Same thing is happening. > > > > > > We have WET11's and ABO's as CPE on our network. I personally have > a > > > WET11 at > > > my home...the WAN light now comes and goes...this morning it is > totally > > > off. > > > > > > We have also noticed that after the first "outage", the ABOs had > lost > > > association and upon further inspection, the AP that each was > > > associated with > > > was just a bunch of random garbage...like sHOFW3EHNFSALX, instead > of > > > the name > > > of our AP. We re-associated them and they worked fine. > > > > > > So, time for my questions: > > > 1) Is there some setting that the ABOs need to have to "play nice" > with > > > an > > > AP2000? > > > 2) If an ABO freaks out and loses its association, could it hose > the > > > AP2000 > > > also? > > > 3) Should I put a switch or router between the ECII and the AP2000? > > > > > > I am really in need of assistance here...I am about to my ropes end > > > with this > > > stuff...any pointers or suggestions will be more than welcomed. > > > > > > Many thanks in advance, > > > > > > JOHN > > > 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 > > > > > John K. 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