A AP should not crash with "noise" a aB CPE device will screw up, but an AP? I don't "accept" this... there is something else going on..
Scott -----Original Message----- From: "Wayland Sothcott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 16:59:15 -0000 Subject: Re: [smartBridges] MAC ATTACK on airPoint PRO Outdoor? > Austin, > > Now you're talking. That sounds like a good tool to use. > > However so far no one has come up with a convincing reason to excuse an > APPO > locking up due to noise. > > Why would it require a reboot? Everyone seems to accept that a bit of > unexpected noise would crash one and require a site visit. I don't > accept > this. > > I don't care how noisy it is, unless the device actually burns out why > can''t it reset itself? > > Regards, > Wayland. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Austin H" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 3:02 PM > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] MAC ATTACK on airPoint PRO Outdoor? > > > > Late response, but I wanted to chime in. You don't even need a > spectrum > > analyzer, use stumbler and any 11b device in a laptop, watch the > noise > > floor/disassociation. > > > > Ive seen it happen when people accross the street use their > microwave. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Wayland Sothcott > > Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 4:46 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] MAC ATTACK on airPoint PRO Outdoor? > > > > > > I am suprized that an oven would affect specific channels. I am also > > suprized that it would crash the AP. This makes no sence to me. > Please > > explain your reasons (logic or experiences etc) for saying this > happens. > > > > Thanks, > > Wayland. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 12:21 AM > > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] MAC ATTACK on airPoint PRO Outdoor? > > > > > > > It would have to have the same or even less leakage than a 2.4 GHz > radio - > > > which does not cook you. I worked for a company that used wireless > > devices > > > in the warehouse. The microwaves in the corporate location caused > > wireless > > > issues - really. 700 watt microwave leaking out 100mW would not be > much > > of > > > a surprise to me. It is fixable by putting those AP's nearby top a > > > different channel. The device almost always will not interfere > with > > > channels 1, 6, and 11. It is will with 1 of the 3. > > > > > > Didn't your mother ever tell you not to stand near the microwave > while > it > > > was on? That is a well known rule actually. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Curt Perrymman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 10:27 AM > > > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] MAC ATTACK on airPoint PRO Outdoor? > > > > > > > > > > If a microwave is leaking badly enough to cause an AP to crash as > you > > > > describe, you've got bigger problems than an AP going down - > you're > > being > > > > cooked! There are pretty strict standards regarding microwave > leakage > > > that > > > > make it highly unlikely that a microwave would cause this unless > the > AP > > is > > > > located in the kitchen immediately adjacent to the microwave. > > > > > > > > At 04:05 PM 11/21/2003 +0000, you wrote: > > > > >David, > > > > > > > > > >Unfortunately no Mac Donnals near by. It was the whole AP which > went > > > down! > > > > >I am concerned that a Microwave oven could affect it. Surely > there > must > > > be > > > > >something wrong with it if it can crash an AP? I have been told > that > > some > > > > >people can pick up Radio 4 on their fillings. > > > > > > > > > >Wayland. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > > >From: "David Moss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 3:35 PM > > > > >Subject: Re: [smartBridges] MAC ATTACK on airPoint PRO Outdoor? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps it was a nearby MacDonalds having the MacAttack?? > > > > > > > > > > > > Microwave Ovens use the 2.4ghz range to cook food in them - > > therefore > > > it > > > > >is > > > > > > possible that a microwave can cause interference with Mr > customer > > > surfing > > > > > > the readers digest website. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "Wayland Sothcott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 3:20 PM > > > > > > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] MAC ATTACK on airPoint PRO > Outdoor? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You have to be kidding me massively! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 2:21 PM > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] MAC ATTACK on airPoint PRO > Outdoor? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Do you mean that as it is definitley not the case or do > you > mean > > > it as > > > > > > > "you > > > > > > > > have to be kidding me?" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > > From: "Wayland Sothcott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 8:15 AM > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] MAC ATTACK on airPoint PRO > Outdoor? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > surely not! > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > > > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 12:38 PM > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] MAC ATTACK on airPoint PRO > > Outdoor? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If is starts around the lunch hour is it possible > that > their > > > is a > > > > > > > > > microwave > > > > > > > > > > that gets used around that time that is interfering? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > > > > From: "Wayland Sothcott" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 6:00 AM > > > > > > > > > > Subject: [smartBridges] MAC ATTACK on airPoint PRO > Outdoor? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nightmare for all WISPs > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Whilst monitoring with Simple NMS all my clients > dropped > > > off. > > > > >The > > > > > > > > bottom > > > > > > > > > > > screen went red, except for my own locally > connected > > > airBridge. > > > > >My > > > > > > > > > > airBridge > > > > > > > > > > > kept associating and disassociating. The APPO has > been > > > working > > > > > > > > > unattended > > > > > > > > > > > for months. Now two days in a row it has broken at > 11am > > > whilst I > > > > > > > have > > > > > > > > > been > > > > > > > > > > > monitoring with Simple NMS. The quick fix was to > gain > > access > > > to > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > > > building > > > > > > > > > > > and power cycle the device from the mains plug. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Could this be some sort of attack? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > Wayland. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > 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 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
