Richard, I thhink it was actually the fact that it was sharing the same channel/ spectrum as four other base units.. and re-flashing the firmware probably didnt hurt things... ;-)
Best, Jason. On Jan 3, 2008, at 10:01 AM, Richard wrote: > Jason, would you chalk it up to FM Capture Effect, or the older and > probably problem-ridden software? It is hard to say "THAT" when you > change too many things at once, I know, but would you think it was > the other signals on the air and even their user base giving you fits? > > Richard > N6GPP > > On Jan 3, 2008 9:31 AM, Jason Fields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > thanks. i think its working now... ;-) > > On Jan 3, 2008, at 9:29 AM, Batey, Everett II NAVSEA wrote: > > > > > > > Assume you have a MAC on this wireless net, MacStumbler or > > equivalent is a free download. It tells you who 'Channel', > > 'WEP', 'SSID', signal is sharing the real estate with you. > > REMEMBER in picking a channel they overlap each other .. > > > > Do a web search for "802.11 channel frequencies" > > > > USA/FCC & Canada regions have 11 total channels allocated. All > > frequencies are in GHz. > > > > Channel Lower Frequency Central > Frequency > > Upper Frequency > > > > 1 2.401 2.412 > > 2.423 > > 2 2.404 2.417 > > 2.428 > > 3 2.411 2.422 > > 2.433 > > 4 2.416 2.427 > > 2.438 > > 5 2.421 2.432 > > 2.443 > > 6 2.426 2.437 > > 2.448 > > 7 2.431 2.442 > > 2.453 > > 8 2.436 2.447 > > 2.458 > > 9 2.441 2.452 > > 2.463 > > 10 2.446 2.457 > > 2.468 > > 11 2.451 2.462 > > 2.473 > > > > > > > > R / Everett WA6CRE > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cell (805) 340-6471 / VA (703) 879-6471 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of Jason Fields > > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 19:33 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [SOCALWUG] Re: Apple AP Extreme Weirdness > > > > > > Folks, > > > > OK, so I figured it out (i think)... > > > > a. AP base was on same channel (11) as like four(!) other base units > > in nearby office park... all at similar signal strength 58%+... > > b. newer firmware re-uploaded to base unit for good measure.... > > > > So far seems to have worked... we'll see what happens n the AM > > tomorrow... > > > > Best, > > Jason. > > > > On Jan 2, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Charles N Wyble wrote: > > > >> > >> Jason Fields wrote: > >>> Hi Guys, > >>> > >>> > >>> Basically the issue is in how i access the Admin tool utility to > >>> manage the base station... for some reason after a set period of > >>> time > >>> (unknown to me currently) the Admin utility no longer can find the > >>> AP > >>> extreme base station upon scanning for it... the 'weirdness' is > that > >>> all of the computers on the wifi networkk can STILL see it via > their > >>> networking control panels and connect to it to browse the web... > >>> > >> > >> > >> Is the system you are running the admin utility on connected via > the > >> wired network? > >> > >>> We also have an NAS drive, Xerox Printer and one extra Mac MIni > >>> connected to one of the ethernet ports and they are also not > able to > >>> be connected to when the AP base station exhibits the symptom... > >>> > >>> Our setup is pretty simple... > >>> > >>> Verizon DSL modem > >>> | > >>> Apple AP Extreme Base > >>> | > >>> port 1: NAS Drive > >>> port 2: Xerox WorkCenter Printer > >>> port 3: Mac Mini > >>> > >> > >> By port I presume you mean the wired ports? > >> > >>> I had a thought that it may be due to the DHCP server settings or > >>> that > >>> one of the devices was flooding the network with pings/sockets > that > >>> were on the same ports that the AP base used to be controlled/ > >>> administered, but those are just suppositions and not based upon > any > >>> networking experiences i have previously had.. > >>> > >> > >> Are all the systems dhcp? Some static? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > The difference between a northern fairytale and a southern fairytale: > A northern fairytale begins "Once upon a time..." A southern > fairytale begins "Y'all ain't gonna believe this..." > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
