Mike,

Your reply leads me to believe you may have had some problems with 802.11g
on an AP-2000 or AP-3.  We had some difficulties with wildly fluctuating
signal strengths on our AP-3/802.11ag test LAN and were wondering if anyone
else experienced similar difficulties?  Our problem seemed to pass before we
could adequately dignose it.  Due to a concurrent temperature problem in our
equipment room, we couldn't be certain if the problem was AP/radio related
or POE power related.

Which brings me to a second question: does anyone know a way to test 802.3af
power quality?  It is pretty easy to test the voltage using a break-out
cable and multimeter, but much harder to determine the current delivery
capacity. We can't be sure if a small measured current is due to a defective
power supply or just low demand from the AP.  Is there a cable tester,
network analyzer, or a single-purpose unit that will put an 802.3af power
supply through its paces?

Thanks,

Chuck Enfield
Sr. Communications Engineer
PSU, Information Technology Services
Suite 110, University Support Bldg. 2
University Park, PA 16802
ph. (814) 863-8715
fx. (814) 865-3988


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Griego [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 9:57 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] anyone try an ap-8 yet?

It's the same product as the Proxim AP-4000.  If you're using the
Proxim/Avaya equipment, then the AP-4000 is a good upgrade.  The .11G
performance in my testing has been more solid than the performance of
the .11G upgrade kit for the AP-2000 (Avaya AP-3).  Other than that, the
management interface is identical to the AP-2000/AP-3.  Having antenna
connectors for the .11A side is a nice new feature of the 4000s/8s.

--

--Mike

-----------------------------------
Michael Griego
Wireless LAN Project Manager
The University of Texas at Dallas



On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 08:23, Matt Ashfield (UNB) wrote:
> Hi All
>
> We currently use Avaya's Access Points on our campus, and the latest
product
> they've released is the AP-8. I've read the pdf's and heard the supplier's
> details, but just thought I'd ask this group if anyone has used it and if
> so, what are their impressions?
>
> Any info you can provide is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Matthew Ashfield
> Network Analyst
> Integrated Technology Services
> University of New Brunswick
> (506) 447-3033
>
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