Sounds like this could be it. The backhauls are Trango link 10's do you happen to remember what the ARP limit was that you were having problems with?
Thanks, Chadd > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Todd Barber > Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 8:01 PM > To: 'WISPA General List' > Subject: RE: [WISPA] Strange network issues "crosspost" > > > Chadd, > > We experienced similar issues when our network was entirely bridged. The > root of the problem turned out to be the ARP table in the Trangos we were > using as are primary BHs. > > Once the number of clients behind the Trangos exceeded a certain limit the > ARP table gets corrupted. Trango does not have a fix for this issue. > > As a temporary fix you can set up a script to reset the ARP table in the > Trangos on a regular basis. The command line for the 5800 and > 5830 units is > "maclist reset". > > We have moved to a mostly routed network which has greatly reduced the > number of MAC addresses seen by the Trangos. This fixed the problem. > > Todd Barber > Skylink Broadband Internet > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 970-454-9499 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Chadd Thompson > Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 4:00 PM > To: 'WISPA General List' > Subject: [WISPA] Strange network issues "crosspost" > > Sorry to cross post this guys but I am looking for suggestions and wasn't > sure if everyone is on both lists. > > > I have been having an intermittent problem the last few days. A few of my > AP's and CPE's will stop responding. These are a mixture of > brands, Trango, > MT, Brilan, they are on different network segments, different > frequencies. > > The strange thing that not all the radios on the segment will > have problems > only some, and even more odd is that an AP can stop responding but you can > still access some of the CPE's associated with it and they will > pass traffic > fine. In any case a reboot of the backhaul that feeds each individual > segment will bring them all back up again for a random amount of time. I > have checked the BH links when things start going haywire and > can't seem to > find any issues, no oddball traffic, packets per second seem fine. Also my > ARP tables seem to be fine when this happens, but I haven't tried to flush > my ARP when I have the issue. > > Everything is currently "and has been for 4 yrs" bridged and it is getting > to the point where I need to break down and start setting up > routing at each > of my POPs. I had thought it may be a bridge loop, but if that > was the case > I wouldn't think the segment would operate fine for a while after > a Backhaul > reboot. > > I am looking for suggestions of other things I may/should be > checking and or > looking at. > > Thanks, > Chadd > > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.25/593 - Release Date: > 12/19/2006 > 1:17 PM > > > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.24/592 - Release Date: > 12/18/2006 > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.24/592 - Release Date: 12/18/2006 -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
