Hi All, I really like my Tranzeo CPQ radios. But we're seeing a LOT of power supply failures (and they are too cheap to even warranty, we just buy new ones). Sometimes they don't fully fail either, they go low or something, the injector lights up like it should but the radio just won't work right.
What's really a problem is the dang'd Mikrotik to Tranzeo CPQ disconnect problem. It's driving my gamers and business customers nutso. All CPQ radios disconnect and reconnect at the same time, sometimes every few minutes, sometimes every couple of days. This happens when there is an XR2 card in the Mikrotik. Doesn't seem to matter what firmware is on the radios. Did I say that I also really like the MT ap's? They are too complicated to set up, but once that's done they work very well and give me great information on who's doing what on my network. And I am a point and click GUI kinda guy so StarOS is really hard for me to deal with. And I've recently replaced an MT ap with Star, no real difference that I can see as far as the customer experience is concerned. I don't think we're getting the disconnects, but I just can't deal with the management mechanism for Star so I'm not totally sure. Anyway, I tried a couple of the Ubiquity cpe units. I liked the electronic polarization capability. Hated the router config. And, they have both basically failed in just a few months of service. They were still working, but the rx went to pot in them. (19 dB tranzeo had -82 when put in vs. the -97 of the ubiquity when it was pulled out) So, now I have a telecommuter with a Ubiquity radio that's on the fritz, can't use a tranzeo because of the disconnect issue (she works via voip and can't use the phone when it keeps dropping out for a second or two all day long). What are people having good luck with? I can't believe that wifi radios won't really connect to each other correctly at this stage of the game. Some of our manufacturers are getting too lazy I think. I need cheap gear, but mostly I need gear that works. I long for the old Teletronics 2 meg ap's. Some of those from 2000 are still in use today! We never have to touch them! I think I'm gonna set up an MT unit to be a cpe for the one customer. But I have to figure out what to use going forward. Either better ap's or cpe. For AP's I REALLY like the Teletronics 172 units. They are cheap and work very well with either b or g client radios. But they blow ethernet ports far too easily, and they lock up too often. And I've NEVER used a worse AP than the Tranzeo 6000 radios. What a POS those are. Constant lockups! But not at all locations. Sometimes they work pretty well, but usually they just suck. deep sigh Suggestions? marlon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
