It would be interesting to switch the freqs around and see what happens. It's probably a bad radio or cable though. -RickG
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Mike Hammett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does this seem like the radio isn't loud enough? > > I setup the test CPE on the TV tower at my house and pointed it at the tower. > Radio Mobile reports the azimuth as 250 degrees, so well within the south > sector's coverage and only at a distance of 230'. I am well below the > vertical beamwidth of the sectors, explaining the relatively low signals, but > ICS2 is horrible. > > 1 = North, 2 = South, 3 = West, 4 = East. > > It makes no sense that South is that much worse signal wise than the others, > especially considering that it should be on the South sector anyway. 3 and 4 > are SR5s while 1 and 2 are XR5s. I just replaced the towers with the XR5s. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Test Platform] > /interface wireless scan wlan1 > Flags: A - active, B - bss, P - privacy, R - routeros-network, N - nstreme > ADDRESS SSID BAND FREQ SIG > NF SNR RADIO-NAME > AB R 00:15:6D:50:16:C6 ICS3 5ghz 5745 -72 > -99 27 00156D5016C6 > AB R 00:15:6D:50:17:09 ICS4 5ghz 5765 -68 > -99 31 00156D501709 > AB R 00:15:6D:64:0B:59 ICS1 5ghz 5785 -77 > -99 22 00156D640B59 > AB R 00:15:6D:64:0B:55 ICS2 5ghz 5825 -85 > -99 14 00156D640B55 > > > Here is a listing of the signals when connected: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Test Platform] > /interface wireless monitor wlan1 > status: connected-to-ess > band: 5ghz > frequency: 5785MHz > tx-rate: "6Mbps" > rx-rate: "6Mbps" > ssid: "ICS1" > bssid: 00:15:6D:64:0B:59 > radio-name: "00156D640B59" > signal-strength: -77dBm > tx-signal-strength: -74dBm > noise-floor: -107dBm > signal-to-noise: 30dB > tx-ccq: 58% > p-throughput: 5481 > overall-tx-ccq: 58% > authenticated-clients: 1 > current-ack-timeout: 28 > wds-link: no > nstreme: no > framing-mode: none > routeros-version: "2.9.51" > last-ip: 10.10.1.1 > 802.1x-port-enabled: yes > compression: no > current-tx-powers: > 6Mbps:24(24),9Mbps:24(24),12Mbps:24(24),18Mbps:24(24),24Mbps:24(24),36Mbps:22(22),48Mbps:20(20),54Mbps:19(19) > notify-external-fdb: no > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Test Platform] > /interface wireless monitor wlan1 > status: connected-to-ess > band: 5ghz > frequency: 5825MHz > tx-rate: "6Mbps" > rx-rate: "6Mbps" > ssid: "ICS2" > bssid: 00:15:6D:64:0B:55 > radio-name: "00156D640B55" > signal-strength: -86dBm > tx-signal-strength: -76dBm > noise-floor: -107dBm > signal-to-noise: 21dB > tx-ccq: 59% > p-throughput: 5535 > overall-tx-ccq: 58% > authenticated-clients: 1 > current-ack-timeout: 167 > wds-link: no > nstreme: no > framing-mode: none > routeros-version: "2.9.51" > 802.1x-port-enabled: yes > compression: no > current-tx-powers: > 6Mbps:24(24),9Mbps:24(24),12Mbps:24(24),18Mbps:24(24),24Mbps:24(24),36Mbps:22(22),48Mbps:20(20),54Mbps:19(19) > notify-external-fdb: no > -- [Q quit|D dump|C-z pause] > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Test Platform] > /interface wireless monitor wlan1 > status: connected-to-ess > band: 5ghz > frequency: 5745MHz > tx-rate: "6Mbps" > rx-rate: "6Mbps" > ssid: "ICS3" > bssid: 00:15:6D:50:16:C6 > radio-name: "00156D5016C6" > signal-strength: -74dBm > tx-signal-strength: -70dBm > noise-floor: -106dBm > signal-to-noise: 32dB > tx-ccq: 59% > p-throughput: 5518 > overall-tx-ccq: 59% > authenticated-clients: 1 > current-ack-timeout: 28 > wds-link: no > nstreme: no > framing-mode: none > routeros-version: "2.9.51" > last-ip: 10.10.3.5 > 802.1x-port-enabled: yes > compression: no > current-tx-powers: > 6Mbps:24(24),9Mbps:24(24),12Mbps:24(24),18Mbps:24(24),24Mbps:24(24),36Mbps:22(22),48Mbps:20(20),54Mbps:19(19) > notify-external-fdb: no > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Test Platform] > /interface wireless monitor wlan1 > status: connected-to-ess > band: 5ghz > frequency: 5765MHz > tx-rate: "6Mbps" > rx-rate: "6Mbps" > ssid: "ICS4" > bssid: 00:15:6D:50:17:09 > radio-name: "00156D501709" > signal-strength: -69dBm > tx-signal-strength: -69dBm > noise-floor: -106dBm > signal-to-noise: 37dB > tx-ccq: 59% > p-throughput: 5535 > overall-tx-ccq: 59% > authenticated-clients: 1 > current-ack-timeout: 29 > wds-link: no > nstreme: no > framing-mode: none > routeros-version: "2.9.51" > last-ip: 10.10.4.13 > 802.1x-port-enabled: yes > compression: no > current-tx-powers: > 6Mbps:24(24),9Mbps:24(24),12Mbps:24(24),18Mbps:24(24),24Mbps:24(24),36Mbps:22(22),48Mbps:20(20),54Mbps:19(19) > notify-external-fdb: no > > > > ---------- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! 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