Not sure if this was asked, but is your board powering these cards properly?
Mark Nash UnwiredWest 78 Centennial Loop Suite E Eugene, OR 97401 541-998-5555 541-998-5599 fax http://www.unwiredwest.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hammett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bad radio? > Can anyone tell me what an XR5 puts out for signal if it has blown it's amp? > I'm starting to believe something is causing the XR5s to blow their amps, > reducing them to pre-amp power. What that is remains to be seen. I'm > hoping it's the radio itself, pigtail, or the coax vs. the $350 MTI I waited > 3 weeks for. > > > ---------- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Mike Hammett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 8:48 AM > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bad radio? > > > okay, now 3 days later the new south radio (originally north) is > > misbehaving > > in the same way (Tx/Rx signals are off by 10 where on the other sectors > > they're roughly balanced). The signals going back to the tower are 8 - 10 > > db stronger than the received signals. An R52 (or possibly R52H) is > > shooting back to the tower whereas an XR5 is shooting down to the CPE. If > > it were different radio specs, it'd be unbalanced the other way around. > > > > The SR5s that I have installed have been functioning just fine for years > > and > > are installed in the same fashion as the XR5s. Did UBNT make a bad batch > > of > > XR5s or am I doing something wrong? > > > > > > ---------- > > Mike Hammett > > Intelligent Computing Solutions > > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > From: "Mike Hammett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 2:58 PM > > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bad radio? > > > >> I changed the freq a bit and didn't see any significant change. I > >> climbed > >> and swapped the pigtails with North and changed all the settings so they > >> were fully swapped. Everyone on the south sector (which did have the > >> questionable radio) is now happy. Now the North sector is showing the > >> same > >> symptoms on my test CPE. It's a good thing everyone except two are on > >> East > >> and West until I get this sorted out. Time to contact Streakwave about a > >> bad radio... > >> > >> > >> ---------- > >> Mike Hammett > >> Intelligent Computing Solutions > >> http://www.ics-il.com > >> > >> > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------- > >> From: "RickG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 1:05 PM > >> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bad radio? > >> > >>> 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:2 2(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:2 2(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:2 2(22),48Mbps:20(20),54Mbps:19(19) > >>>> notify-external-fdb: no > >>>> > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Test Platform] > /interface wireless monitor wlan1 > >>>> status: connected-to-ess > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- > >> WISPA Wants You! 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