I agree with you and actually intend on replacing it. But, I doubt it's related since this setup has been running on this particular tower since 2004 (I bought the company this way). Also, it is set up on several others with no issues. I failed to mention these towers are in very rural locations so I doubt there is any interference.
-RickG On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Marlon K. Schafer <[email protected]>wrote: > Not sure if it's related or not, but high gain omni antennas are usually a > great big no no. They tend to send more signal UP than in the direction of > the customers. > > I'd replace it with an 8 or 9 db unit just on principal. You'll probably > find that most customers will actually get a BETTER signal. > > laters, > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RickG" <[email protected]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 7:23 PM > Subject: [WISPA] tower issue > > > > OK, here a good one! (aka, how I spent my weekend in a blizzard!) > > > > One of my towers has a single WARP/StarOS connected to a 5GHz grid for > > backhaul and a 15dBi omni for the local connections. > > On Saturday, after making some small changes, I rebooted it and it would > > not > > allow me to connect via wireless any longer - or my customers :( > > So, I go to the tower, connect up via ethernet and everything is a usual > > but > > I see all associations but only a few client have ip addresses. I can > ping > > the few clients but the packet loss is huge 80-90%. I then reload my > > backup > > but still get the same thing. I try changing channels, but still the > same. > > I > > then systematically begin replacing parts starting with the radio card. > > Eventually, I replaced EVERYTHING but still have the problem. One note: > > occasionally, twice of maybe three times, after a reboot, all came back > > normal. The third time, I left well enough alone for now but of course, > > you > > know what will happen the next time I reboot. > > > > Any ideas??? > > > > -RickG > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
