Is there any large metal surfaces immediately in front of the radio (antenna)? I've seen the metal rim of a brick fireplace stack cause erratic behavior until we moved our antenna up a couple of feet.
Marco On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: > Bump it up about 10 degrees and see if that helps your multipath issue. > > Does the signal strength stay at -57 or does it fluctuate? On MT gear it's > very easy to identify it as you'll see -55 for the most part, then -70 for a > quick moment. I'm assuming you're using Canopy here - watch the alignment > tool page (I suggest having it refresh every 3 or 4 seconds) and see if it > jumps around. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however > improbable, must be the truth." > --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle > > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Mark McElvy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am curious if anyone thinks this is multipath and has a suggestion on >> how to fix. >> >> >> >> This just happens to be my dads house, radio mounted to a j-mount on eve >> of house, clear LOS to tower <1 mile away, -56 signal. This eve is over >> the porch roof to the east and signal shoots over the south plane of the >> roof which is an approx 30deg angle. I was over this morning and he is >> complaining the Internet is not working and I go in to do some >> troubleshooting. I setup a constant ping to the AP and I am getting >> <1ms, I start to browse and the pings jump to >300ms and random lost >> packets. >> >> Configure a new radio in the house and have a -75 signal in the house, >> try the ping thing again and all seems fine. I replace he radio on the >> roof and I am back to the poor ping times again. >> >> >> >> Now I don't understand multipath as well I should but it seems to make >> sense in this case. Is it possible to reduce or remedy without moving >> the radio to a totally different location? >> >> >> >> Mark McElvy >> AccuBak Data Systems, Inc. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/ > -- Marco C. Coelho Argon Technologies Inc. POB 875 Greenville, TX 75403-0875 903-455-5036 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
