Just do a survey on the AP, really thats all that matters... its easy takes a few minutes and you have the data you need to make educated decision.
Scott Carullo Brevard Wireless 321-205-1100 x102 -------- Original Message -------- > From: "Randy Cosby" <dco...@infowest.com> > Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 11:45 AM > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] spectrum analysis - 5dBm interference at 5785 > > Quite likely you're right. > > I tried shutting off the trango AP's with no luck - same bad spectrum > analysis. I'm next going to go on site and do linktests on the AP's > with the backhaul off. > > My suspicion is the backhaul is bad - at least the spectrum analysis, > but it is potentially the source of interference as well. > > Randy > > > Lakeland wrote: > > Randy, > > > > You cant go by that spectrum analyzer. Something is wrong. Most receivers > > can't handle 5dbm pumped into them without killing them. > > > > -B- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Randy Cosby writes: > > > > > >> Over the weekend we started getting complaints about a bad linktests for > >> all customers on an old trango AP site. I've tried finding a cleaner > >> channel, but am not having much luck getting good linktests up there. > >> > >> This is one of the first sites I built, and use a couple OSBridge 5Gxi > >> radios to backhaul. I found they added a spectrum analyzer to a newer > >> firmware version, so I installed it and ran a analysis of the site. It > >> shows a 5dBm signal at 5785! Not -5, but 5. See attached. It appears > >> that something VERY hot is either pointed at my AP site, or something up > >> there has started interfering. > >> > >> Spectrum analysis from the near side of the link was relatively clean. > >> > >> Any suggestions on where to start my search? > >> > >> Randy > >> > >> > > > > > > > > Bob Moldashel > > Lakeland Communications, Inc. > > 1350 Lincoln Avenue > > Holbrook, NY 11741 > > 800-479-9195 > > 631-286-8873 Fax > > 516-551-1131 Cell > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > 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/ > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
