Did you power it up without an antenna connected? Could have damaged the transmitter.
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Michael Baird <m...@tc3net.com> wrote: > Marlon, > > We've had quite a few deployed (100 or so, some for 6 months), not seen > a week transmitter yet, all failures were ethernet related and normally > out of the box they failed (1 in the field). The levels are normally > within 1/2 db at the tower vs. the CPE, unless there is a tilt issue (AP > antenna too much downtilt). > > Regards > Michael Baird > > Hi All, > > > > I tried my first one of these yesterday. It's hooked to an antenna that > was > > already in place so I know the old system worked though I did not check > > signal levels before taking out the old SB radios (they don't give rssi > > accurately anyway so there was no point). > > > > This new radio has an RSSI of -78 or so coming FROM the tower. AT the > tower > > we're picking up -88 or so. I turned it up to 20dB out (factory was set > at > > 16) and that did help a bit. > > > > The calculations show that I should be in the -74 to -78 range based on > the > > exact distance of the link. So my RSSI AT the remote end is right in > there. > > I should be seeing the same at the tower as well. > > > > Anyone seen these units have faulty transmitters? This is the third > > ubiquity I've tried. Two PowerStations died (receive sensitivity went > dead) > > after several months. Both units at almost the exact same time. This > not > > giving me any comfort levels at all.... > > > > I know others out there are using a lot of these, are you seeing ANY > strange > > issues at all? Have you looked at the RSSI from both ends? Does it > match? > > > > Thanks, > > marlon > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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/
