It's an omni... I think I'm gonna pull this out and drop in a tranzeo to see what it does as well. marlon
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Baird" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:38 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] ubiquity bullet2 > 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: [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/
