The reason I asked was I had this same scenario but in reverse - I switched out a Tranzeo for a Bullet2. In the end, the wireless router was bad (Belkin :) -RickG
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Marlon K. Schafer <o...@odessaoffice.com>wrote: > cpq. This one was a 15dB version. > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RickG" <rgunder...@gmail.com> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 8:03 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tranzeo Troubles > > > > What is the CPE? > > > > On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Marlon K. Schafer > > <o...@odessaoffice.com>wrote: > > > >> OK, strange stuff today. > >> > >> Had a customer that's been complaining about intermittent connection > >> issues. > >> The other day I went out there and moved him from g mode to b mode. > >> Adjusted the power levels and such and things ran much better. He's > >> getting > >> 4 megs by 4 megs pretty consistently. > >> > >> He called again, a few days later and he's having trouble again. > >> > >> I finally had time to get back there today. Hooked up my computer and > >> ran > >> all the tests I normally do. No problems at all. Hooked up the Linksys > >> (and his computers) and bang, down it goes. > >> > >> Disconnected his laptop and it starts working again. Hook his up, down > >> the > >> link goes. Here's the strange part, I could always ping the public IP > on > >> the radio, and so could a person outside of my network. So the RF part > >> was > >> working fine, but we still couldn't get traffic through the radio. > >> > >> Eventually I figured out that with him disconnected and me wired to the > >> Linksys I could consistently duplicate the outage by opening MySpace. > Or > >> some Fox News sites. > >> > >> I upgraded the firmware on both the radio and the router, same problem > >> existed. > >> > >> I ended up turning the radio into a bridge and BAM, off everything went. > >> And the customer INSTANTLY noticed that things ran faster too. > >> > >> For years I avoided running radios as routers because "You'll never put > >> as > >> good of a router into a radio as I can put behind it." sigh Looks like > >> I > >> was right about that, again. grin > >> > >> So, if you are seeing strange, unexplainable things at some customers > try > >> bridging instead of routing on your cpe devices. > >> > >> laters, > >> 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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
