This happens even with our radio that we do site surveys with. Everything on that is default except Region, Frequency and Color Code. No NAT or DHCP.
Dave On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]>wrote: > First guess...you have NAT and DHCP enabled and when the radio reboots > your PC gives up on DHCP (because the SM is rebooting). > > On 1/31/10, David Hannum <[email protected]> wrote: > > For about the past two weeks, we've been having problems setting up or > > Canopy 900 MHz SM units. It's really odd. For example, today I went out > to > > do site surveys. When I connected to my survey radio and it seemed fine > at > > first. I have the page set to refresh every three seconds for doing site > > surveys. After about 5-7 page refreshes, I cannot load the page any > more. > > The network icon on my system tray, goes from "local only" to a warning > > indicator and "limited connectivity" status. This "limited connectivity" > > status is the problem we've been having where we can't get back into the > > radios after a change has been made. > > Another example is: An installer has configured a radio, and put in an > IP > > address of, 192.168.5.1. When he reboots the radio, before he could get > > back in (provided he left the Management VID pass through enabled) he > > could simply go to the IP 192.168.5.1 with his web browser, and the > > interface would come back up. Lately, he's been having an issue where > (and > > I've experienced it too), after he reboots, he cannot get back into the > > radio. He might try and try, but only when he puts the default plug in > > can he get back in. Then, if he does a reset to factory defaults, he can > > get in. But if he changes even one little thing in the radio (say, > > frequency from all to a specific channel) and reboots, he's locked out of > > the radio again. We've had cases where if we drive down the road a few > > miles, and stop the vehicle, and plug that same radio that we could not > get > > back into earlier, into our computer, we can get in again. Then, if we > go > > to the customers to install it, we cannot get back in again. What might > be > > causing this issue. > > > > We had an install Friday where the installer configured the radio at > home, > > rebooted it several time to make sure he could get back in, and he could. > > He drove to the customer, hung the radio, fired it up and could not get > back > > in. I went in from my console, and could see the radio on the network. > I > > made the final adjustments and told him to try to go to a web page. He > > could not (this is the same computer that he set the radio up with > > earlier). He plugged the radio into the customer's computer and they > could > > get online. He plugged it back into his, and he could not. He took the > > same computer to the next home, and every thing worked fine. What could > be > > happening here? We're having this issue with every laptop we own, on > every > > browser (IE, Firefox, etc). These are Dell Vostro 1510 laptops with > Windows > > Vista Home. They have worked flawlessly until now. Funny that all three > > would develop the same problem at the same time. The timing of this > issue > > seems to coincide with the wave of the Microsoft updates & patches of the > > past two weeks. Today, I had my site survey radio and a radio that was > > programmed. I was switching back and forth between the two, probably > 10-12 > > times during a hour and a half period. I'd like the screen sit and > refresh > > for 15 or so minutes at a time, no problem. I then when out, with the > same > > radios and same laptop, to do a site survey and everything broke again. > I > > fired up the site survey radio. The page refreshed about 5 to 7 times > then > > that was it. I was unable to connect with the radio again, regardless of > > what I did with one exception. When the default plug is in the radio, > there > > never seems to be an issue (except you can't do the survey with it in > > there). > > > > Is anyone else experiencing this sort of thing, or are we just special? > > > > We're wondering if it's a temperature thing on the laptops. It seems > that > > when we can get in and do anything we want, it's in the warmth of a house > or > > car. When we take the laptop out in sub 30 degree temps, it triggers > this > > behavior. Could just be a coincidence . . . > > > > Kind Regards, > > David Hannum > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wants You! 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