I guess what's important to identify was whether the damage was caused by Ethernet segment or RF segement. If radio went crazy and started generating Ethernet wire traffic or bridge loops or what ever, thats not really a reason to bash the Bullet. Any product could lockup to create a similar situation.I'm just wondering if there is anything specifiic to UBNT's design or software that led to this more problem than another products. I'm not sure that can be concluded. It is a good testimony of why it can be helpful to isolate AP segments of the network, via VLAN or Routing, such as to isolate bridge domains.
Can you clarify that it was definately causing the grief via the Ethernet wireside? Apposed to RF, killing RF on all your other APs? In otherwords, was teh problem stopped because the Ubiquiti's power was unplugged? Or because the data pins were disconnected? Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert West" <[email protected]> To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] UBNT Bullet Takes Down Entire Network....... Sigh.... > Both. Combination of Mikrotik and UBNT. UBNT bridged and the MT's > routed. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Greg Ihnen > Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 11:39 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] UBNT Bullet Takes Down Entire Network....... Sigh.... > > Is your network routed or bridged or a combination? > > Greg > > On Mar 27, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Robert West wrote: > >> The main thing that was throwing me is, even when I took the bad AP off >> line, the rest of the network took a long time to recover. 5 minutes or > so >> and I wasn't waiting that long most of the time to see results, I was in >> a >> bit of a hurry so when it didn't settle, I moved onto the next. >> >> Bob- >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Josh Luthman >> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 11:17 AM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] UBNT Bullet Takes Down Entire Network....... >> Sigh.... >> >> Bridge loop, probably. >> >> 100M spitting out on to a backbone that can't handle that much bandwidth. >> >> I had a Redline backhaul create a loop and it flooded the traffic through >> the rest of the network, taking out everything up until the 100M fiber > tower >> at which point I had ~60M to use. >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to >> continue >> that counts." >> --- Winston Churchill >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'd be curious how you figured out it was THAT unit causing the grief. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Robert West >>> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 10:06 AM >>> To: 'WISPA General List' >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] UBNT Bullet Takes Down Entire Network....... > Sigh.... >>> >>> Yep. And it went everywhere. Must have got in through the inside of >>> the >> N >>> connector, that tape was wound pretty tight and I didn't see any water >>> inside the tape. Took the Bullet apart, wasn't much water but the board >>> was >>> "moist" like condensation. Dried it all out, works fine now. Smeared >> some >>> RTV sealant on it to make me feel good but man, that was not much fun to >>> ferret out. >>> >>> Bob- >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Josh Luthman >>> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 11:01 AM >>> To: WISPA General List >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] UBNT Bullet Takes Down Entire Network....... > Sigh.... >>> >>> So much time spent learning how to deploy cheap Ubnt stuff. Not as >>> bad as MikrotikN but geez. >>> >>> So the antenna full of water caused the bullet to go nuts and caused a >>> packet storm, is that right? >>> >>> On 3/27/10, Robert West <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> HA! Had lots and lots of rain the other night. At around 2am I get an >>>> alarm, everything is losing connection. Everything. EVERYTHING! >>> Started >>>> on it at 7am, was everyplace trying to isolate sections, was driving me >>>> nuts. Finally, found one Bullet 5M that had a 5GHz stick antenna on it >>> (Was >>>> for tech access on AP down on the ground, was a weird fix) and the >>>> thing >>> had >>>> just enough water in it to cause it blast the network. Water? Well, >> I'm >>> a >>>> freak for taping a waterproofing everything but on this, installer boy >>>> (That's his official name) taped it alright but since it was a stick >>> antenna >>>> on it, taped the N connector on the bullet and then all the way up to >> the >>>> clamp on the antenna! Hmmmmmm.. That seems to cover the DRAIN HOLES >>>> on >>> the >>>> bottom of the antenna. (We'll have a talk. Another one.) Antenna, of >>>> course, full of water. Must have filled up then had enough pressure to >>> seep >>>> through the tape somehow into the Bullet. Nice. So here it is, this >>> little >>>> nothing off in the corner doing it's dirty work all over the network. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> It hates me. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Had to share. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Robert West >>>> >>>> Just Micro Digital Services Inc. >>>> >>>> 740-335-7020 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Logo5 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Josh Luthman >>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>> 1100 Wayne St >>> Suite 1337 >>> Troy, OH 45373 >>> >>> "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to >>> continue that counts." >>> --- Winston Churchill >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- >>> WISPA Wants You! 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