I climbed a 400' tower where the cell companies put cables over all 3 faces. I felt like Tarzan the monkey man climbing on vines. Man, that ticked me off!
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Justin Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > I was not happy after climbing a tower where the cell company put > their feedlines in front of the safety climb! Hehe. Would have been better > if the UBNT had worked correctly. Oh well, part of being in the WISP > industry. :-) > > -- > Justin Wilson <[email protected]> > http://www.mtin.net/blog – xISP News > http://www.twitter.com/j2sw – Follow me on Twitter > Wisp Consulting – Tower Climbing – Network Support > > > > ------------------------------ > *From: *Chuck Hogg <[email protected]> > *Reply-To: *WISPA General List <[email protected]> > *Date: *Wed, 8 Sep 2010 15:04:40 -0400 > > *To: *WISPA General List <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [WISPA] PowerBridge 5M > > I'm just happy that I'm not the only one with this problem. > > Regards, > > Chuck > > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Steve Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Justin the power supply is outputting 15.3 Vdc as far as the other MT on > the tower see. > > > *Steve Barnes > *General Manager > > PCS-WIN <http://www.pcswin.com/> > RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service <http://www.rcwifi.com/> > > > *From:* [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > *On Behalf Of *Justin Wilson > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 08, 2010 11:30 AM > > > *To:* WISPA General List > *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] PowerBridge 5M > > In our case we had a switch we put “inline” and that made no difference. > I figured it might have been an issue with the 493G board. We used to see > issues with Tranzeo and 450Gs so I figured it might be similar. Putting the > switch in did not help. Cable run is only about 20 feet. It is being > powered by a 12 Volt power supply instead of 24. Other devices on the tower > are able to get good speeds to the Mikortik. > > Some theories at the moment: > > 1.When the radio transmits it draws enough power away from the ethernet > chipset to cause issues. > 2.The unit really does need 24volt (or higher than 12 at least) > 3.The Unit itself has an issue with the ethernet port. > 4.Mikrotik board has an issue. > > Justin > -- > Justin Wilson <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> > > http://www.mtin.net/blog – xISP News > http://www.twitter.com/j2sw – Follow me on Twitter > Wisp Consulting – Tower Climbing – Network Support > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *Chuck Hogg <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> > > *Reply-To: *WISPA General List <[email protected] < > http://[email protected]> > > > *Date: *Wed, 8 Sep 2010 10:11:48 -0400 > *To: *<[email protected] <http://[email protected]> >, WISPA General > List <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> > > > *Subject: *Re: [WISPA] PowerBridge 5M > > I'm running > AirOS V5.2.1-RC2 (which is the latest as of yesterday) > > It happened with the factory firmware and the RC1 as well. > > The issue also occurs with my laptop running btest or any type of ping > flood. > > I have 6 cat5 runs up one of the towers, Motorola works fine and I have > switched cables, different manufacturer as well. Same issue. > > When I use the air test from the UBNT device it works fine. When I plug a > laptop in on each side, I get the same results. > > No bandwidth shaping. Have tried multiple different devices on each side, > the only thing that works is an expensive Managed Dell Switch. > > Regards, > > Chuck > > > On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Faisal Imtiaz <[email protected] < > http://[email protected]> > wrote: > Is it possible to change and test to see if it the Radios's or the > MK493ah that is root cause of this issue. > > Also, do you get the same results when you run the test from one side or > the other ? > Could you have some Bandwidth Shaping in place ? > > do you have another Mikrotik eg. 750g that you could plug int one side > to see if that makes a difference ? > (I have Rocket M5's working on MK750 & MK750g.. no issues... > > Another suggestion to try is .. change the firmware to the 3x train on > the MK493ah board and see if you get the same results.. > > Got to narrow down further... > > Do both sides of the link (I am assuming both sides have a MK router ), > showing similar behavior between the Rocket & Mk Router ? > > Just for kicks, you can update the firmware to 5.2.1 beta 3... (get it > from the UBNT Forum) and see if the results change.. if they don' then > ... pretty sure it is not a radio side issue.... > > > Faisal Imtiaz > Snappy Internet & Telecom > > > On 9/7/2010 10:50 PM, Steve Barnes wrote: > > Set all to Auto Neg and no change > > Here is SSH report > > XM.v5.2# /bin/ifconfig > > ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:6D:60:92:85 > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC ALLMULTI MULTICAST MTU:1500 > > Metric:1 > > RX packets:965042 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:713224 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:200 > > RX bytes:1138023050 (1.0 GiB) TX bytes:100227281 (95.5 MiB) > > > > br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:6D:60:92:85 > > inet addr:10.10.2.179 Bcast:10.10.2.183 Mask:255.255.255.248 > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING ALLMULTI MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:7089 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:7162 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > RX bytes:1499867 (1.4 MiB) TX bytes:3939545 (3.7 MiB) > > > > br0:0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:6D:60:92:85 > > inet addr:169.254.146.133 Bcast:169.254.255.255 > > Mask:255.255.0.0 > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING ALLMULTI MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > > > eth0_real Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:6D:61:92:85 > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:708537 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:959167 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:500 > > RX bytes:96555669 (92.0 MiB) TX bytes:1136564610 (1.0 GiB) > > > > Steve Barnes > > Manager > > PCS-WIN > > RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] <http://[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] > > > On Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 7:31 PM > > > To: WISPA General List > > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] PowerBridge 5M > > > > > > What is the Firmware you are running on the PowerBridges ? > > > and what are the signal levels... on Chain 0 / Chain 1 > > > > > > ..Also Make sure the MTU / L2MTU on the Mikrotik are 1500/1524 > > > > > > Try to auto negotiation on the ports on both the Mikrotik& PBM5 > > > > > > also, ssh into the PBM5& use /bin/ifconfig command to see if there > > are any > > > errors on the Ethernet Port and duplex mismatch ? > > > > > > > > > Faisal Imtiaz > > > Snappy Internet& Telecom > > > 7266 SW 48 Street > > > Miami, Fl 33155 > > > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 > > > Helpdesk: 305 663 5518 option 2 Email: [email protected] < > http://[email protected]> > > > > > > On 9/7/2010 6:44 PM, Steve Barnes wrote: > > >> I changed out a StarOS backhaul with a pair of PowerBridge 5M radios, > 4 > > >> mile link. I Have an odd issue. The link is perfect 130MB 99% Airmax. > > >> UBNT Speed test from radio to radio is 84Mb. Now the interesting > > issue, > > >> both radios are plugged in to MT 493AH 4.11 OS. Running MT Bandwidth > > >> test from MT to MT TCP speeds are horrible. 14 Mb Dn and 6 Mb > Upload. > > >> We tried all kinds of tests finally realized (after the climber was on > > >> the ground and in my office) that if I do a speed test from the > > >> PowerBridge station to a Rocket plugged into the same Mikrotik that I > > >> get 14 Mb x 6 Mb through a 100% wired connection (UBNT to Port-2 MT, > > >> Port-6 to UBNT Rocket) We had tried different ports to no avail and I > > >> test from MT AP thru MT 493AH to 2^nd MT AP and I got 50 Mb x 50Mb. > > >> Then I realized that 2 hops across the wireless link I had a > > >> NanoBridge. A test to that across the wireless side of the link > > gave me > > >> a 30 Mb x 35Mb. So it come down to a single PowerBridge radio that > > >> either has a bad ethernet port or a bad POE/cable between the UBNT > and > > >> MT, or some kind of incompatibility between the MT and > > PowerBridge. All > > >> ports are set to 100Mb FDX not Auto negotiate. This MT 493AH is > > >> relatively new with Gig option. When running speed test there are no > > >> ethernet errors or packet errors on the MT. > > >> > > >> What else can I check from the ground. Unit is 250 ft up and > > requires a > > >> climber I don’t have daily access to. > > >> > > >> Will the PowerBridge 5M work with 12-15 Volt. I know it wants 24VDC I > > >> don’t currently have that on this tower but had no issue with others > on > > >> different towers at 12 V > > >> > > >> Steve Barnes > > >> > > >> RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> WISPA Wants You! 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