Earlier this week one of the APs running 900MHz with SR9 in RB433s with
RB133 and RB411 clients started dropping clients and they would come
right back. I tried different frequencies, etc. Then it cleared up in
the morning. OK, maybe it is RTK or the weather or ...
Happened again the next night night. Replaced the AP electronics,
antenna and 65' of LMR400. Nothing I did seemed to make a bit of
difference. I did have a couple of clients that were actually off wrong
sector, behind this one. Changed them to the proper AP this morning.
5:30 tonight 2 customers called within 2 minutes. Both off the AP in
question. I looked. None of the 14 clients would stay registered for
more than 10 seconds. Wildest registration table I have ever watched.
Nothing seemed to make a difference. I finally moved everyone to the
access list and disabled them. Enabled them one-by-one. Found tow that
would drop and come back and then apparently knock down everyone else.
Left them disabled and enabled all the others. Let it run that way 1
hour with no drops. Enabled on of the 2 clients that was disabled. It
has now been up for over 52 minutes.
Turn on the last one and all goes out to lunch. Turn it off and
everything is OK.
Obviously that CPE has a problem.
Two reasons for the post:
1) Clients can cause the whole AP to misbehave.
2) Anyone have any trouble shooting tips on how to know whether to
check AP or clients first?
--
Scott Reed
Owner
NewWays Networking, LLC
Wireless Networking
Network Design, Installation and Administration
Mikrotik Advanced Certified
www.nwwnet.net
(765) 855-1060
(765) 439-4253
(855) 231-6239
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